Would Ishmael have thought that the ancient Greek governmental system was fair?

No one really knows what Ishmael would think. I know that the ancient Greek government has basically 4 kinds of government: monarchies, oligarchies, tyrannies, and democracies. But I think we are talking about the time period which Plato was in, in which the women and children were to be shared. I think that Ishmael would think that this kind of society is wrong, because Ishmael basically stands on nature's side, and in nature, when an animal is born, usually, the animal belongs to the family, and no one else, of course there are a few exceptions. Basically, even in nature, the animals have the right to own their own children, then shouldn't humans should as well?

BARAKA

This is the first movie I watched that doesn't have any speaking parts in it. It was 70 minutes of just spectacular videos. I think this movie is telling us about the world, in densely populated places, and places where there are nobody. I think the movie is telling us extremeness of the world, all the things we find extraordinary. There are plenty of things he could have shown as well, why did this movie chose to show these places instead of others? For example, I noticed it didn't show anything under water. I think it showed us the opposites of things, it showed us a busy and rich city, and it showed us a slow and poor city. It showed how calm nature is, and it showed how rushed the humans are. The director seems to be telling us to get a comfortable chair and sit in it for 48 hours in different places and see how the world changes slowly or rapidly, to see how amazing things are right now.

The Old Man and The Rat

One morning, an old man was strolling along a river, deep within his own thoughts, when he heard loud squeaking and splashing coming from the river. He walked over to the edge and saw a rat holding onto a branch that has been caught in the water by some rocks. He quickly bent down and stretched himself out, trying to keep balance with one hand gripping the grass on the bank, with his other hand swaying dangerously above the rushing water. He reached out to try and rescue the drowning rat. The moment he touched the rat, it bit him. The old man withdrew his hand instinctively, after he regained his balance, he tried again. Again, the rat bit him. This time, the rat bit him so hard, the tip of his index finger started to bleed. He tried once more, and his middle finger started bleeding too. 

Another man was just passing the river, he noticed the old man's actions. He called out to him:"Hey, old man, what are you doing? No one would risk his life for a life of an evil creature. Come back here and protect your own life!"

The old man turned towards the other person. Looking calmly into his eyes, the old man said:"Just because it is the rat's nature to defend itself, that doesn't change my nature to save."

INSTINCT

This movie was astounding and breathtaking, I have never been so moved by a movie in my life before. I found the movie more touching and much more powerful than the book Ishmael, though I think you have to read the book first to understand the movie. 

Humans live in this world of rules, which are all set by themselves. Humans restrain themselves from the world outside, never knowing what the most important issues are. In the end of the movie, it was the last day of (something) for the aspiring psychologist Dr. Theo Calder. He thought that he had no hope of getting the renowned anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell out of the (SOMEthing) Bay Prison. 

(Still Editing) 

Ishmael Chapter 10

In this chapter, Ishmael and the narrator talked about how the Takers are destroying everything, how the Takers don't seem to care about the world, the animals, or anything at all. From what I see, culture is good for an individual specie, but it's bad for the whole world. Why is it good for an individual specie? It's because when a specie has culture, then it needs to have a certain amount of intelligence, it's fascinating to see all the things humans have recovered from the past, and to see how we think at times. But then, it's really bad for the natural world, because when some species have cultures, they will learn the mistakes of the past, they will know how to do things more efficiently, and when they learn that, they will invent more things, and think of more way to be even more efficient. Then they will turn out like the humans, destroying everything, even themselves. It's just so unfair for the Leavers, they have done nothing, but then, they are the first who pays for everything.

Robert Mugabe: only believing

Basically, Mugabe has been the only Zimbabwe president for 28 years, he has created terrors in the country. No one seems to really care, because Zimbabwe doesn't have enough natural resources  for other people to go in and help. Mugabe has and still is using violence to gain what he wants, such as winning the election, taking the people's land, and much more. I think at first, Mugabe really believed what he was doing is right, people around him praised him, that's why he did all the things he did. Robert Mugabe's nephew even calls him their own "Moses". But now, I'm sure he now realizes the stuff he has done is wrong, but he can't just step down and say I'm sorry to everyone. So, that's why Zimbabwe is still in such a mess.

Dance Reflection

These are two reflection questions on the video shoot the Dance and Art class did together.

How did the site of DongMen alter the choreography that you created in the classroom?

The original plan of our group was for Tyler and I to crawl slowly on the floor, and then to slowly rise up, sort of like zombies. After seeing the place however, we decided not to, the floor was filthy and covered in who knows what. Our group had other problems as well, since our group's choreography includes a lot of stuff on the floor, so we put clothes on the floor to make it "bearable". 

Now that you know this site better; if you were to go back to DongMen, what would you add or subtract from your choreography to make it stronger?

Our theme was the people we usually don't look at, so i would decide to shoot it when it's darker, though I think you can adjust the lighting on a computer, so that doesn't really matter, though it might make the actors and actresses better.