I'm not sure why we were asked to look at pieces of art. I feel very much insecure when analising or interpreting a work of art. I know knothing about painting, to be honest. So what you're about to read it's just my humble opinion and reactions to this painting.

The assignment was to look for paintings that would reflect scientific development. The name of the picture is Rio Revuelto and it is the work of José Chávez Morado. He was born in Mexico in 1909.He was a concerned with social issues and that was reflected in his art.

When I saw this painting I related what I saw in it as a result of this kind of development. People are given little room in this picture, a detail that reflects the instrumental role of man in our society.

The architectural clash in the background show the advancement of cities and how traditions are left behind. I think this picture is a reflection of our society. Ads are huge, selling all kinds of products which are result of different kinds of scientific development.

Petcha What?

We were asked to put a petcha kutcha presentation together. 6,40 minutes, 20 slides, sounds like a piece of cake, doesn't it?

I presented mine some time ago, and the experience was absolutely stressful. Once I had chosen my topic, I had to come up with ideas to talk about for almost 7 minutes. 7 minutes it's not such a long time, but when you hace to fill them with good sounding arguments, each minute it's like an hour. I managed to write something I really liked. I was voicing my thoughts, it sounded convincing - a bit chlichè at times, but it was all me.

When the writing was over, it came the troublesome task of finding the perfect picture for each idea. The problem was that I had alerady seen the presentation on my head, and had a clear idea of what kind of pictures I wanted, it was just a matter of finding them online. I must have looked at hundreds of pictures, trying to find the ones that most resembled those in mind. It certainly took a lot of time, Thanks God, I could find most of the images I wanted, so I felt quite confident about my slide presentation too.
The dat of the presentation came along. I felt so nervous when speaking. I had too many things going on in my mind while spaking: my lines, the slides, the time. The time! Timing was everything in this kind of presentation. I think I managed quite well in the end.

There's still something I can't quite figure out: how is it that I felt so nervous while giving my presentation, when I spend my days speaking in front of a class?