love and use it as inspiration for their artwork, but Leonora Carrington said "[she] didn't have time to be anyone's muse...[she] was too busy rebelling against [her] family and learning to be an artist." (Carrington). The talented Leonora Carrington dedicated all her efforts into growing as an artist; she was committed and determined. Her distinctive technique won her the acknowledgement as one of the few female surrealists. Leonora Carrington was well known for her unique paintings, however she
Absaraka: Home of the Crows Margaret Carrington This book was written by Margaret Carrington (1831-1870), the wife of the Commanding Officer Colonel Henry B. Carrington, at Fort Philip Kearny. This novel was written from her own journal about her time spent traveling to the outpost up to her return to Fort Laramie. The book reads initially as a guide to prospective travelers on the Virginia City road, and finishes in the same fashion. In between are her first hand accounts of the troubles experienced
Independent Reading Check-In One 25 Point Formative Assessment Title of Your Independent Reading Book: Letting Ana Go What page have you read to? 150 How do you know when you’ve encountered “good writing”? What comes to mind when you think of “good writing”? Think of a line from a book, poem, song, article, letter or other source that you’ve read and consider good writing. Why is this line striking? What did this line make you feel? I consider “good writing” a line full of description, but not
)Born on the 16th of December, 1908 in the town of Angles, Spain, Varo was brought up by both her parents alongside her two brothers. She grew up in a highly educated environment; her father introduced her to scientific and philosophical readings and even literature by great novelists including Edgar Allan Poe and Alexandre Dumas. He wanted to enrich her early life with as much knowledge as possible and from a variety of sources and subjects. (1)Varo’s interest for painting was founded by her father
Although the purpose of the Bible is to teach us the right way to live with its numerous rules, the book “The Year of Living Biblically” by A.J. Jacobs, exposes the less publicized rules and how contradictory some of them can be. The main propose of the author of this book is not to criticize or make fun of religion in his quest to “follow the Bible as literally as possible”, but to demonstrate that he enjoys the learning experience. A.J. Jacobs suggests that people claim to be religious when in