Love Poem

About this project: Named after a Love Poem written by Richard Brautigan. This assignment has become a part of the larger project entitled XXI Century Brautiganism and is dedicated to Richard Brautigan and his fans. A poem by Richard Brautigan consists of only one sentence and is recited by 17 different people over and over …

Vote Charter Yes!

In the General Election in November, 2014, citizens were asked asked to vote for or against the new form of Clark County Government.  After reading visiting both sites for charteryes.com and against votenocharter.com the Charter, I realized how important to the local community this vote really is and wanted to be proactive and share my …

International Women’s Day

DEAR WOMEN OF THE WORLD, HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! March 8th in many countries of the world is called the International Women's Day (IWD). It is a global holiday. It is not only celebrated in Eastern Europe, but also recognized all around the world. This holiday signifies social equality, emancipation, and human rights of all …

Putin, Russia and the West

BBC's 4-part series on "How the great Soviet superpower, crushed and humiliated, has been resurrected in the form of Vladimir Putin's new Russia." Series Producer Norma Percy, director Paul Mitchell. A breathtaking documentary, both thumbs up. The Guardian calls the series "compulsive viewing for all those who want to know what went on inside Russia …

Модный Приговор

С первого взгляда казалось бы что тут ничего такого нет, передача Модный Приговор на Первом Канале России учит как правильно одеваться и как лучше выглядеть на людях и дома. Вот только понятия "правильно" и "лучше" не должно заглушать человеческого индивидуума, что подчастую ярко выражается в этой передаче. Ведь все не так как на самом деле. …

Digital Literacies: Vancouver Arts LIVE!

Senior Seminar Reflection, talking about Vancouver Arts LIVE as a potential non-profit organization to promote arts in Clark County, Washington. This project if taken into reality can potentially create an alternative public broadcasting for local community via the internet. read more on PROs and CONs of the project.

My Bilingual Experience

Just for fun. As we communicate, we utilize a common language to practice in a conversation every day. We read, speak, write - we communicate. But what happens when you are taken out of your everyday usual communication practice and submerge into a foreign language. Well, I have been experiencing this since I 1994, when …

Depression & Suicide

DEPRESSION ANS SUICIDE, or Why Prozac failed... (another great lecture by Dr. Hagen at WSU Vancouver) Illness concept (wakefield) Dysfunction in organism That causes harm to individual Depression is assumed to be a dysfunction, a mood disorder, it is often related to serotonin what we often hear, it is a chemical imbalance. The implication is …

Social Media Aesthetics

Social media changes the way we exchange information. Today, we tend to communicate via social media applications online, today, we share information in a conversational manor, we comment, tweet, blog and podcast our opinions out into the world. We often hear comments about how iReport-style and similar grassroots efforts re-shape the journalism often times in …