"Post II: Museum Response"

For my weekend visitation I chose the Tugboat Gallery. I’m not much of the artistic type myself, so this was definitely an experience for me. The people of the gallery were as I expected, the artsy looking people that devote their time to knowing each specific detail of every painting, but that is their job. The first exhibit that I viewed was a whole collection of paintings from two women, Peggy Gomez and Sandra Williams. It seemed as though they enjoyed developing pieces of work that involved extraterrestrial life, chickens, or submarines. I can’t say that I really have a style when it comes to art, but If I did I don’t believe that these paintings would make my list. They were almost a little too crazy for my taste.
The next exhibit was referred to as the Emergency Room. I never got the courage to ask why it was called this or how it got its name. The works in this exhibit were a little more to my liking. There were calmer, subtle pieces that weren’t so out there. My favorite painting was that of Martin Luther King Jr. by I believe Jason Miller, possibly Justin Miller (I wrote it down somewhere). I found it interesting that many of the paintings in the gallery were done by more local artists. I must say though my guide knew his art and was very knowledgeable in what he was doing.
All in all I had a great time on my visit. You don’t really know what else is out there until you have to do something like this. Art can be an amazing thing as I saw this weekend. There are a lot of stories behind each piece of work and it is shown. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the Tugboat Gallery.

"Post I: Discourse Surrounding the Essay."

“As we progress into the twenty-first century, it will be natural to speculate on how an essay will change. Will essays be shaped in new, surprising ways by the digital revolution?”
-Robert Antwan in “The Essay’s Future.”

I found this quote to be very relevant to the way society is now. Most everything has some way of becoming digital and what would stop essays? It is hard to say whether this will be a good thing or not for people such as editors or publishers of the future. Will they get the credit that they deserve or will their writings appear on underground sites as stated in the reading. It seems as though it has taken over a large part of the industry already. An example that is relevant would be blogs. These sites are there for people to share their information and could revolutionize the way essays are designed and posted.
It is hard to say that there will be no books in the future. I do not think it will come to that for if that were to be the case, it would be very inconvenient for readers across the world. That also is an issue. Other countries around the world not as technologically advanced as we are here in the United States. I believe that this will keep down on essays being completely taken over by the digital world. People need to realize that there is nothing that they can do about the digital revolution and accept it in some form. There are plenty of benefits to come from this aloes that you will be able to enjoy.
I believe that the digital world does have its perks in the essay world, but I think that reading a book beats listening to an audio text any day. The digital revolution will never completely take over the industry of written essays, but will become an increasingly large factor in the future. Love it or hate it, its here to stay. This portion of the piece was very relevant to society today.

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