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Final Project: Takashi Murakami x Buddha statue/paintings

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  Murakami Takashi  talks about his new feature film Jellyfish Eyes and exhibition of flaming skulls mixed with Buddhist imagery. Natural disaster Religion Help Fun Fact Pharrell Williams   Pharrell Visits Takashi Murakami - The 500 Arhats Tokyo Exhibition ENSO The Enso exhibit is an artistic reflection of the Zen Buddhist motif, a motif that represents emptiness, unity and infinity to Buddhism. Which is represented throughout Murakami’s vibrant pieces through a single fluid brush stroke. Murakami also applies a spray paint signature to scream over the signature flower and skulls prints. Paying a touching tribute to Japanese tradition, ‘Enso’ reflects the change in direction Takashi’s career took after the devastating 2011 Japanese earthquake. Reference https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/takashi-murakami-on-nuclear-monsters-and-buddhist-damnation https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/meet-takashi-mu
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Blog assignment for Tuesday, April 4

In addition to reading the Kinsella and McVeigh texts found on Canvas, please publish a post on your individual blog as described below: Part I:  After you read the texts and reflect on what the two authors had to say about the cute in Japan, please think about the place of the cute in your current life.  (I would assume that there were tons of "cute" things in your childhood, so as in the articles, I'd like you to focus on you as you are today--an adult, if you like.)  Choose one thing to reflect on, and post a relevant image.  Think about corresponds to or differs from the meaning/significance/implications of "cute" as presented in the articles.  Choose anything, including a cat video if you swing that way. If there is absolutely nothing that is "cute" in your current life, discuss why that is so. Part II: Find something cute (kawaii) from Japanese culture, and discuss it in terms of the ideas presented in the articles and our discussions in cla
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