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A film about the American Flag, because it was thought that i might bring a fresh vision to a familiar sight. Here in this room i began my work, that would take me back in time and place to the late fall day when i arrived in new york city. To leave one life, and come into another, creates a moment of abrupt break. Behind you is the iron curtain you have broken through. The long waits in the refugee camps, the long lines for processing, and endless paperwork. The daily disappointments. The fear is that they wont be let into their new country. And then suddenly, it is all over. You have arrived at john f. Kennedy airport. All of you is open to every sensation, and every sensation is fresh. My first thought was that i had been put down in a brilliant part of , mostly red, white, and blue. It didnt occur to me that these are the colors of my new flag. They were just brilliant, and were everywhere. On vehicles, on buildings, against th ....
City and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So, today we are discussing the Pulitzer Prizewinning book polio an american story. You all received questions i posted. Im really interested in this topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s, and thats when so much of this book takes place. I think just looking at polio really reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting, though, i just wanted to mention one thing in light of what we were talking about in terms of dust bowl art, i was reading the new york review of books and there is a review of a novel that goody guthrie wrote, a novel called house of earth. It doesnt get a very good review but he gets attention. The introduction was by Douglas Brinkley and johnny depp, so i think theyre trying to sell copies by having a superstar on the cover. I divided the discussion in f ....
Make a film about the American Flag, because it was thought that i might bring fresh vision to a familiar sight. Here, in this room, i began my work, it would take me back in time and place to that late fall day when i arrived in new york city. To leave one life and come into another creates a moment of abrupt break. Behind you is the iron curtain, youve broken through it. The long waits in the refugee camps, the long lines for processing, the endless paperwork, the daily disappointments, the fears you wont let into your new country. Then, suddenly, its all over, you have arrived at john f. Kennedy airport. All of you is open to every sensation and every sensation my first thought was that i had been put down in a brilliant part of colors, mostly of red and white and blue. It did not occur to me that these were the colors of my new flag. They were just brilliant, they were everywhere. On vehicles, on buildings, against the sky itse ....
Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. Her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact that she took no interest in politics and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature. She would not have married him had he been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. It became a shrine to her husband. She would invite anybody who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had accrued over there long and illustrious career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would visit her to pay their respects. It was very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went t ....