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Beauty Is Pain
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Danielle Cheek
Ambrosia maple
24” x 13.5” x 11.25”
2023
“Beauty is pain,” a common phrase articulated to justify societal pressures on women to conform to the culture’s depiction of ideal beauty. Beauty Is Pain is a wooden stool that illustrates this metaphor through its grain and sharp angles. Ambrosia maple wood was specifically selected for this project because the grain’s coloring is not completely uniform, allowing for diversity to be celebrated. Pain is visualized, however, through the three supporting legs, leading to the sharp points of the triangular seat. The piece itself, while intimidating in appearance, provides a natural feeling seat which leaves the pondering question, “should this juxtaposition continue to define the lives of many women and girls today?
A Study of Goethe and Schiller
Get PDFThis research analyzes ten lesser-known works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller–two notable authors of late 18th and early 19th century German literature–for how the pieces display the author’s worldview and how they fit into the literary genres of the time. These works have not been previously studied in depth. To gain a holistic view of the writings, the researchers also analyzed previous research on Goethe and Schiller. Conclusions to the literary analysis explain the reasoning behind why each piece fits within the Klassik, Romantik, or Sturm und Drang literary period
Comparative Metabolomics of Four Fatigue Disorders: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME), Long COVID, Fibromyalgia (FM), and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Get PDFFatigue is a common symptom associated with illness. However, in some chronic health conditions, fatigue becomes so severe that it limits the patient’s ability to perform tasks associated with daily living. Chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, long COVID, and major depressive disorder are examples of poorly understood medical conditions which cause debilitating fatigue. The cost of these disorders is huge, both in terms of human suffering and economic impact, as many patients are rendered unable to work and struggle to care for themselves. Understanding the pathophysiology of these disorders would benefit patients and their families as well as society at large.
Metabolomics, the scientific study of metabolites in an organ or tissue (Oxford Dictionary), may offer hope to scientists trying to unravel the pathophysiology of these disorders. Since metabolomic testing can be conducted on blood samples, it is non-invasive. Many different compounds can be assessed from a single sample. Our hypothesis is that by comparing results of metabolomic testing from patients with fatigue-related disorders, we can find common threads which may help explain pathophysiology. In our review of the literature, we found that increased pyruvate levels were found in all four of the fatigue-related disorders studied, while three of the four disorders were also marked by increased lactate levels. GDF15, a marker for mitochondrial stress, was also elevated in three of the four disorders, and was uncharacterized in fibromyalgia. All of the disorders were characterized by dysregulated sphingolipids and phosphatidylcholine and were correlated with metabolites that suggested below-normal ATP levels. Further research may allow for better understanding and treatment of these debilitating disorders.
Breaking Barriers: Unveiling Renaissance Women in Music
Get PDFThis presentation explores the often overlooked and suppressed role of women in Renaissance music, drawing upon a systematic review of available literature from the 15th and 16th centuries. Canning will highlight how women played crucial roles in the world of music as both patrons, performers, and composers, contributing to the development and flourishing of these fields despite societal restrictions on their involvement. Women\u27s contributions to music were often dismissed in historical accounts, and women\u27s access to musical education and employment was limited. However, this workshop presents evidence to suggest that affluent and royal women were able to access musical education and play a significant role as patrons of music, including influential female patrons such as Maria Mancini Colonna, Queen Christina, Isabella d’Este, and Lucrezia Borgia, and highlights the strategies employed by these patrons, including using music to strengthen political and social connections. This presentation will also discuss the contributions of female musicians and composers, including the Ferrara-based concerto delle donne, Maddalena Casulana, and Vittoria/Raffaela Aleotti, and emphasizes their significant contributions to musical composition and performance during the late Renaissance. Overall, Canning highlights the importance of recognizing the significant achievements of women in Renaissance music and the need to challenge societal expectations and restrictions on their involvement in the arts
Giving Physicality to Faith
Get PDFMy artistic work is preoccupied with identity, relationships, love, and suffering, which I explore through a variety of media, including painting, ceramics, and sculpture. Humans are constrained to bodies, to physical experiences of touch, smell, taste, and sight, and yet we are obsessed with cerebral matters. Much of my work touches upon universal human experience, mainly, the transcendentals—the innate longing for truth, beauty, and goodness—alongside the inevitability of suffering.
My paintings explore the human condition, informed by the teachings of Christian scripture. Stylistically, I paint representationally and abstractly, utilizing depictions of the human form and non-objective brushstrokes, often using circles to mark unity and completeness. Sculptural work is formed by personal stories and relationships, allowing love and compassion to be worn and felt. Repetition and pattern are common themes in my practice, revealing my tendency towards mechanical discipline. My mind endlessly tangles and untangles its beliefs, and through material, I search for the spaces in and between what Ecclesiastes names “eternity in the hearts of men” and the words of Genesis “from dust we came and to dust we will return.”
As an artist I long to help cultivate a taste for beauty in the Christian, and to create work that is intriguing to those not in the faith. In this presentation I will share images of my work and the intentions behind each piece, as well as my philosophy of art-making as a Christian artist
Review on \u3cem\u3eLove is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement\u3c/em\u3e by Sandra M. Wallace
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