Every+day+Works+of+Art

** "There is NO place like Sem" **
1) This work of Art is found in Buffalo, located outside of my high school the Buffalo Seminary on Bidwell Parkway.( I took this picture, after coming home for a weekend) Every day, I would drive take the thirty five minute drive to the city, and park directly next to this piece. I chose this work of art, because after graduating from four awesome years from The Buffalo Seminary I learned to have a deeper connection with this piece. This picture, is the back round of my phone, because it reminds me that no matter where I live, or who I am friends with later in life, I can always return to my second home, the Buffalo Seminary.

2) Every time I view this piece, it reminds me of the memories I made in my high school. Because my school was only 200 girls, there is a strong sense of community and this allowed us to think of each other like family. The piece shows eight figures holding up birds, that are all shaped differently. This reminds me that although the school is filled with students who have unique characteristics and that we are all different in some way shape or form, we are all still connected because we are family, and a community.

3) After reading all of Booth's Chapters, the main chapter I connect with the art work is "Reading the World." Here Booth discusses using people to your full advantage, and that life gives you one freebie- people. Booth states, "Do things with this inspiring friends, travel, have adventures, just go to lunch, work in a garden, talk on the phone, do volunteer work together. Ask. Watch. Discuss. You needn't formalize this relationship or even name it. **The advice is dedicate time to do things with people who evoke the world-reading attitude in you**." (224) When looking at this piece, I think of the girls, teachers and faculty that I am so close with that inspire me to do these things in every day life.


 * Artwork #2 (A Crew Boat) **



( Me On the water in the white shirt)

The [|Crew Video]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfYd2O_ob6s


 * PLEASE, take the time and watch this video, to fully understand and watch this work of art in action **

1) During my years at the Buffalo Seminary, I was persuaded by the students and coaches to join the Sport of Rowing because of my small physical size. After my first time on the water, I decided to officially become a coxswain. Four years passed by, and looking back I had unbelievable memories from this sport. Most people are not familiar with rowing therefore I decided to share this art with others and my experience. After coming to Mercyhurst, I joined fall and winter crew to continue my passion for leading others at the college level.

2) The work of art, is described to be a very skinny boat, that has sliders for the seat to move, and shoes and a microphone system tuned throughout the entire boat. The coxswain either sits towards or away from the rowers giving them directions and motivating them to keep going. While sitting in the coxwains seat, the sound of the oars flutter back and forth making a peaceful sound. The water splashes off the oars into the water allowing the boat to move smoothly. All the rowers must move and work as one, for the power to be strong. The coxswain yells directions and steers the boat, and thinks of inspiring words to pump the rowers up. These boats, don't mean a lot to some people, yet just viewing on the boats, allows me to think of the rowers I coxied and the pain, laughter, vomit, and memories we had while rowing in races.

3) In the Chapter about Reading the World, Booth talks about the everyday mind and attitude. Booth states, "We can emulate that flexibility in our own endeavors, with a readiness to shift between that everyday mind and the work of art attitude. The everyday mind can be efficient, smart, and productive; it takes care of business; it manages, copes and keeps life together. The read-the-world attitude is subtler, less predictable and more spontaneous. The everyday mind manages your progress through the world; the attitude shows you who you are, what significance surrounds you, and where you seem to be going." (228) This quote for me reminds me of the sport of rowing. Our everyday mind set is focused on school, our goals and life in general. While you're on the water in a boat for crew shows how strong you are, if you're willing to fight for it, and if you are going ot be successful or not. No mater how one's day is going, crew will always be there to keep life spontaneous and interesting. Rowing truly is a work of art because it requires eight bodies, mirroring each other while trusting your coxswain to lead the way, if one person is not following, nobody will succeed.