(3414,81,'2013-10-14 10:52:33','2013-10-14 16:52:33','<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alexander-pope-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3411\" alt=\"alexander-pope-2\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alexander-pope-2-269x300.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nJessie German\n\nTCP #2\n\nEssay on Man by Alexander Pope\n\nAlexander Pope’s Essay on Man was written in 1734. It has been considered “to be the masterpiece of his time for it discussed the psychology on humankind in detail.” (Nunez) It was written in couplets of iambic pentameter. It is said to have been a small piece of an even bigger one that Pope never did finish. (www.britannica.com) Pope wrote his essay in four pieces called epistles. The first addressed the connection(s) between humans and the universe. The second approaches humans as individuals. The third takes a look at “the relationship between the individual and society.” The fourth epistle looks at the individual’s potential for achieving happiness and questions this potential. (www.britannica.com) At this time-the Glorious Revolution, the Church of England was even viewed by some as a political institution. Both the Church and Parliament were run largely by the same class of people, the gentry and the aristocracy. (www.historyhome.co.uk) Much of the air created by these groups and their influence on events in this time affected the way in which Pope’s Essay on Man was accepted. Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man was a work of epistolary couplet genius that needs to be preserved in an effort to share with this generation and the next this genius, to encourage them to think of and for themselves, and for them to question the world’s connections just as he did. What is ISN’T always truth.\n\nPope created quite the controversial work in a time when the church ruled all. Members of the churches hierarchy were angered by Pope’s allegations of mankind’s ability to question the church. (Nunez) Alexander Pope wrote Essay on Man in a time of political and religious turmoil within England and the church. In 1688, Pope was born to two Catholic parents. The country at the time of his birth was one filled with and intense anti-Catholic point of view. It was because of this that the Pope family was forced to move due to a law that forbade Catholics from living anywhere within ten miles of London or Westminster. Catholic schools were even declared illegal. (www.people.umass.edu) This all came after Henry VII split from the Catholic church and began the Anglican Church of England of which he declared himself head.\n\nDuring the time of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, it was a common belief that everything was directed by some sort of rational order. This included but was not limited to human behavior. Alexander Pope’s works, not just Essay on Man, showed these values like many of his colleagues. It was thought that “order and happiness in human affairs were attainable if excesses were eschewed and rational dictates heeded.” (www.infoplease.com) Pope “typified the spirit of the age of reason; his Essay on Man advanced an optimistic view of human beings as the enlightened inhabitants of an orderly and harmonious universe.” (Fiero) Journalists such as Joseph Addison and novelists such as Daniel Defoe showed the ability of the middle class to rise with their adventure within their works. (www.infoplease.com) The letter became a popular form of literature. Pope was quite accomplished in this. Samuel Richardson wrote novels in a form similar to that of Pope in that it was in epistolary form—sections like those in Essay on Man. The four epistles addressed the relationship between humans and the universe, humans as individuals, the relationship between the individual and society, and the potential of the individual for happiness. (www.britannica.com) One such work was Clarissa written in 1747. Despite being confident in the human ability to achieve greatness and happiness with focus, Pope was very critical of the weaknesses and eccentricities within an individual’s character. (www.infoplease.com) Pope’s use of couplets stood out amongst his peers some of which used prose. (Magill Book Reviews, www.enotes.com) He wrote his piece in “the Horatian sense that would offer a moral critique of human behavior.” (readkaplan.com)\n\nAt the time of its conception, Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man got mixed reviews from its readers. Colleagues/critiques such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, and Immanuel Kant gave rave reviews of Pope’s work listing “his marvelous observation and sharp insight about humanity”. (Nunez) Despite the acclaim of his colleagues, Pope received an equal amount of criticism from members of the clergy who seemed to be challenging the central idea of the poem. The central idea of Pope’s work was believed to have a distinct philosophical basis/nature to it. These critical members of the clergy held the view that there was no philosophy behind it but only a poetic nature. Members of the church’s authority also held that he was not a good writer based on the fact that he drove people to question not only the world around them but also the existence of God. (Nunez) At the time of conception, members of the clergy challenged its philosophical value giving it more of a poetic value. Also, various members of the church found fault in Pope’s encouragement for individuals to question not only the world around them but also the very existence of God. While this is a topic for discussion that doesn’t sit at the forefront any longer, it is still the view point of many members of the church. It is also one deemed important enough by scholars that it is continuously mentioned it critical essays regarding Essay on Man.\n\nMany scholars of today find Pope to be a literary genius. What has been dubbed his heroic use of couplets and his division of the work into epistles created a work of great literary value. It has been said that Pope’s “unity of structure and theme” attributed to the greatness of the work. (Magill Book Review) From a literary point of view, Pope’s Essay on Man has been held in a position of being better than even the finest prose. Some also hold that it is a work of great philosophical value due to Pope’s examination of the human foible and eccentricities.\n\nWith all honesty, I was quite confused by this work in the beginning and chastised myself for picking it. A big part of this was because of the language as well as the time period. However, upon further research I gained a much better understanding due largely to the fact that I was able to come across critical works and “translations” that-for lack of a better term-put it into laymen’s terms. I was rather taken by Pope’s hierarchy of life, the order of importance in which he placed beings of this world from God all the way down to mere insects. I, personally, have always questioned things. Most specifically the existence of God and the ability for some higher, unseen being to rule all. It has always been a little hard for me to swallow the entire concept of classical religion as it has been forced upon us. I found a decent amount of enjoyment in Pope’s work.\n\nI was also a little intrigued by his idea that two principles, self-love and reason, more or less rule human nature and are often at odds with each other. (Masterplots) Also interesting to me was that Pope suggested that social and divine love tie all of creation together. I think that maybe what struck me by this was that he encouraged everyone to question and question all. However, he allots the concept of continuity to this tie.\n\nPublished in 1729, A Modest Proposal by Johnathan Swift was a satirical pamphlet of sorts with a sense of political motivation. Swift had reached his end trying to understand why the Irish people couldn’t seem to come up with a solution for the problems of famine and overpopulation. Clearly his solution to fatten and eat the children was far from being serious. (www.scholarsbank.uoregon.edu) However, he did something Pope was also able to accomplish. He made people think. He went to the drastic end. Pope on the other hand appealed to people’s intellectual and philosophical sides. However, they both addressed the psychology of mankind and human behavior. (Nunez)\n\nTheir writing styles, while of the same era, were different. Swift wrote Proposal as an appeal, as a pamphlet. It is much like reading a short story. While written in the language of the time with an intellectualism, its humorous and satirical air is hard to ignore. Pope wrote Essay as a long poem divided into four epistles-the equivalent of chapters in a book. It is quite obvious even to someone with little literary knowledge that Swift’s work presents the easier read.\n\nAlexander Pope was brought up in a Catholic household at a time when it was illegal to be. He was a sickly child. Despite this rough beginning to his life, Alexander Pope was able to create a controversial work of art that managed to change literature for centuries to come. He challenged the church and those who followed its teachings. In a time when the church ruled all, he encouraged the masses to look within themselves and question the world around them. This is one of the biggest reasons I personally feel this writing should be preserved. I have always coveted writing, movies, art, etc that force me to think not only about the work itself but outside-to stretch my critical thinking abilities. This was a work created in a time when individualism wasn’t encouraged. Pope did and became a hero among men.\n\nAnother very important reason this work should be preserved is because of Pope’s literary genius. He was hailed as the master of the heroic couplet. He wrote Essay on Man in four epistles each of which forced mankind to question themselves, the world around them, and even the existence of God. Colleagues, with good standing and acclaim comparable to that of Pope, raved about his writing citing his observational abilities and insight into humanity.\n\nPope is hailed as having “typified the spirit of the age of reason; his Essay on Man advanced an optimistic view of human beings as the enlightened inhabitants of an orderly and harmonious universe.” (Fiero) The four epistles of his work encouraged readers to question the connections of humankind, the universe, and society. He wanted the world to enlighten themselves and become the individuals he felt them capable of being. This must be preserved and shared.\n\nWorks Cited\n\n“introduction” Literary Criticism (1400-1800) Ed. Thomas J. Schoenberg. Vol 64. Gale\n\nCengage. 2001. enotes.com 24 Sep, 2013.\n\nhttp://www.enotes.com/topics/an-essay-man/critical-essays#critical-essays-an-essay-man-alexander-pope-introduction\n\n***This website produced an analysis and notes on the Essay of Man.\n\nYadav, Alok. \"Historical Outline of Restoration and 18th Century British Literature.\"\n\nGeorge Mason University, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. http://www.mason.gmu.edu/~ayadav/historical%20outline/overview.htm\n\n***This was a historical website used to establish a historical context for Pope’s work to understand not only Pope’s writing but also the reception of the work.\n\n“Alexander Pope.” 2013. The Biography Channel website. Sept 23, 2013, 12:09\n\nhttp://www.biography.com/people/alexander-pope_9444371\n\n***This website was used to attain biographical information on the author. It is important to understand his background to aid in analysis.\n\nBloy, Dr. Marjorie. \"The Church of England in the Eighteenth Century.\" A Web of English\n\nHistory. Ed. Dr. Marjorie Bloy. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/religion/anglican.htm\n\n***While a short piece of information, this provided a bit of insight into the Church’s reception of Essay o Man.\n\nNunez, Diana. \"Critical Reception On Alexander Pope Essay On Man.\" Articlesbase. N.p., 15\n\nSept. 2010. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. .\n\n***Ms. Nunez is a senior research writer. Her writing aided in understanding the reception of Pope’s writing from both his colleagues as well as the church and others.\n\n\"English literature: The Eighteenth Century | Infoplease.com.\"\n\n© 2000–2013 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease.\n\n29 Sep. 2013 .\n\n***This was another website that aided in a comparison to other works of the time and to understanding how these works may or may not have affected the reception of Pope’s writing.\n\n\"A very brief biography off Alexander Pope.\" The Rape of Lock Homepage. University of\n\nMassachusetts Amherst, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. http://people.umass.edu/sconstan/popebio.html\n\n***This website gave biographical information on Pope that was used largely to understand how his Catholic upbringing in a time of turmoil between England and the Church affected his writing.\n\n“An Essay on Man”. Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia\n\nBritannica Inc., 2013. Web. 23 Sep. 2013\n\nhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/192915/An-Essay-on-Man\n\n***The Britannica online encyclopedia gave a brief explanation of the four epistles and\n\ntheir purposes. It also mentioned the order of the world according to the essay itself.\n\nPope, Alexander. \"Essay on Man .\" Pennsylvania State University. Ed. Jim Manis. Pennsylvania\n\nState University, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. .\n\n***This is a complete digital copy of Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man thus allowing constant convenient access to the essay for reading and reference.\n\nhttp://readkaplan.com/writing-alexander-pope-essay-on-man-analysis\n\nSparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on A Modest Proposal.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes\n\nLLC. n.d.. Web. 26 Sept. 2013\n\n***This website provided an alternate source of information for comparison.\n\nSwift, Johnathan. \"A Modest Proposal.\" Renascence Editions. University of Oregon, n.d. Web.\n\n30 Sept. 2013. .\n\n***This is the second of two sites used to provide information on A Modest Proposal for a comparison.\n\nPope, Alexander. Masterplots. 4thth ed. N.p.: Salem Press, n.d. N. pag. Literary Reference\n\nCenter - Austin Community College. Ebscohost. Web. 29 Sept. 2013.\n\n***This was used as a “translated” version of Essay in that it made it much easier to\n\ncomprehend as well as provided aid in critical analysis.\n\nBrackett, Virginia. The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry, 17th and 18th Centuries.\n\nN.p.: Facts on File, 2008. Bloom\'s Literature - Austin Community College. Bloom\'s Literature. Web. 30 Sept. 2013.\n\n***This gave information to better understand Pope, his work, and provided a version of the writing that was easier to comprehend.','Essay on Man by Alexander Pope','','inherit','open','open','','3246-autosave-v1','','','2013-10-14 10:52:33','2013-10-14 16:52:33','',3246,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3414',0,'revision','',0),(3411,81,'2013-10-14 10:49:59','2013-10-14 16:49:59','','alexander-pope-2','','inherit','open','open','','alexander-pope-2','','','2013-10-14 10:49:59','2013-10-14 16:49:59','',3246,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alexander-pope-2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3415,81,'2013-10-14 10:54:27','2013-10-14 16:54:27','<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alexander-pope-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3411\" alt=\"alexander-pope-2\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alexander-pope-2-269x300.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nJessie German\r\n\r\nTCP #2\r\n\r\nEssay on Man by Alexander Pope\r\n\r\nAlexander Pope’s Essay on Man was written in 1734. It has been considered “to be the masterpiece of his time for it discussed the psychology on humankind in detail.” (Nunez) It was written in couplets of iambic pentameter. It is said to have been a small piece of an even bigger one that Pope never did finish. (www.britannica.com) Pope wrote his essay in four pieces called epistles. The first addressed the connection(s) between humans and the universe. The second approaches humans as individuals. The third takes a look at “the relationship between the individual and society.” The fourth epistle looks at the individual’s potential for achieving happiness and questions this potential. (www.britannica.com) At this time-the Glorious Revolution, the Church of England was even viewed by some as a political institution. Both the Church and Parliament were run largely by the same class of people, the gentry and the aristocracy. (www.historyhome.co.uk) Much of the air created by these groups and their influence on events in this time affected the way in which Pope’s Essay on Man was accepted. Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man was a work of epistolary couplet genius that needs to be preserved in an effort to share with this generation and the next this genius, to encourage them to think of and for themselves, and for them to question the world’s connections just as he did. What is ISN’T always truth.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nPope created quite the controversial work in a time when the church ruled all. Members of the churches hierarchy were angered by Pope’s allegations of mankind’s ability to question the church. (Nunez) Alexander Pope wrote Essay on Man in a time of political and religious turmoil within England and the church. In 1688, Pope was born to two Catholic parents. The country at the time of his birth was one filled with and intense anti-Catholic point of view. It was because of this that the Pope family was forced to move due to a law that forbade Catholics from living anywhere within ten miles of London or Westminster. Catholic schools were even declared illegal. (www.people.umass.edu) This all came after Henry VII split from the Catholic church and began the Anglican Church of England of which he declared himself head.\r\n\r\nDuring the time of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, it was a common belief that everything was directed by some sort of rational order. This included but was not limited to human behavior. Alexander Pope’s works, not just Essay on Man, showed these values like many of his colleagues. It was thought that “order and happiness in human affairs were attainable if excesses were eschewed and rational dictates heeded.” (www.infoplease.com) Pope “typified the spirit of the age of reason; his Essay on Man advanced an optimistic view of human beings as the enlightened inhabitants of an orderly and harmonious universe.” (Fiero) Journalists such as Joseph Addison and novelists such as Daniel Defoe showed the ability of the middle class to rise with their adventure within their works. (www.infoplease.com) The letter became a popular form of literature. Pope was quite accomplished in this. Samuel Richardson wrote novels in a form similar to that of Pope in that it was in epistolary form—sections like those in Essay on Man. The four epistles addressed the relationship between humans and the universe, humans as individuals, the relationship between the individual and society, and the potential of the individual for happiness. (www.britannica.com) One such work was Clarissa written in 1747. Despite being confident in the human ability to achieve greatness and happiness with focus, Pope was very critical of the weaknesses and eccentricities within an individual’s character. (www.infoplease.com) Pope’s use of couplets stood out amongst his peers some of which used prose. (Magill Book Reviews, www.enotes.com) He wrote his piece in “the Horatian sense that would offer a moral critique of human behavior.” (readkaplan.com)\r\n\r\nAt the time of its conception, Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man got mixed reviews from its readers. Colleagues/critiques such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, and Immanuel Kant gave rave reviews of Pope’s work listing “his marvelous observation and sharp insight about humanity”. (Nunez) Despite the acclaim of his colleagues, Pope received an equal amount of criticism from members of the clergy who seemed to be challenging the central idea of the poem. The central idea of Pope’s work was believed to have a distinct philosophical basis/nature to it. These critical members of the clergy held the view that there was no philosophy behind it but only a poetic nature. Members of the church’s authority also held that he was not a good writer based on the fact that he drove people to question not only the world around them but also the existence of God. (Nunez) At the time of conception, members of the clergy challenged its philosophical value giving it more of a poetic value. Also, various members of the church found fault in Pope’s encouragement for individuals to question not only the world around them but also the very existence of God. While this is a topic for discussion that doesn’t sit at the forefront any longer, it is still the view point of many members of the church. It is also one deemed important enough by scholars that it is continuously mentioned it critical essays regarding Essay on Man.\r\n\r\nMany scholars of today find Pope to be a literary genius. What has been dubbed his heroic use of couplets and his division of the work into epistles created a work of great literary value. It has been said that Pope’s “unity of structure and theme” attributed to the greatness of the work. (Magill Book Review) From a literary point of view, Pope’s Essay on Man has been held in a position of being better than even the finest prose. Some also hold that it is a work of great philosophical value due to Pope’s examination of the human foible and eccentricities.\r\n\r\nWith all honesty, I was quite confused by this work in the beginning and chastised myself for picking it. A big part of this was because of the language as well as the time period. However, upon further research I gained a much better understanding due largely to the fact that I was able to come across critical works and “translations” that-for lack of a better term-put it into laymen’s terms. I was rather taken by Pope’s hierarchy of life, the order of importance in which he placed beings of this world from God all the way down to mere insects. I, personally, have always questioned things. Most specifically the existence of God and the ability for some higher, unseen being to rule all. It has always been a little hard for me to swallow the entire concept of classical religion as it has been forced upon us. I found a decent amount of enjoyment in Pope’s work.\r\n\r\nI was also a little intrigued by his idea that two principles, self-love and reason, more or less rule human nature and are often at odds with each other. (Masterplots) Also interesting to me was that Pope suggested that social and divine love tie all of creation together. I think that maybe what struck me by this was that he encouraged everyone to question and question all. However, he allots the concept of continuity to this tie.\r\n\r\nPublished in 1729, A Modest Proposal by Johnathan Swift was a satirical pamphlet of sorts with a sense of political motivation. Swift had reached his end trying to understand why the Irish people couldn’t seem to come up with a solution for the problems of famine and overpopulation. Clearly his solution to fatten and eat the children was far from being serious. (www.scholarsbank.uoregon.edu) However, he did something Pope was also able to accomplish. He made people think. He went to the drastic end. Pope on the other hand appealed to people’s intellectual and philosophical sides. However, they both addressed the psychology of mankind and human behavior. (Nunez)\r\n\r\nTheir writing styles, while of the same era, were different. Swift wrote Proposal as an appeal, as a pamphlet. It is much like reading a short story. While written in the language of the time with an intellectualism, its humorous and satirical air is hard to ignore. Pope wrote Essay as a long poem divided into four epistles-the equivalent of chapters in a book. It is quite obvious even to someone with little literary knowledge that Swift’s work presents the easier read.\r\n\r\nAlexander Pope was brought up in a Catholic household at a time when it was illegal to be. He was a sickly child. Despite this rough beginning to his life, Alexander Pope was able to create a controversial work of art that managed to change literature for centuries to come. He challenged the church and those who followed its teachings. In a time when the church ruled all, he encouraged the masses to look within themselves and question the world around them. This is one of the biggest reasons I personally feel this writing should be preserved. I have always coveted writing, movies, art, etc that force me to think not only about the work itself but outside-to stretch my critical thinking abilities. This was a work created in a time when individualism wasn’t encouraged. Pope did and became a hero among men.\r\n\r\nAnother very important reason this work should be preserved is because of Pope’s literary genius. He was hailed as the master of the heroic couplet. He wrote Essay on Man in four epistles each of which forced mankind to question themselves, the world around them, and even the existence of God. Colleagues, with good standing and acclaim comparable to that of Pope, raved about his writing citing his observational abilities and insight into humanity.\r\n\r\nPope is hailed as having “typified the spirit of the age of reason; his Essay on Man advanced an optimistic view of human beings as the enlightened inhabitants of an orderly and harmonious universe.” (Fiero) The four epistles of his work encouraged readers to question the connections of humankind, the universe, and society. He wanted the world to enlighten themselves and become the individuals he felt them capable of being. This must be preserved and shared.\r\n\r\nWorks Cited\r\n\r\n“introduction” Literary Criticism (1400-1800) Ed. Thomas J. Schoenberg. Vol 64. Gale\r\n\r\nCengage. 2001. enotes.com 24 Sep, 2013.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.enotes.com/topics/an-essay-man/critical-essays#critical-essays-an-essay-man-alexander-pope-introduction\r\n\r\n***This website produced an analysis and notes on the Essay of Man.\r\n\r\nYadav, Alok. \"Historical Outline of Restoration and 18th Century British Literature.\"\r\n\r\nGeorge Mason University, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. http://www.mason.gmu.edu/~ayadav/historical%20outline/overview.htm\r\n\r\n***This was a historical website used to establish a historical context for Pope’s work to understand not only Pope’s writing but also the reception of the work.\r\n\r\n“Alexander Pope.” 2013. The Biography Channel website. Sept 23, 2013, 12:09\r\n\r\nhttp://www.biography.com/people/alexander-pope_9444371\r\n\r\n***This website was used to attain biographical information on the author. It is important to understand his background to aid in analysis.\r\n\r\nBloy, Dr. Marjorie. \"The Church of England in the Eighteenth Century.\" A Web of English\r\n\r\nHistory. Ed. Dr. Marjorie Bloy. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/religion/anglican.htm\r\n\r\n***While a short piece of information, this provided a bit of insight into the Church’s reception of Essay o Man.\r\n\r\nNunez, Diana. \"Critical Reception On Alexander Pope Essay On Man.\" Articlesbase. N.p., 15\r\n\r\nSept. 2010. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. .\r\n\r\n***Ms. Nunez is a senior research writer. Her writing aided in understanding the reception of Pope’s writing from both his colleagues as well as the church and others.\r\n\r\n\"English literature: The Eighteenth Century | Infoplease.com.\"\r\n\r\n© 2000–2013 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease.\r\n\r\n29 Sep. 2013 .\r\n\r\n***This was another website that aided in a comparison to other works of the time and to understanding how these works may or may not have affected the reception of Pope’s writing.\r\n\r\n\"A very brief biography off Alexander Pope.\" The Rape of Lock Homepage. University of\r\n\r\nMassachusetts Amherst, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. http://people.umass.edu/sconstan/popebio.html\r\n\r\n***This website gave biographical information on Pope that was used largely to understand how his Catholic upbringing in a time of turmoil between England and the Church affected his writing.\r\n\r\n“An Essay on Man”. Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia\r\n\r\nBritannica Inc., 2013. Web. 23 Sep. 2013\r\n\r\nhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/192915/An-Essay-on-Man\r\n\r\n***The Britannica online encyclopedia gave a brief explanation of the four epistles and\r\n\r\ntheir purposes. It also mentioned the order of the world according to the essay itself.\r\n\r\nPope, Alexander. \"Essay on Man .\" Pennsylvania State University. Ed. Jim Manis. Pennsylvania\r\n\r\nState University, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. .\r\n\r\n***This is a complete digital copy of Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man thus allowing constant convenient access to the essay for reading and reference.\r\n\r\nhttp://readkaplan.com/writing-alexander-pope-essay-on-man-analysis\r\n\r\nSparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on A Modest Proposal.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes\r\n\r\nLLC. n.d.. Web. 26 Sept. 2013\r\n\r\n***This website provided an alternate source of information for comparison.\r\n\r\nSwift, Johnathan. \"A Modest Proposal.\" Renascence Editions. University of Oregon, n.d. Web.\r\n\r\n30 Sept. 2013. .\r\n\r\n***This is the second of two sites used to provide information on A Modest Proposal for a comparison.\r\n\r\nPope, Alexander. Masterplots. 4thth ed. N.p.: Salem Press, n.d. N. pag. Literary Reference\r\n\r\nCenter - Austin Community College. Ebscohost. Web. 29 Sept. 2013.\r\n\r\n***This was used as a “translated” version of Essay in that it made it much easier to\r\n\r\ncomprehend as well as provided aid in critical analysis.\r\n\r\nBrackett, Virginia. The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry, 17th and 18th Centuries.\r\n\r\nN.p.: Facts on File, 2008. Bloom\'s Literature - Austin Community College. Bloom\'s Literature. Web. 30 Sept. 2013.\r\n\r\n***This gave information to better understand Pope, his work, and provided a version of the writing that was easier to comprehend.','Essay on Man by Alexander Pope','','inherit','open','open','','3246-revision-v1','','','2013-10-14 10:54:27','2013-10-14 16:54:27','',3246,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3415',0,'revision','',0),(3412,81,'2013-10-14 10:51:28','2013-10-14 16:51:28','<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alexander-pope-2.jpg\"><img src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alexander-pope-2-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"alexander-pope-2\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3411\" /></a>\r\n\r\nJessie German\r\n\r\nTCP #2\r\n\r\nEssay on Man by Alexander Pope\r\n\r\nAlexander Pope’s Essay on Man was written in 1734.  It has been considered “to be the masterpiece of his time for it discussed the psychology on humankind in detail.” (Nunez)  It was written in couplets of iambic pentameter.  It is said to have been a small piece of an even bigger one that Pope never did finish. (www.britannica.com)  Pope wrote his essay in four pieces called epistles.  The first addressed the connection(s) between humans and the universe.  The second approaches humans as individuals.  The third takes a look at “the relationship between the individual and society.” The fourth epistle looks at the individual’s potential for achieving happiness and questions this potential. (www.britannica.com)  At this time-the Glorious Revolution, the Church of England was even viewed by some as a political institution.  Both the Church and Parliament were run largely by the same class of people, the gentry and the aristocracy. (www.historyhome.co.uk) Much of the air created by these groups and their influence on events in this time affected the way in which Pope’s Essay on Man was accepted.  Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man was a work of epistolary couplet genius that needs to be preserved  in an effort to share with this generation and the next this genius, to encourage them to think of and for themselves, and for them to question the world’s connections just as he did.  What is ISN’T always truth.\r\n\r\nPope created quite the controversial work in a time when the church ruled all. Members of the churches hierarchy were angered by Pope’s allegations of mankind’s ability to question the church. (Nunez)  Alexander Pope wrote Essay on Man in a time of political and religious turmoil within England and the church.  In 1688, Pope was born to two Catholic parents.  The country at the time of his birth was one filled with and intense anti-Catholic point of view.  It was because of this that the Pope family was forced to move due to a law that forbade Catholics from living anywhere within ten miles of London or Westminster.  Catholic schools were even declared illegal. (www.people.umass.edu)  This all came after Henry VII split from the Catholic church and began the Anglican Church of England of which he declared himself head.  \r\n\r\nDuring the time of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, it was a common belief that everything was directed by some sort of rational order.  This included but was not limited to human behavior.  Alexander Pope’s works, not just Essay on Man, showed these values like many of his colleagues.  It was thought that “order and happiness in human affairs were attainable if excesses were eschewed and rational dictates heeded.” (www.infoplease.com)  Pope “typified the spirit of the age of reason; his Essay on Man advanced an optimistic view of human beings as the enlightened inhabitants of an orderly and harmonious universe.” (Fiero)  Journalists such as Joseph Addison and novelists such as Daniel Defoe showed the ability of the middle class to rise with their adventure within their works. (www.infoplease.com)  The letter became a popular form of literature.  Pope was quite accomplished in this.  Samuel Richardson wrote novels in a form similar to that of Pope in that it was in epistolary form—sections like those in Essay on Man.  The four epistles addressed the relationship between humans and the universe, humans as individuals, the relationship between the individual and society, and the potential of the individual for happiness. (www.britannica.com)  One such work was Clarissa written in 1747.  Despite being confident in the human ability to achieve greatness and happiness with focus, Pope was very critical of the weaknesses and eccentricities within an individual’s character.  (www.infoplease.com)  Pope’s use of couplets stood out amongst his peers some of which used prose.  (Magill Book Reviews, www.enotes.com)  He wrote his piece in “the Horatian sense that would offer a moral critique of human behavior.” (readkaplan.com)  \r\n\r\nAt the time of its conception, Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man got mixed reviews from its readers.  Colleagues/critiques such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, and Immanuel Kant gave rave reviews of Pope’s work listing “his marvelous observation and sharp insight about humanity”. (Nunez)  Despite the acclaim of his colleagues, Pope received an equal amount of criticism from members of the clergy who seemed to be challenging the central idea of the poem.  The central idea of Pope’s work was believed to have a distinct philosophical basis/nature to it.  These critical members of the clergy held the view that there was no philosophy behind it but only a poetic nature.  Members of the church’s authority also held that he was not a good writer based on the fact that he drove people to question not only the world around them but also the existence of God. (Nunez)   At the time of conception, members of the clergy challenged its philosophical value giving it more of a poetic value.  Also, various members of the church found fault in Pope’s encouragement for individuals to question not only the world around them but also the very existence of God.  While this is a topic for discussion that doesn’t sit at the forefront any longer, it is still the view point of many members of the church.  It is also one deemed important enough by scholars that it is continuously mentioned it critical essays regarding Essay on Man.\r\n\r\nMany scholars of today find Pope to be a literary genius.  What has been dubbed his heroic use of couplets and his division of the work into epistles created a work of great literary value.  It has been said that Pope’s “unity of structure and theme” attributed to the greatness of the work. (Magill Book Review)  From a literary point of view, Pope’s Essay on Man has been held in a position of being better than even the finest prose.  Some also hold that it is a work of great philosophical value due to Pope’s examination of the human foible and eccentricities.\r\n\r\nWith all honesty, I was quite confused by this work in the beginning and chastised myself for picking it.  A big part of this was because of the language as well as the time period.  However, upon further research I gained a much better understanding due largely to the fact that I was able to come across critical works and “translations” that-for lack of a better term-put it into laymen’s terms.  I was rather taken by Pope’s hierarchy of life, the order of importance in which he placed beings of this world from God all the way down to mere insects.  I, personally, have always questioned things.  Most specifically the existence of God and the ability for some higher, unseen being to rule all.  It has always been a little hard for me to swallow the entire concept of classical religion as it has been forced upon us.  I found a decent amount of enjoyment in Pope’s work.  \r\n\r\nI was also a little intrigued by his idea that two principles, self-love and reason, more or less rule human nature and are often at odds with each other.  (Masterplots)  Also interesting to me was that Pope suggested that social and divine love tie all of creation together.  I think that maybe what struck me by this was that he encouraged everyone to question and question all.  However, he allots the concept of continuity to this tie.  \r\n\r\nPublished in 1729, A Modest Proposal by Johnathan Swift was a satirical pamphlet of sorts with a sense of political motivation.  Swift had reached his end trying to understand why the Irish people couldn’t seem to come up with a solution for the problems of famine and overpopulation.  Clearly his solution to fatten and eat the children was far from being serious. (www.scholarsbank.uoregon.edu)  However, he did something Pope was also able to accomplish.  He made people think.  He went to the drastic end.  Pope on the other hand appealed to people’s intellectual and philosophical sides.  However, they both addressed the psychology of mankind and human behavior. (Nunez)\r\n\r\nTheir writing styles, while of the same era, were different.  Swift wrote Proposal as an appeal, as a pamphlet.  It is much like reading a short story.  While written in the language of the time with an intellectualism, its humorous and satirical air is hard to ignore.  Pope wrote Essay as a long poem divided into four epistles-the equivalent of chapters in a book.  It is quite obvious even to someone with little literary knowledge that Swift’s work presents the easier read.\r\n\r\nAlexander Pope was brought up in a Catholic household at a time when it was illegal to be.  He was a sickly child.  Despite this rough beginning to his life, Alexander Pope was able to create a controversial work of art that managed to change literature for centuries to come.  He challenged the church and those who followed its teachings.  In a time when the church ruled all, he encouraged the masses to look within themselves and question the world around them.  This is one of the biggest reasons I personally feel this writing should be preserved.  I have always coveted writing, movies, art, etc that force me to think not only about the work itself but outside-to stretch my critical thinking abilities.  This was a work created in a time when individualism wasn’t encouraged.  Pope did and became a hero among men.  \r\n\r\nAnother very important reason this work should be preserved is because of Pope’s literary genius.  He was hailed as the master of the heroic couplet.  He wrote Essay on Man in four epistles each of which forced mankind to question themselves, the world around them, and even the existence of God.  Colleagues, with good standing and acclaim comparable to that of Pope, raved about his writing citing his observational abilities and insight into humanity.  \r\n\r\n    Pope is hailed as having “typified the spirit of the age of reason; his Essay on Man advanced an optimistic view of human beings as the enlightened inhabitants of an orderly and harmonious universe.” (Fiero)  The four epistles of his work encouraged readers to question the connections of humankind, the universe, and society.  He wanted the world to enlighten themselves and become the individuals he felt them capable of being.  This must be preserved and shared.  \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWorks Cited\r\n\r\n“introduction” Literary Criticism (1400-1800)  Ed. Thomas J. Schoenberg.  Vol 64.  Gale\r\n\r\nCengage.  2001.  enotes.com 24 Sep, 2013.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.enotes.com/topics/an-essay-man/critical-essays#critical-essays-an-essay-man-alexander-pope-introduction\r\n\r\n***This website produced an analysis  and notes on the Essay of Man.  \r\n\r\n\r\nYadav, Alok. \"Historical Outline of Restoration and 18th Century British Literature.\"\r\n\r\nGeorge Mason University, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. http://www.mason.gmu.edu/~ayadav/historical%20outline/overview.htm\r\n\r\n***This was a historical website used to establish a historical context for Pope’s work to understand  not only Pope’s writing but also the reception of the work.\r\n\r\n“Alexander Pope.”  2013.  The Biography Channel website.  Sept 23, 2013, 12:09\r\n\r\n    http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-pope_9444371\r\n\r\n***This website was used to attain biographical information on the author.  It is important to understand his background to aid in analysis.\r\n\r\nBloy, Dr. Marjorie. \"The Church of England in the Eighteenth Century.\" A Web of English\r\n\r\nHistory. Ed. Dr. Marjorie Bloy. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/religion/anglican.htm\r\n\r\n***While a short piece of information, this provided a bit of insight into the Church’s reception of Essay o Man.  \r\n\r\nNunez, Diana. \"Critical Reception On Alexander Pope Essay On Man.\" Articlesbase. N.p., 15\r\n\r\nSept. 2010. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. .\r\n\r\n***Ms. Nunez is a senior research writer.  Her writing aided in understanding the reception of Pope’s writing from both his colleagues as well as the church and others.\r\n\r\n\"English literature: The Eighteenth Century | Infoplease.com.\"\r\n\r\n© 2000–2013 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease.\r\n\r\n29 Sep. 2013 .\r\n\r\n***This was another website that aided in a comparison to other works of the time and to understanding how these works may or may not have affected the reception of Pope’s writing.\r\n\r\n\"A very brief biography off Alexander Pope.\" The Rape of Lock Homepage. University of\r\n\r\nMassachusetts Amherst, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. http://people.umass.edu/sconstan/popebio.html\r\n\r\n***This website gave biographical information on Pope that was used largely to understand how his Catholic upbringing in a time of turmoil between England and the Church affected his writing.\r\n\r\n“An Essay on Man”.  Encyclopedia Britannica.  Encyclopedia Britannica Online.  Encyclopedia\r\n\r\n    Britannica Inc., 2013.  Web.  23 Sep. 2013\r\n\r\n    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/192915/An-Essay-on-Man\r\n\r\n    ***The Britannica online encyclopedia gave a brief explanation of the four epistles and\r\n\r\n    their purposes.  It also mentioned the order of the world according to the essay itself.\r\n\r\nPope, Alexander. \"Essay on Man .\" Pennsylvania State University. Ed. Jim Manis. Pennsylvania\r\n\r\nState University, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. .\r\n\r\n***This is a complete digital copy of Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man thus allowing constant convenient access to the essay for reading and reference.\r\n\r\nhttp://readkaplan.com/writing-alexander-pope-essay-on-man-analysis\r\n\r\nSparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on A Modest Proposal.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes\r\n\r\n    LLC. n.d.. Web. 26 Sept. 2013\r\n\r\n    ***This website provided an alternate source of information for comparison.\r\n\r\nSwift, Johnathan. \"A Modest Proposal.\" Renascence Editions. University of Oregon, n.d. Web.\r\n\r\n30 Sept. 2013. .\r\n\r\n***This is the second of two sites used to provide information on A Modest Proposal for a comparison.  \r\n\r\n   \r\n\r\nPope, Alexander. Masterplots. 4thth ed. N.p.: Salem Press, n.d. N. pag. Literary Reference\r\n\r\n    Center - Austin Community College. Ebscohost. Web. 29 Sept. 2013.\r\n\r\n    ***This was used as a “translated” version of Essay in that it made it much easier to\r\n\r\n    comprehend as well as provided aid in critical analysis.\r\n\r\nBrackett, Virginia. The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry, 17th and 18th Centuries.\r\n\r\nN.p.: Facts on File, 2008. Bloom\'s Literature - Austin Community College. Bloom\'s Literature. Web. 30 Sept. 2013.\r\n\r\n***This gave information to better understand Pope, his work, and provided a version of the writing that was easier to comprehend.','Essay on Man by Alexander Pope','','inherit','open','open','','3246-revision-v1','','','2013-10-14 10:51:28','2013-10-14 16:51:28','',3246,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3412',0,'revision','',0),(3401,80,'2013-10-04 10:09:53','2013-10-04 16:09:53','<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Thomas-More-Utopia.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3353 aligncenter\" alt=\"Thomas More Utopia\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Thomas-More-Utopia.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"217\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http://areteclassical.blogspot.com/2011/01/utopia-by-sir-thomas-more.html\">http://areteclassical.blogspot.com/2011/01/utopia-by-sir-thomas-more.html</a></p>\r\nBefore we move onto More’s Utopia we need to try to understand the man that imaged this make believe land. Thomas More was a Christian humanist with a conscience who criticized the evils of greedy private enterprise. His unwilling cooperation and faith as a Roman Catholic had him executed in 1535 for treason. Thomas More\'s Utopia; put Thomas More on the map as a humanities and made his make believe land well recognized over Plato Republic therefore it should be preserved.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nIt was 1516 when Thomas More completed his statecraft and society which he named Utopia. More’s fictional land is a socialistic state in which personal property is shared; war and personal prides are disdain. Everyone has a right to an education and freedom of religion.  While More believes that commonwealth, motivation, compassion, and scorn for material wealth ensures social harmony. However; More’s Utopians are not Christian, yet inspired by Christian principals of ethics and assistance. They have little use for metals, jewels, and the taste that drives men to war.Every city was divided into four sections with a market place built in the middle for all families to bring in different goods to sell. The streets are designed for vehicles and to protect from the wind. Buildings are facing each other are running up and down the street. Front of the houses are separated by twenty foot roadway with a large garden behind them as long as a street.  No shortages in this community while a few things have value when compared to the English, for all their values are in short supply. Gold and silver are used in chamber pots and slave restraints, since everyone has a job in producing the basic needs to survive; therefore the workdays are only six hours long.\r\n\r\nThe family life was organized around the needs of the situation. A child who prefers to a woodworker or a ironworker would be sent to a woodworker or iron worker family. However; the families men are the most powerful members. It is said when a women gets married she will move in with mans household. Yet the male of each generation has to stay at home and follow the orders of the oldest male. Utopian women live inferior to the males of utopia, they must admit their sins to their husbands even before attending a church.\r\n\r\nThe community serves as means of public consistency and control. People are not allowed to leave the town and workplace without approval or they will be reprimanded. In order to eat you must work even if you go to another town or island. \"Wherever you are, you always have to work. There\'s never any excuse for idleness. There are also no wine-taverns, no ale-houses, no brothels, no opportunities for seduction, no secret meeting-places. Everyone has his eye on you, so you\'re practically forced to get on with your job, and make some proper use of your spare time\"(qdp more in fiero)  The constants surveillance, Utopian ethics and religion emphasize that a good life spent, when not working , Utopians read, play games, have conversations, and attend public lectures.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWork Cited\r\n\r\n<b>The Humanistic Tradition</b> <b>Sixth Edition</b> <b>Gloria K. Fiero</b>','Thomas More\'s Utopia','','inherit','open','open','','3276-revision-v1','','','2013-10-04 10:09:53','2013-10-04 16:09:53','',3276,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3401',0,'revision','',0),(3402,75,'2013-10-07 19:40:37','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','Auto Draft','','auto-draft','open','open','','','','','2013-10-07 19:40:37','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3402',0,'post','',0),(3403,89,'2013-10-09 15:50:07','2013-10-09 21:50:07','<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PaKal.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3366\" alt=\"PaKal\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PaKal-177x300.jpg\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Pakal-color.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3365\" alt=\"Pakal color\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Pakal-color-180x300.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Sarcophagus lid in the Temple of Inscriptions 683 CE</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">http://chichcalan.com/vrml/grafika/sarcophagus.jpg</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3486/4649330363_2c9716cfd9_z.jpg</p>\r\nThe sarcophagus lid that that covered the tomb of Pakal inside the temple of inscriptions at Palenque. The lid was covered with the iconography of Pakal falling off the Wacah Chan, tree of life which connects the sky, earth, and underworld (Sayre). The tree represented the Mayan’s ability to interact with each of the three realms.  Pakal’s head is tilted back replicating that of a sacrificial victim, while his hair is bunled similarly to corn stalks. Both the posture and hair are meant to mimic many of the characteristics of the Maize god. (Blume).  On the top of the tree sits the feathered serpent (Sayre pg464). The celestial bird soars on the top of the lid, representing the sky realm (Blume).<!--more-->\r\n\r\nPakal’s tomb is unique since it can be accessed from the top of the temple of inscriptions, which allows scholars to link Pakal to the ideologies of the Mayan religion. The Mayan leaders maintained a connection with their ancestors as this played a critical role to Mayan beliefs.(Ching pg328) This piece is categorized as one of the best examples of Classic Mayan art. Like many of the pieces from this era, the icons and the inscriptions allow us to understand the Mayan’s sociopolitical organization.  Many of the topics covered in the piece revolve around ideology, power, conquest, defeats, alliances, and divine right to rule.\r\n\r\nScholars are beginning to understand the relationship between the Mayan rulers and their people. The Mayan used a written language that could not be deciphered due to the lack of documents that survived the Spanish conquest, only until 1958 scholars began publishing and deciphering the secrets of the Mayan. In 1986 \"The blood of kings\" was one of the first published documents that deciphered the complex relationship between the divine and the city states. Each of the lords was believed to have the ability to summon the gods through their flesh and blood. Kings would wage war with other city states and the defeated kings would have their blood run down the temples and have their hearts ripped out all to please the gods (Chippindale).\r\n\r\nThe sarcophagus lid of Pakal is found in the Temple of Inscriptions. In order to understand why the Temple of Inscriptions is unique from other Mayan temples, we have to understand the architecture. Many of the Mayan pyramids are simple in design usually a base with stairs on one of its side. The Temple of Inscriptions is unlike anything any of the other Mayan pyramids, has hidden stairway that leads a crypt. Inside the crypt archeologist found jewelry, the remains of human sacrifices, and the tomb of Pakal (Ruz).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Temple-of-Injhscriptions.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3367 aligncenter\" alt=\"Temple of Injhscriptions\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Temple-of-Injhscriptions-300x162.jpg\" width=\"377\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http://www.chicagosee.com/explanations/Inscription%20drawing.jpg\">http://www.chicagosee.com/explanations/Inscription%20drawing.jpg</a></p>\r\nNot only has the sarcophagus of Pakal gathered attention from scholars, it has also become a part of popular culture. The Ancient astronaut theory suggest that the older civilazations were helped by advanced extraterrestials. Erik Von Daniken believes that the sarcophagus of Pakal is an actual representation of a spacecraft,  stating “…human being is sitting there, the chest slightly bent over, in the position of a racing pilot; nowadays, every child would identify his vehicle as a rocket”. Although much of the sarcaphogus has been deciphered, the ancient astronaut theory continues to gain support.  Before I knew anything about the Maya, I saw an image of the lid of Pakal next to a rocket and immediately began speculating Mayan technology. The images depicted on the lid seemed too abstract when compared to any of the other Mayan pieces.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Anastasis.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3368 aligncenter\" alt=\"Anastasis\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Anastasis-300x248.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-echpMcl0elU/T380mikKcBI/AAAAAAAABOI/XOYBfwhsclE/s1600/anastasis4.jpg</p>\r\nThe “Anastasis” or “Harrowing of hell” and Sarcophagus are two unique piece of art that depict each of the cultures most important religious figure travel to the underworld. In between the death of Christ but before his Resurrection, Christ makes the journey to the depths of hell and enters the domain of Satan. Pacal on the other hand is depicted falling off “tree of life”, while “???” waits to guide him to the underworld. In the Anastasis, Christ purpose of entering the underworld is different than Pacal decent. Christ enters the underworld to save all of those that came before Christ such as Adam, Eve, David, John the Baptist, and Moses. Forest summarizes the Christian’s view of death stating:\r\n\r\nThe undoing of the kingdom of death and thus the undoing of all that keeps us in a state of fear. After all, it’s death we fear and spend our lives resisting and delaying. It’s fear of death that stands in the way of actually living. Dig away at the other fears and sooner or later we discover our grave. Whatever delays we manage to arrange, the end is certain. But this icon reminds us that death doesn’t have the last word (Forest)\r\n\r\nThe Mayan’s viewed death was more relaxed than the Christian. One of the most important Mayan gods was the Maize god, which played a critical role with one of the central Mayan ideas. They believed that only fallen stalks would give birth to a new generation allowing the Mayan’s to participate and acknowledge their ancestor’s role do the creation of life.(Bloom) Although each of these religions was founded thousands of miles apart and at different points in time, they share the idea of an afterlife. Each of these culture’s ideas may be different but we will always be closer to each other than we believe we are.\r\n\r\nThe sarcophagus of Pakal is more than aesthetic piece of art. If there is one piece of Mayan art that captures the essence of the Mayan culture, this is the piece that does it best. It tells us the story of one of the greatest Mayan ruler Pakal, the relationship between his people and him, and the Mayan’s view of death.\r\n<p align=\"center\">Works Cited</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Blume, Anna. \"Royal Visions: Art Of The Maya Courts.\" Art In America 92.11 (2004): 102-151. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Sept. 2013.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Ching,Francis, et al. A Global history of Architecture. River Street: John Wiley and Sons, Inc, 2011. Print</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Chippindale, Christopher. \"The Last Great Decipherment.\" History Today 43.7 (1993): 59. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Sept. 2013</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Forest, Jim. \"Glorious Freedom.\" U.S. Catholic 71.4 (2006): 51. Academic Search Complete. Web. 23 Sept. 2013.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Grünschloß, Andreas. \"Ancient Astronaut Narrations. A Popular Discourse On Our Religious Past.\"Fabula 48.3-4 (2007): 205-228. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Sept. 2013.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Ruz L., Alberto. \"The Mystery Of The Mayan Temple.\" Saturday Evening Post 226.9 (1953): 30-98. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Sept. 2013.</p>\r\nSayre,Henry. A World of Art. Saddle River: Prentice Hall Pearson, 2010. Print','Sarcophagus Lid','','inherit','open','open','','3364-revision-v1','','','2013-10-09 15:50:07','2013-10-09 21:50:07','',3364,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3403',0,'revision','',0),(3404,74,'2013-10-14 17:16:07','2013-10-14 23:16:07','[caption id=\"attachment_3405\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"284\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fie23976_21025.png\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3405 \" alt=\"fie23976_21025\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fie23976_21025-284x300.png\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" /></a> Xu Yang, <em>Bird\'s Eye View of the Capital</em> http://textflow.mcgraw-hill.com//figures/0077346181/fie23976_21025.png[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Forbidden City \"was the most elaborate imperial monument of the Ming and Qing eras\" (Fiero). Once the Ming court settled it in 1421, it remained a cornerstone of Chinese government and artistic vision into the early 20th century. The longevity of this work and it\'s importance as the seat of Chinese government make a strong case for it\'s worth as an object of preservation. Built in Beijing, China, it represented the separation between the government bureaucracy and aristocracy from the peasants. This elitism is what earned the name Forbidden City, and the 10 foot high walls surrounding the complex added to the mystique and exclusivity of the work. Inside those walls were an elaborate microcosm of imperial life, and it\'s residents had every necessity and luxury possible without ever having to go into the outside world. The central structure was the Hall of Supreme Harmony where the emperor (In Chinese 皇帝, pronounced huangdi literally meaning \"Son of Heaven\") conducted his affairs. This marriage of spirituality with governance shows itself in the numerous temples and gardens alongside administrative buildings. Wood was the most common building material, cut from forests in Sichuan province and floated down the river to Beijing. Special consideration was placed in symmetry and practicality, with important government offices placed close together in a line towards the center. Most buildings were adorned with carvings and brightly painted in red, gold and green. The concave roofs were thatched with curved bricks and were supported by columns. The principle of feng shui was utilized to promote spatial harmony with the environment and focus the resident\'s <em>qi </em>(translated as energy).<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\"]<img alt=\"\" src=\"http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/site_0439_0037-500-333-20100126175550.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /> Architecture example, http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/site_0439_0037-500-333-20100126175550.jpg[/caption]\r\n\r\nPrior to the Forbidden City, China already had a history of dynasties and strong central government. Confucianism were the social principles that made for a rigid class-based society, and the only way to achieve upward mobility involved passing a demanding test for entry into the bureaucracy. Towards the end of the Ming dynasty in the 16th century, there was a \"new tradition of humanist values that was forming with ever expanding influence... and was rooted in rapid economic development under a new historical condition, [that] had the newly risen stratum of city residents as its basis\" (Gao). This movement towards social equality did not gain serious momentum until the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912. Another important issue was the threat of foreign invaders, and the other great building project of the Ming dynasty was in restoring the Great Wall of China to protect against attacks from the north. Ultimately this project was unsuccessful as the Manchu, \"descendants of Mongols, Turks, and other tribes\" (Fiero) took power and claimed The Forbidden City as their seat of power. In keeping with authoritarian rule, all male Chinese had to cut their hair in the Manchu style.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"314\"]<img class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/j/gjs4/textbooks/PM-China/graphics/Ch10/01.gif\" width=\"314\" height=\"360\" /> Manchu style haircut, http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/j/gjs4/textbooks/PM-China/graphics/Ch10/01.gif[/caption]\r\n\r\nBoth dynasties subsisted on taxes placed on the lower classes and used their wealth to adorn their palaces with expensive art commissions and decorations. Some of these pieces were exported to Europe which inspired the <em>chinoiserie </em>style, and goods such as tea, jade, and silk provided a new source of income. As wealth flowed into China more citizens became literate and there was a new demand for books. This rising middle class still saw ostracism from the ruling elite similar to the social situation in France.\r\n\r\nAt roughly the same time as the Forbidden City imperial courts in France and India constructed Versailles and Shahjahanabad. All of these palaces symbolized authoritarian rule and separated peasants from aristocrats. Unlike Versailles, Shahjahanabad and the Forbidden City were walled off completely, displaying a candid pessimism about personal safety. All of these palaces were lavishly decorated but Versailles exemplifies Christianity, Shahjahanabad Islamism, and the Forbidden City Confucianism. Versailles also showed radical evolution over time in it\'s architectural and artistic decoration, while the Forbidden City remained stoically resistant to foreign influences. The Han dynasty devised the \"hallmark of Chinese <strong>architecture</strong>—a graceful, overhanging roof, sometimes in several tiers, with upturned eaves\" (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia). Ming buildings such as Zhenhai Tower, Zhenjue Temple, and Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda all display this characteristic. What set the Forbidden City apart from them was the massive size of the work, none covered the same amount of area and served such an important role to the culture.\r\n\r\nThe temporal scope of the work makes it hard to quantify what time period it truly belongs to. \"The Chinese tradition of collecting cultural artefacts long predated the introduction of museums\" (Changhong), and the Forbidden City amassed a large collection of these artefacts. During the span of it\'s relevance in current affairs it was seen as a testament to Chinese identity. \"The public had long understood the cultural value of the Palace\" (Changhong). As a work the Forbidden City has been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. It was concluded that \"The Imperial Palaces bear exceptional testimony to Chinese civilisation at the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties\" (UNESCO). In modern China the Forbidden City is highly regarded, and a backlash was triggered when the coffee chain Starbucks was planning on expanding onto the site. As one news anchor blogged \"...having one inside the <strong>City</strong> is inappropriate. This is not globalization, but an erosion of Chinese culture\" (Chenggang qtd. in Roberts). I was able to visit the Forbidden City in a trip to China and was impressed with the history at the site. I remember a giant lake that was very soothing to look at, and walking the cobbled stone streets it felt like the modern city outside the walls no longer existed. I can understand how an upper class citizen could live their whole life at the site, cloistered from the outside world. I was especially impressed with the artwork on display, it has an abstract quality that separates it from the Greco-Roman European style.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"390\"]<img class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_37.191.1.jpg\" width=\"390\" height=\"345\" /> Ming jar, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_37.191.1.jpg[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFiero, Gloria. \"The Humanistic Tradition Book 3, The European Renaissance, The Reformation, And Global Encounter.\" <em>6<sup>th</sup>. McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages</em>, 2010.  September 29, 2013.\r\n\r\nThis source provided basic information on the work and helped when making comparisons to other palaces.\r\n\r\nChanghong, Guo. 2008. \"The Qing Palace: from a Forbidden City to a Public Heritage.\" <i>Museum International</i> 60, no. 1/2: 78-88. <i>Academic Search Complete</i>, EBSCO<i>host</i> (accessed September 29, 2013).\r\n\r\nThis source helped with information on the Qing Dynasty.\r\n\r\nGao, Xiang, Yilin, tr Deng, and Shiwu, tr Deng. 2010. \"The rise of a new tradition: Changes in values and life styles in late Ming China /.\" <i>Frontiers Of History In China</i> 5, no. 1: 1-29. <i>Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson)</i>, EBSCO<i>host.</i> (accessed September 29, 2013).\r\n\r\nThis source gave some historical context for the Ming Dynasty.\r\n\r\nUNESCO. \"Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang\" <em>UNESCO. </em>Web. 14 Oct. 2013.\r\n\r\nThis source provided information on the Forbidden City and it\'s history.\r\n\r\nRoberts, Dexter. \"Forbidden Starbucks.\" <i>Businessweek Online</i> (2007): 14. <i>Business Source Complete</i>. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.\r\n\r\nThis source was helpful in providing an example of how The Forbidden City is still relevant today.\r\n\r\n\"Chinese Architecture.\" <i>Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6Th Edition</i> (2013): 1-2. <i>Literary Reference Center</i>. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.\r\n\r\nThis source helped with background information on architecture and examples of similar works.','TCP2 Forbidden City','','publish','open','open','','tcp2-forbidden-city','','','2013-10-14 21:27:14','2013-10-15 03:27:14','',0,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3404',0,'post','',15),(3405,74,'2013-10-10 13:45:19','2013-10-10 19:45:19','','fie23976_21025','','inherit','open','open','','fie23976_21025','','','2013-10-10 13:45:19','2013-10-10 19:45:19','',3404,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fie23976_21025.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3406,74,'2013-10-10 14:51:13','2013-10-10 20:51:13','[caption id=\"attachment_3405\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"284\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fie23976_21025.png\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3405\" alt=\"fie23976_21025\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fie23976_21025-284x300.png\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" /></a> Xu Yang, <em>Bird\'s Eye View of the Capital</em> http://textflow.mcgraw-hill.com//figures/0077346181/fie23976_21025.png[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Forbidden City \"was the most elaborate imperial monument of the Ming and Qing eras\" (Fiero). Once the Ming court settled it in 1421, it remained a cornerstone of Chinese government and artistic vision into the early 20th century. 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El Greco’ did his work composition both horizontally and vertically, this work above was specifically horizontal one which gives a vivid illustration of Christ Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">The Painting work by El Greco’s were automatically different from others, because what were typical in its era was merely an artistic work that has a single Gospel account and that has a vertical form of composition style which was the dominant artistic work in its era but El Greco’s brought a whole new dimensions and style to painting when he introduces both as a horizontal and as a vertical composition to his work, and also the study of pictures and symbols in “Visual Arts” was prevalent in El Greco’s era too, and when comparing to other people’s work “none of the Gospels, for example, states that the angel bore a chalice i.e. the golden cup held by the angel symbolizes the Passion and refers to an allusion to Christ’s words; ‘O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done’ (Matthew 26:42). Christ, kneeling in prayer in front of a great rock, faces the angel who gives him strength (Luke 22:41, 43). Beneath the angel, seemingly encased in the mist or cloud on which the heavenly messenger kneels, are the sleeping figures of the disciples Peter, James Major, and John (Matt.26:37;Mark 14:33). At the right, in the distance, Judas approaches, leading the guards of the chief priests who will take Christ captive (John 18:3). And the most astonishing risk taking by El Greco’s in his Painting, the most daring is the sense of discontinuous space created by the apparent enclosure of the sleeping disciples within the cloud underneath the angel: the viewer looks through a sort of whirlwind on which the angel is poised and sees Christ’s followers “a stone’s cast” away (Luke 22:41). The swirling oval of mist, which insulates the disciples from the supernatural event that is transpiring, is balanced at the upper right by a fog that is passing over the edge of the rock. The glaring divine light that emanates from above the angel creates unusually brilliant effects on the red robe of Christ; the robe’s sharply faceted planes range in hue from almost white, on his shoulder, to deepest crimson, in the shadows about his left leg” (Page 237, El Greco’s of Toledo, Page 152 of El Greco’s 2003).</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span> </span>El Greco’s work Agony in the Garden, was the most successful artistic work in his era with a clear picture, images visible for a self-explanation to the audience and whoever that cares for the work. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">The work of El Greco’s stands out from its peers in the sense that (1). The work was done both as a horizontal and as a vertical composition. (2).The painting is probably the prototype, or at any rates the best Autograph version, of the horizontal type. (3). It draws from all four Gospel accounts. (4). That none of the Gospels, work down by the other artist, for example,<span>  </span>states that the angel bore a chalice but El Greco’s painting did that. (Page 237, El Greco’s of Toledo, Page 152 of El Greco’s 2003). </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">El Greco’s work was the best in his era because in its painting pattern he was able to incorporate the four Gospel accounts both as a horizontal and as a vertical composition, and also in its painting still El Greco’s introduce an angel bearing a chalice which is uncommon to other of its contemporaries painting work which makes El Greco’s unique. (Page 237, El Greco’s of Toledo) <span> </span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">That El Greco’s painting work is still one of the best and successful artist work which a lot of artist had improve upon due to clarity in the images, the illustration of the four Gospel account on a painting, the visual aspect makes it a stand out and most sort of painting, and most important of all is that it is self-explanation such as an “angel holding a golden cup which symbolizes the Passion and refers to an allusion to Christ’s words; ‘O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done’ (Matthew 26:42)”. (Page 237, El Greco’s of Toledo) </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">That a Painting work done in the early 1590’s still outstanding till today and had no rival, that the pictures, symbols, visual art is something remarkable, introduction of the four Gospel account in a painting both as an horizontal and as an vertical composition, showing Christ kneeling and praying, and showing an angel carrying a golden cup and others. And El Greco’s brought whole new dimensions to Painting work to past and the present.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">Works by such painters as Carpaccio, Bassano, Titian and Tintoretto where each compares to each other’s work with El Greco’s painting was on (1) such as the rock behind Christ, (2) the enclosure of the Apostles in a circle.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">The Painting in four Gospel Account, the painting in both as an Horizontal and as an Vertical composition, and the angel holding a golden cup which symbolizes the Passion, and refers to an allusion to Christ’s words, Christ kneeling down etc., and importantly the clarity, visual art, symbols, background of the artist and pictures. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span>      </span>All Work Cited From:</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">1. 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(El Greco’s, Page 152 of 2003).</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">3. </span>http://faculty.txwes.edu/csmeller/human-prospect/ProData09/03Biee/BieePICs/5dEurPICs/ElGreco1541/ElGr1595AgGar444.htm</p>','El Greco\'s: Agony in The Garden','','publish','open','open','','el-grecos-agony-in-the-garden','','','2013-10-14 12:32:02','2013-10-14 18:32:02','',0,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3407',0,'post','',4),(3408,75,'2013-10-14 10:23:16','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','Auto Draft','','auto-draft','open','open','','','','','2013-10-14 10:23:16','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3408',0,'post','',0),(3475,1,'2013-10-14 12:37:08','2013-10-14 18:37:08','During the Protestant Reformation, the music of the Baroque era underwent a major change. In the theatre, the opera brought the idea of bringing music and drama together by telling stories with song. However, in mid-eighteenth century England, composer George Fredric Handel from Germany wrote the first oratorio. That oratorio was the Messiah, which was the first piece of music to be written as a sacred and religious text. This type of music was not told as a performance with dramatic scenery, but with a choir, orchestra, and a narrator. The Messiah is based on the first modern English Bible, The King James Bible, which was first published in 1611. Handel’s Messiah is written in three parts to announce the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Messiah contains verses of the Old and New Testaments. Like the Baroque music of its time, this piece of music compares to the usual Baroque musical pieces in terms of its style of tempo. The Messiah by George Fredric Handel is best known for its Hallelujah chorus, which still makes audiences stand to this day. It is also known for bringing the Holy Scripture to life in a jubilant and lively style.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\nHandel’s Messiah can be considered an innovation to its era because this piece can be considered the first oratorio ever written of its time. It stands out from the musical masterpieces from its era because it is the first one to contain religious content from the Holy Scripture. As the first oratorio written of its time, it contained a choir and an orchestra. As a synopsis of the life of Christ, this musical masterpiece was a contrast to the dramatic imagery of opera. Unlike the tragedy and sadness of opera, this religious text was very jubilant. It was the first of its kind to create a biblical allusion to the King James Bible as well. The King James Bible gave way to all three parts of the oratorio because it contains the Old Testament requirements a Savior, the death of Jesus Christ in the second, and the redemption of Christ in the third. Thanks to Handel and the Protestant Reformation, the Baroque Era brought an influential type of music that changed the world of performing arts that influenced many artists in the centuries to come.\r\nThe first time Handel played the Messiah was during the winter of 1741 and on into 1742. He was invited by the Duke of Devonshire in Dublin to perform. While Handel did not play the Messiah during this season, the popularity of his music was at large that he was invited back to play a performance that following spring. This concert included the Messiah. This concert was extraordinary that the newspaper in Dublin gave it a rating of it being the most remarkable piece in Dublin or anywhere in the world. Once again, during that summer, Handel gave another performance of the Messiah for his private benefits. When Handel performed in 1743 in London’s Convent Garden theatre, the people of London did not care for Handel’s Messiah as much. According to the English press, the voices of the female sopranos were raised in ranking. Handel decided to refer to the Messiah as the “New Sacred Oratorio”, and he also divided his performance season in half to three concerts. That next year, in 1744, Handel held no performances in London. He would play in London on and off through the years. Until he died in 1759, Handel played concerts throughout the years in London beginning in 1750.\r\nHandel’s Messiah still has that thrill that it had in its early days, where everybody stands and praises the Lord during the “Hallelujah Chorus.” This tradition traces back to 1743 where King George II rose from his seat during a performance in London. Played at both Easter and Christmas, these holidays have their own references to the song in which each part applies to a specific event in the life of Christ. All together, the whole oratorio explains how Christ has come back to Earth to redeem us. This message is most clear in the “Hallelujah Chorus”, which implies a joyous celebration that we have been redeemed from our sins. For the most part, people look towards enlightenment as they stand to sing this song. In fact, the majority of this song is sung standing to praise that Christ has done so much to save us from sin and evil.\r\nIn my opinion, this piece is beautiful and harmonious to my ears. Even though I do not know all the words to this song, I still like singing along to the “Hallelujah Chorus.” Being a song that is enlightening and proclaiming that a Savior is here to redeem us, I agree with the majority of people who think that this is an enlightening and encouraging piece. The Messiah is a piece of music for all ages because I feel like people from children to seniors can feel spiritual happiness by listening to this piece of music. This piece, I believe, should be a classic to sing and play for congregations over the ages because its powerful words and verses of spiritual enlightenment. This and many of Handel’s oratorios should be treasured over many centuries to remind people that there is hope and encouragement from Jesus Christ the Savior.\r\nAnother piece of classic religious music is the American Civil War hymn, The Battle Hymn of the Republic. This song, as written by Julia Ward Howe, also has become an American patriotic song. Written at a hotel in Washington D.C., Howe heard a regimen sing John Brown’s Body earlier in that day in 1861. That exact same night, she instantly jumped out of bed and wrote down some ideas to her song. Inspired and disturbed by the slaying of abolitionist John Brown that day, she recalled an Old Testament verse of Isaiah claiming “I have trodden the wine press alone … and trampled them in my wrath … For the day of vengeance was in my heart, / and my year of redemption has come.\" [Isaiah 63:1–6] (Julia Ward Howe). From this verse, Howe had written a whole song about redemption inspired from an abolitionist who had redeemed his life by going with Christ. Today, The Battle Hymn of the Republic has been sung at many military funerals for soldiers.\r\nLike Handel’s Messiah, The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a song that one can find people singing at religious rituals in the United States. In Howe’s song, she notes that vengeance and redemption are really important. Like this song, the Messiah talks about Christ’s redemption and how He has died for our sins. Also, both songs place a strong emphasis on the Bible and Christianity being references for higher powers redeeming us for our sins. In both songs, one can be assured that Christians can be saved from sin and evil.\r\nGeorge Fredric Handel’s Messiah should be restored because it’s the first ever recorded song to tell about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I highly recommend this musical masterpiece to be sung and cherished traditionally on Easter and Christmas annually, I hope that future generations of young children learn the Messiah at a very young age because I believe every young person should know how Christ died for our sins. More importantly, I hope everybody gets a chance to learn that we are all redeemers of Christ. I encourage Christianity to be a continuous value for everyone who believes that Christ is their Savior. The Messiah, especially the “Hallelujah Chorus”, should be a trademark of all Christian denominations because I believe the thing that they all have in common is that Christ is the eternal Savior. The Messiah by George Fredric Handel, as well as other oratorios, should go in the time machine because celebrating the life of Jesus Christ is a joyous celebration and upbringing that I believe everybody should get the chance to experience.\r\n\r\nSources:\r\nHETTRICK, JANE SCHATKIN. \"Handel\'s Messiah: Comfort For God\'s People.\" American Organist Magazine 46.12 (2012): 78-80. Academic Search Complete. Web. 30 Sept. 2013.\r\n\r\nKapilow, Robert. What Makes It Great?: Short Masterpieces, Great Composers. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. Print.\r\n\"The Battle Hymn of the Republic.\" Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 Sep. 2013 .','George Fredric Handel\'s Messiah','','inherit','open','open','','3424-revision-v1','','','2013-10-14 12:37:08','2013-10-14 18:37:08','',3424,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3475',0,'revision','',0),(3451,94,'2013-10-14 11:46:16','2013-10-14 17:46:16','<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http://irisonbooks.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/candide1.jpg\">http://irisonbooks.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/candide1.jpg</a></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\">Voltaire’s Candide</p>\r\nBorn on November 21, 1694, in Paris, France, Voltaire was exiled to Tulle in 1715. Two years later, in 1717, he returned to Paris, only to be arrested and exiled to the Bastille for a year. He was sent to the Bastille again in 1726, before being shipped off to England. In 1733, he fled to Lorraine, and in 1759, he wrote the satirical novella Candide. In 1778, Voltaire returned to Paris, where he died there on May 30 of that year. Widely considered one of France\'s greatest Enlightenment writers, Voltaire was born Francois-Marie Arouet to an upper-middle class family on November 21, 1694, in Paris, France. He was the youngest of five children born to Francois Arouet and Marie Marguerite Daumand. When Voltaire was just 7 years old, his mother passed away. Following her death, he grew closer to his free-thinking godfather. In 1704, Voltaire began to show promise as a writer while receiving a classical education at the College Louis-le-Grand, a Jesuit secondary school in Paris.\r\n\r\n“Candide, ou l\'Optimisme” is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire.  Candide is the illegitimate nephew of a German baron. He grows up in the baron’s castle under the tutelage of the scholar Pangloss, who teaches him that this world is “the best of all possible worlds.” Candide falls in love with the baron’s young daughter, Cunegonde. The baron catches the two kissing and expels Candide from his home. On his own for the first time, Candide is soon conscripted into the army of the Bulgars. He wanders away from camp for a brief walk, and is brutally flogged as a deserter. After witnessing a horrific battle, he manages to escape and travels to Holland. Candide I guess is Voltaire’s expression of his exile from Paris during his own time and how he experienced many historical events that took place. Candide is the protagonist of the novel, but he is bland, naïve, and highly susceptible to\r\nthe influence of stronger characters. Like the other characters, Candide is less a realistic individual than the embodiment of a particular idea or folly that Voltaire wishes to illustrate. Candide’s name is derived from the Latin word “<i>Candidus</i>”, which means “white” and connotes fair-mindedness or a lack of corruption. As that name suggests, Candide begins the novel as a perfectly innocent-“wide-eyed in his worship of his tutor Pangloss’s wrongheaded optimistic philosophy, and completely unfamiliar with the ways of the world, man.\r\n\r\nPangloss and his student Candide maintain that “everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” This idea is a reductively simplified version of the philosophies of a number of Enlightenment thinkers, most notably Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (German mathematician and philosopher. He occupies a place in the history of mathematics and the history of philosophy.)  To these thinkers, the existence of any evil in the world would have to be a sign that God is either not entirely good or not all-powerful, and the idea of an imperfect God is nonsensical. These philosophers took for granted that God exists, and concluded that since God must be perfect, the world he created must be perfect also. According to these philosophers, people perceive imperfections in the world only because they do not understand God’s grand plan. Because Voltaire does not accept that a perfect God (or any God) has to exist, he can afford to mock the idea that the world must be completely good, and he heaps merciless satire on this idea throughout the novel. This would be the folly of optimism.\r\n\r\nThe earthquake in Candide is based on a real earthquake that leveled the city of Lisbon in 1755. Before writing Candide, Voltaire wrote a long poem about that event, which he interpreted as a sign of God’s indifference or even cruelty toward humanity. The earthquake represents all devastating natural events for which no reasonable justification can be found, though thinkers like Pangloss might do their best to fabricate flimsy justifications in order to maintain a philosophical approach to life.\r\n\r\nWhen Francois-Marie came of age (Voltaire), the French aristocracy ruled with an iron fist. At the same time, however, the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment was spreading ideas about the equality and basic rights of man and the importance of reason and scientific objectivity.\r\n\r\nVoltaire’s words attacked the church and the state with equal fervor, and earned him widespread repute. During his lifetime, trenchant writings attacking church or government were often attributed to him whether he had written them or not. A lifelong champion of the poor and downtrodden, he wrote against tyranny and religious persecution with unmatched audacity. Despite his relentless criticism of powerful individuals and institutions, Voltaire became good friends with King Frederick of Prussia. They often quarreled, as Voltaire inevitably quarreled with anyone in power, but the ties of their friendship were lasting.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the 1750s, Voltaire grew increasingly appalled by the specters of injustice and disaster that he saw around him. Many terrible events influenced his composition of Candide (a disastrous earthquake in Lisbon in 1755, about which he wrote a poem; the outbreak of the horrific Seven Years’ War in the German states in 1756; and the unjust execution of the English Admiral John Byng in 1757, against which Voltaire spoke out.) In 1759, Voltaire purchased Ferney, an estate near the border between France and Switzerland, so that he might easily flee across the border to escape French authorities. Ferney quickly became a retreat for important European intellectuals. In his later life Voltaire was involved in a wide variety of campaigns for social and political justice. When he returned to Paris at the age of eighty-three the populace hailed him with a hero’s welcome. The strain of the trip was more than his failing health could support, however, and he died in May of 1778. Overall I loved reading Candide because it was hilarious yet riveting and the satire never stopped so it was funny continuously. Things got a bit out of hand faster then I’d expect in most novels. In Voltaire’s time optimism was seen as a philosophical system, so therefore it was not taken lightly, for optimism was “an enemy”.\r\n\r\nThe implications of Candide’s decision can be interpreted in different ways. Nevertheless, certain aspects of the story’s conclusion are inescapable. Philosophical optimism is not an explanation for life, the evil in the world has no satisfactory explanation (evil can’t always be explained) and observation and experience are better teachers than philosophy. I believe many people today would agree with that conclusion, though there is still much debate on the proper responses to the injustice, poverty and evil in the form of war and genocide. As some say this evil will always exist in this cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions. Others may believe that a radical solution will fix this. And those, like Candide, may see it fit that gradual improvements are the solution only. Those questions are still with us, such as “What solutions would you propose for problems in your community, like crime, poverty, or ignorance?”\r\n\r\nCandide, in my opinion compares distinctively to Milton’s Paradise Lost. Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th century English poet John Milton (1608-1674). It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, changed into twelve books with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. It is considered by critics to be Milton\'s \"major work\", and the work helped to solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time. The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton\'s purpose, stated in Book I, is to \"justify the ways of God to men\".\r\n\r\nIn relation to the novel, Candide, my interpretations of the his final words “ ‘All that is very well,’ answered Candide, ‘but let us cultivate our garden’” can be applied to the rest of the novel and Candide’s life. At the end of the novel Candide is accepting that his wife is no longer beautiful and becomes disagreeable too, his friends are debating philosophy when they are invited to dinner by a farmer and decide to imitate that life. Farming is hard work to make a good living and for Candide and his wife and friends decided it was the best way to settle down now that all their exploration days are gone. When Candide says his final statement he has embraced the past which is all the misfortunes that have happened but him working on his farm and cultivating his garden to make the best of what he has. This shows Candide knows where he has been and what he has done and even though he doesn’t have the best wife, the most money, or the greatest friends he still has agreed to cultivate and work towards the future and try to be content with what he has.\r\n\r\nCandide’s final statement can again be applied, but to the contemporary society of the United States because it works into part of the American Dream of working hard for a better life and building one’s career and self-up. The American Dream is in many ways similar to the cultivating of one’s garden, because it incorporates present, past, and future. Most Americans have a heritage that traces back through generations with many ethnicities, which is the past, and then the present is the cultivating that is happening right now, which may or may not produce crops. However there hope for a better tomorrow and working towards it in the future, which is part of the American Dream. But it also connects to contemporary America through the pursuit of happiness that hopefully through cultivating one should find or make happiness.\r\n\r\nI love reading these type of novels cause it really gives me a different look on the aspects of life and makes me feel kind of spiritual in a way, makes me think a lot about what the world may hold for the future.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Works Cited</p>\r\nSpark Notes Editors. “Spark Note on Candide.” SparkNotes.com. Spark Notes LLC. 2002. Web. 1 Oct. 2013.','Voltaire\'s Candide','','inherit','open','open','','3425-revision-v1','','','2013-10-14 11:46:16','2013-10-14 17:46:16','',3425,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3451',0,'revision','',0),(3410,75,'2013-10-14 10:38:25','2013-10-14 16:38:25','<br />\r\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-name-of-the-work-el-grecos-ggggg22.docx\">The name of the work el greco\'s ggggg22</a></p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>The name of the work.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nAgony in the Garden\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Creator of work (if know)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nEl Greco’s\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Date or approximate date of work.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThe Agony in the Garden was created early 1590’s.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>A detailed description of the work</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThe Painting “Agony in the garden” by El Greco’s is simply a painting that portrays the experiences Christ encounters in trying to negotiate between life and Death in the Garden of Gethsemane seeing the suffering and pains to be subjected to.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>A general discussion of the historical context of its time</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThe historical context and what distinguishes El Greco’s Painting from other contemporaries, people like Titian and others, was that El Greco’s was able to introduced detains contained in all the four Gospel accounts while his contemporaries’ was just only on a single text of the Gospel account and also the . El Greco’ did his work composition both horizontally and vertically, this work above was specifically horizontal one which gives a vivid illustration of Christ Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>How is this work typical of its era?</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThe Painting work by El Greco’s were automatically different from others, because what were typical in its era was merely an artistic work that has a single Gospel account and that has a vertical form of composition style which was the dominant artistic work in its era but El Greco’s brought a whole new dimensions and style to painting when he introduces both as a horizontal and as a vertical composition to his work, and also the study of pictures and symbols in “Visual Arts” was prevalent in El Greco’s era too, and when comparing to other people’s work “none of the Gospels, for example, states that the angel bore a chalice i.e. the golden cup held by the angel symbolizes the Passion and refers to an allusion to Christ’s words; ‘O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done’ (Matthew 26:42). Christ, kneeling in prayer in front of a great rock, faces the angel who gives him strength (Luke 22:41, 43). Beneath the angel, seemingly encased in the mist or cloud on which the heavenly messenger kneels, are the sleeping figures of the disciples Peter, James Major, and John (Matt.26:37;Mark 14:33). At the right, in the distance, Judas approaches, leading the guards of the chief priests who will take Christ captive (John 18:3). And the most astonishing risk taking by El Greco’s in his Painting, the most daring is the sense of discontinuous space created by the apparent enclosure of the sleeping disciples within the cloud underneath the angel: the viewer looks through a sort of whirlwind on which the angel is poised and sees Christ’s followers “a stone’s cast” away (Luke 22:41). The swirling oval of mist, which insulates the disciples from the supernatural event that is transpiring, is balanced at the upper right by a fog that is passing over the edge of the rock. The glaring divine light that emanates from above the angel creates unusually brilliant effects on the red robe of Christ; the robe’s sharply faceted planes range in hue from almost white, on his shoulder, to deepest crimson, in the shadows about his left leg” (Page 237, El Greco’s of Toledo, Page 152 of El Greco’s 2003).\r\n\r\nEl Greco’s work Agony in the Garden, was the most successful artistic work in his era with a clear picture, images visible for a self-explanation to the audience and whoever that cares for the work.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>How is the work innovative or unusual for its time?</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThe work of El Greco’s stands out from its peers in the sense that (1). The work was done both as a horizontal and as a vertical composition. (2).The painting is probably the prototype, or at any rates the best Autograph version, of the horizontal type. (3). It draws from all four Gospel accounts. (4). That none of the Gospels, work down by the other artist, for example,  states that the angel bore a chalice but El Greco’s painting did that. (Page 237, El Greco’s of Toledo, Page 152 of El Greco’s 2003).\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>How was the work received in its time, and why? (Give evidence.).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nEl Greco’s work was the best in his era because in its painting pattern he was able to incorporate the four Gospel accounts both as a horizontal and as a vertical composition, and also in its painting still El Greco’s introduce an angel bearing a chalice which is uncommon to other of its contemporaries painting work which makes El Greco’s unique. (Page 237, El Greco’s of Toledo)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>What do people today think about the work?</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThat El Greco’s painting work is still one of the best and successful artist work which a lot of artist had improve upon due to clarity in the images, the illustration of the four Gospel account on a painting, the visual aspect makes it a stand out and most sort of painting, and most important of all is that it is self-explanation such as an “angel holding a golden cup which symbolizes the Passion and refers to an allusion to Christ’s words; ‘O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done’ (Matthew 26:42)”. (Page 237, El Greco’s of Toledo)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>What is your personal reaction to the work?</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThat a Painting work done in the early 1590’s still outstanding till today and had no rival, that the pictures, symbols, visual art is something remarkable, introduction of the four Gospel account in a painting both as an horizontal and as an vertical composition, showing Christ kneeling and praying, and showing an angel carrying a golden cup and others. And El Greco’s brought whole new dimensions to Painting work to past and the present.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>How does this work compare specifically to one other work of its type and/or time?</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nWorks by such painters as Carpaccio, Bassano, Titian and Tintoretto where each compares to each other’s work with El Greco’s painting was on (1) such as the rock behind Christ, (2) the enclosure of the Apostles in a circle.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>What about this work is most significant for future generations to be aware of?</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nThe Painting in four Gospel Account, the painting in both as an Horizontal and as an Vertical composition, and the angel holding a golden cup which symbolizes the Passion, and refers to an allusion to Christ’s words, Christ kneeling down etc., and importantly the clarity, visual art, symbols, background of the artist and pictures.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll Work Cited:\r\n\r\n1. (El Greco’s of Toledo, Page 237).\r\n\r\n2. (El Greco’s, Page 152 of 2003).\r\n\r\n3. <a href=\"http://faculty.txwes.edu/csmeller/human-prospect/ProData09/03Biee/BieePICs/5dEurPICs/ElGreco1541/ElGr1595AgGar444.htm\">http://faculty.txwes.edu/csmeller/human-prospect/ProData09/03Biee/BieePICs/5dEurPICs/ElGreco1541/ElGr1595AgGar444.htm</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','El Greco\'s: Agony in The Garden','','inherit','open','open','','3407-revision-v1','','','2013-10-14 10:38:25','2013-10-14 16:38:25','',3407,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=3410',0,'revision','',0),(2213,44,'2011-12-06 11:19:10','2011-12-06 17:19:10','[caption id=\"attachment_2214\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"http://publications.mcgill.ca/forum-fr/2011/05/18/rapport-sur-le-forum-rh-%E2%80%94-la-gestion-du-talent/\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iStock_000012148264Large1-hands-1024x10241.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2214\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iStock_000012148264Large1-hands-1024x10241-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stronger together than we are apart</span></p>\r\n            The world has a lot of information to offer us, and a lot of different type of historical artifacts that we could use as a reference point on a direct topic of history. As our time on this planet is starting to come to an end due to our self doing, we (humans) have a lot of things that should be preserved for future generations to know about on a different planet so they don’t make the same mistakes that their ancestors made while they were growing up. While pondering on what we should do, and what should be preserved if we could only take four things on a ship to a different planet to be preserved for future generations to see and learn about, what would it be? Well we asked a student to write a paper over this idea and chose four things to write about, explain how he was to display the work, what cultural trends there were, what should the future generation should know about them, how they interact with them, and a couple of innovations about each of these pieces of work.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe ideas that were brought up to write about were “History of the New World’’ a book written by Girolamo Benzoni, “Fountain of Four Rivers” designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a photo of the “Gettysburg Address” by Matthew Brady, and a version of the “Star Spangled Banner” done by Jimi Hendrix on the electric guitar. The layout that was given in order to fit these four different pieces of work together was something that was marvelous and by the time you get done reading this you will close your eyes and be able to see and walk through what was described.\r\n\r\nThe originals would be taken on this ship except for the “Fountain of Four River due to the fact that we would not have enough room for it to be able to fit on this ship so instead we are take the base of it so people can still throw a penny in it for a wish, but the rest of it will be a holographic cut out. When you go up to the fountain you can look up and see the rest of it as if the whole thing was there. On each corner of the wall there will be clay models of each fourth of the fountain and explanations of why this was put on there and why river gods look the way they do. The original book from “History of the New World” (when it was first printed) would be in a fire-proof see through box for everyone to be able to see but no way possible for anyone to be able to touch or destroy it in the future. There will be a duplicate of the photo from Mathew Brady on display for people to see and another duplicate of the audio of the “Star Spangled Banner” for people to listen to playing as well.\r\n\r\nTo start of talking about these pieces of work we’ll start with the book “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni and how it was in the norm of the time and how it also stepped outside the box at the same time. Benzoni wrote this book about what took place while he was living in the “New World” or what we know today as America. The book was written in 1565 and in that time there were no pictures being taken (cameras were unheard of) only type of photos being done were paintings. One other thing that was very prominent of that time era was books being written telling stories of things that an author saw and thought should be written down. Well Benzoni pretty much did both of those within his book. He talked about his adventure to the new world and he also gave drawling of things that he saw and really stuck out in his mind and thought others should see this as well. Although his drawings weren’t as good as the other artist at that time or there paintings that were done in that time either, they still help get his story across to everyone.\r\n\r\nThis book was innovating for its time because Benzoni did something that was not thought of at this time and dedicated his book to the Pope of the time. (The reasoning behind that is that during this time the Pope was pretty much the person in charge of the whole world, and if said to do something then you did it.) Benzoni dedicated it to Pope Pius the 4<sup>th</sup> and the reason behind it was the fact that he didn’t like what he saw going on in the new world and he thought that “Christians” shouldn’t be treating other like that and thought the only way he could get his message to someone. The only person who would be able to do anything about it was the Pope, so why not dedicate a book to him to get his attention. Benzoni wrote about how negative the Spaniards were toward the Indians that were living on this land before we came to take it over. He talked about in his book how he would “see pregnant mothers kill themselves in order to escape from their children having to deal with the slavery from the white men” (Benzoni). Benzoni went into dept on what he saw and how he felt that these people were being mistreated.\r\n\r\nSomething for the next generation to take in to consideration is that we all should treat each other fairly and with respect. That they should also know that no matter how different they are from you doesn’t mean you are any better or worse than them. They should also learn that your actions can speak louder than your words.  When Benzoni wrote this book he combined both his words and actions together. It was disliked by a lot of people due to they didn’t want to believe it was the truth or this was actually taking place, but in the end it was and he got what he was striving for. That every now and then it is also to think outside of the box and try something new, that we are always thinking in the norm and rarely step outside and you strive to be different and not in the norm.\r\n\r\nWe’ll just stick in chronological order and move onto the “Fountain of Four Rivers” By Gian Lorenzo Bernini, this is something that if you ever get a chance to go to Pizza Novana within that square you need to make your way over to the fountain and embrace what is all there. There were fountains and other rock sculptures being done in the 1600’s, but this one done in 1651 was the first real piece of work that was done with combination of all of the continents in one piece of work. A lot of the sculptures were being done of either people or of the many different types of gods that they believed in at the time, like in the fountain each river is represented and protected by river gods. The background on this piece of work is something that is very important to this piece of work. The people of the time were outraged at first when the Pope told them that they were going to be taxed on their bread to help pay for the fountain. The people in the area would leave notes on the scaffolding surrounding the fountain as it was being built saying “We do not want obelisks or fountains, bread is what we want.” (nstormberg) But now after it has been built you can go there and just about everyone there loves that it has been built because of the fact it is such a large tourist attraction and brings in a lot of revenue for the local business.\r\n\r\nSomething that should be taken from this fountain is that this is the first fountain that was every built to represent the four major continents that were discover by us at that time. Another thing this is something that shows us that we are all still connected no matter how different we may seem like we are now and that we all pretty much originated in the same area. That at first you may not want something but give it time and your opinion might change on it.\r\n\r\nThe next piece of work that is a lot less of a controversy would be the photo by Mathew Brady of the “Gettysburg Address” the photo itself is nothing to spectacular to look at. It was not this amazing photo of it times. It was just like any other photo, it was in black and white and this one was a little worse due to the fact that the photo is a little blurry itself. It fits in with other pictures at the time due to the fact people were taking photos of the Presidents speeches and other major event like this one.\r\n\r\nThe reason this photo is such a big deal is the fact that the photo is the only photo to have ever show up with President Lincoln in it at the Gettysburg Memorial or when President Lincoln spoke in front of a large crowd at the memorial dedication giving his most famous speech. Another reason why this photo is innovated it because of the person who took the photo itself. Mathew Brady is known to be the first person to have taken photo of a war on the front lines and in the camps where all the soldiers slept. He took photos of the bodies after the battles had been fought as well. Brady wanted every to get the real look on what was taking place on the front lines of a war and how rough the men had it and what they had to bare through to be able to make it back home if they were lucky enough to survive.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at this photo I want the next generation to learn what was taking place in America. I want them to learn what was going on before this picture took place, why this photo took place, and what happened after this photo was over. The picture alone doesn’t speak loud enough without know what took place in that location a few months earlier. What the civil war was, what it did to this country, and the change it started.\r\n\r\nThe last topic to be discussed about would be something that today can still be very controversial to some people and not so much with other people. The song in some people’s eyes seems very patriotic towards the country and to others it’s a sign of disrespect to the country. I’m talking about when Jimi Hendrix played the “Star Spangled Banner” at Woodstock on his electric guitar. It was something that stirred up a lot of conversation due to what was going on in the country and world at this time.\r\n\r\nIt was something that wasn’t being done in this exact form but people were singing the national anthem at major events that were going on in the country. It was played at the beginning of almost every sporting event across the country. There was only two things that were different about it one it was a solo on the guitar and that it was at the end (or near end of) a three day music event.\r\n\r\nAt this time in the history of our country only one other person a few years before had ever played the national anthem on the piano with no lyrics being sang to it that was done by “Puerto Rican musician Jose Feliciano” (Gettings) and “Feliciano’s piece didn’t go over so well with the crowd at that time” (Gettings) so you could say they both were being bold and innovating with their forms of their version of the national anthem. It had sort of now trickled into a trend because just about every musician this modern age is having their own version of the nation anthem.\r\n\r\nI would like the next generation and the ones to come after learn that Hendrix was one of the best guitarists to ever step on the face of this earth. That what he did was controversial and he did it because he was in front of a crowd of people who were protesting about the Vietnam War. Hendrix did it to gain a popularity vote amongst the community. I would like them to know that this is another form of your actions speak louder than words. Hendrix is trying to speak to the government but knowing that he can just knock on the door and he be able to express his opinion, he used the stage at an event that was in support of his message to help cause his message to be heard by the government.\r\n\r\nWell with now knowing the background of things and getting all of the important information out of the way I want you to read what the student what the wrote, and see how he described what you should see in his museum on the ship.\r\n\r\n<em>Well it’s the year 2100 and the world has started to come to and waste land and all the humans well the ones who can fit are trying to buy there way onto a ship to go to some new planet they have us scattered out on different planets so I am not sure which one I will be journeying to, I hope its not to long of a ride. Well to the point of this paper I was suppose to choose four meaningful artifacts and bring them along in my museum, and well I choose some that I thought were really interesting and had great history to them. Instead of telling you individually about each one (because for this paper I was told not to) I am going to describe what they looks like that they will be staying in for there new home.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>When you walk into the museum you will see a bright colorful banner that says “Come in as strangers, and leave with brothers and sisters.” After you walk under the banner there are a bunch of little wooden holders that have information sheets resting on them. Those information sheets look and feel like a brand new magazine that have in depth information and pictures of the artifacts that you are about to see. As you look ahead now you can see three different rooms you are welcome to walk in. The exhibits are in chronological order from left to right. You decide that you want to take the tour in order from the artifacts dating back from the earliest of times to the one that is most relevant. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>You walk into a medium size room; the flooring looks like it is dirt as if you were outside on a dry grassy field. You look at the center of the room and there is an Indian tepee and right by it is a logged fire burning as if it was meant to keep you warm. You look on the walls of the room and you see a bunch of painting and drawling that spark your attention. You walk slowly up near the wall looking at all the pictures and reading a short caption of what was taking place in the picture and why it was added to this book. As you work your way around the room looking at all the pictures you come up to a book in a glass box the books title reads “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni and as you look up to the wall behind the glass box you see a short paragraph giving you a summary of the book and explaining why the book was written. As you are walking out of the room there is a cut out of Benzoni and as you walk by him he tells you “Treat everyone equally, we are all friends”</em>\r\n\r\n<em>You walk into a very bright room that has little color you look on the ground in the center of the room and you see what you think to be a large wishing well, but as you get closer you notice a holographic picture of the “Fountain of Four Rivers” by </em><em>Gian Lorenzo Bernini the reason the base of the fountain is real is so the people who walk through are welcome to through pennies in to make wishes (and to help pay for the museum employees). In each corner of the room there is a fourth of the fountain sticking out of the wall. On the wall right by each individual fourth of the fountain is a map showing you where they were located on the globe and on the other side of the sections there is an explanation on why the river god was configured that way and why they chose the animals they chose to represent each continent.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>When start to walk toward the last room all you can see on the back wall in the room in a picture of a large crowd on what use to be perfectly green grassy field. As the closer you get to the room and as you walk in you start to notice that you are on top of a stage at a large event. You hear a loud cheer as if you were someone famous and you just walked on stage and were about to perform something, and then all of a sudden you hear a guitar start to play. The song being played is the national anthem; you can see the crowd’s reaction from being on stage. During the middle of the song the picture changes to a black and white photo of the Gettysburg Memorial Dedication, and the national anthem fades out and all of a sudden you hear a voice and starts off by saying “Four score and seven years ago” it pauses for a couple of seconds and then the rest of the speech is said. As the speech is being said a yellow circle shows up on the picture around the person who is doing the speaking. At the end of the speech the rest of the national anthem starts to play from about half way point and the picture in the background changes and you are standing in a large crowd watching Jimi Hendrix play on the guitar on the stage at Woodstock. As the song comes to an end you hear a loud roar of applause from the speakers behind you as makes you feel as if you are surrounded by a bunch of people. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>As you start to leave the room and make your way towards the door to leave the museum you look up on the door frame in the room so see a sign that says “No one ever wins a war.” When you walk up to the exit you look up at the banner you saw when you walked in and this side says “Hope we made a difference. Go and treat everyone like your family.” You read it and then walk through the giant red oak doors.</em>\r\n\r\nNow after reading on how this museum would look and learning about all the interesting artifact that I have chosen to preserve for the future generations to learn about and grow respect for. Hoping that everyone they look at one of these they grow for the fact that we weren’t perfect and we only want to better things. I also want them to take away that sometimes you have to be creative to get your point across. They also need to know we are all made equal and will all die as equals no greater than the man or woman to our left and to our right.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p align=\"center\">Bibliography</p>\r\n1. “The Humanistic Tradition Vol 2” Fiero, 6th edition Page B3.116, 18 September 2011 <a href=\"http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/connect/hmEBook.do?setTab=sectionTabs\">http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/connect/hmEBook.do?setTab=sectionTabs</a>\r\n\r\n2. “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni [microform]. 18 September, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_32516#page/n11/mode/2up\">http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_32516#page/n11/mode/2up</a>\r\n\r\n3. Library of Congress, Exploring the Early Americas. 18 September, 2011 <a href=\"http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/ExplorationsandEncounters/ColumbusandtheTaino/ExhibitObjects/GirolamoBenzoni.aspx\">http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/ExplorationsandEncounters/ColumbusandtheTaino/ExhibitObjects/GirolamoBenzoni.aspx</a>\r\n\r\n4. Bandelier, Adolph Francis. \"Girolamo Benzoni.\" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 18 Sept. 2011 <a href=\"http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02484c.htm\">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02484c.htm</a>\r\n\r\n5. Art History Website Association, by Mary Ann Sullivan, 26 September 2011,\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/4rivers/4rivers.html\">http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/4rivers/4rivers.html</a>\r\n\r\n6. Art History Archives, Piazza Navona and Bernini’s Four Rivers Fountain, by Nina Miller, posted September 29, 2005\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honorsaharchive.blogspot.com/2005/09/ppiazza-navona-and-berninis-four-rivers.html\">http://honorsaharchive.blogspot.com/2005/09/ppiazza-navona-and-berninis-four-rivers.html</a>\r\n\r\n7. ABC News, Bernini\'s Famous Fountain Gets a Face-Lift, by Phoebe Natanson, posted December 10, 2008 <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6431402&amp;page=1\">http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6431402&amp;page=1</a>\r\n\r\n8. Web Gallery of Art, October 10, 2011, <a href=\"http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/bernini/gianlore/biograph.html\">http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/bernini/gianlore/biograph.html</a>\r\n\r\n9. Walking Tour of Piazza Novana in Rome, by Martha Bakerjian, About.com Guide, 10th October 2011; <a href=\"http://goitaly.about.com/od/romeitaly/ss/piazzanavona.htm\">http://goitaly.about.com/od/romeitaly/ss/piazzanavona.htm</a>\r\n\r\n10. Bernini-“Fountain dei Quattro Fuimi” or “Fountain of 4 Rivers”; by nstromberg; 24, February 2011 <a href=\"http://maitaly.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/bernini-fontana-dei-quattro-fiumi-or-fountain-of-4-rivers/\">http://maitaly.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/bernini-fontana-dei-quattro-fiumi-or-fountain-of-4-rivers/</a>\r\n\r\n11. Abraham Lincoln Online; by Roy P. Balser; October 17, 2011 <a href=\"http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm\">http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm</a>\r\n\r\n12. 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Types of Hauntings in Gettysburg, by: Natalie Lynn, 2006, October 31, 2011, <a href=\"http://www.traversecityparanormal.com/Types_of_Hauntings_in_Gettysburg.html\">http://www.traversecityparanormal.com/Types_of_Hauntings_in_Gettysburg.html</a>\r\n\r\n16. Jimi Hendrix “The Star Spangled Banner” , written by PJ, Every day I write the blog,  January 12th, 2010, seen on November 7th, 2011; <a href=\"http://every-day-i-write-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jimi-hendrix-star-spangled-banner.htm\">http://every-day-i-write-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jimi-hendrix-star-spangled-banner.htm</a>\r\n\r\n17. Digital Dream Door; November 20, 2011; <a href=\"http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_woodstock.html\">http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_woodstock.html</a>\r\n\r\n18. Infoplease, Star-Mangled Banner, by John Gettings, November 21st, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.infoplease.com/spot/starmangledbanner.html\">http://www.infoplease.com/spot/starmangledbanner.html</a>\r\n\r\n19. He Moon Landing, Kid-Port, November 20th, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/moonlanding/moonlanding.htm\">http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/moonlanding/moonlanding.htm</a>\r\n\r\n20. The Woodstock Festival of 1969, By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide, November 21st, 2011, <a href=\"http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/woodstock.htm\">http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/woodstock.htm</a>\r\n\r\n21. 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In the center of the wall to the left will be the original painting “Arnolfini Portrait” by van Eyck. There will be bright lights pointed on it so everyone can clearly see the details. In the center of the wall on the right will be a display case of the first and original book “Candide” by Voltaire with several copies of the English translated version, as well as other languages sitting on a shelf so that the people can take the books with them and read it on their own time.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n. In the right corner of the room by the Candide wall and the projection screen will be a record player with the vinyl “Eroica Symphony” by Beethoven. There will be a few rows of seats facing the wall which will be projecting Hitchcock’s 1960 “Psycho.” Next to each of these four works will be the following paragraphs next to the appropriate work. For non-English speakers there will be an option to translate into which ever language they choose.\r\n\r\nThe “Arnolfini Portrait” by van Eyck exemplifies cultural trends of its time because it depicted a marriage, and because it sparked the popularization of oil paintings, which van Eyck perfected. What makes this work innovative is its attention to detail and how each detail stands for or represents something greater. Most Northern paintings had this characteristic, while most Italian Renaissance pieces did not (Fiero). “Arnolfini Portrait” was one of the first to achieve many aspects that it has become famous for such as the level of realism, extreme detail, and reference to religion and marriage (Fiero). The most significant of things about this work is its symbolism and its attention to detail. This piece was a major influence and step for the wonderful detailed paintings we see today.\r\n\r\nThe book “Candide” represented cultural trends of its time because during the Enlightenment, the use of satire was a popular element within literature. It was also popular for French writers to question morality and human dignity. Writers and philosophers in the Enlightenment questioned civil and religious authority, along with good and evil. It was innovative because Voltaire decided to start “dangerous attacks” during an age when people were generally searching for peace and quiet. It was innovative also because it was original in its philosophy on optimism. The most important thing for future generations to be aware of is its satirical view of society. Its ability to perceive tragedy as comical to the reader is powerful and enables us to agree that this is not the “best of all possible worlds.” Candide encourages us to understand that evil is every where, and is one of the “masterpieces of world literature”\r\n\r\nBeethoven’s “Eroica Symphony” exemplified artistic and cultural trends of its time because nineteenth-century Romantics were fascinated with heroes and they “exalted the creative individual in the person of the hero” (Fiero). It was also typical during the nineteenth century to rid of the Enlightenment values of “order, clarity, and rational restraint,” and embrace the Romantic values of spontaneity, imagination, and nonconformity which proves to be true in the Eroica Symphony with its daring length and disorderly elements (Fiero). This work is innovative because it was far longer than any symphony before it - twice the length of Mozart’s or Haydn’s. It is innovative also because instead of the traditional two themes, it has six, and instead of the traditional minuet there is a “scherzo.” The most significant thing for future generations to be aware of about the Eroica Symphony is that it broke the rules of classical symphony. This piece is an example that you can stray from the norm and achieve amazing. You don’t have to stick to the rules or fit in with the styles of music in order for it to be great. The Eroica Symphony possesses creativity and originality definitely worth preservation for future generations and music lovers to come.\r\n\r\nHitchcock’s “Psycho” exemplified artistic and cultural trends of its time because it was shot in black-and-white, as many films were during the mid-nineteenth-century, and because it followed a story line, and is a murder mystery. Seen as the first “modern” horror film, it is innovative because the “star” was killed off in the first third of the movie. The advertising for this movie was very innovative because the trailer was ten minutes long and the posters showed the character in a bra. The most important thing to note about this film is that it broke rules and norms of the film industry and also created new ones. Psycho was a vital step in breaking censorship codes and influenced many directors that brought on today’s full-on nude shots and violent gory bloody films.\r\n\r\nI envision that the people on board my ship will all be admitted into the room at once, right when the film “Psycho” starts, just as Hitchcock demanded when this film was released in theatres so everyone can get the full effect. When it is over, the room will be brightly lit and “Eroica” will begin playing as they walk around the room looking at the Arnolfini Portrait and reading/skimming through the book “Candide.” I imagine that the people will be quoting lines from the movie and discussing which scenes they liked or disliked. As they look at the painting I imagine that they will be getting up close to look at all the details. Perhaps some people will sit down to read the book in the room with Eroica for background noise. There will be refreshments available for everyone near the entrance of the room. After the people onboard read the paragraphs on why each work is significant enough for preservation they are free to leave the room and continue on the space journey.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p align=\"center\">Works Cited</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\"></p>\r\nFiero, First. <em>The Humanistic Tradition</em>. 13. 2. McGraw-Hill, eBook','2100 Preservations','','publish','open','open','','2100-preservations','','','2011-12-07 17:42:03','2011-12-07 23:42:03','',0,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2299',0,'post','',10),(2217,44,'2011-12-06 11:14:24','2011-12-06 17:14:24','[caption id=\"attachment_2214\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://publications.mcgill.ca/forum-fr/files/2011/03/iStock_000012148264Large1-hands-1024x1024.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://publications.mcgill.ca/forum-fr/2011/05/18/rapport-sur-le-forum-rh-%25E2%2580%2594-la-gestion-du-talent/&amp;usg=__VPZw2bXy_t6MnAKJv_DpBkMNW44=&amp;h=1024&amp;w=1024&amp;sz=121&amp;hl=en&amp;start=16&amp;sig2=p0DEH2Dvoy0OmSeqSXiL_Q&amp;zoom=1&amp;tbnid=bz_7abGXoECEgM:&amp;tbnh=130&amp;tbnw=130&amp;ei=Z0zeToTTIoSFsgLH-4WkBw&amp;prev=/search%3Fum%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26authuser%3D0%26imgrefurl%3Dhttp://www.rechargefellowship.org/women-of-power/%26imgurl%3Dhttp://www.rechargefellowship.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/iStock_000012148264Small.jpg%26w%3D693%26h%3D693%26sig%3D112210412881500050448%26ndsp%3D24%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D652%26tbs%3Dsimg:CAQSEgl8A8QV1oBVOCH9UJrJH4xRfA%26tbm%3Disch&amp;um=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=1075&amp;vpy=204&amp;dur=1311&amp;hovh=225&amp;hovw=225&amp;tx=124&amp;ty=95&amp;sig=112210412881500050448&amp;page=1&amp;ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iStock_000012148264Large1-hands-1024x10241.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2214\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iStock_000012148264Large1-hands-1024x10241-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Stronger together than we are apart</span></p>\r\n            The world has a lot of information to offer us, and a lot of different type of historical artifacts that we could use as a reference point on a direct topic of history. As our time on this planet is starting to come to an end due to our self doing, we (humans) have a lot of things that should be preserved for future generations to know about on a different planet so they don’t make the same mistakes that their ancestors made while they were growing up. While pondering on what we should do, and what should be preserved if we could only take four things on a ship to a different planet to be preserved for future generations to see and learn about, what would it be? Well we asked a student to write a paper over this idea and chose four things to write about, explain how he was to display the work, what cultural trends there were, what should the future generation should know about them, how they interact with them, and a couple of innovations about each of these pieces of work.\r\n\r\n            The ideas that were brought up to write about were “History of the New World’’ a book written by Girolamo Benzoni, “Fountain of Four Rivers” designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a photo of the “Gettysburg Address” by Matthew Brady, and a version of the “Star Spangled Banner” done by Jimi Hendrix on the electric guitar. The layout that was given in order to fit these four different pieces of work together was something that was marvelous and by the time you get done reading this you will close your eyes and be able to see and walk through what was described.\r\n\r\n            The originals would be taken on this ship except for the “Fountain of Four River due to the fact that we would not have enough room for it to be able to fit on this ship so instead we are take the base of it so people can still throw a penny in it for a wish, but the rest of it will be a holographic cut out. When you go up to the fountain you can look up and see the rest of it as if the whole thing was there. On each corner of the wall there will be clay models of each fourth of the fountain and explanations of why this was put on there and why river gods look the way they do. The original book from “History of the New World” (when it was first printed) would be in a fire-proof see through box for everyone to be able to see but no way possible for anyone to be able to touch or destroy it in the future. There will be a duplicate of the photo from Mathew Brady on display for people to see and another duplicate of the audio of the “Star Spangled Banner” for people to listen to playing as well.\r\n\r\n            To start of talking about these pieces of work we’ll start with the book “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni and how it was in the norm of the time and how it also stepped outside the box at the same time. Benzoni wrote this book about what took place while he was living in the “New World” or what we know today as America. The book was written in 1565 and in that time there were no pictures being taken (cameras were unheard of) only type of photos being done were paintings. One other thing that was very prominent of that time era was books being written telling stories of things that an author saw and thought should be written down. Well Benzoni pretty much did both of those within his book. He talked about his adventure to the new world and he also gave drawling of things that he saw and really stuck out in his mind and thought others should see this as well. Although his drawings weren’t as good as the other artist at that time or there paintings that were done in that time either, they still help get his story across to everyone.\r\n\r\nThis book was innovating for its time because Benzoni did something that was not thought of at this time and dedicated his book to the Pope of the time. (The reasoning behind that is that during this time the Pope was pretty much the person in charge of the whole world, and if said to do something then you did it.) Benzoni dedicated it to Pope Pius the 4<sup>th</sup> and the reason behind it was the fact that he didn’t like what he saw going on in the new world and he thought that “Christians” shouldn’t be treating other like that and thought the only way he could get his message to someone. The only person who would be able to do anything about it was the Pope, so why not dedicate a book to him to get his attention. Benzoni wrote about how negative the Spaniards were toward the Indians that were living on this land before we came to take it over. He talked about in his book how he would “see pregnant mothers kill themselves in order to escape from their children having to deal with the slavery from the white men” (Benzoni). Benzoni went into dept on what he saw and how he felt that these people were being mistreated.\r\n\r\nSomething for the next generation to take in to consideration is that we all should treat each other fairly and with respect. That they should also know that no matter how different they are from you doesn’t mean you are any better or worse than them. They should also learn that your actions can speak louder than your words.  When Benzoni wrote this book he combined both his words and actions together. It was disliked by a lot of people due to they didn’t want to believe it was the truth or this was actually taking place, but in the end it was and he got what he was striving for. That every now and then it is also to think outside of the box and try something new, that we are always thinking in the norm and rarely step outside and you strive to be different and not in the norm.\r\n\r\nWe’ll just stick in chronological order and move onto the “Fountain of Four Rivers” By Gian Lorenzo Bernini, this is something that if you ever get a chance to go to Pizza Novana within that square you need to make your way over to the fountain and embrace what is all there. There were fountains and other rock sculptures being done in the 1600’s, but this one done in 1651 was the first real piece of work that was done with combination of all of the continents in one piece of work. A lot of the sculptures were being done of either people or of the many different types of gods that they believed in at the time, like in the fountain each river is represented and protected by river gods. The background on this piece of work is something that is very important to this piece of work. The people of the time were outraged at first when the Pope told them that they were going to be taxed on their bread to help pay for the fountain. The people in the area would leave notes on the scaffolding surrounding the fountain as it was being built saying “We do not want obelisks or fountains, bread is what we want.” (nstormberg) But now after it has been built you can go there and just about everyone there loves that it has been built because of the fact it is such a large tourist attraction and brings in a lot of revenue for the local business.\r\n\r\nSomething that should be taken from this fountain is that this is the first fountain that was every built to represent the four major continents that were discover by us at that time. Another thing this is something that shows us that we are all still connected no matter how different we may seem like we are now and that we all pretty much originated in the same area. That at first you may not want something but give it time and your opinion might change on it.\r\n\r\nThe next piece of work that is a lot less of a controversy would be the photo by Mathew Brady of the “Gettysburg Address” the photo itself is nothing to spectacular to look at. It was not this amazing photo of it times. It was just like any other photo, it was in black and white and this one was a little worse due to the fact that the photo is a little blurry itself. It fits in with other pictures at the time due to the fact people were taking photos of the Presidents speeches and other major event like this one.\r\n\r\nThe reason this photo is such a big deal is the fact that the photo is the only photo to have ever show up with President Lincoln in it at the Gettysburg Memorial or when President Lincoln spoke in front of a large crowd at the memorial dedication giving his most famous speech. Another reason why this photo is innovated it because of the person who took the photo itself. Mathew Brady is known to be the first person to have taken photo of a war on the front lines and in the camps where all the soldiers slept. He took photos of the bodies after the battles had been fought as well. Brady wanted every to get the real look on what was taking place on the front lines of a war and how rough the men had it and what they had to bare through to be able to make it back home if they were lucky enough to survive.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at this photo I want the next generation to learn what was taking place in America. I want them to learn what was going on before this picture took place, why this photo took place, and what happened after this photo was over. The picture alone doesn’t speak loud enough without know what took place in that location a few months earlier. What the civil war was, what it did to this country, and the change it started.\r\n\r\nThe last topic to be discussed about would be something that today can still be very controversial to some people and not so much with other people. The song in some people’s eyes seems very patriotic towards the country and to others it’s a sign of disrespect to the country. I’m talking about when Jimi Hendrix played the “Star Spangled Banner” at Woodstock on his electric guitar. It was something that stirred up a lot of conversation due to what was going on in the country and world at this time.\r\n\r\nIt was something that wasn’t being done in this exact form but people were singing the national anthem at major events that were going on in the country. It was played at the beginning of almost every sporting event across the country. There was only two things that were different about it one it was a solo on the guitar and that it was at the end (or near end of) a three day music event.\r\n\r\nAt this time in the history of our country only one other person a few years before had ever played the national anthem on the piano with no lyrics being sang to it that was done by “Puerto Rican musician Jose Feliciano” (Gettings) and “Feliciano’s piece didn’t go over so well with the crowd at that time” (Gettings) so you could say they both were being bold and innovating with their forms of their version of the national anthem. It had sort of now trickled into a trend because just about every musician this modern age is having their own version of the nation anthem.\r\n\r\nI would like the next generation and the ones to come after learn that Hendrix was one of the best guitarists to ever step on the face of this earth. That what he did was controversial and he did it because he was in front of a crowd of people who were protesting about the Vietnam War. Hendrix did it to gain a popularity vote amongst the community. I would like them to know that this is another form of your actions speak louder than words. Hendrix is trying to speak to the government but knowing that he can just knock on the door and he be able to express his opinion, he used the stage at an event that was in support of his message to help cause his message to be heard by the government.\r\n\r\nWell with now knowing the background of things and getting all of the important information out of the way I want you to read what the student what the wrote, and see how he described what you should see in his museum on the ship.\r\n\r\n<em>Well it’s the year 2100 and the world has started to come to and waste land and all the humans well the ones who can fit are trying to buy there way onto a ship to go to some new planet they have us scattered out on different planets so I am not sure which one I will be journeying to, I hope its not to long of a ride. Well to the point of this paper I was suppose to choose four meaningful artifacts and bring them along in my museum, and well I choose some that I thought were really interesting and had great history to them. Instead of telling you individually about each one (because for this paper I was told not to) I am going to describe what they looks like that they will be staying in for there new home.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>When you walk into the museum you will see a bright colorful banner that says “Come in as strangers, and leave with brothers and sisters.” After you walk under the banner there are a bunch of little wooden holders that have information sheets resting on them. Those information sheets look and feel like a brand new magazine that have in depth information and pictures of the artifacts that you are about to see. As you look ahead now you can see three different rooms you are welcome to walk in. The exhibits are in chronological order from left to right. You decide that you want to take the tour in order from the artifacts dating back from the earliest of times to the one that is most relevant. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>You walk into a medium size room; the flooring looks like it is dirt as if you were outside on a dry grassy field. You look at the center of the room and there is an Indian tepee and right by it is a logged fire burning as if it was meant to keep you warm. You look on the walls of the room and you see a bunch of painting and drawling that spark your attention. You walk slowly up near the wall looking at all the pictures and reading a short caption of what was taking place in the picture and why it was added to this book. As you work your way around the room looking at all the pictures you come up to a book in a glass box the books title reads “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni and as you look up to the wall behind the glass box you see a short paragraph giving you a summary of the book and explaining why the book was written. As you are walking out of the room there is a cut out of Benzoni and as you walk by him he tells you “Treat everyone equally, we are all friends”</em>\r\n\r\n<em>You walk into a very bright room that has little color you look on the ground in the center of the room and you see what you think to be a large wishing well, but as you get closer you notice a holographic picture of the “Fountain of Four Rivers” by </em><em>Gian Lorenzo Bernini the reason the base of the fountain is real is so the people who walk through are welcome to through pennies in to make wishes (and to help pay for the museum employees). In each corner of the room there is a fourth of the fountain sticking out of the wall. On the wall right by each individual fourth of the fountain is a map showing you where they were located on the globe and on the other side of the sections there is an explanation on why the river god was configured that way and why they chose the animals they chose to represent each continent.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>When start to walk toward the last room all you can see on the back wall in the room in a picture of a large crowd on what use to be perfectly green grassy field. As the closer you get to the room and as you walk in you start to notice that you are on top of a stage at a large event. You hear a loud cheer as if you were someone famous and you just walked on stage and were about to perform something, and then all of a sudden you hear a guitar start to play. The song being played is the national anthem; you can see the crowd’s reaction from being on stage. During the middle of the song the picture changes to a black and white photo of the Gettysburg Memorial Dedication, and the national anthem fades out and all of a sudden you hear a voice and starts off by saying “Four score and seven years ago” it pauses for a couple of seconds and then the rest of the speech is said. As the speech is being said a yellow circle shows up on the picture around the person who is doing the speaking. At the end of the speech the rest of the national anthem starts to play from about half way point and the picture in the background changes and you are standing in a large crowd watching Jimi Hendrix play on the guitar on the stage at Woodstock. As the song comes to an end you hear a loud roar of applause from the speakers behind you as makes you feel as if you are surrounded by a bunch of people. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>As you start to leave the room and make your way towards the door to leave the museum you look up on the door frame in the room so see a sign that says “No one ever wins a war.” When you walk up to the exit you look up at the banner you saw when you walked in and this side says “Hope we made a difference. Go and treat everyone like your family.” You read it and then walk through the giant red oak doors.</em>\r\n\r\nNow after reading on how this museum would look and learning about all the interesting artifact that I have chosen to preserve for the future generations to learn about and grow respect for. Hoping that everyone they look at one of these they grow for the fact that we weren’t perfect and we only want to better things. I also want them to take away that sometimes you have to be creative to get your point across. They also need to know we are all made equal and will all die as equals no greater than the man or woman to our left and to our right.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p align=\"center\">Bibliography</p>\r\n1. “The Humanistic Tradition Vol 2” Fiero, 6th edition Page B3.116, 18 September 2011 <a href=\"http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/connect/hmEBook.do?setTab=sectionTabs\">http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/connect/hmEBook.do?setTab=sectionTabs</a>\r\n\r\n2. “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni [microform]. 18 September, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_32516#page/n11/mode/2up\">http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_32516#page/n11/mode/2up</a>\r\n\r\n3. Library of Congress, Exploring the Early Americas. 18 September, 2011 <a href=\"http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/ExplorationsandEncounters/ColumbusandtheTaino/ExhibitObjects/GirolamoBenzoni.aspx\">http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/ExplorationsandEncounters/ColumbusandtheTaino/ExhibitObjects/GirolamoBenzoni.aspx</a>\r\n\r\n4. Bandelier, Adolph Francis. \"Girolamo Benzoni.\" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 18 Sept. 2011 <a href=\"http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02484c.htm\">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02484c.htm</a>\r\n\r\n5. Art History Website Association, by Mary Ann Sullivan, 26 September 2011,\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/4rivers/4rivers.html\">http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/4rivers/4rivers.html</a>\r\n\r\n6. Art History Archives, Piazza Navona and Bernini’s Four Rivers Fountain, by Nina Miller, posted September 29, 2005\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honorsaharchive.blogspot.com/2005/09/ppiazza-navona-and-berninis-four-rivers.html\">http://honorsaharchive.blogspot.com/2005/09/ppiazza-navona-and-berninis-four-rivers.html</a>\r\n\r\n7. ABC News, Bernini\'s Famous Fountain Gets a Face-Lift, by Phoebe Natanson, posted December 10, 2008 <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6431402&amp;page=1\">http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6431402&amp;page=1</a>\r\n\r\n8. Web Gallery of Art, October 10, 2011, <a href=\"http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/bernini/gianlore/biograph.html\">http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/bernini/gianlore/biograph.html</a>\r\n\r\n9. Walking Tour of Piazza Novana in Rome, by Martha Bakerjian, About.com Guide, 10th October 2011; <a href=\"http://goitaly.about.com/od/romeitaly/ss/piazzanavona.htm\">http://goitaly.about.com/od/romeitaly/ss/piazzanavona.htm</a>\r\n\r\n10. Bernini-“Fountain dei Quattro Fuimi” or “Fountain of 4 Rivers”; by nstromberg; 24, February 2011 <a href=\"http://maitaly.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/bernini-fontana-dei-quattro-fiumi-or-fountain-of-4-rivers/\">http://maitaly.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/bernini-fontana-dei-quattro-fiumi-or-fountain-of-4-rivers/</a>\r\n\r\n11. Abraham Lincoln Online; by Roy P. Balser; October 17, 2011 <a href=\"http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm\">http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm</a>\r\n\r\n12. Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address Lincoln Mentions Government “Of the people, by the people, and For the People”; by Robert McNamara; About.com Guide; October 17<sup>th</sup>, 2011 <a href=\"http://history1800s.about.com/od/abrahamlincoln/a/gettysburgadd01.htm\">http://history1800s.about.com/od/abrahamlincoln/a/gettysburgadd01.htm</a>\r\n\r\n13. Gettysburg Address Displayed at Smithsonian; by Owen Edwards; Smithsonian Magazine, December 2008;   <a href=\"http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Object-at-Hand-Gettysburg-Address-200812.html\">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Object-at-Hand-Gettysburg-Address-200812.html</a>\r\n\r\n14. Teaching With Documents: The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady, by Douglas Perry, National Archives, October 31, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brady-photos/\">http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brady-photos/</a>\r\n\r\n15. Types of Hauntings in Gettysburg, by: Natalie Lynn, 2006, October 31, 2011, <a href=\"http://www.traversecityparanormal.com/Types_of_Hauntings_in_Gettysburg.html\">http://www.traversecityparanormal.com/Types_of_Hauntings_in_Gettysburg.html</a>\r\n\r\n16. Jimi Hendrix “The Star Spangled Banner” , written by PJ, Every day I write the blog,  January 12th, 2010, seen on November 7th, 2011; <a href=\"http://every-day-i-write-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jimi-hendrix-star-spangled-banner.htm\">http://every-day-i-write-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jimi-hendrix-star-spangled-banner.htm</a>\r\n\r\n17. Digital Dream Door; November 20, 2011; <a href=\"http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_woodstock.html\">http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_woodstock.html</a>\r\n\r\n18. Infoplease, Star-Mangled Banner, by John Gettings, November 21st, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.infoplease.com/spot/starmangledbanner.html\">http://www.infoplease.com/spot/starmangledbanner.html</a>\r\n\r\n19. He Moon Landing, Kid-Port, November 20th, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/moonlanding/moonlanding.htm\">http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/moonlanding/moonlanding.htm</a>\r\n\r\n20. The Woodstock Festival of 1969, By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide, November 21st, 2011, <a href=\"http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/woodstock.htm\">http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/woodstock.htm</a>\r\n\r\n21. Jimi Hendrix, My guitar solo.com, November 21, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.myguitarsolo.com/Players/JimiHendrix.htm\">http://www.myguitarsolo.com/Players/JimiHendrix.htm</a>\r\n\r\n22. 3 Days of Peace and Music, by Protasker, November 21st, 2011, <a href=\"http://www.squidoo.com/woodstock\">http://www.squidoo.com/woodstock</a>','Stronger together than we are apart!','','inherit','open','open','','2213-revision-3','','','2011-12-06 11:14:24','2011-12-06 17:14:24','',2213,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2217',0,'revision','',0),(2218,44,'2011-12-06 11:19:01','2011-12-06 17:19:01','[caption id=\"attachment_2214\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://publications.mcgill.ca/forum-fr/files/2011/03/iStock_000012148264Large1-hands-1024x1024.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://publications.mcgill.ca/forum-fr/2011/05/18/rapport-sur-le-forum-rh-%25E2%2580%2594-la-gestion-du-talent/&amp;usg=__VPZw2bXy_t6MnAKJv_DpBkMNW44=&amp;h=1024&amp;w=1024&amp;sz=121&amp;hl=en&amp;start=16&amp;sig2=p0DEH2Dvoy0OmSeqSXiL_Q&amp;zoom=1&amp;tbnid=bz_7abGXoECEgM:&amp;tbnh=130&amp;tbnw=130&amp;ei=Z0zeToTTIoSFsgLH-4WkBw&amp;prev=/search%3Fum%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26authuser%3D0%26imgrefurl%3Dhttp://www.rechargefellowship.org/women-of-power/%26imgurl%3Dhttp://www.rechargefellowship.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/iStock_000012148264Small.jpg%26w%3D693%26h%3D693%26sig%3D112210412881500050448%26ndsp%3D24%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D652%26tbs%3Dsimg:CAQSEgl8A8QV1oBVOCH9UJrJH4xRfA%26tbm%3Disch&amp;um=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=1075&amp;vpy=204&amp;dur=1311&amp;hovh=225&amp;hovw=225&amp;tx=124&amp;ty=95&amp;sig=112210412881500050448&amp;page=1&amp;ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iStock_000012148264Large1-hands-1024x10241.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2214\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iStock_000012148264Large1-hands-1024x10241-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Stronger together than we are apart</span></p>\r\n            The world has a lot of information to offer us, and a lot of different type of historical artifacts that we could use as a reference point on a direct topic of history. As our time on this planet is starting to come to an end due to our self doing, we (humans) have a lot of things that should be preserved for future generations to know about on a different planet so they don’t make the same mistakes that their ancestors made while they were growing up. While pondering on what we should do, and what should be preserved if we could only take four things on a ship to a different planet to be preserved for future generations to see and learn about, what would it be? Well we asked a student to write a paper over this idea and chose four things to write about, explain how he was to display the work, what cultural trends there were, what should the future generation should know about them, how they interact with them, and a couple of innovations about each of these pieces of work.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n            The ideas that were brought up to write about were “History of the New World’’ a book written by Girolamo Benzoni, “Fountain of Four Rivers” designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a photo of the “Gettysburg Address” by Matthew Brady, and a version of the “Star Spangled Banner” done by Jimi Hendrix on the electric guitar. The layout that was given in order to fit these four different pieces of work together was something that was marvelous and by the time you get done reading this you will close your eyes and be able to see and walk through what was described.\r\n\r\n            The originals would be taken on this ship except for the “Fountain of Four River due to the fact that we would not have enough room for it to be able to fit on this ship so instead we are take the base of it so people can still throw a penny in it for a wish, but the rest of it will be a holographic cut out. When you go up to the fountain you can look up and see the rest of it as if the whole thing was there. On each corner of the wall there will be clay models of each fourth of the fountain and explanations of why this was put on there and why river gods look the way they do. The original book from “History of the New World” (when it was first printed) would be in a fire-proof see through box for everyone to be able to see but no way possible for anyone to be able to touch or destroy it in the future. There will be a duplicate of the photo from Mathew Brady on display for people to see and another duplicate of the audio of the “Star Spangled Banner” for people to listen to playing as well.\r\n\r\n            To start of talking about these pieces of work we’ll start with the book “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni and how it was in the norm of the time and how it also stepped outside the box at the same time. Benzoni wrote this book about what took place while he was living in the “New World” or what we know today as America. The book was written in 1565 and in that time there were no pictures being taken (cameras were unheard of) only type of photos being done were paintings. One other thing that was very prominent of that time era was books being written telling stories of things that an author saw and thought should be written down. Well Benzoni pretty much did both of those within his book. He talked about his adventure to the new world and he also gave drawling of things that he saw and really stuck out in his mind and thought others should see this as well. Although his drawings weren’t as good as the other artist at that time or there paintings that were done in that time either, they still help get his story across to everyone.\r\n\r\nThis book was innovating for its time because Benzoni did something that was not thought of at this time and dedicated his book to the Pope of the time. (The reasoning behind that is that during this time the Pope was pretty much the person in charge of the whole world, and if said to do something then you did it.) Benzoni dedicated it to Pope Pius the 4<sup>th</sup> and the reason behind it was the fact that he didn’t like what he saw going on in the new world and he thought that “Christians” shouldn’t be treating other like that and thought the only way he could get his message to someone. The only person who would be able to do anything about it was the Pope, so why not dedicate a book to him to get his attention. Benzoni wrote about how negative the Spaniards were toward the Indians that were living on this land before we came to take it over. He talked about in his book how he would “see pregnant mothers kill themselves in order to escape from their children having to deal with the slavery from the white men” (Benzoni). Benzoni went into dept on what he saw and how he felt that these people were being mistreated.\r\n\r\nSomething for the next generation to take in to consideration is that we all should treat each other fairly and with respect. That they should also know that no matter how different they are from you doesn’t mean you are any better or worse than them. They should also learn that your actions can speak louder than your words.  When Benzoni wrote this book he combined both his words and actions together. It was disliked by a lot of people due to they didn’t want to believe it was the truth or this was actually taking place, but in the end it was and he got what he was striving for. That every now and then it is also to think outside of the box and try something new, that we are always thinking in the norm and rarely step outside and you strive to be different and not in the norm.\r\n\r\nWe’ll just stick in chronological order and move onto the “Fountain of Four Rivers” By Gian Lorenzo Bernini, this is something that if you ever get a chance to go to Pizza Novana within that square you need to make your way over to the fountain and embrace what is all there. There were fountains and other rock sculptures being done in the 1600’s, but this one done in 1651 was the first real piece of work that was done with combination of all of the continents in one piece of work. A lot of the sculptures were being done of either people or of the many different types of gods that they believed in at the time, like in the fountain each river is represented and protected by river gods. The background on this piece of work is something that is very important to this piece of work. The people of the time were outraged at first when the Pope told them that they were going to be taxed on their bread to help pay for the fountain. The people in the area would leave notes on the scaffolding surrounding the fountain as it was being built saying “We do not want obelisks or fountains, bread is what we want.” (nstormberg) But now after it has been built you can go there and just about everyone there loves that it has been built because of the fact it is such a large tourist attraction and brings in a lot of revenue for the local business.\r\n\r\nSomething that should be taken from this fountain is that this is the first fountain that was every built to represent the four major continents that were discover by us at that time. Another thing this is something that shows us that we are all still connected no matter how different we may seem like we are now and that we all pretty much originated in the same area. That at first you may not want something but give it time and your opinion might change on it.\r\n\r\nThe next piece of work that is a lot less of a controversy would be the photo by Mathew Brady of the “Gettysburg Address” the photo itself is nothing to spectacular to look at. It was not this amazing photo of it times. It was just like any other photo, it was in black and white and this one was a little worse due to the fact that the photo is a little blurry itself. It fits in with other pictures at the time due to the fact people were taking photos of the Presidents speeches and other major event like this one.\r\n\r\nThe reason this photo is such a big deal is the fact that the photo is the only photo to have ever show up with President Lincoln in it at the Gettysburg Memorial or when President Lincoln spoke in front of a large crowd at the memorial dedication giving his most famous speech. Another reason why this photo is innovated it because of the person who took the photo itself. Mathew Brady is known to be the first person to have taken photo of a war on the front lines and in the camps where all the soldiers slept. He took photos of the bodies after the battles had been fought as well. Brady wanted every to get the real look on what was taking place on the front lines of a war and how rough the men had it and what they had to bare through to be able to make it back home if they were lucky enough to survive.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at this photo I want the next generation to learn what was taking place in America. I want them to learn what was going on before this picture took place, why this photo took place, and what happened after this photo was over. The picture alone doesn’t speak loud enough without know what took place in that location a few months earlier. What the civil war was, what it did to this country, and the change it started.\r\n\r\nThe last topic to be discussed about would be something that today can still be very controversial to some people and not so much with other people. The song in some people’s eyes seems very patriotic towards the country and to others it’s a sign of disrespect to the country. I’m talking about when Jimi Hendrix played the “Star Spangled Banner” at Woodstock on his electric guitar. It was something that stirred up a lot of conversation due to what was going on in the country and world at this time.\r\n\r\nIt was something that wasn’t being done in this exact form but people were singing the national anthem at major events that were going on in the country. It was played at the beginning of almost every sporting event across the country. There was only two things that were different about it one it was a solo on the guitar and that it was at the end (or near end of) a three day music event.\r\n\r\nAt this time in the history of our country only one other person a few years before had ever played the national anthem on the piano with no lyrics being sang to it that was done by “Puerto Rican musician Jose Feliciano” (Gettings) and “Feliciano’s piece didn’t go over so well with the crowd at that time” (Gettings) so you could say they both were being bold and innovating with their forms of their version of the national anthem. It had sort of now trickled into a trend because just about every musician this modern age is having their own version of the nation anthem.\r\n\r\nI would like the next generation and the ones to come after learn that Hendrix was one of the best guitarists to ever step on the face of this earth. That what he did was controversial and he did it because he was in front of a crowd of people who were protesting about the Vietnam War. Hendrix did it to gain a popularity vote amongst the community. I would like them to know that this is another form of your actions speak louder than words. Hendrix is trying to speak to the government but knowing that he can just knock on the door and he be able to express his opinion, he used the stage at an event that was in support of his message to help cause his message to be heard by the government.\r\n\r\nWell with now knowing the background of things and getting all of the important information out of the way I want you to read what the student what the wrote, and see how he described what you should see in his museum on the ship.\r\n\r\n<em>Well it’s the year 2100 and the world has started to come to and waste land and all the humans well the ones who can fit are trying to buy there way onto a ship to go to some new planet they have us scattered out on different planets so I am not sure which one I will be journeying to, I hope its not to long of a ride. Well to the point of this paper I was suppose to choose four meaningful artifacts and bring them along in my museum, and well I choose some that I thought were really interesting and had great history to them. Instead of telling you individually about each one (because for this paper I was told not to) I am going to describe what they looks like that they will be staying in for there new home.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>When you walk into the museum you will see a bright colorful banner that says “Come in as strangers, and leave with brothers and sisters.” After you walk under the banner there are a bunch of little wooden holders that have information sheets resting on them. Those information sheets look and feel like a brand new magazine that have in depth information and pictures of the artifacts that you are about to see. As you look ahead now you can see three different rooms you are welcome to walk in. The exhibits are in chronological order from left to right. You decide that you want to take the tour in order from the artifacts dating back from the earliest of times to the one that is most relevant. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>You walk into a medium size room; the flooring looks like it is dirt as if you were outside on a dry grassy field. You look at the center of the room and there is an Indian tepee and right by it is a logged fire burning as if it was meant to keep you warm. You look on the walls of the room and you see a bunch of painting and drawling that spark your attention. You walk slowly up near the wall looking at all the pictures and reading a short caption of what was taking place in the picture and why it was added to this book. As you work your way around the room looking at all the pictures you come up to a book in a glass box the books title reads “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni and as you look up to the wall behind the glass box you see a short paragraph giving you a summary of the book and explaining why the book was written. As you are walking out of the room there is a cut out of Benzoni and as you walk by him he tells you “Treat everyone equally, we are all friends”</em>\r\n\r\n<em>You walk into a very bright room that has little color you look on the ground in the center of the room and you see what you think to be a large wishing well, but as you get closer you notice a holographic picture of the “Fountain of Four Rivers” by </em><em>Gian Lorenzo Bernini the reason the base of the fountain is real is so the people who walk through are welcome to through pennies in to make wishes (and to help pay for the museum employees). In each corner of the room there is a fourth of the fountain sticking out of the wall. On the wall right by each individual fourth of the fountain is a map showing you where they were located on the globe and on the other side of the sections there is an explanation on why the river god was configured that way and why they chose the animals they chose to represent each continent.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>When start to walk toward the last room all you can see on the back wall in the room in a picture of a large crowd on what use to be perfectly green grassy field. As the closer you get to the room and as you walk in you start to notice that you are on top of a stage at a large event. You hear a loud cheer as if you were someone famous and you just walked on stage and were about to perform something, and then all of a sudden you hear a guitar start to play. The song being played is the national anthem; you can see the crowd’s reaction from being on stage. During the middle of the song the picture changes to a black and white photo of the Gettysburg Memorial Dedication, and the national anthem fades out and all of a sudden you hear a voice and starts off by saying “Four score and seven years ago” it pauses for a couple of seconds and then the rest of the speech is said. As the speech is being said a yellow circle shows up on the picture around the person who is doing the speaking. At the end of the speech the rest of the national anthem starts to play from about half way point and the picture in the background changes and you are standing in a large crowd watching Jimi Hendrix play on the guitar on the stage at Woodstock. As the song comes to an end you hear a loud roar of applause from the speakers behind you as makes you feel as if you are surrounded by a bunch of people. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>As you start to leave the room and make your way towards the door to leave the museum you look up on the door frame in the room so see a sign that says “No one ever wins a war.” When you walk up to the exit you look up at the banner you saw when you walked in and this side says “Hope we made a difference. Go and treat everyone like your family.” You read it and then walk through the giant red oak doors.</em>\r\n\r\nNow after reading on how this museum would look and learning about all the interesting artifact that I have chosen to preserve for the future generations to learn about and grow respect for. Hoping that everyone they look at one of these they grow for the fact that we weren’t perfect and we only want to better things. I also want them to take away that sometimes you have to be creative to get your point across. They also need to know we are all made equal and will all die as equals no greater than the man or woman to our left and to our right.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p align=\"center\">Bibliography</p>\r\n1. “The Humanistic Tradition Vol 2” Fiero, 6th edition Page B3.116, 18 September 2011 <a href=\"http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/connect/hmEBook.do?setTab=sectionTabs\">http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/connect/hmEBook.do?setTab=sectionTabs</a>\r\n\r\n2. “History of the New World” by Girolamo Benzoni [microform]. 18 September, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_32516#page/n11/mode/2up\">http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_32516#page/n11/mode/2up</a>\r\n\r\n3. Library of Congress, Exploring the Early Americas. 18 September, 2011 <a href=\"http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/ExplorationsandEncounters/ColumbusandtheTaino/ExhibitObjects/GirolamoBenzoni.aspx\">http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/ExplorationsandEncounters/ColumbusandtheTaino/ExhibitObjects/GirolamoBenzoni.aspx</a>\r\n\r\n4. Bandelier, Adolph Francis. \"Girolamo Benzoni.\" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 18 Sept. 2011 <a href=\"http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02484c.htm\">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02484c.htm</a>\r\n\r\n5. Art History Website Association, by Mary Ann Sullivan, 26 September 2011,\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/4rivers/4rivers.html\">http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/4rivers/4rivers.html</a>\r\n\r\n6. Art History Archives, Piazza Navona and Bernini’s Four Rivers Fountain, by Nina Miller, posted September 29, 2005\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://honorsaharchive.blogspot.com/2005/09/ppiazza-navona-and-berninis-four-rivers.html\">http://honorsaharchive.blogspot.com/2005/09/ppiazza-navona-and-berninis-four-rivers.html</a>\r\n\r\n7. ABC News, Bernini\'s Famous Fountain Gets a Face-Lift, by Phoebe Natanson, posted December 10, 2008 <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6431402&amp;page=1\">http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6431402&amp;page=1</a>\r\n\r\n8. Web Gallery of Art, October 10, 2011, <a href=\"http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/bernini/gianlore/biograph.html\">http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/bernini/gianlore/biograph.html</a>\r\n\r\n9. Walking Tour of Piazza Novana in Rome, by Martha Bakerjian, About.com Guide, 10th October 2011; <a href=\"http://goitaly.about.com/od/romeitaly/ss/piazzanavona.htm\">http://goitaly.about.com/od/romeitaly/ss/piazzanavona.htm</a>\r\n\r\n10. Bernini-“Fountain dei Quattro Fuimi” or “Fountain of 4 Rivers”; by nstromberg; 24, February 2011 <a href=\"http://maitaly.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/bernini-fontana-dei-quattro-fiumi-or-fountain-of-4-rivers/\">http://maitaly.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/bernini-fontana-dei-quattro-fiumi-or-fountain-of-4-rivers/</a>\r\n\r\n11. Abraham Lincoln Online; by Roy P. Balser; October 17, 2011 <a href=\"http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm\">http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm</a>\r\n\r\n12. Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address Lincoln Mentions Government “Of the people, by the people, and For the People”; by Robert McNamara; About.com Guide; October 17<sup>th</sup>, 2011 <a href=\"http://history1800s.about.com/od/abrahamlincoln/a/gettysburgadd01.htm\">http://history1800s.about.com/od/abrahamlincoln/a/gettysburgadd01.htm</a>\r\n\r\n13. Gettysburg Address Displayed at Smithsonian; by Owen Edwards; Smithsonian Magazine, December 2008;   <a href=\"http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Object-at-Hand-Gettysburg-Address-200812.html\">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Object-at-Hand-Gettysburg-Address-200812.html</a>\r\n\r\n14. Teaching With Documents: The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady, by Douglas Perry, National Archives, October 31, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brady-photos/\">http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brady-photos/</a>\r\n\r\n15. Types of Hauntings in Gettysburg, by: Natalie Lynn, 2006, October 31, 2011, <a href=\"http://www.traversecityparanormal.com/Types_of_Hauntings_in_Gettysburg.html\">http://www.traversecityparanormal.com/Types_of_Hauntings_in_Gettysburg.html</a>\r\n\r\n16. Jimi Hendrix “The Star Spangled Banner” , written by PJ, Every day I write the blog,  January 12th, 2010, seen on November 7th, 2011; <a href=\"http://every-day-i-write-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jimi-hendrix-star-spangled-banner.htm\">http://every-day-i-write-the-blog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jimi-hendrix-star-spangled-banner.htm</a>\r\n\r\n17. Digital Dream Door; November 20, 2011; <a href=\"http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_woodstock.html\">http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_woodstock.html</a>\r\n\r\n18. Infoplease, Star-Mangled Banner, by John Gettings, November 21st, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.infoplease.com/spot/starmangledbanner.html\">http://www.infoplease.com/spot/starmangledbanner.html</a>\r\n\r\n19. He Moon Landing, Kid-Port, November 20th, 2011 <a href=\"http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/moonlanding/moonlanding.htm\">http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/moonlanding/moonlanding.htm</a>\r\n\r\n20. The Woodstock Festival of 1969, By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide, November 21st, 2011, <a href=\"http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/woodstock.htm\">http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/woodstock.htm</a>\r\n\r\n21. 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Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue;\">Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. Come along with me as I explore the lessons of the past.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2265\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"209\" caption=\"Glass Tube Transport - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7kunhye\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/glass2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2265 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/glass2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"293\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place! It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue;\">Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em> miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable place. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo to the left is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue;\">Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work </em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wing back chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue;\">19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue;\">Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#39;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray and black fabrics, worn-out furnishings and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"font-size: 3;\">Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Make your community a better place.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Work at what you love.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Embrace differences.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Be honest.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: brown;\"><strong>Take your whole family to this museum. 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Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\nReview of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\nRenaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em> miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\n\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_2224\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. 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Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\nReview of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\nRenaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em> miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. 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Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\nReview of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\nRenaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. 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Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2229\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2229 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"139\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. 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Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong>Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong>Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2233\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"219\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2233\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"290\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager.</p>\r\n<strong>Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.” Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2235\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghph\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2235\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2236\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Mozart Statue, Vienna - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s6n\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2236\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-4','','','2011-12-06 12:46:26','2011-12-06 18:46:26','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2245',0,'revision','',0),(2246,41,'2011-12-06 13:09:49','2011-12-06 19:09:49','','Community Garden Replica  -  Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew','Community Garden Replica  -  Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew','inherit','open','open','','garden-3','','','2011-12-06 13:09:49','2011-12-06 19:09:49','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2247,41,'2011-12-06 13:08:48','2011-12-06 19:08:48','A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong>Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong>Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2233\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"219\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2233\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"290\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager.</p>\r\n<strong>Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.” Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2238\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"115\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghph\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2238 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2236\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Mozart Statue, Vienna - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s6n\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2236\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong>Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-5','','','2011-12-06 13:08:48','2011-12-06 19:08:48','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2247',0,'revision','',0),(2248,41,'2011-12-06 13:10:13','2011-12-06 19:10:13','A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong>Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong>Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager.</p>\r\n<strong>Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.” Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2238\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"115\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghph\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2238 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2236\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Mozart Statue, Vienna - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s6n\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2236\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong>Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-6','','','2011-12-06 13:10:13','2011-12-06 19:10:13','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2248',0,'revision','',0),(2249,41,'2011-12-06 13:10:41','2011-12-06 19:10:41','A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong>Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong>Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.” Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2238\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"115\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghph\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2238 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2236\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Mozart Statue, Vienna - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s6n\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2236\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong>Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-7','','','2011-12-06 13:10:41','2011-12-06 19:10:41','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2249',0,'revision','',0),(2250,41,'2011-12-06 13:13:40','2011-12-06 19:13:40','','Mozart, Child Prodigy  -  Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp','Mozart, Child Prodigy  -  Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp','inherit','open','open','','mozartchild-4','','','2011-12-06 13:13:40','2011-12-06 19:13:40','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2251,41,'2011-12-06 13:12:28','2011-12-06 19:12:28','A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong>Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong>Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.” Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2238\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"115\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghph\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2238 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2236\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Mozart Statue, Vienna - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s6n\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2236\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong>Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-8','','','2011-12-06 13:12:28','2011-12-06 19:12:28','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2251',0,'revision','',0),(2252,41,'2011-12-06 13:14:52','2011-12-06 19:14:52','','Original Mozart Statue  -  Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s','Original Mozart Statue  -  Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s','inherit','open','open','','mozart-statue-2','','','2011-12-06 13:14:52','2011-12-06 19:14:52','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2253,41,'2011-12-06 13:14:06','2011-12-06 19:14:06','A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong>Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong>Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2236\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Mozart Statue, Vienna - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s6n\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2236\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong>Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-9','','','2011-12-06 13:14:06','2011-12-06 19:14:06','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2253',0,'revision','',0),(2254,41,'2011-12-06 13:15:42','2011-12-06 19:15:42','A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong>Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong>Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong>Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-10','','','2011-12-06 13:15:42','2011-12-06 19:15:42','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2254',0,'revision','',0),(2255,41,'2011-12-06 13:18:26','2011-12-06 19:18:26','<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: blue\">A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935 </span></span>\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> <span style=\"color: blue\">Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong>Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong>Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<strong>Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong>Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-11','','','2011-12-06 13:18:26','2011-12-06 19:18:26','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2255',0,'revision','',0),(2256,41,'2011-12-06 13:22:44','2011-12-06 19:22:44','<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: blue\">A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935 </span></span>\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> <span style=\"color: blue\">Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<strong>19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-12','','','2011-12-06 13:22:44','2011-12-06 19:22:44','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2256',0,'revision','',0),(2257,41,'2011-12-06 13:24:06','2011-12-06 19:24:06','<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: blue\">A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935 </span></span>\r\n\r\nThe Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> <span style=\"color: blue\">Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"> Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">   Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">  This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Make your community a better place.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Work at what you love.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Embrace differences.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">° Be honest.</p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-13','','','2011-12-06 13:24:06','2011-12-06 19:24:06','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2257',0,'revision','',0),(2258,41,'2011-12-06 13:27:42','2011-12-06 19:27:42','<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: blue\">A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935 </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"color: brown\">The Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100 </span></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> <span style=\"color: blue\">Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Make your community a better place.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Work at what you love.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Embrace differences.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Be honest.</em></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-14','','','2011-12-06 13:27:42','2011-12-06 19:27:42','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2258',0,'revision','',0),(2259,41,'2011-12-06 13:28:19','2011-12-06 19:28:19','<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: blue\">A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935 </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"color: brown\">The Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100 </span></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> <span style=\"color: blue\">Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"font-size: 3\">Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Make your community a better place.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Work at what you love.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Embrace differences.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Be honest.</em></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-15','','','2011-12-06 13:28:19','2011-12-06 19:28:19','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2259',0,'revision','',0),(2260,41,'2011-12-06 13:30:44','2011-12-06 19:30:44','<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: blue\">A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935 </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"color: brown\">The Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100 </span></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> <span style=\"color: blue\">Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was kind of dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"font-size: 3\">Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Make your community a better place.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Work at what you love.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Embrace differences.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Be honest.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: brown\"><strong>Take your whole family to this museum. You will appreciate your life aboard the Voyager Z9500 much more once you have learned the lessons that these exhibits teach us.</strong></span></span></p>','Live Your Best Life Museum','','inherit','open','open','','2220-revision-16','','','2011-12-06 13:30:44','2011-12-06 19:30:44','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/?p=2260',0,'revision','',0),(2261,41,'2011-12-06 13:36:26','2011-12-06 19:36:26','','Glass Tube Transport  - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7kunhye','Glass Tube Transport  - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7kunhye','inherit','open','open','','glass','','','2011-12-06 13:36:26','2011-12-06 19:36:26','',2220,'http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/glass.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2262,41,'2011-12-06 13:35:28','2011-12-06 19:35:28','<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: blue\">A MUSEUM OF TREASURES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1935 </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"color: brown\">The Voyager Gazette   °  December 07, 2100 </span></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2221\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Live Your Best Life building - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8a9xgpc\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2221\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/museum-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Grand Opening of Live Your Best Life Museum</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Wednesday, December 07, 2100 will bring the grand opening celebration of the Live Your Best Life Museum. Tickets sold out well in advance for opening day but for those of you that were not lucky enough to obtain tickets, this review can serve as your invisibility cloak. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.<!--more--></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Review of Architecture, Music, Literature and Photography</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon approaching the building, I notice that there are plenty of electric charging stations for Segways and this is a great sign! This might turn out to be an interesting day for me. Not being a “museum type” person, I was dreading writing this review. Now I am starting to think differently. Come along with me as I explore the lessons of the past.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">I step into the lobby of the building (located on the starboard deck of the Voyager, next to the “Uniqueness” exhibit by Curator James Schlenker) and I am immediately relaxed by the pleasant sound of a waterfall and the cool, neutral colors of the furnishings, lighting and décor. I think I am going to like this place! It appears that this building, crafted after the Greater London Authority Headquarters that was built way back in 2005, has several floors and is centered around a glass and chrome aero- vertical tube system that transports visitors to each floor. There are floors dedicated to all sorts of things including former food styles of different regions of Earth, weather chambers for the study of natural disasters that occurred on Earth, and various levels for the many plants and animal life that were saved before Earth breathed its last sigh.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Today, I have chosen four floors in particular and I hope that you will be encouraged by this review to make your way to the Museum and spend some time among the artifacts that I describe here. I believe that you will find the information and displays informative and enlightening and you will definitely understand the meaning behind the title of the museum. When you do manage to get a ticket for this place, be sure to plan a whole day to view these amazing antiquities of yesteryear. It will be well worth your time!</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Renaissance Civil Architecture  -  Medici Palazzo, Florence, Italy</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Our first stop will be the 4<sup>th</sup> floor, which is dedicated to Renaissance Civil Architecture. The theme for this floor is “Make Your Community a Better Place” and contains a scale model of the Medici Palace. It is large enough to walk into and stroll around inside. There is also an amazing garden. Do <em>not</em>miss the garden. The Italians really knew how to do gardens!</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2228\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Stone Facade of Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://otherworldmystery.com/tag/rosicrucianism\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/midicicorner5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was built between 1445-1460 by the Italian architect and sculptor, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) and was commissioned by the head of the Medici banking family, Cosimo de’ Medici. Before Italy fell into the Mediterranean Sea in 2019, the building was known as the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, after Gabbriello Riccardi who purchased it and expanded it in 1659.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Medici Palazzo was a beloved building because its owners preserved rare art and they shared their priceless pieces in an effort to enhance the community’s love of the arts. The building style is called “Civil” architecture because it represented a movement toward making ones community a more enjoyable. If only the citizens of the World had paid better attention to the those principles. The wealthy Medici family traveled throughout the world and brought back treasures of all kinds. They shared these magnificent pieces of art, sculpture and artifacts with their fellow citizens. They were a force in obtaining and preserving art for generations to come and fostered this practice among their wealthy peers. Today, in 2100, we can see, feel, hear and enjoy many of the rare pieces from those long-ago days because of the generosity and foresight of the Medici family. In fact, we strive to make our community on board the Voyager  better because of the example set by the Medici’s. When you visit, do not skip the 4<sup>th</sup>floor.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2232\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"244\" caption=\"Chapel ceiling in Medici Palazzo - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/dyyypjk\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ceiling1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">For example, the Medici’s sought out the finest painters and sculptors to create works in their residence. Some of the best known works are the frescoes in the formal chamber. Pictured below is the original piece that covered the ceiling of the chapel in the formal chamber. This extraordinary piece was painstakingly removed by a delicate laser technique that was perfected in 2030 by a French scientist. The Museum has lit this piece with new flouro-halogenous lights that are powered by the sun. The fresco is not to be missed and has luxurious leather couches beneath it for your prone enjoyment of the painting. Lay down, relax and lose yourself in the painting.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"175\" caption=\"Community Garden Replica - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7v2fbew\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2246 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"232\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">It is through viewing these historic treasures that we learn just how amazing our lives are here in the Voyager Z9500. Of course we do not have all of the conveniences that they enjoyed on Earth, but we are alive and that is really saying something. The photo below is of the garden that is replicated to exact proportions as that of the garden in the original Medici Palace. Be sure to sit a while in the garden. It’s exquisite.   I can see many marriage proposals taking place in this garden. It is unlike anything on the Voyager. There are native plants, sculptures and elaborate tiled archways. Ornate fountains are located at every corner of the square garden and the air is perfumed with all types of blooming flowers.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Classical Music Foundation -  “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” by Mozart</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As I enter the Tube to ascend to the 6<sup>th</sup> floor, I cannot help but be overwhelmed in anticipation. Thankfully, the Classical Music Hall of Fame at the Royal College of Music, in London, England, was so well funded during the end days that the entire music collection was preserved. I will only be visiting the exhibit on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) today, but you could spend an entire day on this exquisitely decorated and designed floor. Starting with your first steps out of the Tube, you are enveloped in the majestic and satisfying sounds of Mozart’s composition titled, “<em>Eine Kleine Nachtmusik</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2250\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"191\" caption=\"Mozart, Child Prodigy - Image source: http://tinyurl.com/7ytghp\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozartchild3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"264\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is said to have completed 640+ musical works, but this is his most recognizable piece. This acclaimed composition created the foundation of classical music in Vienna, Austria, and is the fundamental reason why we still listen to and enjoy his music, more than 300 years after his death. Personally, I am thrilled that his music made it onboard the Voyager.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Mozart is an example of an extremely talented person that worked because he loved composing music. He is an example to all of us that it is imperative to work at what you love to do. Back in 2009, people were consumed with making money, buying houses too large for their budget, driving four or five cars per family and generally working just to make their next mortgage payment. Mozart died in 1791, at 35 years old, and barely had a penny to his name. His example of working for the <em>love of the work</em>is one that we must take heed.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2252\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Original Mozart Statue - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/8843s\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2252  \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mozart-statue1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"281\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor has various embossed brass plates on the walls and these are filled with stories and interesting facts about Mozart. It is interesting to read about how musical prodigies were nurtured back then. Music in the 1700s was nothing like it is today. If only we had preserved those instruments. When you come, stay on this floor and enjoy the perfect acoustic sounds of Mozart’s music, lounge in the many leather, wingback chairs and enjoy the crackle of the smokeless fireplace. You will feel as if you have stepped back in time to old Vienna.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Love Your Work” and I can clearly visualize the importance of that sentiment. I have never been more happy about being a reporter than I was when I stepped back in to the Tube. I really am doing what I love and that is something we should all strive for today.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">19<sup>th</sup> Century English Literature  -  “Pride and Prejudice,” by Austen</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Now I’m off to the 7<sup>th</sup> floor. Did I mention that in each Tube, there is a touch-screen monitor that lists all of the highlights of the Museum? Don’t get too involved in with the screen unless you don’t mind missing your stop. The Tube is lightning fast and takes you to each floor quicker than you can check your watch implant!</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The theme for this floor is “Embrace Differences” and I can’t think of any other piece of literature that would better serve that notion. In 2000, this book was mainly seen as a “chic book” and despite being made into numerous movies and theatre productions, it is still seen that way in some circles. After visiting this floor and experiencing the exhibit, I can tell you that this piece of literature deserves a second look.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">Upon entering the floor, you will hear lovely ribbons of classical music wafting throughout the space, see the walls lined with typical Victorian furniture replicas, feel the rich, hand-woven carpets under your feet, and see life-sized hologram characters lounging about. Don’t be afraid of these interesting characters. Instead, approach them, ask them questions, listen to their tales and you will learn what life was like for them.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2239\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"207\" caption=\"Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/bwpbz3c\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2239 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pandp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">These holograms actually talk and answer questions about their experiences. We can all learn from them. The characters lived in a time where women were often forced in to advantageous marriages by their families and they have amazing stories to tell. Pride and Prejudice was completed in August of 1797 by Jane Austen and is an epic and cautionary tale about marriage. Don’t let that fact discourage you from enjoying this piece of literary excellence. It is a book about how personal pride and unknown prejudices can ruin lives, devastate families, divide generations and drive life-long wedges between people.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2240\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"181\" caption=\"Marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/d7bm64h\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2240 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marriage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"136\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Fortunately, it is also a book about overcoming obstacles, healing personal flaws, avoiding catastrophes and forming a love-filled marriage based on mutual respect. This iconic piece of literature was preserved for all future generations because <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> changed the world by offering insight into how married life could be both disastrous and wonderful. After speaking to the characters and hearing their stories about overcoming prejudices, I became introspective about my own life here on the Voyager. Indeed, as citizens of this ship, we should all embrace differences where ever we find them.</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: blue\">Photography as Propaganda  -  “Migrant Mother,” by Lange</span></strong>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The eleventh floor holds an interesting exhibit on the famed photographs of Dorthea Lange (1895 – 1965) who was a photographer for U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She worked for the Farm Security Administration, during and after the Great Depression of 1929. The theme of this floor is \"Tell the Truth,\" and having visited the exhibit and watched the video feeds of political speeches of the time, I can see why the theme was chosen. The huge main photo, hung prominently on the back wall, gives a feel of desperation, oppression and overwhelming frustration. However, as I read the information stations placed around the room I began to see why \"truth\" plays such an important role in these series of photos being saved and brought aboard the Voyager. It seems as if there was not much transparency back in 1935 and politicians were allowed to pull the wool over the eyes of their constituents most of the time. One of the plaques talked about how President Roosevelt was wheel-chair-bound and most of the citizens of the United States did not even know. That would never happen today. With 910 24-hour news programs on board the Voyager, there is nothing we do not know about our politicians. Hopefully.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2241\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"129\" caption=\"&quot;Migrant Mother&quot; - Image Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.htm\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2241 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"167\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">Apparently, this iconic photo was used as a means of spreading the word about a certain social program that was designed to help Americans. The measure, called the \"New Deal,\" was passed by lawmakers by an overwhelming majority vote. The win was largely attributed to this one photo and it was later determined that the photo was not at all what it seemed. The photographer, Lange, is said to have earned millions of US dollars from this image and never even attempted to correct the narrative that went along with this photo. This exhibit serves as an example that we should not believe everything we see or hear. It also teaches us to value the truth and to seek it out at whatever the cost.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2243\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"155\" caption=\"Migrant Mother&#039;s REAL Family - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/7atuqfr\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2243 \" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"117\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p align=\"left\">This floor is arranged in two halves. One half is decorated in a solemn manner, with gray, black and dim lighting. The huge photo, \"Migrant Mother,\" is positioned under pale lighting and the room is cooler on that side. The other side of the room shows the exact same \"Mother\" with her smartly dressed family sitting around a dining table, piled high with food, in a newer suburban home with modern fixtures. The smell of roasting turkey and apple pie is wafting throughout the space. It is warm and cozy over on this side of the room. The bright and sunny scene is juxtaposed against the dreary, oppressive scene of the down-trodden woman in the photo, on the other side of the room. This creates an unusual emotional feel and one that I will not soon forget. As I walk to the Tube platform, I realize that the two families are the exact same people. This woman was not a migrant farm worker. She was part of a middle-class family that owned their own home and had food on the table every night. This exhibit proves that what we see and hear is never to be trusted. I am thankful that we have a more transparent society aboard the Voyager. The people of the Earth were swindled at every turn and they never learned to \"be honest\" as a people.</p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">The Tube gently delivers me back to the lobby of the Museum and I am reintroduced into the peaceful and tranquil setting among tropical plants, waterfalls and singing birds. It is amazing to have spent the day stepping back in time to those earlier places. I have a renewed drive to make my community aboard the Voyager a better place, to devote my life to doing work that I love, to accept differences in all things, and to be honest with myself and my fellow people. If you get the chance to see this Museum make sure you go with an open mind and take the time to learn from the past mistakes and lessons that brought us to where we are today. Together, we can all make the Voyager the utopia that it was meant to be.</p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2244\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"194\" caption=\"Lobby of Museum - Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/c7fmrfe\"]<a href=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2244\" src=\"http://jeanatacc.com/2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lobby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"font-size: 3\">Lessons Learned at the Live Your Best Life Museum</span></span></strong></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Make your community a better place.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Work at what you love.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Embrace differences.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><em>° Be honest.</em></p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: brown\"><strong>Take your whole family to this museum. 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