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Nature and Humanity  I love nature. Being outdoors among the trees, animals, and the wind nourishes my soul. Out of all the art styles we have studied so far, I think I appreciate postmodern art the most. The ability to tell a story through various mediums, incorporating a touch of irony, provoking deep thoughts about our humanity, and allowing the viewer to derive their own meaning resonates deeply with me. This aspect of postmodern art enhances my appreciation for it.   We are going to journey first through nature, then explore how nature and humanity work and diverge from each other, and finally end with some humor from our human follies and perspectives.   Andrew Goldsworthy  I love looking at the final pictures of Andrew Goldsworthy hard work.  He is an artist that has a talent of bringing together forms made of nature but are clearly man made.  Before this I had only seen the final pictures of his work, but didn't realize all that went into them.  While I am just showing you

Art of the Great Depression  On October 29th, 1929, Wall Street traded some 16 million shares in one day, causing a catastrophic event that sent the industrialized world into economic chaos. Meanwhile, people had been migrating west, establishing farms in the grasslands, and naively churning up the land with shallow root systems in areas where rainfall was scarce. Shortly after the stock market crash, dust storms began to arise in the Midwest, resulting in further loss of homes and livelihoods. These hardships impacted millions of people, giving rise to the Great Depression. President Hoover, who was in office at the time, struggled to respond effectively to the crisis. However, when Franklin D. Roosevelt won the next election by a landslide, he began implementing the New Deal —a series of policies to combat economic devastation and rebuild America by creating jobs for its citizens.  One significant component of the New Deal was the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which focused on