Thursday, November 3, 2011

im total ly up in the air on this

1. Toccata and Fugue Bach Baroque 11


2. Canon in D Major Pachelbel Baroque 3

3. The Four Seasons: "Spring" Vivaldi Baroque 9

4. Requiem Mass: Dies Irae Mozart Classical 30

5. Symphony No. 40 Mozart Classical 12

6. Symphony No. 94 - "The Surprise Symphony” Haydn Classical 72

7. Symphony No. 5 Beethoven Classical 4

8. Piano Sonata #14 – “Moonlight Sonata” Beethoven Classical 23

9. Symphony No. 9 "Choral:" An die Freude Beethoven Classical 99

10. The Blue Danube Waltz Strauss Romantic 28

11. Symphonie Fantastique: “The Witches' Sabbath” Berlioz Romantic 74

12. The Moldau River Smetana Romantic 76

13. In the Hall of the Mountain King Grieg Romantic 15

14. The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries Wagner Romantic 79

15. Turandot: Nessun Dorma Puccini Romantic 62

Saturday, October 29, 2011

music quiz

Title Composer Period Track


1. Toccata and Fugue Bach Baroque 11

2. Canon in D Major Pachelbel Baroque 3

3. The Four Seasons: "Spring" Vivaldi Baroque 9

4. Requiem Mass: Dies Irae Mozart Classical 30

5. Symphony No. 40 Mozart Classical 12

6. Symphony No. 94 - "The Surprise Symphony” Haydn Classical 72

7. Symphony No. 5 Beethoven Classical 4

8. Piano Sonata #14 – “Moonlight Sonata” Beethoven Classical 23

9. Symphony No. 9 "Choral:" An die Freude Beethoven Classical 99

10. The Blue Danube Waltz Strauss Romantic 28

11. Symphonie Fantastique: “The Witches' Sabbath” Berlioz Romantic 74

12. The Moldau River Smetana Romantic 76

13. In the Hall of the Mountain King Grieg Romantic 15

14. The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries Wagner Romantic 79

15. Turandot: Nessun Dorma Puccini Romantic 62

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Not perfect but who cares its too late now and I’m ok with it

To whom it may concern ,

I want to be one of those teachers who has something different to teach. I would really like to incorporate more of the arts into my curriculum . My reason for wanting to go on this travel study program is so that I can expand as individual and as Teacher . I can only be a good teacher if I have something worthwhile to teach . Frankly the standard curriculum these days isn't very full of intrinsic value .

I want my classroom to be full of art and books, not cheesy inspirational posters that don't make sense to 10 year olds . I really want to have a better perspective of the world so that when I teach I will understand what I am talking about. I will be able to share my love of art on a deeper level than textbooks. I want to share the intrinsic value s with Right now most of my favorite paintings are so popular everyone In the world has seen a copy of them. Starry Night and the Water Lilies are my two favorite pieces and I have done interpretations of both of them . I put my house in the village in starry night it doesn't rally fit in , but I wanted to put something of me in it. I need to expand my knowledge of art so that I have a greater breadth of understanding. I love drawing pictures based on my favorite paintings since I am not a genius and cannot compose a masterpiece myself. I have always been obsessed with beautiful things in nature and art is where I find things that make me happy. I have taken millions of photos of beautiful flowers. I am a dreamer who needs aesthetics in my life. They make me happy maybe I'm to easily influenced by my environment but I am happier when I'm surrounded by art. I think being immersed in other cultures would expand my view of the world.

For the rest of my life I will be able to give insight to children on what it is like to be a visitor in a different culture. I have never been any where people don't speak English. So many children in my classroom will be nonnative English speakers. I want to be able to understand what they are going though .

I have been to all the museums I can here and I just want to see more. Last time I went to the Portland art museum I realized I had been there four times and at my current level of understanding and knowledge of history I couldn't learn any more from there. Other museums I loved were in San Francisco. in Hawaii I made my family go on a tour of the museum at the royal place. (which by the way was the first country to install electricity in the palace .) I want to see more. I want to be inspired. In addition, I want to be able to inspire generations of children.

I was inspired by many teachers of mine who taught me to expand my horizons. I want to expand horizons for others. I seek the horizon expanding experiences of being a language minority in a foreign country ; learning to ride public transportation across a city; understanding and learning to love other places. Right now in my life my opinion of the world is very biased. My favorite places are my home in Corvallis, Oregon and Kauai in Hawaii and my grandma's house in California . You can only love where you have been .

This group of positive and spiritual people will be a great learning environment . I don't want to go to Europe as a tourist. I want to go to Europe to learn, not to be lazy bystander gawking at everything . I have a few selfish reasons for wanting to go . don't get me wrong I have some fun things I want to get out of this trip I want to make friends with people who love these things as much as I do. I can never get my friends to go with my to events on campus That I think sound cool. To them the art gallery isn't very exciting . I want to go see the water lilies in the round and talk to people who think that's exciting. I want to eat yummy food too maybe even go shopping .Never mind I probably won't have money to go shopping . Learn to say where is the bathroom in three languages . Take a enough photos for my blog to update all the time .

what I am trying to say is I want this to help me grow but I want to have a fun experience too.

Thank you,

Michelle Lanae Walker

Thursday, October 20, 2011

this is still really rough and I haven't finished incorporating every ones feedback i still need to get my spelling and punctuation check I think I'm going to cut out the i want list at the bottom and instead try to incorporate more ideas i might cut out the part about the red light district it just happened to some friends of mine but it's kind of not Rexburg bubble language appropriate I think i need to go back to my three points Craig liked i kind of went all over the place


 

travel study reasons why they should let me come my grades aren't good so that can't be one of the reasons this is supposed to be a letter of intent and i have no idea what that is supposed to look like note this letter is due the 22 of October

I want to be one of those teachers who has something different to teach.

I want my classroom to be full of art and books, Not cheesy inspirational posters that don't make sense to 10 year olds . I really want to have a better perspective of the world so that when i teach i will understand what I am talking about. As a schoolteacher, i will not have many opportunities in my life to travel and this humanities study is my best chance.

I think seeing the world would be good for me. So that I will be able to share with children what I have experienced . For the rest of my life I will be able to give insight to children on what it is like to be a visitor in a different culture. I will be able to share my love of art on a deeper level than textbooks or others stories second hand they will hear my story from me. Right now most of my favorite paintings are so popular everyone In the world has seen a copy of them. I need to expand my knowledge of art so that I have a greater breadth of understanding . I have been to all the museums i can here and i just want to see more. Last time I went to the Portland art museum I realized I had been there for times and at my current level of understanding and knowledge of history I couldn't learn any more from there. I love drawing pictures based on my favorite paintings since I am not a genius and cannot compose a masterpiece myself. I have done my own starry night and water lilies renditions and I want to do more i want to see more I want to be inspired. In addition, i want to be able to inspire generations of children. I was inspired by many teachers of mine who taught me to expand my horizons I want to expand horizons for others . In order for me to do so I have to expand my own life . Experiences I would have on this travel study program would truly expand my life .

Being a language minority in a foreign country . Learning to ride public transportation across a city. Understanding and learning to love other places. Right now in my life my opinion of the world is very biased my favorite palaces are my home in Corvallis Oregon and Kauai in Hawaii and my grandma house in California . you can only love where you have been . I am obsessed with beautiful things in nature and art is where I find things that make me happy. I have taken millions of photos of beautiful flowers. I am a dreamer who needs aesthetics in my life. I fill that this is the safest and most affordable opportunity I can have to see Europe .

This group of positive and spiritual people will be a great leaning environment . I do not want to save my whole life to go on a trip to Europe and have my money wasted because the red light district is included in my tour how messed up is that. I want to have a positive spiritual experience not a negative one . I don't want to go to Europe as a tourist it would still be fun but not as worthwhile as going with the learning model to help me as go through my travels.


 


 


 


 

My reasons for study humanities in Europe are

I love art and museums I and i feel like there's so much more out there that I want to see most of all the water willies in the round I am still not sure what

To say this is an incredible experience that i have always wanted and this could be my only chance


 


 

I want to go to London's national gallery

I want to see Venice

In addition, I want to go to an opera

I would love to see Monet's garden

I really want to see les mis it's a great musical if you have not picked one yet

I want to see the globe theater

I would love to go see a play there

I want to do things like ride the metro and a train I have never ridden a real train the Portland max does not count

I really want to ride on a gondola except I'm not sure whether or not were stopping in Venice


 


 

I want to see van Gogh's sunflowers or the almond branches or starry night an Iris and haystacks

I want to see the muse de orsay and the louve

I want to learn more about art and architecture I want to see chartes and the inside of versigh

ok so i really am hitting my head against the wall mom all i can think of is that chipmunks movie that goes I'm off to see the world I'm off to find my dreams


 


 

So let us see I want to see palaces castles and paintings

I never really got over my princess phase I just became interested in real historical ones I love stories about people from history but princess are still my favorite So I would love to see somebodies crown jewels


 


 

I have already been to the legion of honor in san fransico and the de young and the musem in portland


 

I think that this trip is going to Florence London Paris Vienna Rome and somewhere in Germany


 


 


 


 

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Cathy Pattee <dpcpap@gmail.com> wrote:


 

Hey Michelle,


 

Craig has some good points - especially focus on how this experience will make you the person you want to become so you can inspire, educate others etc. Also, he is right - lead with your heart and your eye-be yourself.


 

Scott also has a good point. Never say anything negative about yourself in a job or program application.


 

I would add how you want to learn about cultures- how other people live, broaden your horizons, experience new things.


 

I would talk about how responsible you are. They want people with a high gpa not because they care that you are smart, but because they don't want to bring people who will misbehave. They don't want to deal with someone who doesn't follow the rules or won't do the work. You need to show in your letter that you are a dedicated person who will be completely engaged in all parts of the program.


 

Talk with more passion about why you love the arts, how they make you feel, how you want to share that with others.


 

Work on it some more and send another draft. I want to see the next version :)


 

~C


 


 


 


 


 

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Craig Brown <craig@craig.net> wrote:


 

Michelle,


 

I have five points:


 

1. Go back to the place you bought your spell-checker and get your money back. I love you but you spell like your Aunt Cyndi.

2. Punctuation: You punctuate like.....hmmm..... you actually don't punctuate at all....aw to hell with punctuation anyway - never liked it.

3. Your note reveals your strengths. Your email is in three distinct sections. Lesser people make a list or an outline. You, on the other hand, divided the sections into boldface followed by centered lines followed by left justified - your strength is clearly in your artistic eye and your passionate heart, princess. You are more artist and dreamer than anything else and that is how we like you - lead with it. Always lead with your heart and your eye - you won't go wrong.

4. This is all about YOU and that is wrong - look at all the "I" words in that second section. I think you are trying to talk about how sending you to Europe will organically spread the entire experience to your future students - what a great service to humanity and what a great bang for the program's buck. Get rid of the "I" voice and talk about those who will be served rather than what you want.

5. I am almost half a century old and have never been and may never go to Europe.... take some pictures for me.


 

I love you,


 

Uncle Craig


 


 


 


 

From: Michelle Walker [mailto:niniancat@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:14 PM

To: Ann Brown; Nathan E; Cathy Pattee; Cynthia Brown; Craig; Heber Brown; Laurie Walker; Todd Walker; Scott Walker; Camille Walker

Subject: why should i go on a travel study accepting all ideas on how to say please please let me come in a better way


 


 

travel study reasons why they should let me come my grades arent good so that cant be one of thre reasons this is sopused to be a letter of intent and i have no idea what tht is sopoused to look like note this letter is due the 22 of oct

I want to be one of those teachers who has something different to teach

. I want my classroom to be full of art and books. I really want to have a better perspective of the world so that when i teach i will understand what I am talking about. As schoolteacher, i will not have many opportunities in my life to travel and this humanities study is my best chance.

I think seeing the world would be good for me to share with children for the rest of my life. I have been to all the museums i can here and i just want to see more. I love drawing pictures based on my favorite paintings since I am not a genius and cannot compose a masterpiece myself. I have done my own starry night and water lilies renditions and I want to do more i want to see more I want to be inspired. In addition, i want to be able to inspire generations of children. I spend too much time worrying that I am not going to be a good teacher


 


 


 


 

My reasons for study humanities in Europe are

I love art and museums I and i feel like there's so much more out there that I want to see most of all the water willies in the round I am still not sure what

To say this is an incredible experience that i have always wanted and this could be my only chance


 


 

I want to go to London's national gallery

I want to see Venice

In addition, I want to go to an opera

I would love to see Monet's garden

I really want to see les mis it's a great musical if you have not picked one yet

I want to see the globe theater

I would love to go see a play there

I want to do things like ride the metro and a train I have never ridden a real train the Portland max doesn't count

I really want to ride on a gondola except I'm not sure whether or not were stopping in Venice


 


 

I want to see van Gogh's sunflowers or the almond branches or starry night an Iris and haystacks

I want to see the muse de orsay and the louve

I want to learn more about art and architecture I want to see chartes and the inside of versigh

ok so i really am hitting my head against the wall mom all i can think of is that chipmunks movie that goes I'm off to see the world I'm off to find my dreams


 


 

So let us see I want to see palaces castles and paintings

I never really got over my princess phase I just became interested in real historical ones I love stories about people from history but princess are still my favorite So I would love to see somebodies crown jewels


 


 

I have already been to the legion of honor in san fransico and the de young and the musem in portland


 

I think that this trip is going to Florence London Paris Vienna Rome and some where in Germany


 


 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

feedback

below is Scott's feed back he is very right it needs stronger statements the problem is I'm terrible with writing a concrete thesis statement my brains always allover the place 

That was not good. You should have a thesis statement that has three arguments.

As a future elementary school teacher, this journey abroad will help me to give my students an international perspective, enhance my students respect for art, and inspire generations of children.

Never say anything negative about yourself. Sentences like this are bad, "i spend too much time worring that im not going to be a good teacher."

Love you,

Scott

humanitiestravel study study

I want to be one of those teachers who has something different to teach
. I want my classroom to be full of art and books. I really want to have a better perspective of the world so that when i teach i will understand what I am talking about. As schoolteacher, i will not have many opportunities in my life to travel and this humanities study is my best chance.
I think seeing the world would be good for me to share with children for the rest of my life. I have been to all the museums i can here and i just want to see more. I love drawing pictures based on my favorite paintings since I am not a genius and cannot compose a masterpiece myself. I have done my own starry night and water lilies renditions and I want to do more i want to see more I want to be inspired. In addition, i want to be able to inspire generations of children. I spend too much time worrying that I am not going to be a good teacher


My reasons for study humanities in Europe are
I love art and museums I  and i feel like there’s so much more out there that I want to see most of all the water willies in the round  I am still not sure  what
To say this is an incredible experience that i have always wanted and this could be my only chance

I want to go to London’s national gallery
I want to see Venice 
In addition, I want to go to an opera
I would love to see Monet’s garden
I really want to see les mis it’s a great musical if you have not picked one yet
I want to see the globe theater
I would love to go see a play there
I want to do things like ride the metro and a train I have never ridden a real train the Portland max doesn't count
I really want to ride on a gondola except I’m not sure whether or not were stopping in Venice

I want to see van Gogh’s sunflowers or the almond branches or starry night an Iris and haystacks
I want to see the muse de orsay and the louve
I want to learn more about art and architecture I want to see chartes and the inside of versigh
ok so i really am hitting my head against the wall mom all i can think of is that chipmunks movie that goes I’m off to see the world I’m off to find my dreams

So let us see I want to see palaces castles and paintings
I never really got over my princess phase I just became interested in real historical ones I love stories about people from history but princess are still my favorite So I would love to see somebodies crown jewels

I have already been to the legion of honor in san fransico and the de young  and the musem in portland 

I think  that this trip is going to Florence London Paris Vienna Rome and some where in Germany 

Thursday, September 22, 2011

which one next and the old one

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painting this was soposed to be included in the previous post




this is curently the one im leaning towards






upper corner



this is one i hvae already done


I really like this piece
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Option C Art Project


This water lily has dark pink almost red blooms. The reflection is really only once peachy cloud in the upper right corner .

same picture but the colors are lighter and brighter this might make a better reference .


 


This piece I would probably only do the upper right corner. Since the lower half is pretty dark.


I like this close up I don't know which panel it belongs in though also it is very pale



 

Bright colors yay for light and color also a circle is a bit odd so I would probably have to crop it


 


 


I like this one cause the lily pads are prettily purple

Monday, September 19, 2011

humanities

Human Dignity
Michelle  Walker

It amazed me how Pico della Mirandola  understood so much about humanity. He answered so many questions people today still struggle with.  What is the greatest thing on earth was it money or oceans or jewels no but mankind themselves . He  acknowledges the humans races true purpose in life becoming like God. He states Moses as a witness to man as god masterpiece of creation.  he  also seemed to acknowledge multiple cultures in his findings. He quotes Greek, Islam , Hebrews and  prophets and philosophers .   I think I understand only  the surface level of what Pico point  I think I took lot in but I feel like if  I read it again years from now I could still get something new out . almost like scriptures I think his thoughts were truly inspired .  Most stuff I read will be the same every time.  The facts don’t change in my textbooks and the plot in most novels I read only has a surface level of meaning  .  this level of understanding is my current level of depth I posses .
Humans are the measure of the world’s highest standard. This is  because of their limitless potentials to become better.  Humans can also become the basest of all creatures . when they degenerate into brutes.  They lose their divine potential and become worse than animals .I thought this was very insightful and even inspired because humanity is agency . as shown by  Adam and Eve. When  They  partook of the fruit they became agents for themselves with understanding and knowledge of the differences between good and evil. This is when received the gift of agency ,when they received the gift of agency was when they became human.  The dignity of man is mankind’s ability to choose to become better.
 I related this lot to my favorite science fiction show. Which is supposed to take place in the future and yet only understood a little piece of the meaning of being human. The show is called doctor who and a main theme throughout the series is what it means to be human. In the show, humans meet aliens all the time. Some humans become even more than their own self-when they meet another species. They expand their view of the universe. The human steps forward accepting and progressing. Other humans become smaller and less than human shutting off their universe and lashing out becoming brutes. It shows how new knowledge and new experiences can influence us in either direction.  Even so, people in show are supposed to be full of futuristic ideas time travel human colonies across the universe and yet they do not understand the meaning of relationships between humans and the true purpose of the human life.  The shows supposed to be futuristic and yet it devalues many of the human virtues deeming them dated.  They don’t understand humanities true potential. The true potential of a human being is the decision to build for themselves what they will become . as children of God we can become gods .
I love how he points out that lesser angles will never progress. I see this as those who aim only for the lower degrees of glory.   humans who strive toward the godhead  will never be in second place. This man in the 1400’s understood so much more then the majority of us do today the daily media portrays humans still looking for answers  to questions Mirandola saw and explained so long ago.

Friday, September 16, 2011

it rained in rexburg today

I got wet today. then I had to reschedule with the counseling office because my family foundations  teacher and my counselor were the same person.  I have humanities next I  want to get good grades and do well in humanities . just so i can go to the European humanities tour .  I am joining the campus biggest winner since i already walk a ton I'm off to a good start.
I aim to lose 60 pounds and win a prize
I really want to get under 200 . even though I'm walking a lot i still struggle with treats Oreo's and cookies from the bishop and junk foods on campus . today i go to the wellness center to get checked out and tested . I get points for that in my water aerobics class by the way .  I am still stumbling with giving up comics so far I haven't completely lost it though and i manage pretty good and get to bed on time just because of a few slip ups im not going to give up my goal to quit . my managers rearranged my furniture for me it was super nice i told her i wanted to move things around and she said rearrangements had to be approved  so i told her what i wanted to do and when i came home her and her husband had already done it for me and taken away the cinder blocks . super nice managers  yeah!