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The third event that I attended this quarter was hosted by Ken Wells and was titled “The Center Cannot Hold.” The event was held via Zoom and Professor Vesna was present as well, to assist in guiding the discussion. Professor Vesna and Ken Wells hosted a discussion with Elyn Saks and told her story of struggles overcoming the stigma attached to mental health. Professor Vesna emphasized that Ken represents the perfect combination of art and science, as he combines opera and other forms of art with psychology. In the event, the themes of mental health, stigma, law, and art were discussed.  Ken Wells introduced Elyn Saks as well as the topics being discussed in the Zoom. Elyn Saks briefly tells her story and her mission. Elyn developed a mental illness while studying at University. She was criticized because of her differences by her teachers and doctors. In her memoir, “The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness,” she told the story of how she disproved the stigmas placed on ...

From my perspective, this week's material was the easiest for me to relate back to the culture of art. The topics of nanotechnology and biotechnology were harder for me to understand how to relate them back to art before learning about them in the lecture. The topic of space however has always been something of interest to me. As Professor Vesna repeated throughout this week's material, people have been fascinated by the beauty and mystery of space since the beginning of time. Not only did people find art and beauty in the star but there were practical uses to the stars as well. For instance, the stars helped tell time before clocks and calendars were developed. In the lecture, Part 1, Professor Vesna discussed the introduction of a device called a telescope and the impact that it had on astronomers at the time. The telescope allowed people to explore the “heavens” like they never had before.    Frontispiece to Opere di Galileo Galilei .1656. Galileo’s Telescope. With this inv...