Bunny Pockets: sierpnia 2014

wtorek, 26 sierpnia 2014

Frida Kahlo was born on July 6 1907, but she always said she was born on 1910, the year the Mexican revolution started.

Frida Kahlo was born on July 6 1907, but she always said she was born on 1910, the year the Mexican revolution started. If we want to understand Frida as an icon, we first need to consider her biography: a life full of struggle and suffering; her local context in a revolutionary and post-revolutionary Mexico, and the international context with a world full of changes and wars.

The Mexican revolution with it’s major political changes in the country, as well as in it’s values and national culture deeply transformed the lives of the ones who lived in it. Octavio Paz (Mexican Nobel winner) said “…it was the Mexican revolution that reveled Mexico to us. It gave us back our eyes to see it. And it gave them back. And it gave them back above all to the painters, poets and novelists.” So once the armed struggled finished Mexico became a country full of artistic expressions. Frida was the product of the spirit of her time.

środa, 20 sierpnia 2014

The “24 solar terms” originated and was firstly used in China.Oamul-too beautiful to exist...

The “24 solar terms” originated and was firstly used in China. It was created thousands years ago on the basis of practical needs of agriculture. It's determined by the changes of the sun’s position in the zodiac throughout the year, with two segments each month. Ancient Chinese people used it to guide agriculture production, special climate signs such as floods and drought, cultural ceremonies, family gatherings and even healthy living tips. Nowadays the “24 solar terms” is still being used by farmers and followed in many other parts of the world apart from China.

Spring Begins, The Rains, Insects Awaken, Vernal Equinox, Clear and Bright, Grain Rain are all in spring.

Summer Begins, Grain Buds, Grain in Ear, Summer Solstice, Slight Heat, Great Heat, are all in summer.

Autumn Begins, Stopping the Heat, White Dews, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dews, Hoar-Frost Falls are all in autumn.

Winter Begins, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold, Great Cold are all in winter.

Springs Begins, Summer Begins, Autumn Begins and Winter Begins show the beginning of the four seasons. Vernal Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice indicate the turning points of the changes in the luminosity of the sun.