Alex Pardee

Jane’s goal is clearly much higher than reproducing other’s works. She sees herself acquiring the skills of a professional artist. Jane

Alex is a pilot in the Navy that is very proud of his military discipline and high standards. He came to see Dr Paul after he bombarded a school in Baghdad thinking that it was an insurgent safe house. As soon as Alex gets in the doctor’s office, he adopts an arrogant position and almost does not let Dr Paul talk. Alex tests Paul all the time, trying to control the topic of the

He is injected with the experimental drug and he is forced to watch movies that depict violent acts. The treatments occur over a two week period with the movies becoming increasingly violent. The Doctors who were overseeing the experiment played classical music in the background. This had an unexpected result on Alex who loves classical music, he became conditioned to become ill with headaches and nausea when he sees any violence or hears classical music. Alex’s treatment is considered to be a success and he is released back into society after only two years in prison. Back into the society he once dominated with violence and cruelty, Alex immediately begins running into people whom he committed crimes against and they begin to take their revenge on the defenseless Alex. His treatment not only cured him against committing violent acts, it also eliminated his ability to defend himself against violence being perpetrated against him. This becomes evident when Alex is being assaulted by a transient he previously assaulted and Dim and Pete, now police officers rescue Alex from the beating. Realizing that Alex cannot defend himself and still upset with him Dim and Pete take Alex to a secluded spot in the woods and beat and attempt to drown Alex. Feeling that they have exacted their retribution, Dim and Pete leave Alex in

First, the author of Part-Time Indian, Alexie, shows how art is used in the novel to overcome trauma by using diction and detail. Junior titles one of his cartoons, “Who my parents would have been if somebody had paid attention to their dreams” (12). This shows how Junior is using art to cope with his trauma. It also shows how Junior is scared about his own future, because no one will pay attention to his dream of becoming an artist. On page 6, Junior says “I draw because I want to talk to

In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer writes about Christopher McCandless, a young man who drops everything in his life to go travel throughout the states and end up in Alaska to find the truth to his questions. But did Chris find the truth he desperately desired? Some would say that McCandless did, other would say that he has wasted his time and was being ignorant and stupid. I agree with the author, Jon Krakauer, that Christopher McCandless was not a crazy lunatic, a sociopath, or an outcast because he had made lots of friends while traveling, but there were times when Chris was incompetent, even though he managed to stay alive for quite awhile. Christopher McCandless had a pretty normal childhood.

Paul Klee will always be remembered as one of the world’s greatest modern artists. Not only through his inspiring artwork that was trendsetting for many generations of artists to come, but also his writings and lectures that were extremely valuable to the world of modern art laying the ground work for mastering color, style, and simplicity; Klee was truly one of the all-time greats at what he did. Klee was also one of the first artists to recognize the art of the self-taught and mentally ill. Klee said: “Only children, madmen, and savages, truly understand the in-between world of spiritual truth”.

Aaron Beck was born on July 18th of 1921 in Providence, Rhode Island and is the youngest of five children(Spicher, 2008). He grew up a sickly child, developing fears of blood and suffocation(Corey, 2013). Later in life he would attribute his illness as a child, a motivating experience when entering medical school. Beck came face-to-face with mental illness early in his life. His mother was depressed due to the loss of two children, but Beck felt as if his birth and presence in her life helped aid in his mother’s recovery(Spicher, 2008).

Sometimes where we think we would go isn’t always where we end up, nonetheless we can still be very successful. A prime example of this would be Alex Janco, an English teacher (previously a sports journalist) who is currently working at St. Joseph Highschool in Westchester, IL.

While reading this book, I got most involved when the author would talk about “Alex” and all the many emotions he felt while living his new life driven on impulse.

Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged from the punk scene in New York as a street-smart graffiti artist. He successfully crossed over his downtown origins to the international art gallery circuit. Basquiat’s work is one of the few examples of how an early 1980’s American graffiti-based could become a fully recognized artist. Despite his work’s unstudied appearance, Basquiat very skillfully and purposefully brought together in his art a host of disparate traditions, practices and styles to create a unique kind of visual collage. His work is an example of how American artists of the 1980’s could reintroduce the human figure in their work after the wide success of minimalism and conceptualism.

When I first watch this video the first image I saw was the artists. I was hoping that I was going learn more about the artists itself but it was just a slide show of his work. In the slide show there some pictures of him himself and some painting of himself. Also there are some painting of the bone of the skull, which he added the faces, eyes, and face expression. I can tell he know for bone painting because that’s all I see through the slide show. I also notice that he uses words and symbol in some of his painting. I enjoy Basquiat Heroin, I hope to hearing about

Alex was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 24. Alex’s life was normal until a recently when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia after an episode when he described feeling like others was out to get him. Alex reports that he remembers hearing voices that told him that his family members were plotting to kill him, or hurt him in some manner. Alex also insists that he possesses divine powers and can interact with God. He even insists that some holy spirits have come in him. Alex acted out in anger to the point that his family was scared to be around him at times. When asked Alex reports that he felt as if he was an outcast when in school, and in society.

All these factors caused a lot of stress for him and contributed to his depression. He began to feel like life was not worth the struggle anymore. He had tried reading all sorts of self-help books to motivate himself and provide relief but none really helped. He began to feel worthless and hopeless for not being able to overcome his panic attack. He realised that his anxiety was baseless but he simply could not control it whenever it

The television show “In Treatment” introduces a character by the name of Alex Prince (2008). Alex is a United States Naval pilot who seeks therapy after a friend

Anderson was interested in the development of the artist- type, the inner desires of repressed people, the failure of people to communicate their true selves; the way conventions and tradition have twisted and distorted the individual (Doneskey 1-3).