I think the biggest way I can adapt from this interview is his way of thinking. when he told the story about how his family had to share the floor and lived with roaches. Instead of him being scared or killing the roach he watched and took that whole situation as a learning thing and started to study the roaches behavior. This mind set can help me get through this class and keep a positive mind set while setting me up to do the same in other areas of my life. Something I admire and did myself was put my education first. He realized that people was placing no value on him just because of where he comes from so he decided to prove everyone wrong and become better then was as a basketball player. There are a few topics in the class that aren't exactly appealing and interesting at first look but if you learn to look at it in different ways you can pull and find the art with in anything and everything.
The Opera I chose is Pyotr Tchaikovsky “The queen of Spades” which premiered in March of 1890 in St. Petersburg Russia. It was an adaption from Alexander Pushkin The Queen of Spades. The Art piece is a three act 7 scene Opera. At the start of the play what caught my eye was how still the people around the main character stood while the first few minutes played out. They stood absolutely still sort of like statues. This adds to the “Mise en Scene”. The Music told the story it guided you through what was going on. When the people finally did start to move it kind of felt like a distraction while they switched up the props and scene to go into what’s next. I’ve never sat down and watched a play in full let along an Opera. The Opera singing is what is hard for me to understand and pick out what they are saying and the importance to it all. With all the moving pieces and people, it was hard to focus on one thing to really catch on to what is going. The music guides you ...
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