Dick Termes is an artist known for his spherical paintings called Termespheres, where he uses geometric perspective (sometimes called linear perspective); he specifically uses a six point perspective. Termes pursued a thesis on the Termesphere at the Otis art Institute in California, where he received his Masters in Fine Arts. Unlike other painters who paint on flat canvases, Termes paints on spheres. When his paintings are complete, he refers to them as Termespheres (I assume it his last name
between our cultures and identities. It is a way of expressing our ‘sense of place’ through extravagant and exotic flavours that only originate from that one place. Food is the thing take makes this earth truly unique; it shapes our culture and forges our identity while creating a strong ‘sense of place’ or belonging. The idea of food is utilised in the free-verse stanzas of the poem Australia by Peter Goldsworthy to convey the sense of place at home. In the small towns and cities of the Northern Territory
often requires the readers to test their sense of reality, and explore the “mind of man” (1). Horror is also continuously found within these types of novels. Bram Stoker created the perfect setting, vivid descriptions, and a vast difference in characters, all of which lead to a good sense of fear in the reader. Dracula has a variety of motifs, which contribute to the Gothic literature itself. For example, he uses shape-shifting, strange and dark places, blood, and death. Although just a few of
What is the difference between a place and the concept of placelessness? Can a person be in a place, but not really be presently there? As humans, we are always in a place but does that mean we are emotionally and mentally there, or are we just physically present? Do places matter as much to us as they did to past generations? Is it possible for a person or a place, for that matter, to be placeless? These questions begin to chip away at the conflict of place and placelessness in our lives, more
in his article “Our Monsters, Ourselves”. These monsters keep humans away from the unrevealed places. On some maps there are places that are not discovered yet. So, the maps might say “here lies dragons” or “trolls.” Beal also states that “The places where our well established sense of order, of things touches chaos, where our toes curl over the abyss”. It relates to monsters by it giving humans a place to push or project their stress or chaos into something or someone. For instance, some human beings
Lion, a text written by Saroo Brierley is based on his story and experiences on his journey from his home country in India to his now home, Australia. The story shows how Brierley belonged to various places in life including his first home in India until he was 5, and then eventually moving to his new home in Australia where he lived and is living the rest of his life. Brierley also belonged to a range of people and had two families, both his real Indian family, Kamla, Kallu, Gudu and Shekila, as
which must be fulfilled allowing them to achieve a sense of belonging.One composer that explores the impact of individual needs on a sense of belonging is Peter Skrzynecki in his anthology ‘‘immigrant chronicles’’ in particular St Patricks college, Migrant Hostel and 10 Mary street. Skrzynecki successfully does this by embarking the need for individuals to obtain acceptance within their culture, heritage and the need for individuals to develop a sense of self in order to connect with others. Another
INTRODUCTION Our lives depend greatly on our senses but often we undermine these facts, our reliance on our senses is so much so that they we perceive the world through them and still do not give them that credit. We experience our environment through the senses in our consciousness and make our decisions through their consent. But in cases people who are born without these senses aren’t able to perceive the environment the way the other people having these senses do. Their experiences and memories are
There are two different conceptions of what is social structure. First, it is a social relations' system among varying parts of the entity. In this sense social structure indicates to differentiated, complementary parts of the society, which is might be characterized as a set of continual, and patterned relationships among association of people in different social positions. Second, the social structure is a system of logical relationships controlled or in connection with rules or principles which
plants. The architects of both houses attempt to create place by designing structures that are fit to the respective