Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James read by Gilbert Gottfried [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]

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I'm in a design contest and I need your vote. Voting is quite difficult as I see, because it seems that you have to browse through the thousands of entries just to click "I'd wear this". However, let's just enjoy these.


UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE by ~AdrDem on deviantART

Where's the Tequila?

Marina

Remake Project

I chose to remake Andy Warhol Marlin Monroe with a picture of myself using Photoshop.

At first, I was trying different filters in Photoshop for example invert, photo filter and so forth but ended up just using the paint brush tool and painted the colors in. The process was not what I expected but anyhow it's done and I think I could of worked on the right cheek a little more but I like my right eye.  

Krystal

Jennifer Tato's REMAKE PROJECT HUMANLAND

HUMANLAND Final Cut: Rule # 1 Zombie Cardio :)

ZOMBIELAND Original Clip: Rule #1 Cardio

Here is the finalized version of my remake project which I wrote and directed from the original. In the original clip of Zombieland, a lone kid is trying to survive a world infested with zombies. He lays down one fundamental rule among other rules in order to survive. In my remake project I chose to make a reversed scenario from the zombie's perspective. The last zombie in the world trying to survive the Human Apocalypse. I chose to keep the one fundamental rule from the original clip "Cardio" because I thought it was both funny and a key element from the original clip. A guide, or perhaps set of rules to surviving an Apocalypse. Enjoy & please like my video :) thank you!

Remake Project

Remake Project 

 by Ki Hwa Joung

 

See it or Read it?

I wanted to express between word and picture. 

In remake 1 case, I founded four of words in creative thinking title.

Could you guess it? ; )

I made the second remake picture by letter.

It's all up to you how you want to interpret!

Thanks!   

 

 

Research Project -Dane Christy

Creativity and Chakra's

Our Chakras are centers of energy located in the midline of our body. There are seven Chakras located in our body. The most well known and widely accepted Chakra system is the Hindu system. The word Chakra, is Sanskrit meaning ‘wheel’. The Chakras start at the base of the spine and go up through your head. The Kundalini is a dormant potential force in humans. Inside every human being there is a network of nerves and sensory organs that interpret the outside world. The seven major Chakras correspond to specific aspects of our consciousness and have their own individual characteristics and functions. Each Chakra has relation to the various glands in our body’s endocrine system, as well as to one of the seven colors of the rainbow. We record every thought and feeling in our chakras and they remain there until they are released. As we evolve and live our lives it is important for us to grow and move forward shedding and evolving these old ideas. Each of these Chakras play a very important role in the creative processes of our life. 

Disruptions in the flow of energy within and between these Chakras can block our creative processes. You are unable to move your physical, emotional and mental body to a higher level of spiritual awareness. We are often stuck in reality and our physical bodies and are not listening to our inner self, our inner spirit and higher self. The Chakras manifest the energy imbalance into your physical life. These disturbances are a big issue in why many of us lead less creative lives than we would if we realized our full creative potential. 

Creativity is our birthright and is a necessary part of living whole and our movement toward healing. Creativity is essential to our lives. Creativity sparks our spiritual movement toward wholeness and understanding. It is our creativity that allows us to choose the life we want to live. We have the ability to imagine and dream and communicate our thoughts and inner feelings. Creativity allows the flow between energy and matter to open, connecting with our beautiful mother earth, providing natural power and drive to be creative in ways we have never imagined. The Chakras are all involved in our creative expressions. Each Chakra has a unique and powerful role to play in creativity. 

Root or Base Chakra “Muladhara”

The Muladhara is the bottom of the Chakras, and is associated with the element earth. This Chakra is located at the base of the spine in the sacral plexus. This Chakra is the start place of the Kundalini. Physical activity strengthens this Chakra. This Chakra deals with physical identity, survival, stability, instinctual nature, and ambition. This Chakra connects our bodies to the physical plane. The Element earth represents this Chakra, with a red color. When the root Chakra is unbalanced all the Chakras are unable to balance themselves without a solid foundation.

Spleen Chakra “Svadhisthana”

The Svadhisthana is where new ideas, life and creativity are born, with the element water. It connects our relationship with others and the world around us. Our creativity and free will all reside within this Chakra. Free will and choice are all born from here. This Chakra is located at the hips, pelvic region. The heart of our relationships. If your having trouble being creative most likely this Chakra is blocked and needs to be opened. This Chakra builds on the characteristics of first.

Solar Plexus Chakra “Manipura”

The Manipura Chakra is found between the navel and the chest and is related to the color yellow. The third Chakra governs self direction, self control, personal will and energy. The third Chakra energy is reflected in the desire to create and to imagine, and manifest desires to the physical world. The energies that come together in this Chakra help us to mature in our self understanding. This Chakra compels us to create an identity apart from our tribal self.

Heart Chakra “Anahata”

The Anahata Chakra, located near the center of the breastbone represents higher consciousness and love. The Chakra is associated with the heart, thymus gland, lungs and circulatory system. This Chakra is a key balancing point for all Chakras. The color Green is associated with this chakra representing harmony, creativity, health, nature. The fourth Chakra mediates between the body and the spirit. This Chakra resonates our emotional perceptions, which determine the quality of our lives. We are attracted by love as we intimated by it. This Chakra embodies the spiritual lessons and shows us the most powerful energy we have is love.

Throat Chakra “Visuddha”

The Visuddha Chakra, is your communication center located in the center of your throat. This Chakra is associated with thyroid gland, upper lungs and respiratory system.The throat Chakra oversees your ability to make responsible decisions and speak for yourself, it is your spiritual voice. The throat Chakra is associated with the color blue. Blue is symbol of inspiration, devotion, and infinity.This Chakra is our will center. This Chakra is all about self expression and communication. It is directly connected with our ability to express inner creativity. 

Brow of Third Eye Chakra “Anja”

The Anja Chakra, is the Chakra of forgiveness and compassion. It is the narrow gate which opens the way for our consciousness to ascend to its final destination. The color is indigo is associated with this Chakra. The third eye is associated with the Pineal gland in the body. The pineal gland has much to offer when it comes to creativity, insight, intuition and thought. Located deep inside our brain between the two hemispheres. This gland acts as the main control center sending signals to all the other glands. Opening of the third eye results in personal access to higher knowledge and enlightened consciousness.

Crown Chakra “Sahasrara”

The Sahasrara Chakra integrates all the Chakras with their respective qualities. It is the last milestone on the evolution of human awareness. The Chakra encompasses the crown of the head. The Kundalini passes through the top of your head. The Crown Chakra is associated with pineal gland, brain, and central nervous system. Links individual and universal energy and allows you to see the world as a whole. Balanced crown Chakras allow for expanded awareness. The color associated with this chakra is violet. Its role is to secrete hormones and energy to the rest of the endocrine system connected to the central nervous system. The Crown Chakra is our sense of beauty, creativity, and inspiration. Directly relates to self knowledge and spiritual awareness and is the union with our higher self. It is a place of all knowing, beyond limits of space and time.

Each Chakra is directly linked to your present. Having the Chakras properly opened and balanced results in good emotions, mental and spiritual health. Having a balance energy level throughout your Chakras allows balanced Kundalini, making your mind and body act in total unison. When you understand that we are more  than our physical bodies, then you also understand that it is just as important to pay attention to and the care of our non physical, or energy body. Your thoughts and emotions will be as clear and easy to understand. Developing your psychic and spiritual abilities has been going on for thousands of years. Through their meaning colors, symbols we can embrace the whole history of humanity starting from its root toward its supreme realization. Each progress we make is our personal path toward enlightenment. The balance between mental and physical is such fine thread. It is up to us as human beings to absorb and project reality. With a expanded awareness and consciousness we can experience life on an enlightened path. We live in such a amazingly interesting, changing and challenging time. We live in a time with infinite potential and possibility and truly have the opportunity to be and do it all. This is the time for us to dream big, spread our wings and choose to experience a wonderful life because everything we could possibly wish for is within our reach.

5 Tips to Ignite your Chakras and Creativity

1. Find a meditation/ yoga technique that works for you. There are many techniques from various disciplines and cultures worldwide. Focus on the color and symbols of the Chakra that you want to ignite. It is totally up to you to incorporate and make you own technique that you are comfortable with. Practice as much as possible.

2.  Do not compare yourself with others. We are all unique individuals and are miracles of existence. Find your unique path and follow it without letting anybody effect you level. Exercise your uniqueness and do what you need to fulfill yourself.

3. Stop procrastinating and start painting, writing, journaling, photographing, dancing, or whatever it is that gives you joy. Listening to music will inspire you and link up your creativity. When you are joyful, and creative, you will be vibrating at a higher frequency, and will attract more good things into your life. 

4. Visit temples, museums, artwork and embrace yourself with the beauty of creation. Get inspired and create with influences fresh in your mind.

5. Keep your Chakras energized. Once you have discovered your unique voice and vision, express you unbounded creativity, share with others and help create our beautiful world.

Chakra Test

Chakra test which allows you to see how your Chakras are functioning.

Bibliography

http://www.awritersplace.net/chakras-creativity.html

http://chopsticks.hubpages.com/hub/Chakras-and-their-meanings

http://www.chakraenergy.com

http://www.threeheartscompany.com

http://avatarstudioarts.com/chakras-and-creativity

http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/chakratest.php

REMIX PROJECT - Fur Elise, Club Remix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIWfp_Hb_JU&feature=youtu.be



Hope you enjoy!

Dancehall Gymnastics Remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZttQ6vvXZs

Nah Let Go by Gyptian
Said I want to I want toIll give you some timeEven a little wine (Caribbean people say wine for wind and wind means to dance) 
(chorus)She say she nah let goNo matter how far meh goShe say she rather be there soAnd she nah mek no joke She say nah let goNo matter how far meh goShe say she rather be there soAnd she nah run no joke

Tell me how you bend and move like an acrobatWhen how tell me how you do thatBabe now I see you move like a gymnasticAnd your moves are fine and fantasticRight now girl your body is incredibleSpin on my own like a turn tableYou transform and give me the Japan wineMe affi open up me eyes them wide one more time


Like a hundred degrees clockWine like that mm hmmBaby wine nonstop 

Wonder where you get a style like thatMe aint tellin you meh wan see you stop girlYou nah shape like beer bokkle (Bottle)Cola bokkle shape and yuh pierced nabel (navel)Nuff gyal out a road nah like youBut them wudda hot if them wudda follow you


I have never ever seen another girl wine this wayAnd dont you even bother to get her numberBecause the sexy girl is with me

(chorus)No matter how far meh goShe say she rather be there soAnd she nah mek no jokeShe say nah let goNo matter how far meh goShe say she rather be there soAnd she nah run no joke

Hotel California , American wedding mash up.

There are many cover I could have done or remixes But I chose hotel California by the eagles due to recent issues with It's copyright laws hotel California is a song by the eagles and has been done over and over By many artists recently though frank ocean a upcoming singer did his own rendition and has been told not to preform one of his hit songs from his standout ep nolostgia, ultra don henley told the singer if he preformed it again he should have serious legal issues with his lawyers. Franks oceans only response was I did it for the memorie of hotel Cali not to disgrace it or change it eagles . frank ocean.

Roland Remix

http://soundcloud.com/roland-longstreet/smoke-on-water

Remake/Remix- Arakaki

For my remix project, I decided to turn an ikebana centerpiece into an accessory.

Isaiah Prakash - Remake

REMAKE/REMIX - ADFRelente

TWO EASY PIECES

Remake - MIA

I remade "The scream," by Edvard Munch that is one of my favorite paintings. I drew it myself, and I put Macaulay Culkin's face from the movie "Home alone" instead of the original face. He's screaming because he's worrying the future of our planet in the painting. (Nuclear bomb, Aliens, and Global warming)

Sketch

Attached some photos

The finished work
"The Scream II - Annihilation"

Johann - Remix/ Remake

For my remix/ remake project I took several acronyms changed up the words and put pictures to them.
LOL
YOLO
LMAO
JK
FAQ
ASAP

Visualization Meditation for Creative Problem Solving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIA4aGWv90M&feature=youtube_gdata
Cheee got it to work- check this out--

Katy Behling Research Project

Creative Problem-Solving and Visualization-Meditation Techniques

Visualization and meditation to solve problems is not a new-age or ‘airy fairy’ concept. It is quite practical and used more often than we realize. Being able to envision solutions to problems which arise is a key bridge in being able to create in many different settings. It’s the evolutionary thing that sets us as humans apart, and has given rise to nearly every invention and innovation. Whether reached actively or passively- visions and visualizations, coupled with meditation, are a way to shift the inner mental projection and picture oneself on the other side of a problem. It’s a way to free the imagination rather than focusing on the negative aspects. Similar to when people use the expression, “sleep it over”, these methods give your mind and mental processes a chance to rest, yet run and do what they have been preprogrammed to do. When your mind is in the state of actively focused visualization or meditation, it is similar to when you are completely absorbed in a creative or personally enjoyed activity. During those types of activities your mind is both focused and relaxed, and often you get ‘lost’ in the activity, getting past the blocks on a creative path.

Creative ideas flourish in this window of opportunity and often solutions to problems present themselves without strain. Even if the solution doesn’t pop into your consciousness right then, it at least sets up and prepares your mind to receive a solution; and clears up emotional clutter which can make problems seem unsolvable and frustrate the creative process. During this time, attention is not placed on the emotions surrounding that problem, yet the kernel of the problem itself considered with an objective and undistracted mind.

One method of solving a creative problem solving using a visualization-meditation technique is to think about a specific problem; something you are stuck on creatively, academically, or personally, and to take 5-10 minutes to write down all the hopes and fears you have associated with this particular problem. There are a few reasons to do this- it galvanizes the pros and cons and feelings you have which may be holding you back from seeing an essential factor or a hidden ‘ah-ha’. It also makes it more defined and set in a framework of parameters to which you can look at from the outside perspective.

Then, try to do just the opposite which is to clear your mind completely of this problem/situation/conundrum for about the same amount of time, 5-10 minutes, while closing your eyes and sitting somewhere still and calm, deeply breathing. In order to replace the problem from your mind, think of the expanse surrounding where you have placed the problem. In doing this, you want to also focus on the endless possibilities and resolve your expectations to be able to work through the problem to the other side. It is important to get to the state when you are totally transfixed and transported to another place where your perspective can change and grow larger. Even if the solution doesn’t pop into your consciousness right then, it at least sets up and prepares your mind to receive a solution and clears the emotional clutter and confusion that will make problems seem unsolvable and frustrate the creative process. Scenarios and solutions must be pictured by the mind’s eye before it can enter into the cognitive process, therefore making the act of imagining the problem and picturing it like a movie in your mind so important. When you visualize something, you build a platform for understanding and knowledge that can later lead to greater breakthroughs.

As I mentioned in the introduction, it is thought that the characteristic which sets men apart from animals is the ability to go over situations and construct possibilities in their minds. From his book Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving Robert Arp states, “In order to solve problems, humans are able to synthesize apparently unrelated concepts, hypothesize, invent, and engage in other similarly abstract and creative activities, primarily through the use of their visual systems.” Furthermore, he defines scenario visualization (a topic which he delves into) as a “conscious ability to segregate and integrate visual images in future scenarios.” According to this author the very ability to be able to creatively visualize is the answer to the two questions asked most by philosophers and biologists regarding human nature; why we are unique; and how we got that way. The answer of course is being able to creatively visualize and meditate on our problems in order to find a solution. It would seem that animals act out of habit and instinct but that is beyond the scope of this research paper.

In conclusion, people have taken this class perhaps in order to increase their creativity and their ability to solve not only creative problems but personal, community, and world problems. The research shows that it is an innate and part of the human brain which has uniquely developed to be able to picture, analyze, and create situations out of visualization and meditation within themselves. It could potentially benefit creative individuals to know about these visualization techniques which allow the mind to get outside of a problem and look at it objectively in order to create a solution. So, next time you are confronted with a problem, grab a note pad, get centered and allow the creative forces to work on your behalf!

Linkography:

http://www.experiencefestival.com/wp/article/problem-solving-meditation

http://terri-parrott.suite101.com/use-visualization-and-meditation-to-solve-problems-a282863

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11487

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Arp

http://www.abundance-and-happiness.com/creative-visualization.html

Note: due to website/blog complications I made an audio track for this project and can not directly upload it. So I went to YouTube and created an account which said I needed to convert it into a movie file. So I downloaded that program, designed it as an audio track with picture and have attempted 4 times each time it gets halfway saved and my computer crashes and turns off. So very frustrating coupled with the fact that I had to be re added to post on the blog-- . So, hopefully I can get that worked out or Carl can put it on Laulima. 

MARNI landing page

http://www.marni.com

I just honestly think it's so adorable how these little squiggles ended up as outfits. (Thought there was a lot of additions in between, it's still cool)

from style.com

Remake-Dane Christy

I recently bought a brand new jigsaw. A jigsaw is a tool used for cutting designs in wood, metal or other materials. My father taught me how to use a jigsaw when I was about 8 years old. Since I bought this new jigsaw, I can't help but see a picture or figure and envision myself cutting it out. I am constantly sketching and taking pictures of potential cutouts. All the plywood that I use is found on the streets. One man's trash is my creative treasure.

Peace sign that I did when I was  9 years old. Found this piece and got inspired to create a new one 13 years later.

Peace outline pic.

Outline on plywood, ready to be cutout.

Peace sign cutout, ready to be painted.

Peace sign, painted with acrylic paint.

Too the Streets

Free Comic Book Day

How was your haul?

(I was suprised that it was hardbounded)

Now back to finals.

reduction

Isaac Mizrahi: It should always be a little boring

"Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you’re going to die.” (Isaac Mizrahi)

Adventure Log

UPDATE: link fixed. thanks Amy.

Companion to my research piece on diary writing and leadership. I'm honestly spent.

a few shekels

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/the-scream-sells-at-sothebys-for-120-million-a-record/

Exercise- Roland Research Project

Potentially Human

            Personally, as a creature I like to jump. The agility of a young buck compels the soul to hurl the body into the mountainous regions of nature, so as to rustle with the trees, sprawl with the grass, and sing with the birds. Gliding the body up and down countless rocks and roots, my feet the navigator.  In the ocean I’m found sliding though the water. Currents swaying my every molecule, but with what technique and determination I move my body in the direction I so please.  Once the blood is thoroughly flowing through the veins, I’m agile as a gazelle.

            There are two aunts of mine, my father’s only sisters. They are both terribly obese.  Both would be categorized with the 6% of Americans who are “extremely obese”, opposed to the 34% of Americans who are simply obese.  In 2009, 63.1% of adults in America were either overweight or obese.  Bound for the same path, around twelve years ago my father stopped eating meat, and took up exercise.  He is now able to hike miles of mountains and walk streets for numerous hours without halt.  In conversation, the sisters insist to the brother that it is too late for them to be fit; their naïve ignorance extinguishes hopes of any form of exercise. 

            Exercise is a necessary part of our lives that was lost somewhere in our understandings as a society, over shadowed by corporate profit and technological conveniences.

Primitive man needed to be physically fit, as he would be able to spend two days on trips up to 20 miles on foot in order to hunt and gather for their people.  When I discuss the matters of gathering women with my comrades, we often refer to the experience as hunting.  We metaphorically ‘hunt’ the women, and it is indirectly to our benefit if we maintain a healthy, physically fit profile.  In that sense, hunting has played an uncannily similar role on the human male physiology from the dawn of man to the present day. 

To say that exercise seems unnecessary in today’s society could be an understatement.  Today, one could choose to spend the entirety of their free time in a vegetative state, absorbed in the monitor of their television or computer.  Kindergarteners around the world are already being taught and entertained on devices that require the maximum movement of a hand wave.   From couch or office chair one can bee-line directly to their vehicle to migrate to the next sitting spot.  People have adapted to seeing exercise as a burden, even a tiring waste of time. Despite how it may seem, exercise is, as it has always been, chief in importance to our health and well-being. There is an ancient Greek saying, “Exercise for the body and music for the soul”.

Perhaps it is one who is blessed, or likely just more aware, to see that the body daily contains far more energy than one would know what to do with. Moreover, this supply is replenished after each night, and one could feel as if it’s been wasted if not wholly used for a day.  When I find circumstance to expel a majority of my energy stores, my mind thereafter is calmer and clearer than it could have possibly been otherwise.  Remaining is an exhausted body, lounging as the versatile instrument of the mind.  

This past Sunday I awoke at dawn, and with my father went to the gym.  I exerted myself and whole fully broke a sweat.  In the afternoon, we went for a casual hike, as we usually do on Sundays.  The day was beautiful, and a steep one mile incline wraps into another mile of zigzag descents.   Around 4 pm I met with my best of friends, and we found ourselves at Kaimana beach ready to swim out to the wind-flag which is post out at 200 meters from shore.  After that swim I certainly could say that I was exhausted, but my mind was extraordinarily refreshed.  The mellow disposition of my body left my mind very relaxed, suddenly enjoying the temperate air and the environments of Hawaii far more than usual.  For dinner I departed from home, half-jokingly telling my dad that I’m going female hunting.  Sitting alone and seriously enjoying the elaborate atmosphere at a spot called Rum Fire, my beer and burger arrive.  Smiles grace my face and not a worry was on my mind. The spot was calming to the senses, and I happen to see other fellows who are also sitting alone and making it painfully obvious that they are hunting female.  Suddenly a group of three attractive Japanese females on the table next to me make a sort of beastly sound to get my attention.  I look and see three smiles reflecting my own. The leader of this pack gestured for me to join them, and suddenly my burger and I were enveloped in a very positive experience. This calm frame of mind, which welcomed the females to subsequently hunt me, I owe entirely to the extensive exercise that I did earlier that day.

At a cellular level inside of our brains, exercise has been proven by scientists to be one of the only ways to create new neurons, protect existing neurons and promote the signal transmission between neurons, which is considered the basis of memory and learning.  This means that it certainly is more than just a feeling that came over me after a full day of exercise, my mind had developed more neurons. It is quite a curiosity that such profound and established research would not be wide spread and advertised, as much as, say, Mc Donald’s twenty piece chicken mc nuggets for five dollars.  I could almost venture to guess that the pharmaceutical companies and the fast food companies go hand in hand along with the government to make an awesome profit from the growing unhealthiness of the country, but I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist.

            I’ve found that my induction of swimming, hiking, and running, as regular hobbies was not the easiest thing to grasp at first, given their vigorous connotations. Though it was after successions of these exhausting experiences did I naturally understand that not only was I physically becoming healthier, I was discovering new states of mind.  Children need to be taught these things at a young age, so they may stand better chance to live their body and mind to its’ full potential.  What with all the incredible advances in technology allowing a child to hold the world of knowledge in one hand and an ice cream in the other, it seems that chance is only getting slimmer.  

Bibliography

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro05/web2/mmcgovern.html

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cmc/2007/00000014/00000024/art00005

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223602021434

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html