Monday, October 22, 2012

Favorite movies/What's sacred to me

My three favorite movies: 1) Seven Pounds. 2) Love & Basketball 3) A walk to remember
 Discuss a day that is sacred to you and Describe the meanings of the event: A day that is sacred to me is Christmas. Because I was raised in a house were celebrating the birth of Jesus was a priority in order to remember and know the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is also important to me because it is a time that I look forward to every year because my family all travels back down to Sweetwater Texas for a family gathering. We all attend church and help out the less fortunate at a homeless shelter. On Christmas Eve norms are broken as young children stay up late and leave out milk and cookies for an imaginary person who leaves them gifts. Christmas is a holiday that will forever bring all of my family together.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Eliades Chapter

The music video used the seasons to symbolize life and death. It starts of with fall had already taken place,thus the leaf that had fell into the river. While the leaf if on its journey down the river you see snow and not really much life, therefore, symbolizing death. Eventually other animals start to appear in the scene and that feeling of the transformation into life takes place. Once the leaf reaches the end of the river bank more leafs also show up and make their way back to the tree where they come back to life when spring approaches. This video portrayed how the seasons go through a cycle symbolizing from birth to death.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Name/ Sacred Center

My name "Jamacia" means land of wood and water and its an American orgin.
Given name derived from the name of an island in the Caribbean Sea. Indigenous TaĆ­no inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs."
Pronounced: jah-MEY-kuh
I got my name because my moms oldest sister named the first name of each of her sibilings first daughters after somewhere she has traveled.

2)Describe one of your sacred centers:One of the sacred place i feel alive and happy is at church. Its a great place to fill relaxed and at peace. Also whenever I can I go to Oregon and visit family because it is so green as far as land and the weather is really nice.