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Ignorance Building on The Mounds'

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  A Push to Move the Golf Course Atop a Native American ‘Stonehenge’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Sarah Bahr (author) worked as a multi-platform editor that handled stories from across the newsroom.  She also previously worked as an arts reporter and digital producer for The Indianapolis Star.  Now she works at the New York Times Culture  desk.  Bahr has a master's degree in English and bachelor's degree in English, journalism and Spanish from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.  This background of hers was mentioned in her bio for her account underneath the article.  Bahr has an amazing resume for writing, and this makes her nothing but credible as well.   Bahr has a mixture of analytical/informative I thought there was a bit of emotion, but not enough to quote.  So, in general terms, there really isn't any bias, but as the reader you can sense that Bahr believes the Native American mounds are very important.  ...

Immersed Into A New Reality of Art

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  Indianapolis’s Biggest Art Museum Is Replacing Its Contemporary Galleries With an Immersive Van Gogh-Themed Light Show (artnet.com) The author that we will be taking about is Eileen Kinsella, and though I couldn't find credentials on her she is listed as a Senior Market Editor/Reporter on the Artnet website.  So, since I couldn't find an abundance of credentials that gives me all I need to decide whether she is a reliable source or not.  And I believe she is after reading another one of her reports.  Someone as herself (Kinsella) doesn't get the title "Senior Market Reporter", by sitting down in front of a computer, and making information up.  Some people can do such things but doesn't usually last long.  And I know I made this same argument in my last blog, but this remains true in any profession that someone is serious about.  So, yes, I do believe that Kinsella is a reliable reporter. Kinsella is reliable reporter who basis of writing is analyti...

In Trouble With the Nepalese

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Was This Statue in the Denver Art Museum’s Collection Originally Stolen From Nepal? - 5280   The author of this article is Angela Ufheil, and she co-creates the Compass, Adventure, and Culture sections of 5280 and writes for 5280.com. Before joining the 5280 team, she worked at Midwest Living and covered breaking news for the Des Moines Register . Her writing has also appeared in Elle and Men’s Journal .   So, since Ufheil has worked at and for multiple places I do believe that this makes her reliable.  Ufheil seems to an aspiring writer, so I would assume she doesn't want to do anything to ruin that. Ufheil's writing style is very informative, she gives a lot of textual evidence as well as gives credit to all the sources she gets the information from.  For instance, Ufheil cited, ""It's not something we are going to let go," Gyawali says. "This is very important to us, and we are going to continue to fight."" (Angela Ufheil).  Who Ufheil...

To Smee, or not to Smee

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Hélio Oiticica’s ‘P16 Parangolé Cape 12’ wears its politics at New York’s Museum of Modern Art - Washington Post The author of this article goes by the name Sebastian Smee, who is a Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at the Washington Post.  Smee is also the author of, " The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals and Breakthroughs in Modern Art."  Mr. Smee has worked with the Boston Globe, and in London and Sydney for the Daily Telegraph (U.K.), the Guardian, the Spectator, and the Sydney Morning Herald.  This was all stated underneath the article in Smee's bio. When reading Smee's article, I realized that he as a critic can, and will show bias.  Smee will tell you what is wrong, and what is right with a piece or an artist in general.  Smee early in his critique over the piece, created by Helio Oiticica (artist), showed an emotional aspect in his analysis.  Smee stated, "I still think it's amazing. And I love the story behind it," (Sabastian Smee)....

Art That Displays Humanity

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  What Does Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration Look Like? A Gripping New Show at MoMA PS1 Presents Startling Answers | Artnet News     The author of this post is Taylor Dafoe, who is an aspiring News Reporter, as well as writer for ArtNet, photographer, based out of Metro New York who also tends to interview, and displays his critic side as well. As seen on his personal website that I am sure I shouldn't have found -  Taylor Dafoe .     Taylor Dafoe's writing style is analytical as well as informative.  He makes sure the reader understands what he is referring to.  Dafoe gives information about both the show and the book,    "Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration," in which the show is based off of the award winning book, being of the same name written by, Nicole R. Fleetwood.  Dafoe's writing is analytical and informative as he breaks down what Fleetwood means for others to see.  Such as, " For h...

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     Blurry pictue of me.  Classic salute as well.  I was a goofy kid when growing up, and I never really thought about life in any serious manner (as no kid should ever have to).  But I was exposed to realism super early in my childhood.  I knew of death and that not every solider comes home.  I learned that your pet doesn't live forever.  Toy Story and other fictional movies were just animations.  But I also learned that life isn't always humorus and bright.  Once I learned that I didn't laugh as much, and I started to understand people's thought processes when they did something that was not along the norms of society's social contract.  Other than skimming the truths of how life was, I was a rather normal kid.  I was also corny as some would say today.  I used to write love letters.  I used to think about singing songs, that I thought meant something, to girls that I liked.  I wore my heart on my sleeve....