Celebrating the art of life

Art is more than communicating our ideas through different textures, shapes, and tones. It's a way to interact with each other, to create a dialogue without using words. Communicating ourselves through art is a privilege rather than a talent. Art has the capability of reaching new borders, to travel miles and create a dialogue were our different languages don't hinder us from communicating. Art comes from different cultures making it richer in variety. The different styles of art are created by artists for us to develop our own taste for art. I was searching for different types of existing art and I discovered that art has different characteristics and every day different artists develop their own styles. One artist in particular caught my attention, his name, David Nash. David Nash is a sculptor that creates simple pieces of art that represent a more complicated theme. Nash uses fallen trees and shapes them with delicacy to express his passion for the environment. He's also an expert in manipulating trees to grow in a desired shape. I just love his style and his sculptures are something unusual but fascinating. In his artwork I see a major theme, life. Trees represent life, and Nash uses this tool of mother nature to give life to his sculptures. By using fallen trees and giving them a new form he's defying death and promoting life.

You can check out other sculptures by David Nash at http://www.sculpturexhibitions.com/sculptures.

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The First Pregnant Man

Our gender identities form part of who we are. But who said that pink is for girls and blue is for boys? Who decided that we have to act in a certain way based on our genders? Transgendered people deal with this issue when they realize that their gender identities don’t match what society expects from them. They live their childhoods like any other kid but as they get older they find themselves in chains. While everybody else can start to make their own decisions, transgendered individuals are forced to hide what they feel because society does not accept their choice. Last week I was watching a program on Discovery Channel about the first pregnant man. Although it was something unusual to watch I learned that transgendered people are not any different from everybody else. At first I could not understand how is it possible for a man to be pregnant and give birth. Later I learned that the first pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, was born a female, named Tracy. Thomas Beatie underwent a sex change and married Nancy. After five years of living together the couple decided to have a baby. Beatie's wife was unable to conceive and Beatie decided to have a baby himself. Through artificial insemination using donor sperm and Beatie's own egg, Beatie was able to give birth to a baby girl, Susan. The couple faced the entire world when the story of the first pregnant man made the headlines. For many, Tomas Beatie is still considered a female for the fact that he retains his female organs. Beatie says that the reproductive organs of a person don’t define that person’s gender, that being able to give birth is a gift, not something that makes you a female. Transgendered people shouldn’t feel trapped; they should share the same feeling of freedom. Free to express their ideals and to be who they want to be. They should be given the same chance to be judged by their good and bad qualities, not by what gender they choose to be.