Journal #3

 

1. Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence was an African American artist during the Harlem Renaissance. He was a cubist painter. Cubism is a French style of painting where the painter uses bright colors and shapes. Lawrence was born on September 7, 1917 and died on June 9, 2000. The collection of art that made him famous was called the “Migration Series”. This series depicted African Americans moving from the rural south to the cities in the north. Lawrence was one of the most famous African American painters in the 20th century.

2. The Seglabesque Dialect – The Nazalie Pooohzartan’z come from a floating island above Germany. The fathers on this island usually move to Germany after the first child is born which makes the mothers extremely protective of their kids. The only school sanctioned sport they have there is competitive ballet. Nazalie Pooohzartan’z are generally peaceful people but they are dangerously competitive. If a Pooohzartan wants the main role in a ballet they will often go crazy and become a little masochistic to get the role.

Pronunciation:

• ‘r’ = ‘zar’ (Cara = Cazara)
• ‘o’ = ‘oooh’ (Corn = Cooohrn)
• ‘ce’ = ‘zzz’ ( Dance = Danzzz)
• ‘t’ = ‘z’ (Wanted = Wanzed

Grammar:

• Pooohzartan’z use ‘z’ instead of ‘s’ to make words plural.
• They usually talk without taking breaths, so they don’t have commas or periods.
• When they want something they scream it.
• When they introduce themselves they say “Ehe is ….” then they bow.

Vocabulary:

• I = ‘ehe’
• Studio = Meescooohwnia
• Black Swan = Seglabesque
• Mother/Mom = Mazza
• My = Mehezer

3. Dialogue between a dancer from Portland, Oregon named Cara and a Natalie Pooohzartan named Mila Kuniz.

One day Cara was walking into the Body Vox studio when she saw a strange girl with scratches on her back and huge black wings. “Hi, my name is Cara what is your name?” Cara asked curiously. The strange girl turned around really fast and said, “Ehe is Mila Kuniz,” then she bowed gracefully and said, “Ehe came hezare because mehezer mazza wanzed me zoooh have mozare danz zzaraining”. Cara was a bit startled by her accent so she asked, “Wow, where did you develop that beautiful accent?”. “Ehe am a Nazalie Pooohzartan we develooohped this dialecz fzarom soooohme alienz a looohng zime agooooh Ehe can’z remembezar the szozary vezary well,” she said. “How did you end up in here in Portland?” Cara asked awkwardly. “Ehe zooohk the zzarain,” she sounded annoyed. Frustrated, Cara rephrased her question, “Oh, I meant why did you come here out of all places?” Mila started screaming and it started Cara, “EHE WANZED ZOOOH GOOOH ZOOOH THIS MEESCOOOHWNIA AND BE THE LEAD IN THE SEGLABESQUE!”. Cara was a little startled by this so she responded by saying, “Aaah ok,” then she giggled a little. “I can get the director for you, he’ll probably have you audition,” Cara said nicely. “EHE WANT TOOOH BE THE SEGLABESQUE EHE DOOOHN’T WANT TOOOH TZARY OUT EHE WILL BE THE SEGLSBESQUE,” Mila said a little out of breath, “Mehezer mazza wants me zoooh be a winnezar at evezarything Ehe have zoooh be the best danzer ever Ehe wont even need to audizioooohn fozar the lead.” Cara was a little tired of talking to Mila so she said, “Ok well good luck then Mila, break a leg.” Mila freaked out and started scratching her back. Then she said, “Ehe wont be pezarfecz if Ehe break mehezer leg!” Cara was becoming a little scared so she quickly ran away.