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My thoughts exploring Angel's blog was that he really has a passion for theater and performances. He has many posts throughout the years delving deep in to many works. The first one I looked at was Mary Poppins. He discussed how the Return of Mary Poppins had a reputation to live up to and whether or not it would be as good as the original. He talks about how the first presentation you see Walt Disney presents, and how it really gives the feel of something beginning, adventures to come. He talks about how the general plot is a family in distress. I was surprised he swore on his blog too, but if it's your own blog you really are allowed to write anything you want. I have seen Mary Poppins performed in New York City a couple years ago and thought it was amazing. They did a really good job at capturing the story and doing their best to reenact it. Angel talks about the the spectacular effects of image and sound, and during the live show I can totally agree. I remember the musical ...

Taylor Oettel Roundtree FXM-211 February 13, 2019 The Magic Flute The opera “The Magic Flute” also known as “Die Zauberflöte” was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Emanuel Schikaneder also contributed greatly to the composition of this opera, writing many of the spoken words, while Mozart wrote most of the musical parts. It premiered in 1791 at the Theater auf der Wieden near of Vienna. This theater was a venue for many theatrical works but unfortunately only open for fourteen years from 1787 to 1801. Overall, “The Magic Flute” played 223 times in that theater, a huge success and a very popular opera to see even now. It was such a success that Schikaneder made a sequel called the Magic Flute Second Part. On the surface it is a fairytale with problems arising a prince saving a princess, but in the end everyone is happy and everything ends well. However, underneath the initial storyline there is a more complex message. The music throughout is written in every ...

I thought that this short film was very strange, yet intriguing. This type of film is not something that I  would typically seek out to watch myself, however after I watched it a couple times I appreciated the story line and animation actually. My biggest issue was how when the sailor came back he just openly took her child from her and she hardly fought back or tried to get her back. This part made me really frustrated because I feel like if that was me I would of definitely fought or tried to do anything in my power to get my child back. He legit just did two simple pulls on their attached umbilical cord and their connection was broken. I don't understand why he thought he had a right to take the child when he wasn't a father figure in the least. He left before she was even born had no help in raising his daughter whatsoever and wasn't there to see her grow or live at all. I was wondering if maybe it was purposely symbolic how she was a puppet and that was the reason why ...

This object is the merging of a surfboard and a cob of corn. I picked these two things because I liked how they both have similar shapes but otherwise are completely unrelated, so I think it's interesting to see both of them as one. I also added the waves at the bottom to have a sort of background for the surfboard if it wasn't clear before.                Taylor Oettel

I thought that Raul Cuero had some very wise and true things to say. My assumption starting this video was that it was not going to hold my attention at all. However, Cuero really got through to me with what he talked about and how he is living his smartest life. He started in a poor Colombian community without many resources to be taught, so he learned to teach himself. He studied the cockroaches by his house and observed them, this started his fascination and connection with nature and science. He knew he wanted to leave his hometown in search of something more and luckily he was talented in the sport of basketball which gave him the opportunity through a scholarship to play and go to school. In doing this is where he first experienced discrimination, he talked about how he knew he wanted to succeed, and the way to to doing so is doing what others don't expect. He mentions how many people saw him as just a sports player with no other value once he got off the court. This just ma...

Hello, my name is Taylor Oettel, I'm a sophomore at the University of Tampa. Originally I was raised in Chicago but originally born in Kazakhstan. It's been really nice living here in Tampa, the weather is perfect and the people are really nice. My major is communications with a minor in entrepreneurship. I don't have a specific career goal set just to love what I do and be financially stable. I really do consider art as one of my passions. It just seems these last couple years it's been put on the back burner with so many other focuses going on. In high school I really loved wheel throwing it was always so calming and would be such a relief to go to that class, it kind of gave me a escape from the rest of the world for a little bit. Other forms or art I enjoy are painting, sketching, doodling, and collages. So I'll have to see how this class goes regarding those I am a little nervous because I am out of practice so hopefully I can get all my ideas out there to make...