CUNY Academic Commons | ambika lama | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ambika/activity/ Activity feed for ambika lama. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 c1f3ae62d102aa91efd013ff16e9fc57 ambika lama commented on the post, Discussion #7, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-7/#comment-631 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:04:54 -0400 This is so true that the sales person in media are so knowledgeable.They share their first hand experience which is fascinating.I think that is what we definitely miss with those recommendations we experience […]

]]> 6d22043d84168c9f5a6bd461bee9bb76 ambika lama commented on the post, Ways of Hearing Episodes 5 & 6, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ways-of-hearing-episodes-5-6/#comment-630 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:42:42 -0400 Hi Lily !
You have well mentioned “even yesterday’s hits end up in the dollar bin eventually” for question 1.This is the sad reality of todays digitalized media. But as you have said we can re invent ,reuse tho […]

]]> 2241392ce25e8cfb52cedaa1b78deb76 ambika lama wrote a new blog post discussion #7 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-7-6/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:26:41 -0400 Episode 5

At the beginning of this episode, Krukowski asserts, “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” What does he mean by this sta […]

]]> 337457cfa66d47a758da74baf7b8407d ambika lama wrote a new blog post Blog post #5 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-5-11/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:39:50 -0400 Never had I ever imagined a city that never sleeps could go quite like in past few months. When New York shut down in response to pandemic, New York’s busy sidewalks, subway rides, constant construction, cab h […]

]]> b124f8c136caa6da3e459bdf6d3469b5 ambika lama commented on the post, Discussion questions#6, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-questions6/#comment-585 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:09:46 -0400 Hi Chang!
I like to support on the idea that music should not be free.I think rather it helps in circulation in music.
Artist put everything to create their art.Their hardworking and the hardship they get while […]

]]> 0891ee31aae094812baa49e73efc544f ambika lama commented on the post, Discussion questions #6, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-questions-6-8/#comment-584 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:58:54 -0400 Hi Maha!
It is true that every artist has a message from songs. As you said money and music are connected ,I think if artist can make good money from a song with a message ,that is splendid.

]]> 80fffb2f17c9993aafd5a9a87c50f332 ambika lama wrote a new blog post Discussion question #6 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-question-6-3/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:42:34 -0400 Episode 3

According to Krukowski, what are the main differences between a microphone and a cellphone and why is this difference important?

– The microphones used by cell phones are sensitive while […]

]]> 8a22d018c204d3b7d5cebb4aa859853f ambika lama commented on the post, Discussion #5, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-5/#comment-527 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:30:19 -0400 Tenzin , You have given a example of school friend memory. this is so true that sound triggers our memories! we not only can recognize them by voice,we can even feel their internal state just by hearing them.This […]

]]> 060ff4e29f4a41ffb3e04d4fc5a462d1 ambika lama commented on the post, Discussion questions #5, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-questions-5-5/#comment-526 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:12:44 -0400 This is so true about the privatization of the public places.You tends to feel free when you are in public places but when some body guards are roaming around keeping an eye on you ,and with some restriction […]

]]> c193a95c5ce1764c2ff31f63fc0132d6 ambika lama wrote a new blog post Blog post #4 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-4-2/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:02:21 -0400 It makes me nostalgic for the iPod i had when i was still in school. My first iPod was the smallest, music player with no internet connectivity. Back in early 2000, options for entertainment were limited. Watching […]

]]> 4b9f62a0c086ab6be122ec60ad3d4338 ambika lama wrote a new blog post ways of hearing eposide#1 &2 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ways-of-hearing-eposide1-2/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:56:00 -0400 Ways of Hearing, Episode 1 & 2
Episode 1

What is Krukowski’s main point about how we experience time in the “real” world versus are experiences with “digital” time? Why are these differences significa […]

]]> 6757a563869e12c01557dfd95099bd8d ambika lama commented on the post, Discussion Questions #4, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-questions-4-2/#comment-376 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 13:27:06 -0400 It is so true publicity influences customer.
It amazed me how gullible we people can be.I have work in an advertising.
As Beger argued ,those who lack the power to spend money literally become faceless.And i […]

]]> adfcccdb64170f6090aef7f22e11db9d ambika lama commented on the post, Discussion question #4, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-question-4/#comment-375 Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:56:12 -0400 All those production of images subconsciously tells that you are not desirable or you do not belong to particular place if you are not consuming what they are are offering. Yara ,you have mention that well ” B […]

]]> c0be7227d9c2c56f5aba2ebb047ae845 ambika lama wrote a new blog post Discussion #4 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-4-3/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:38:45 -0400 Berger describes publicity as a strategy to lure  the consumer by being all about “the future buyer”.Publicity can’t rely on present.Publicity is an manufacturing process.Publicity cause people to spend more t […]

]]> 4b33822cd68b3a1849c368dae64d52cb ambika lama wrote a new blog post blog #3 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-3-4/ Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:44:27 -0400 Is the the purpose of the essay to educate, announce, entertain, or persuade?
-The purpose of the essay is to educate.
Who might be interested in the topic of the essay?
-Students,Professor might be […]

]]> d79426acb8c40dbb9efa7bd08342ed6d ambika lama commented on the post, John Berger, "Ways of Seeing" #II, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/john-berger-ways-of-seeing-ii/#comment-278 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:06:15 -0400 i was really hoping to read some life experience about arts through an eye of a painter.And here you are.And also you’re a photographer. I think you can relate much more than us as painter).But bergers have […]

]]> 689fdaba97c6e11b9ff573c3ac9d912b ambika lama commented on the post, John Berger's ways of seeing episode 2/discussion question #3, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/john-bergers-ways-of-seeing-episode-2-discussion-question-3/#comment-277 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 21:45:07 -0400 Q2. You’ve raise a question ‘i even wander if that is not the root of the inequality of gender ?
Art and life affect one another. I think The presentation of women in art might have affect the way women […]

]]> 70f2e550f1fed11a0bce55c0aec66ea0 ambika lama wrote a new blog post discussion question #3 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-question-3/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:34:49 -0400     Q 1. Being naked is simply being  without clothes .To be naked is to be oneself whereas  nakedness is created in the mind of eye of beholder.BUt Nude is form of an art.Nude means to be seen naked by other and […]

]]> caf89dbd9ac3a8350bf3187383624694 ambika lama wrote a new blog post Blog #2 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-2-4/ Sun, 28 Jun 2020 15:43:54 -0400  

This comic image offers a powerful message about perspective and point of view. As we are working on Berger’s ways of seeing, I think this image justifies it in a significant way. In this image the two id […]

]]> 384cb23fff2ca62ba2416d112c752f38 ambika lama commented on the post, Ways of Seeing, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ways-of-seeing-2/#comment-168 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 04:59:39 -0400 Q2 The last 2 lines you have mentioned is very convincing. I actually had to watch the video again just to see where i missed those lines : )

]]> 897b70f6e767d043ccc49681c5e444eb ambika lama commented on the post, Discussion question #2, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-question-2/#comment-167 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 04:44:55 -0400 Q1 He mentions that the meaning of a painting shown on films can be changed even more radically. He has presented painting by Brueghel ”The Road to Calvary” in which we see mourners of Christ. All we can see tha […]

]]> 484818c87705b8419e045f150adec7aa ambika lama wrote a new blog post discussion #2 in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-2-3/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:16:44 -0400  One of the first points John Berger makes is that the act of seeing something is not as objective as we might at first think. Instead, he argues that what we see is conditioned by habits and conventions. […]

]]> 26630e7be50a01c7937bda0511a2bb37 ambika lama commented on the post, , on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/383-2/#comment-67 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 23:05:52 -0400 As the video says we live in the visual world,we get to see and learn things differently through art.
we can see art basically everyday everywhere in a form of sculpture,graffiti, paintings ,photo graphs dance […]

]]> cadbbe31fdd1121838636201c7107d21 ambika lama edited the blog post In the power to look (blog post#1) in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/in-the-power-to-look-blog-post1/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:19:13 -0400 The  video “ In the power to look “ showed three intellectual standards – clarity, breadth and depth.The video includes “American gothic” by grand wood ;Yoruba crown from Nigeria;” Paris street rainy day “ by gus […]

]]> 4e03863ebbc227933cbef7f1d99a86e7 ambika lama commented on the post, Why Art Matters, on the groupblog Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/why-art-matters-3/#comment-45 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:18:13 -0400 As you have said we live in fast life with huge pressure ,a simple piece of art is good solution.i think that is why we can easily see it on streets, parks , building , movies basically everywhere in a form of […]

]]> 41967e8f37c374298a44dea9393cbf2e ambika lama edited the blog post why art matters in the group Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing (LaGuardia ENG 101) https://lagcceng10120.commons.gc.cuny.edu/why-art-matters-5/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:21:14 -0400 We all live in art, even if we are not aware of. The  first video by Dr. Steven sucker and Dr. Beth Harris, clearly explains that we do not  have to go to museum to see an art . We can easily see it on streets, pa […]

]]> 1239a7f003fd0119ddae5ccf4a9ea0c9 ambika lama and Maha Amer are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/677596/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:16:03 -0400 64df9846dd05740dbc85642d1af51342 ambika lama changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/677574/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:40:12 -0400 77de645fc8f2e0059b890b282867bf2f ambika lama changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/677573/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:38:43 -0400 1693f797cfd3b584a5e8af2bbdac9a12 ambika lama changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/677566/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:16:50 -0400 17650c6690f8b319f6870d00d27dfb90 ambika lama became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/677560/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:31:52 -0400