"A great photograph really needs to say something about a person or give some insight into their life or how their life is different than yours and mi

Steve McCurry the photographer. McCurry has won many awards for his photography. Many people say that his photo show the unforgettable. McCurry was born in Philadelphia and graduated in Pennsylvania from arts and arctecture. His career started when he went disguised as a native grad and crossed the Pakistan border to the rebel control in Afghanistan. From there he won, many awards for his photography. Many photo show international and civil conflict. It is said that he focuses on human consequence of war showing how war impresses on the human face. His photos show a series of emotions on the human face of war. Steve Mcurry tries to capture the moment to see what it is like to be that person being photographed.

"A great photograph really needs to say something about a person or give some insight into their life or how their life is different than yours and mine." A national geographic interview.

This quote I really like because it really proofs how good photographer Mcurry is because he is trying to help the people, it also gives him reason to make a photo, to put real life in it but at the same time its also still. . I believe that all of McCurry’s photos show emotion and life in it. You can really tell what he is trying to show.

Shepherd boy at Al Ahmadi, Kuwait, 1991

This photo really stands out for me, this stands out for me because I can really tell how this little boy feels, you can see the emotion in the eyes, it really makes you think. What I think Steve McCurry is trying to show is that all the war that’s happened and now see what price the children had to pay for other peoples actions.To show what the child has been through. A less obvious thing about this photo is showing the broken car, normally you would think of a boy sittin gon there having a good time having a fun trip with nice family but instead its the the little boy with a sad emotion, not in a safe place and not having fun and possibly with no family there either. That’s how he showed me and made everyone feel sad about the boy sitting on the edge of that car.

I think that McCurry’s photos are really great because they really show life and meaning, they really make you think and make you want to help. What I learned about photography from Steve McCurry’s photos is that pictures/photo’s can tell 1000 words from one emotion. I think his photos can show change. To make people see how other peoples life are affected. As McCurry says "to see how there life is different then yours or mine"(national geographic interview). A great photo is made when there is life in it. It isn’t just taking a photo when someone is smiling. A photo makes emotion. I think emotion is what people realize when seeing a great photo; it is emotion what makes a great photo. A great photo is lasted a very long time, because when people see a great photo people will pass it on to the next generation and so people will remember the photo that was taken a long time but it so great and so meaningful that it never dies. As said I think a photo is read by emotion in a place on or on a humans face. After this photo the journey keeps going because after a great photo people will want to see more great things and that makes them want to help more. So you keep going to show the people and fill them with emotion. That’s how someone’s journey is affected, because of the people.

Jason The Hero

Jason I think really fits into the cycle of the hero but I think it happens in a different order but i also don't remember him getting any kind blessing that can get the shape of a wizard of any kind. The only thing I think was close to blessing that Jason got was being trained by Chiron, which was a good help for Jason because he needed his training skills on his journey. Jason faces many challenges on his journey such as evil sorcerers, monsters and many other challenges which are included in the cycle of the hero. I think that they represent all of them very well except Jason his strength is different in some of them making Jason different sometimes but I guess thats the way it is because no one really knows what happened to Jason and all of his companions. They were also very dependent on each other, when in other myths I heard they are sometimes a bit careless. I think the journey of Jason and the Argonauts because the ship was said to be real and could sail, I don't think the golden fleece is real because it doesn't sound very realistic but i do think the journey is real.

Curiosity

The African and the Greek myth, Orphan Boy and Pandora are warning us that curiosity can lead to change, often negative. In Pandora, Zeus handed her a box and didn't notify her what was inside, and she was very curious to look inside, so eventually she opened the box and then monsters sprang out and went into the world and then misfortune hunger and poverty came into our world. For Orpahan Boy there was young boy who came to a old man and had magical powers and young trusted the old man not to follow him but one day he did out of curiosity and the boy saw him and left then the old man died. So as said from the proof that curiosity can lead to change and that can be bad.Orphan boy picture by Paul Morin Pandora picture https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8z1IHLGejwet2RkK8k5SXySti6tDRwDkmfGHAP0U6471zZJa24PnLhhOJsloGcVL_m3qU-yGnCEzRJIcWU9xmehGjRBBPVxGd9Ib4elrmQSgUgRjDIroWGdSKI4_ZTxEIjcEclO1qHjY/s400/pandora.jpg

My Name

Names are a mysterious things, they all have a unique story behind them. Mark is the name my parents gave me. Honestly I thought my name was kind of boring because it was just 1 syllable and there was no nickname to it. But after some time I noticed that Mark wasnt just Mark. Then I saw that there was a famous CIO called Mark Wrostner. There was also a an old king named King Mark he was king before the time of Arthur. Then there was a famous swimmer called Mark Spitz. The name mark was my name and many men had it, I was facinated by what came out. Also I don't see how someone can make fun of Mark, it's so short that it impossible to make fun of. But name still remain's as me not as any of the famous people named like me. When I think about the name Mark it reminds me off all the other people but then I think as Mark as me,I think that though I am not famous or great or special, inside the name mark there will be me and inside I am great to. http://www.facebook.com/profile/pic.php I am great to.

Creation myth

Many cultures have creation myth's which are unique to their identity because most of them explain what happened? on earth for instance like how human's came to being or how we got feeling's or nature. Many different cultures seek those explanation. I think that a amazing because cultures didn't even know that other culture's existed. One myth called Phan Ku a chinese myth is a myth that explains how the world was created. One day a man burst out of a cosmic egg, his name was Phan Ku, it was said that he grew 10 feet a day and had hair all over him and he lived for 8000 years. Now the myth continues on by when Phan Ku carved out the world. Then he started decorating he filled in the space between sky and added clouds. The came the river and lakes and ocean's he created them all from his blood, earth from all his skin then from his bones he created all the rocks, after that he made all plant and life form his hair, then the rain came from his sweat, lightning and thunder from his voice. But then he died and he sacrificed himself to complete the world becuase when he died thats how feeling came to human beings because they suffer under Phan Ku's death. This myth explains all 3 main things that cultures seek. I find this magnificent because they are trying to tell us the same thing.Happening

The Journey begins

The quote I chose above me is a saying about a journey, I believe journeys can be told in many different ways. I you can see my picture is a painting of sunrise. You must be thinking whats sunrise gotta do with journey. Well let me tell you something every journey begins somewhere, and I believe when someone see's a sunrise it is like a new beginning, the sunrise is so beutiful that when you see sunrise you think " yeah now "I'm gonna get out there" " I gotta do this". The sunrise gives you hope and confidence in your new journey because I believe that everyday is hard working journey.

Fish Bowl

Today in my humanities class we did a fish bowl about the questions my class mates had about The Giver chapter 3-4-5. Many people did not particapate in the first hadfull of questions which was about the stirring. I guess not many went in the fish bowl on those questions because they might not have understood it fully or the question was to hard for them, so they just sat out the whole time. But then on the second question which was talking about realeasing. Now on that question everyone came in to answer but on that question things got a little outta control, people started getting off task, and there was a lot of side conversations going on, people started racing for chairs, and seats. But the people in the circle still had their conversations. I also find that the realesing questions were much easier then the stirrings. It was a little like the last fish bowl, always the same people went in, so then eventually the conversation would stop and there would be no more ideas to say because the same people kept coming in. But still I think most people had fun in the fish bowl, including me. :)