How to Kill a Chicken by Katherine Tate

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/13/133695461/how-to-kill-a-live-chicken


"How to Kill a Chicken" is a story about a female farmer who is divorced and lives comfertabley on her small farm has an epiphony while eating a chicken she witnessed dying first hand. This story is the most intriguing to me because of the fact it had an epiphony. The other stories weren't as interesting and didn't really have a solid meaning. Or if there was a meaning it was hard to understand for me. This story also has a well-written attention getter which is the main reason I started to read it.

Kehinde Wiley

The work that Kehinde Wiley conveys to me is expressing the positive aspects of a man in general. I don't believe that it was specifically about african-american men. I just saw a man in general. One thing that is unique and stoof out for me was the fact that he had some of the designs that were intended to be in the background was also painted on the man. Like on the painting on the bottom the yellow desisgn in the background are also engraved on the man's blue tee-shirt. Maybe it represents a type of aura that is all around the man? Either way, it really stood out for me.

Banksy is Art

1. I believe that Banksy is a true definition of an artist. He's an artist because he expresses his mind through his paintings without the rules or having others clouding his imagination. The places he expresses these epiphonies might not be the greatest but it's proving a point that could not be better explained in any other location.

2.If Banksy was a politician he might have chosen a different alternative to express his thoughts which could lead to grafitti if it was a biased statement. But since his artwork seems to be neutral, I believe all he wants is a neutral reaction. Grafitti artists want a very negative of very positive reaction, not the equilibrium.

3. I don't believe it's important to express one's art in public, but it could be essential if the artist's creation was created for a purpose.