Frida Kahlo’s self portrait

July 8th, 2010 | Posted by iip in Business - (0 Comments)

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait

Google is marking Frida Kahlo’s 103rd birthday by mergering it in Google logo. Netters are familiar with the changing Google logo to celebrate historical, interesting events or profiles. Norma and Mary in The Expanding discourse: feminism and art history (1992) writes that Frida Kahlo’s work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form

Others consider Frida Kahlo as the most glimpses of an artist’s self-portrait.

“”I paint self portraits because I am the person I know best.” – Frida Kahlo.

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait

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“Future Shock” in crowd society

July 7th, 2010 | Posted by iip in Internet - (1 Comments)

Although it introduced about four decades ago, the term of “future shock” has meets its relevancy in various places and events. Briefly, Toffler’s defines future shock as a personal perception of  “too much change in too short a period of time“.

Toffler says that society is undergoing an enormous structural change, a fast change from an industrial society to a “super-industrial society“.

Because of this change, people will overwhelmed;  the accelerated rate of technological and social change leaving people disconnected and suffering from “shattering stress and disorientation”.

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