Syllabi....syllabi everywhere!

Monday, February 3rd

 I enjoy learning learning about Asian countries such as China, Japan, Mongolia, and the Koreas. In high school my history classes never paid much attention to Asia so I pretty much jump at every opportunity I get to learn about it. All of my Asian courses so far have been focusing on china except for my current course, Japanese Ceramics. Other than that my background on East Asia is all Chinese. Chinese films are almost always depressing which makes them a bit of a drag, but their food definitely makes up for that. Most dishes are very simple, very good tasting, and typically very cheap. So Chinese food is a prime example of perfection, end of story. Between my 6th and 12th grade years of school I took a total of seven years of art. I am by no means an artist but I do love I do love art and can appreciate it in most forms. Art is a non verbal expression. Art has many forms but it all speaks the exact same language all around the world. In most cases art can say much more than words ever could. Art has no restrictions in anyway, art can be anything, anywhere, for any and all reasons. Art is almost like magic. People have the right to do whatever they like, however they like, whenever they like so long as none of that infringes on another person's rights; in a perfect world that is. In our world some people feel more entitled than others and therefore feel that they have every right to infringe on other people's rights. Modern government systems have set rules that take away certain rights in exchange for protection and the right to call the governed land their homeland. Art is the physical rendition of unalienable rights. As I stated before, art is an expression that can be anything, anywhere, anytime. When I stated that art is like magic what I meant was that art is that perfect world where anything can be said, anything can be done, anywhere in the world. Art is the ultimate freedom, it is the ultimate expression. I hope to gain a broader knowledge of East Asian countries and their cultures. I want to learn more about Japan and the Koreas as well other nations that are under the recent news radar so to speak.