Peter Paul Rubens- Cimon & Pero

Most of the people think painting which was drawn by famous painter is for high level group or very boring and difficult subject. I was same as you. Before I entered my university, I thought what art is very difficult and complex thing. However, now I will introduce very interesting painting. Have you ever seen this painting? This painting was drawn by Peter Paul Rubens. A title of this painting is Cimon & Pero. You can see this painting in Puerto Rico National Art Museum. As soon as you see what do you think? An old man and a young woman. In addition, the old man sucks her breast. Do you think they have immoral intimacy? when I saw this one at the first time, it was little bit shocked. There is the woman's breast in the nude and the old man sucks the breast. I think you are same as me. However, after listening my explaination about this painting, you have different feel and interest. There is a story. The old man is Cimon and Simon in America. The young woman is Pero. They are father and daughter. He was in jail becase of declaring independence and was waiting for capital punishment. In addition, he must not eat anything until that day. It made her heart hurt to see the father did not allowed to eat anything, so she entered the prison and gave her breast. It states she devoted herself and unconditional love. Now, what do you think? I thought a subect of art is very boring, but by knowing and taking classes I realize that the art is fascinated and captivated.

comparing ads

“Ouch! That hurts.” And then, my sister screamed in the bathroom. “What’s up there?” I asked to her. When I went to the bathroom, she was almost crying and said, “I tried to eliminate my leg hair, but I could not. It was very sick!” Therefore, I suggested to her. “Use another one, or do not shave your leg.” When I saw two advertisements that are products of shavers in a magazine, that happening just popped in my head. I think the way of advertising is important because the advertisement is a part of strategies in marketing and it is related to customers. Also the most important thing in the advertisement is how to approach to customer and explain a product. By comparing, those two advertisements, the Venus and the Quattro, we can know what advertisements intend to customers and, how to attract people who need a shaver.
Both ads do not emphasize their products and write down their functions of items in the corner of a page. The Venus ad touches people’s emotion and makes people believe product work well. However, the Quattro ad differs from the Venus because the Quattro ad approaches to people the other way which expresses artificially. In addition, customers easily find advertisements which are similar to the Venus.
Gillete’s Venue ad is not artificial. It expresses feeling after using a shaver. A model who has shiny body wears purple- colored bikini wraps around a silky big scarf. The Venus ad makes people can imagine smooth, silky skin. By seeing the ad, every woman who has leg’s hair expects to have the same skin as shown in the picture. The Gillette company made the ad with good balance. The customers can see item’s benefits and functions on the left corner of the page.
The Quattro’s ad attracts readers of advertisement because it does not use a model. It uses a computer such as a design graphic. The Quattro’s ad evokes people’s curiosity and interests by showing only women’s shiny legs with drawing angles. Draw-angles make people believe the shaver was made more scientific than others. Even though ad does not say about feeling after using the product and advantages of the Quattro, customers were absorbed in the ad.
Not only the Venus, but also the Quattro has their own way of approaching to their consumers and they are clear in expressing their intention. In my opinion, I prefer the Quattro ad because of the creative concept they have produced as I already mentioned. The Quattro ad fascinates me.

the Culture Shock

65% of the people experiences culture shock. I also have. It happened the second visiting in America.
One day, I was jogging alone in the park. Suddenly, a person who passed by me said “hello” and smiled, so I was embarrassed. “Is she crazy?” I said in my mind. Also “Does she know me?” “Why did she say hello to me?” Hmm.. I tried to remember who she was. However I could not. I concluded she was out of her mind. After I came back to my cousin’s home, I asked to my younger cousin who had lived in America for a while what happened to me. She laughed and said “Hey, sister, she was not crazy. Sometimes people say hello to you; even though, they do not know you. So, you were embarrassed? Huh?” to me. “What an awkward! So I have to answer that?” I asked my cousin. She answered “If you want, but if you do not want you do not have to.” I still can not understand it. I am getting used to some greeting at the shop like “How are you?” However, “hello” from strangers who I do not know is still a shy word to me.

my best teacher

When I was a high school student I met one of the best teachers in my life. He was my English teacher. There are many reasons why I remember him as the best. He had a great personality and funny appearance. Also I liked his way of teaching. He always tried to understand students. Even though, a student did not get a good grade, he always gave hope to student by saying good things. He always smiled and gave us a laugh. In addition, he had small eyes. Sudents sometimes called him "box." A tendency of Korean education system is only memorizing. However, he made students understand contexts. He told us about a stories which related to contexts. It made me memorized they more easily. After meeting him, I was interested in English.