Miami, City of Sun and Beaches, Is Now About Art

Miami, City of Sun and Beaches, Is Now About Art by Lizette Alvarez 

 

 

Published: November 29, 2011; accessed: November 29, 2011

SUMMURY:

Miami has always been a city where people come and retire or spend their honeymoon. It is also a place to buy cocaine and dodge bullets. However due to Art Basel, an organization which promotes the expression of Art has now taken over Miami Beach. Miami Beach has brought an international circus of high-powered art dealers, curators and art loves. This has been a booming contemporary art scene, which has influenced and attracted artists all around the world.  It has given Miami the power to believe in itself. Only 3 of the 260 galleries in Miami are invited this year for Art Basel fair and only a handful of homegrown artists were in the fair. Due to this Art Basel there are a dozens of new galleries, which have opened, and scores of artists have relocated to Miami, firstly because they are lured by relatively low rents and of course because of Art Basel. This fair gives the artist, collectors and gallery owners a rare opportunity to observe world-class art however more importantly it is a time where they can talk and interact with the leading players of the international art world.

REASPONSE:

This is obviously important to me because I have always wanted to pursue art and whenever in my art class we learn about profound and reputed artists it is an honor to see their artwork being displayed. This article struck out to me, firstly because it is about art and secondly because it relates to what I want to do in life. I want to be known as a leading player of the international art world. I want to talk to famous artists and relate with their work. Ms. Onkka gives our class an artwork and we have to analyze it, it is so much fun for I learn so much from just one piece of art.  So imagining that Miami, which was not influenced by art, is now experiencing the new world of art. I too, want to experience the world of world-class art.

VOCABULARY:

*        Gentrifying:

“First came the Design District, known foremost for its furniture and design showcases, and then Wynwood Art District, its still-gentrifying neighbor, which has grown from about 4 galleries eight years ago to about 45 today.”

Definition: renovate and improve (esp. a house or district) so that it conforms to middle-class taste.

My father is gentrifying the interior of the house because I was feeling uncomfortable with the porch furniture in the house.

*        Impoverished:

“Most galleries are clustered in two once-impoverished neighborhoods just north of downtown Miami that now serve as popular art enclaves, luring the expert and the curious alike.”

Definition: exhaust the strength, vitality, or natural fertility of; make poor

The soil in my garden looked impoverished, so I went out and poured water and fertilizer to nourish the soil.

*        Lured

“But since Art Basel’s debut 10 years ago, dozens of new galleries have opened, and scores of artists have relocated here, lured by the relatively low rents and, partly, by Art Basel itself.”

Definition: tempt (a person or an animal) to do something or to go somewhere, esp. by offering some form of reward :

The child was lured into a car by the kidnappers however luckily he managed to escape

123. How do you feel about Wednesday? (U of Chicago)

I feel goooooooooooooooood about Wednesday simply because time flows faster after Wednesday. I should probably begin with why time goes faster after Wednesday:

Monday,

It is very long day.

Because day before was Sunday.

Because day after will be only Tuesday.

Tudesday,

It is still quite long day.

Because day before was Monday.

Because day after will be only Wednesday.

Wednesday,

It is very good day.

Because tomorrow will be already Thursday.

Because day after tomorrow will be Friday.

Thursday,

It is very very good day.

Because tomorrow will be Friday.

Because tomorrow will be the last school day of this week.

Friday,

It is a super good day.

Because you are free after school.

Because from this day it is weekend after weekend.

Saturday,

ZZZZZ

ZZZZZZZZZ

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Sunday,

It is very bad day.

Because it is a last day of weekend.

Because tomorrow you need to go to school.

Do you see? Wednesday is a starting point of your good days. You only have to go to school twice after Wednesday and your long waited weekend comes true. So I feel really good about Wednesday.

80. Describe how the character of a literary work you have read recently has made a lasting impression on you. (College of Notre Dame of Maryland)

McMurphy, a main character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, taught me one, simple, powerful lesson about true courage. We often think skydivers and rock climber as a courageous people because they risk chance of falling and injury. However, when they finish, they actually have not really lost anything, and in fact they actually have gained an exhilarating experiences. This is not a true courage.

McMurphy was no more than a patient, but he courageously stood up against an undefeatable and overwhelming Nurse Ratched and the system to bring a change to the hospital and its patients. For instance, to demonstrate other patients that they could stop Nurse Ratched’s control, he put himself at risk by refusing to follow daily route schedule and watching TV. He also took ten patients outside hospital for fishing to make them realize that they are strong by making them catch a huge fish. These were a huge risk for McMurphy. By breaking the rule, he was forced to take electroshock therapy and lobotomy. He really risked his life to bring freedom to patients.

McMurphy’s willingness to face fears and vulnerabilities for other patients has really made a lasting impression on me. He taught me that true courage require putting something at risk like our self-importance, freedom, and life.

McMurphy was a true courageous man!

71. Write about a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. (Hope College)

Once I read a book about star where it says if you wish when you see the shooting star, all your wishes come true. I used to believe what it said and would stay up very late to watch a shooting star.

I made the most impossible wishes. I wished to become the smartest, richest, and happiest man in the world; basically I wished to become a perfect man in the world. And, of course, I wished for a million more wishes so I would never run out.

I believed my wishes to come true. Obviously, it didn’t come true. It was a huge disappointment for me. It really was. I was about to abandon my wishes. I was thinking maybe I was too stupid to believe what it says in the book. I came to my mom and told her the whole story. I thought she would agree with me, but my mom said I just didn’t do it right. She said, “It only works in a certain way.” I believed her because she was forty years older than me and knew the ways of the world; nothing she said could be wrong.

I went back to my room and tried to figure out the proper way to do it. Apparently, I could not figure it out right away, but I found what I did wrong after several years. All I did was to wish and wait. The proper way was to wish and try. I did not do the second half of making it become true. I did not try to gain it. I just waited. That was what was wrong.

Now I am not only wishing, but actually trying to get it. I strongly believe, one day, my wishes will come true.