What I learned This Semester

At the beginning of the semester I knew I was not into the subject I was just taking it for credits for my degree. But as we went along I actually started to enjoy what we were learning and it was one of the only classes this semester I could actually get through without zoning out. My favorite parts were going into detail about certain paintings and looking at the very small details of what made them great and what made those household artist names as big as they are today. A date idea me and my girlfriend had a long time ago was to go to the art museum just for fun, but now I am even more into the idea. I can even go in there and look sophisticated knowing a little bit about what I am talking about. But most of all it will make the experience more fun for me cause I can actually go walk up to a painting and know some of its qualities and draw from things we discussed in class and have a new appreciation for this part of our culture. Just to add a small part about music, I can more appreciate how music has evolved and it is nice to see the roots of where music started from and how it has blossomed into what it is today.

Who is the Rich Man?

Who Is The Rich Man?

One day a wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country so that the son could see how the poor lived. They spent a day and a night at the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "Very good, Dad!" "Did you see how poor people can be?" "Yeah!" "And what did you learn?" The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden; they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the house; they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard; they have the whole horizon." When the little boy was finished, the father was speechless. His son then added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are!"


This parable was interesting to me because it plays on the multiple perspectives of happiness and fulfillment. While the father takes his son to see the poor in a low economical area, the boy was able to see good in everything.  This is because the boy was not fixated upon material things and what money could buy but rather the natural joys of life that can be enjoyed by all. But to add another dynamic to the parable, it could be discussing the bliss of childhood innocence and how that can be stripped from you as you age and have to conform to the social norms of everyday life. The kid, being young, is brought joy by less because the world is newer to him and is able to enjoy things like that worry free without bills and responsibilities. While on the other hand a seasoned father has been there and done that for those things and to add insult to injury has the weight of supporting a family lessening the joy as well.


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