Wednesday, May 15th, 2013. Grace and I took our journey to the Tacoma Art Museum where they’re showcasing  ”Beyond Books: The Independent Art of Eric Carle”. Eric Carle is known for writing children’s books such as “ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, “Have You Seen My Cat?” and most famously “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, including those books he has written over 70 books.

First entering the museum it had a crisp, clean, cut feel to it, what really caught me and Grace’s attention at first was the huge display of giant colorful marbles in the center of the walk way as you advance to see other paintings and such. We first we were introduced to Eric Carle’s works which were books, giant paintings, even cut out characters from his books, all Eric’s paintings are extremely colorful and a little over whelming, having you think “I wonder how long it took to paint this thing?”. As we made our way up stairs we had the chance to see others artists works from paintings to sketches, etc. It’s very nice to see a variety of work from people all over the world, expressions, emotions, passion it seemed fill the place.

I had a fun time at the museum, I only wish that it had more to show as we made our way to the top it was just workshops, and stores. Either than that I enjoy my visit to the museum and recommend to my fellow classmates.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013. Grace and I took our journey to the Tacoma Art Museum where they’re showcasing  ”Beyond Books: The Independent Art of Eric Carle”. Eric Carle is known for writing children’s books such as “ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, “Have You Seen My Cat?” and most famously “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, including those books he has written over 70 books.

First entering the museum it had a crisp, clean, cut feel to it, what really caught me and Grace’s attention at first was the huge display of giant colorful marbles in the center of the walk way as you advance to see other paintings and such. We first we were introduced to Eric Carle’s works which were books, giant paintings, even cut out characters from his books, all Eric’s paintings are extremely colorful and a little over whelming, having you think “I wonder how long it took to paint this thing?”. As we made our way up stairs we had the chance to see others artists works from paintings to sketches, etc. It’s very nice to see a variety of work from people all over the world, expressions, emotions, passion it seemed fill the place.

I had a fun time at the museum, I only wish that it had more to show as we made our way to the top it was just workshops, and stores. Either than that I enjoy my visit to the museum and recommend to my fellow classmates.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013. Grace and I took our journey to the Tacoma Art Museum where they’re showcasing  ”Beyond Books: The Independent Art of Eric Carle”. Eric Carle is known for writing children’s books such as “ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, “Have You Seen My Cat?” and most famously “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, including those books he has written over 70 books.

First entering the museum it had a crisp, clean, cut feel to it, what really caught me and Grace’s attention at first was the huge display of giant colorful marbles in the center of the walk way as you advance to see other paintings and such. We first we were introduced to Eric Carle’s works which were books, giant paintings, even cut out characters from his books, all Eric’s paintings are extremely colorful and a little over whelming, having you think “I wonder how long it took to paint this thing?”. As we made our way up stairs we had the chance to see others artists works from paintings to sketches, etc. It’s very nice to see a variety of work from people all over the world, expressions, emotions, passion it seemed fill the place.

I had a fun time at the museum, I only wish that it had more to show as we made our way to the top it was just workshops, and stores. Either than that I enjoy my visit to the museum and recommend to my fellow classmates.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013. Grace and I took our journey to the Tacoma Art Museum where they’re showcasing  ”Beyond Books: The Independent Art of Eric Carle”. Eric Carle is known for writing children’s books such as “ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, “Have You Seen My Cat?” and most famously “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, including those books he has written over 70 books.

First entering the museum it had a crisp, clean, cut feel to it, what really caught me and Grace’s attention at first was the huge display of giant colorful marbles in the center of the walk way as you advance to see other paintings and such. We first we were introduced to Eric Carle’s works which were books, giant paintings, even cut out characters from his books, all Eric’s paintings are extremely colorful and a little over whelming, having you think “I wonder how long it took to paint this thing?”. As we made our way up stairs we had the chance to see others artists works from paintings to sketches, etc. It’s very nice to see a variety of work from people all over the world, expressions, emotions, passion it seemed fill the place.

I had a fun time at the museum, I only wish that it had more to show as we made our way to the top it was just workshops, and stores. Either than that I enjoy my visit to the museum and recommend to my fellow classmates.

In my readings this week, I switched topics somewhat. I am now reading the book called Consuming Passions. This book is more like short stories of people’s personal experiences with food. As we discussed in seminar this week, people interact differently with each other when they are in different spaces. I never really thought of us interacting differently, but it is so true. The way I interact with people in a classroom versus my kitchen are totally different because of the space and the vibe. I believe people interact with food and have different connotations with it, because of specific memories they hold with it. For example a lot of people like white rice, it is somewhat of a staple for many.  To me white rice is disgusting because I link it with specific memories to when I was a child and it reminds me of certain things. When I taste it I just remember my parents trying to force me to eat it as a child and I hated the taste. Even though my taste buds have radically changed since I was a child I still can’t stand the taste of white basmati rice. When people link places to a specific taste or smell it is called a sensory memory, something they can feel and taste. Sometime I will smell a certain smell and have intense de ja vu, but not be able to link the smell to the memory. Our brains hold so many thoughts, memories, and knowledge I can imagine it would be hard to link all our memories back to a specific point. Because the olfactory bulb is part of the brain’s limbic system, an area that is associated closely with memory and feeling. Smell can call up memories and powerful responses almost instantaneously. The olfactory bulb has close access to the amygdala, which processes emotion, and the hippocampus, which is accountable for associative learning. Even though brains work in a very specific way, smells would not trigger memories if it weren’t for . When you first smell a new scent, you link it to an event, a person, a thing or even a moment.

In my readings this week, I switched topics somewhat. I am now reading the book called Consuming Passions. This book is more like short stories of people’s personal experiences with food. As we discussed in seminar this week, people interact differently with each other when they are in different spaces. I never really thought of us interacting differently, but it is so true. The way I interact with people in a classroom versus my kitchen are totally different because of the space and the vibe. I believe people interact with food and have different connotations with it, because of specific memories they hold with it. For example a lot of people like white rice, it is somewhat of a staple for many.  To me white rice is disgusting because I link it with specific memories to when I was a child and it reminds me of certain things. When I taste it I just remember my parents trying to force me to eat it as a child and I hated the taste. Even though my taste buds have radically changed since I was a child I still can’t stand the taste of white basmati rice. When people link places to a specific taste or smell it is called a sensory memory, something they can feel and taste. Sometime I will smell a certain smell and have intense de ja vu, but not be able to link the smell to the memory. Our brains hold so many thoughts, memories, and knowledge I can imagine it would be hard to link all our memories back to a specific point. Because the olfactory bulb is part of the brain’s limbic system, an area that is associated closely with memory and feeling. Smell can call up memories and powerful responses almost instantaneously. The olfactory bulb has close access to the amygdala, which processes emotion, and the hippocampus, which is accountable for associative learning. Even though brains work in a very specific way, smells would not trigger memories if it weren’t for . When you first smell a new scent, you link it to an event, a person, a thing or even a moment.

In my readings this week, I switched topics somewhat. I am now reading the book called Consuming Passions. This book is more like short stories of people’s personal experiences with food. As we discussed in seminar this week, people interact differently with each other when they are in different spaces. I never really thought of us interacting differently, but it is so true. The way I interact with people in a classroom versus my kitchen are totally different because of the space and the vibe. I believe people interact with food and have different connotations with it, because of specific memories they hold with it. For example a lot of people like white rice, it is somewhat of a staple for many.  To me white rice is disgusting because I link it with specific memories to when I was a child and it reminds me of certain things. When I taste it I just remember my parents trying to force me to eat it as a child and I hated the taste. Even though my taste buds have radically changed since I was a child I still can’t stand the taste of white basmati rice. When people link places to a specific taste or smell it is called a sensory memory, something they can feel and taste. Sometime I will smell a certain smell and have intense de ja vu, but not be able to link the smell to the memory. Our brains hold so many thoughts, memories, and knowledge I can imagine it would be hard to link all our memories back to a specific point. Because the olfactory bulb is part of the brain’s limbic system, an area that is associated closely with memory and feeling. Smell can call up memories and powerful responses almost instantaneously. The olfactory bulb has close access to the amygdala, which processes emotion, and the hippocampus, which is accountable for associative learning. Even though brains work in a very specific way, smells would not trigger memories if it weren’t for . When you first smell a new scent, you link it to an event, a person, a thing or even a moment.

In my readings this week, I switched topics somewhat. I am now reading the book called Consuming Passions. This book is more like short stories of people’s personal experiences with food. As we discussed in seminar this week, people interact differently with each other when they are in different spaces. I never really thought of us interacting differently, but it is so true. The way I interact with people in a classroom versus my kitchen are totally different because of the space and the vibe. I believe people interact with food and have different connotations with it, because of specific memories they hold with it. For example a lot of people like white rice, it is somewhat of a staple for many.  To me white rice is disgusting because I link it with specific memories to when I was a child and it reminds me of certain things. When I taste it I just remember my parents trying to force me to eat it as a child and I hated the taste. Even though my taste buds have radically changed since I was a child I still can’t stand the taste of white basmati rice. When people link places to a specific taste or smell it is called a sensory memory, something they can feel and taste. Sometime I will smell a certain smell and have intense de ja vu, but not be able to link the smell to the memory. Our brains hold so many thoughts, memories, and knowledge I can imagine it would be hard to link all our memories back to a specific point. Because the olfactory bulb is part of the brain’s limbic system, an area that is associated closely with memory and feeling. Smell can call up memories and powerful responses almost instantaneously. The olfactory bulb has close access to the amygdala, which processes emotion, and the hippocampus, which is accountable for associative learning. Even though brains work in a very specific way, smells would not trigger memories if it weren’t for . When you first smell a new scent, you link it to an event, a person, a thing or even a moment.

In my readings this week, I switched topics somewhat. I am now reading the book called Consuming Passions. This book is more like short stories of people’s personal experiences with food. As we discussed in seminar this week, people interact differently with each other when they are in different spaces. I never really thought of us interacting differently, but it is so true. The way I interact with people in a classroom versus my kitchen are totally different because of the space and the vibe. I believe people interact with food and have different connotations with it, because of specific memories they hold with it. For example a lot of people like white rice, it is somewhat of a staple for many.  To me white rice is disgusting because I link it with specific memories to when I was a child and it reminds me of certain things. When I taste it I just remember my parents trying to force me to eat it as a child and I hated the taste. Even though my taste buds have radically changed since I was a child I still can’t stand the taste of white basmati rice. When people link places to a specific taste or smell it is called a sensory memory, something they can feel and taste. Sometime I will smell a certain smell and have intense de ja vu, but not be able to link the smell to the memory. Our brains hold so many thoughts, memories, and knowledge I can imagine it would be hard to link all our memories back to a specific point. Because the olfactory bulb is part of the brain’s limbic system, an area that is associated closely with memory and feeling. Smell can call up memories and powerful responses almost instantaneously. The olfactory bulb has close access to the amygdala, which processes emotion, and the hippocampus, which is accountable for associative learning. Even though brains work in a very specific way, smells would not trigger memories if it weren’t for . When you first smell a new scent, you link it to an event, a person, a thing or even a moment.

In my readings this week, I switched topics somewhat. I am now reading the book called Consuming Passions. This book is more like short stories of people’s personal experiences with food. As we discussed in seminar this week, people interact differently with each other when they are in different spaces. I never really thought of us interacting differently, but it is so true. The way I interact with people in a classroom versus my kitchen are totally different because of the space and the vibe. I believe people interact with food and have different connotations with it, because of specific memories they hold with it. For example a lot of people like white rice, it is somewhat of a staple for many.  To me white rice is disgusting because I link it with specific memories to when I was a child and it reminds me of certain things. When I taste it I just remember my parents trying to force me to eat it as a child and I hated the taste. Even though my taste buds have radically changed since I was a child I still can’t stand the taste of white basmati rice. When people link places to a specific taste or smell it is called a sensory memory, something they can feel and taste. Sometime I will smell a certain smell and have intense de ja vu, but not be able to link the smell to the memory. Our brains hold so many thoughts, memories, and knowledge I can imagine it would be hard to link all our memories back to a specific point. Because the olfactory bulb is part of the brain’s limbic system, an area that is associated closely with memory and feeling. Smell can call up memories and powerful responses almost instantaneously. The olfactory bulb has close access to the amygdala, which processes emotion, and the hippocampus, which is accountable for associative learning. Even though brains work in a very specific way, smells would not trigger memories if it weren’t for . When you first smell a new scent, you link it to an event, a person, a thing or even a moment.