In 1508, Pope Julius tasked Michelangelo with repainting the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo, who had made his career as a sculptor, not a painter, protested this assignment but was told in no uncertain terms that he had no choice in the matter. This interaction was seemingly enough to
Titus Kaphar is an African American painter, sculptor, and installation artist who confronts classical Western-style artworks. Being motivated by political correctness and exposing the truth of our nation’s history, Kaphar works to subvert traditional pieces and dismantle ingrained narratives we have all come to know, consciously or unconsciously. Kaphar uses
Blackjack is a rather simple game when observing from afar. All you have to do is try to get your cards to add up as close to 21 as possible, without exceeding that number. What people from afar fail to realize is how much more is involved to be successful
We’ve all been targeted by scammers. I wish I were kidding when I say that—between starting and finishing this article—my bank’s fraud department contacted me to say that someone had gotten a hold of my credit card number (1). Whether it’s “This is the IRS calling, there is a problem
Every weekend I drive through the sleepy surf town of Encinitas, California. Amidst the cafes and bike riders lies a criminal work of art. The Surfing Madonna statue, as it has come to be known, in Encinitas is a controversial artwork that combines the image of the Virgin de Guadelupe
Absurdism, a philosophical belief, brought about by Albert Camus as a branch off from existentialism in his essay “The Myth of Sisyphus” (1955). Absurdism is belief rooted in the Universe being a place of absolute and purposeless chaos in which we cannot even pretend to control. Whereas the philosophy that
So I was driving home with my mom when a popular song came on the radio. Naturally, I started to sing it… “you got a fast car, I want a ticket to anywhere,”… and somehow my mom recognized the tune. I thought to myself there’s no way she’s up with
Teaching assistant. Attorney. Physician. Airline pilot. These are just four of the eight identities Frank Abagnale Jr. assumed between the ages of 15 to 21 years old. Now a security consultant and a lecturer for the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Abagnale has been dubbed the “greatest con-artist of all time.”
Just before midnight on November 7th, 2018, a man walked into Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California with a handgun. Less than an hour later, 12 people were dead and multiple injured. Among the 12 victims, the youngest, was 18-year-old Pepperdine student Alaina Housley. In the months following
What qualifies as Art? A definition too narrow, and Great Works of history and today become excluded. A definition too broad, however, can begin to define everything as Art. Even with the right definition though, what is Art and what it is not is subject to what society as a