A few words about 1984

The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell, published in Boston, New York, in the year 1949. It is dystopian fiction, and sets place in the year 1984 in London, which is a part of the nation Oceania. Winston is the main character and is a low ranking party member. the party and their leader Big Brother control every aspect of it's peoples' lives, they watch and listen to them 24/7 with devises like the telescreans and microphones. the party says that whatever they say is true, and to prove it they destroy and rewrite anything that can prove them wrong, like historical facts and things they have already said. Winston hates the party and their control over everything. one day he decides to buy a diary to write down his thoughts against the party and Big Brother. one day he has a chance encounter with O'Brian, a high ranking member of the inner party, and believes that O'Brian is someone to be trusted. based on this belief he tries to contact O'Brian. a woman by the name of Julia catches Winston's eye, and after she gives him a note that reads "i love you" they start to have an affair. after a while they get and apartment and begin to live there. they meet with O'Brian and begin their membership of the underground organization by the name of the Brotherhood, set to destroy Big Brother and the party. after receiving and reading The Book from O'Brian, Winston and Julia are found by the party and labeled as enemies of the party, and taken to the ministry of love to be "fixed" and conform to the parties laws. i really liked the attention to detail in this novel. it does in depth about the history of the world and the party, and tells how it would be like to live in a totalitarian society. i enjoyed every big of the book, it was slow at times, and i wanted to skip the part that Winston is reading The Book, but other then that it was great. i would highly recommend this book. it has a great story that keeps you turning pages for hours, and has great messages about human nature, and governments and their campaign for more power.

never enough time

I've had a hard time lately making art. I don't have all the time that i would like to have with my art. I'm eather occupied with school, or I'm lost within the web. the time that i do spend making art is just to make a drawing of a piece i want to make. I have even less time to paint, which is my passion, and i usually don't have the money for paint materials. but when i do have the time and materials, i sometimes cannot come up with any ideas, so i only ever finish one piece of art a month, which isn't enough for me to practice my skill, or keep me happy. though i don't dish out as much art as id like, i am very satisfied with the finished pieces that i do make. I've been thinking for a while for ways to increase my out put, but what I've realized that what really matters, for me at least, is that it isn't about the quantity, but rather a quality of the art. though i only make a few pieces here and there, i do take my time develop every concept and i pay very close attention to the details and the line quality, which is what art is about, right? above is one of the drawings i recently finished, and plan on making into a painting in the near future.

Images of Video Games

For the “You Decide” assignment it was pretty easy for me to choose my answers. I am a very open minded person and can see the logic behind both sides, but I chose the side of putting the image on the homepage. Video games are a form of art. it is a way to get ones ideas and visions out, much like paintings have for centuries. The only things in that image were explosions and a few dead people, you can see that if you flip on the news, only difference is that one has real lives lost and the other are just codes to look like people. I understood where each person quoted was coming from but no my view stayed the same. Video games are only a source of entertainment, and the only people who take them seriously are not fully mentally prepared for distinguish fiction from reality.