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Show LIFE B6 COLUMN FROM B5 of Fire fireworks every year from my roof and being amazed at the spectacle. In the last few years, however, that feeling has changed. They are supposed to be the "rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air" but they have really become the epitome of American decadence. I'll be the first to admit it I don't get fireworks. I watch them with friends and family, but it's more about spending time with them than watching the fireworks. I can see the appeal, but I don't get why we can't watch them on the Internet. I could only imagine seeing them before color television and thinking about the amazing colors you couldn't see anywhere else. Now we have HDTV. We could easily watch it on our televisions. Whenever they go off in a park or in your street there are "oohs" and "ahs" and "whoa, I liked that color" but really they are just colors. People cheer for the loud noises in the explosions. I know that it is interesting, a novelty that only comes a few times a year, but it just seems like a waste. Ultimately I feel it's like the guy who brings a guitar to a fire up the canyon. Quick tangent, why does he think I want to hear him sing a dumb song when I know I wouldn't listen if I could get away? The fire can be beautiful, he may have a great voice and the guitar is great but I don't want all of them together. The same goes with fireworks. I think they can be beautiful, but are they necessary? Some people like the guy at the fire. I don't. I like to relax at the fire, and maybe that is why I don't care about the fireworks. I want my day off to be a day off. I don't want to have to leave my room for an assortment of colors. Of course, the other part is also bad. Parades are the opposite of the lazy spectrum. While fireworks are over quick, parades last for hours. All you do is sit and watch people walk or drive a piñata past you. It's like a half-hour of channel surfing when you know that nothing is on. I hope this isn't too unpatriotic. I love the Fourth, I'm all about the barbecue. I just don't think we need to burn money to cheer. We don't need to, as the beach town store clerk from The Simpsons said, "Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it!" Want more about events in Provo and Orem? Turn over to The V Magazine. This week: Twilight Concert Series guide Flea.o.logy crafts and antiques market India Palace and recipe Woodbury Art Museum GILBERT CISNEROS/UVU REVIE% Different works of art are on display at the Woodbury Art Museum. `Art of the Century' BY MELISSA HENRIE Life Writer Walking through the doors of the Woodbury Art Museum, artwork can be seen from the latest show, "Art of the Century." Located at the University Mall in Orem, the show includes artists from all over the western United States with about half from Utah, many of whom came to the show. It also serves as a competition, with juror Erin Linder, Director of the Kimball Art Museum in Park City, with a purchase award to the winner. The Woodbury Art Museum features artwork received through submissions. Openings for applications are available every three months. Taylor Wright, a young man from American Fork, heard about the art show online and thought he would give it Located at the University Mall in Orem, the show includes artists from all over the western United States with about half from Utah, many of whom came to the show. a shot. He entered a drawing entitled "R.I.O.T." Natalie Paintings, photos and other works are apart of the Art of the Century show. Raevsky, who graduated from BYU last year, heard about the show and entered one of her paintings. She said she has been entering her artwork in many shows and thought this one was a good one. She came to UVU's BFA show this past spring and thought UVU had some incredible and talented artists. The show also included a UVU faculty showing of artwork from many professors. Marcus Vincent, a painting and drawing teacher, original- ly from New York City, had some of his work exhibited in the faculty showing. One in particular called, "A Girl in Dream Sounds" was a colorful, whimsical, and dreamy painting of a young woman with a look of serenity in what you would imagine a dreamscape to feel like. Vincent said he thought it was really neat that this show included so many artists outside of Utah. He feels that the museum is doing really well and becoming more known. GILBERT CISNEROS/UVU REVIEW The winner of the competition was a unique piece called "Stand-Up Surfing All the Way from Hawaii" by Kathleen Kastles. It was a quilt of a Hawaiian man "surfing" on his handy little iPhone. Linder chose the piece because it was ironic and funny with an interesting and out-of-the-ordinary play on quilt art. Write for Life! We're looking for students who have a passion for writing, love meeting people and work well in the fast-paced world of journalism. Think you have what it takes? Email Life Editor Kelly Cannon at: cultureuvu@gmail.com |