Fact-File: Mahatma Gandhi
MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI
Gandhi was born on 2nd October 1869 and was assassinated on 30th January 1948. He grew up in good circumstances (his parents were traders). He studied law and led the independence movement in India. Caused by his strict (religious)- education by his parents, he got the impression of a “non-violent” resistance. In 1894 he established an organization “Indian Congress to organize the resistance again statist discrimination”. In the end his efforts brought the end of the British colonial rule to India. So it was confirmed that resistance without any violence can also be that effective. He became the archetype for the connection of freedom & opposition. In 1922 and 1930 he was accused for “civil disobedience” and was arrested.
At the beginning of the 40’s, Gandhi put his self out for a campaign against the advocation of India at war.
Comment on the exhibition from Tue, 2-12-2008 by Onno Krüsmann
Dear Mrs. Münch,
the exhibition we made on tuesday was a real pleasure to me. I liked to present the artist ‘David Hockney’ in a spontaneous way because Niklas and me had a small ‘communication problem’ concerning that. The experience to give a presentation in a gallery was quite interesting. But, to tell the truth, the rest of the presentations were good ones, sure, but later it became a bit lenghty (the same structure of presentating and no real fascinating artist). When I compare them and the ‘art’ they produced I had a bit luck when I’ve chosen the paper at school with ‘Hockney’s’ name on it because he is for me the only one whose pictures had most to do with art. Nan Goldin for herself did maybe a good job but nowadays I suspect that everything can be entitled as art. Her pictures appeared more than ‘crime photos’ after someone has smashed her and I think that has less to do with art (to quote an example: the photo where she was frontal photographed and had these bruises underneath her eyes).
In my opinion this photo doesn’t fit to the title ‘american beauties’. Fotographing a beaten woman is definately no art but maybe she wants to proke exactly this to convey something (maybe in a political way ?!) but I don’t agree to that.
The most suitable picture connecting to ‘american beauties’ was the pool guy from David Hockney. Hed took a picture of a naked guy swimming in the pool and this idea is the one I liked most because there is a kind of art alternatively ‘creativity’ visible. You see how the guy inside appears different due to the broken sunlight.
But my absolute favorite was the fat old woman sitting on a bench by Lisette Model, her look and her form of sitting is very ingenious.
In the end I can say that this day was informative and I learned something more about pictures, photographing and art. Besides I found some new clothes what made the day nearly perfect 
I am looking forward to the net excursion, in this spirit,
have a nice day / weekend
Regards, Onno
NAS – New World
New World
——Nas
Uh, it’s a new world, it’s a new world,
It’s a new world, it’s a new world
Uh, it’s a new world, it’s a new world
Yo, celebrate the new life
New ways to make money
New ways to break dummies
Forge they name and take money
Computers ain’t that smart
Whatever man built could be taken apart
Anything new can get old
Like dudes started rockin’ platinum, some stopped wearin gold
solar-energized rides, no steering wheel, tell it how to drive
No propellers in the sky
Airplanes like many rockets
Waitin lists for the rich to get tickets to visit Mars
While the poor people starve, computers takin over they jobs
A man’s forced to live off land
Now it’s back to the caveman era
When we made fire, by two sticks rubbin together
The truth is, many are too scared of new data
America Online, cut off, see you later
(Hook) 2x
Yo, welcome to the new world, new beginnin
A new way to play, a new way a livin
Cash is the past, a new way a spendin
New life for man, children, and women
Yo, the new Mike Tyson’s Roy Jones
Bill Clinton’s the new JFK, without the hole in his dome
The new Don Trump is Bill Gates
Not because his occupation, it’s ’cause we respect his cake
And cake mean his stock, net gross
Young kids step it up, go for the most
New cameras in police cars takin pictures
New hustlas gettin new street figures
And US embassies overseas
almost every foreign country’s under seige
Covertly startin wars, CIA, NAVY Seals
Commit larcenies that be worth over mil’s
Oil in the earth spills
Girls blow they body up, birth control pills
African’s pick diamonds out a dark caves
Then we wear it on our necks just so we can light up the stage
(Hook)
Say goodbye to the brainwashed
Say goodbye to the young kids who not smart
Say goodbye to the toasters and Pop-Tarts
Yo, it’s real
Swallow a little pill, there’s a four-course meal
Say hello to the one world
Say hello to the sky, somethin’s out there watchin you and I
More enticin than Star Trek, StarTec phones
Your genes and DNA is used to make clones
You got CD-Rom, everythang operates by computers
Then what happens when circuit breaks
Y2K’s the big scare
Scientists say we ain’t prepared
What I feel is contrare
Alexander Graham Bell made telephones, yes
But now we request for your e-mail address
I might be old fashioned, stuck in my ways
But nothin make me more happier than seein today
(Hook)
What can I use a blog for ?
- collect information about homework ; compare ‘em
- if someone doesn’t know the homework, he’s able to get the right task
- while comparing we can advance ‘em
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