Facebook :D

I will have to admit it someday so why not now. I am a Facebook user because I can talk to my friends through chat. I like to see what people are up to in their life. I have friends from around the world I talk to. I like updating my status and uploading lots of pictures. I think that people are addicted to Facebook, but it is fun. I am addicted to Facebook if I don’t go on there at least once a day I seriously start feeling like really upset. I have 564 friends on Facebook, but I used to have 2,768 friends. I started feeling like an idiot for having that many and not knowing them. I also have pictures of my house and family I don’t want creepers looking at that. So to say that I am cautious on who is looking at my stuff on my page yes I am. I know that there are a lot of weird people out there and I don’t want them to see anything. When I hear about someone not getting hired to a job because of what they were posting on Facebook I think that it’s a great idea. I wouldn't want to hire someone if they were fake and said that they were highly recommend and that they don’t do drugs, but you look on their Facebook and there they are snorting coke or shooting up heroine. It is a smart idea and I don’t think that it invades their privacy because they are the one that doesn’t have their content blocked from people who are not their friends. Facebook has its risks. There is spam you can get viruses it’s not full proof, but I mean some of it if not all of it can be avoided. Don’t add someone you don’t know that’s the easiest thing to do. And it a friend is chatting with you and a random URL link pops up tell them they have spam. With big business and television stations having a Facebook I think it is awesome. I love to know when a TV show is going to be new or old, if they are coming out with new shows, and if they are cancelling one. It’s nice to have. With the businesses it’s a good way to get their product out there not to mention some of them give you free samples which is great. I think Facebook all in out is a great place, but then again that’s my opinion what is yours? 

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Hangover 

By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

I chose this image based on the colors and representation of what the image means to me.

The image hits me close to home because to me it reminds me of my mother.

The picture is of Suzanne Valadon whom she was a model for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and in return he gave her painting lessons. Henri was known for frequenting taverns and drawing from those experiences.

An early injury to his legs resulted in stunted growth later in life.  He began painting during the healing process. Years of taunting of his short stature started his drinking which eventually led to him having an alcoholic problem. It also led to his death.

The purpose of “The Hangover” was to show everyday life at the time and it symbolizes how Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec becomes such a great painter.

The media is an oil paint on canvas. The painting itself looks almost as if it he was thinking about it rather than actually being there in human form.  The colors seem to me that they are muted and depressing. It also looks more as if the design was free drawn first then it was painted. 

   

This painting would appeal to an audience that prefers a less realistic and more of a caricature type genre

In my opinion this is not a panting I would put on my wall, but it still has a unique stance of imagery to which I can personally relate.