Black death

Ok, so I read a story today on yahoo about a girl who is recovering from bubonic plague. Wow really in this day and how do contract black death you ask? Well you play with a dead squirrel. As a nursing major I am fascinated by the thought that people still get this. This seven year old girl had a 107 fever and whatnot and survived. In the middle ages when this disease was in its prime it killed millions. It speaks wonders for medicine today. However you have to wonder with all the vaccines we have and subject our children to how do we not have a vaccine for this?

Photographs for Portrait Day Yeah

This a photo taken by Dorthea Lang. It is the migrant mother. I love how you can see sadness of the era. The great depression was such an important time in history. You see how she is in the make shift tent with her children, probably starving and obviously thinking on the hardships she is facing with her children.

 

This is a piece of semi local history. I love that this family is standing in front of their house just outside Miller Grove. They are the Mooney family and the photographer is unknown.

 

 

Speaking of Miller Grove this is the Miller family whom the town was named after. Isn't is interesting that the men are seperate from the ladies.

Just love this photo by Charles C. Ebbets. Where do you think he was standing?



Abstract from the master

I am fascinated by Picasso. He took people ( namely his mistress and later his wife ) and  painted them. He was married to Olga when he met Marie-Therese Walter. This is the painting where Olga realized that they were not her features and left Picasso. He never married Marie-Therese Walter. I love abstract because it shows how the painter sees the world or their subjects.

 

The Starry Night By Vincent Van Gogh is absolutely interesting. I like how massive the north star is almost like a sun in the dark. This painting has gives me a feeling like something is creeping in on the town, and you can't help but watch. This has always been one of my favorite paintings.