My Emigrant Quilt

I hope you don't criticize my use of the word emigrant. The definition of the word is, "Someone who leaves one country to settle in another." This is exactly what my quilt portrays. The Irish came over seas to settle and restricted themselves to 6 states because of poverty. They settled in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey. A lot of the Irish worked on rail roads and were able to save enough money to buy land and become farmers, which is exactly what I tried to portray through images on my quilt.

Hope you enjoy :)

~Kyle

Triptych Self Portrait

For this self portrait I chose the theme of technology. My three favorite items are Entourage on DVD, Nintendo 64 with the game Mario Kart 64, and my cell phone. The reason I chose Entourage on DVD is because I really enjoy the show. I've watched all the seasons at least 2 times. Unfortunately a new season isn't being aired until late 2008 because of the writers strike. The Nintendo 64 is a classic console system that was my favorite one of all time. The game Mario Kart 64 which goes along with it is a classic that I have many hours logged playing that game. My cell phone is an obvious choice as one of my favorite items because I use it every day, in and out of class. I can do pretty much anything with it, including play music, text people like I'm using a keyboard, and take cool pictures. I positioned the pictures on the site the way they are to give them a cool and fresh look, like a lot of what I had seen in the readings. I kept the theme from the first self portrait to keep everything relative.

Over and out,

~Kyle

Woman's World

This is a response to the house I constructed avoiding the phallic symbolism commonly used in today’s world.

Here is the link: http://www.personal.psu.edu/kzb133/WomensStudies/Assignments/World.html

I call the house, "The Phallus Termination Kingdom" The reason I call it this is because part of the assignment was to try to steer clear of modern day habits of phallic symbols. This is where I got my centerpiece, which resembles a vagina and is partially inspired by Georgia O'Keefe. The rest of the rooms are regular rectangles and include mostly everything a woman would need. I chose the pool to be at the head because it's large and symbolizes that women can be smart. Its strengths include having a vast amount of land, women’s power (the centerpiece), and adequate rooms inside the house.

Hope you enjoy my floor plans :)

Back of my head

The back of the head is a very interesting part of the body. It's like the box of chocolates you get that isn't labeled on whats what. You know whats there, but you don't know everything about it. This is kind of what I learned.....or expanded upon I guess you could say. You can't judge a book by it's cover...or a person by the back of their head. Theres more to everyone then just one part.