Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Artifacts from the Moche, Sican, Chimu, and Inca



In my travels through a Moche city, I have discovered how much their culture focuses on things such as hunting, war, sacrifice, loving encounters, and ceremonies. This is reflected in their art. I visited a merchant in the market when he was making his pottery. The red hue of the clay is astounding. Here are some ceramic pieces I have seen.



Next I visited a city of the Sican people. My guide described how Sican art
is mostly made out of metal. Many of the pieces made here feature have grotesque faces. If I were to live in this city, I would choose to be a metalsmith. It looks like the most lucrative job here.







The third city I came to a Chimu village. I found a man hard at work creating traditional Chimu pottery which
has a distinctive black color. I purchased these two pieces, the discussed with him the importance of art in his life. The ceramics he creates are used for ceremonies and burials.



My fourth and final destination was the Incan city of Cuzco.
The richest city so far, metallurgy plays a big role in many artisan's lives. I found many vendors at the market selling cheap duplicates of these gold creations:

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Vice Presidential Debates

Sarah Palin is OH SO wrong. She makes wild accusations about Barack Obama when she supports oil from the bottom of her heart. Wow. I don't know about you, but does she sound like a person you can trust? She's a hypocrite. And oh my goodness what about Joe Biden?! You can see through that evil grin like a window. He is clearly trying to find a loophole through the answer. UN UH. Not someone I would vote for. I am clearly the right candidate I know every practical way to resolve every problem. I have the best economic plan EVER!
And guess what guys! Does Joe Biden seem like the type of man who would know what people would talk about at the kitchen table? He lives in a mansion, for goodness sake how could he know that?! And what about Sarah Palin. She and McCain are clearly, CLEARLY only republican, now they're saying that they're democratic too? Before long they're going to tell the American public that they're secretly Elvis impersonators on the side. If you vote for me, I will tell you the truth about myself and not try to be who I'm not.
The war in Iraq. For one thing, I don't believe EITHER of them set a definite date for withdrawal of our troops. I know that I have a clear date and that's now. I would take our troops out this very minute if I could. We have caused enough trouble and suffering for the Iraqi people already-- we need to get the heck out of there so they can rebuild their country IN PEACE!