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21
May

Global+Local=…

By Sam 1 Comment
Categories: My life, School, happenings and important events
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GLOCAL!!!!

This is my favorite picture I took with the software

The Glocal project. From Arts Umbrella.

Ah art. The best expression. A window into the soul. Art is so many different things it just depends on how you see it. Art is a way to express everything that is inside you. Writing, drawing, painting, poetry even dance and singing are all forms of art, but I have to say one of my favorite forms of art is photography. You can take a camera anywhere and capture something amazing. All the pictures I took were in the computer lab because the camera was like a web cam and it was attached to the computer.

Arts Umbrella is an art school in Vancouver, BC. People from age 2 – 30 are going to the school and taking classes or going there full time. We were lucky enough to have a teacher and a volunteer come to our school every morning for the last 2 weeks. Josh is a teacher at arts umbrella and he showed us some of his work and it was amazing and creative. Franziska is a volunteer from Germany who is also helping out. They are both very nice and fun.

The Process of taking a picture

What to do, what to do? When I take pictures I tend to get stuck when I’m limited to a space filled with computers and brown walls. Some times I had to get ideas from people around me. The picture I took is actually a picture of the computer I work at. The glass screen made beautiful patterns when I moved the camera around. The camera is connected with the USB port so we can’t move very far away. The software we used was easy to navigate and take pictures with and its a free program and you can get it off the site I have linked to above.

THANK YOU!!!!:

Again I want to thank Josh and Franziska for being so much fun and teaching us how to take a good picture and that you can get inspiration from anywhere.

02
Feb

A Very Sad Story

By Sam 1 Comment
Categories: Challenges, My life and happenings
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Yes this is more sad then the time my cat ran away.

Just a little while ago something very sad happened. It hit the Comox Valley with no warning. The Comox Valley’s MLA had a heart attack and died.

The head line was on the front page of the news paper. Stan Hagen was gone. He had a mager heart attack and he did not make it. His family is probably shocked and heart broken. He was a great man who did so much for our community working as the representative for sports and activeities for the valley and then become our MLA and doing many other things as well. I have only met him about 2 or 3 times but I still am upset about it and I feel for his family. My parents knew him and they were saying that it was so out of no where and very unexpected. I hope that his family recovers soon and I’m sure we will all miss him.

R.I.P. Stan Hagen