MISSION 5

Objective 1: LEARN

My daily consumption of Western music, TV series and movies shows how globalized I am.

Objective 2: LEARN

This painting, Scream, (Norwegian: Skrik; created in 1893–1910) is the title of expressionist paintings and prints in a series by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, showing an agonized figure against a blood red sky. The landscape in the background is the Oslofjord, viewed from the hill of Ekeberg, in Oslo, Norway.

The Scream by Edvard Munch

At the time of painting the work, Munch's manic depressive sister Laura Catherine was interned in the mental hospital at the foot of Ekeberg.

One theory advanced to account for the reddish sky in the background is that the powerful volcanic eruption of Krakatoa tinted the sky red in parts of the Western hemisphere for a few months in 1883 and 1884, about a decade before Munch painted The Scream.

The Scream has been the target of several high-profile art thefts. In 1994, the version in the National Gallery was stolen. It was recovered several months later. In 2004, The Scream was stolen from the Munch Museum. It was recovered in 2006. 

The environment of The Scream is often compared to that which an individual suffering from depersonalization disorder experiences, such a feeling of distortion of the environment and one's self. 

The Scream. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream

Although it's obvious that this painting was a product of suffering, pain and depression, and that it's a bit weird, I consider it a work of art.

Objective 3: IMAGINE

I can say that I can survive without these products of globalization but truthfully, in our world today, with globalization at its peak, I cannot last for a month without:

1. eating imported food. 

No McDo?, no imported chocolates?, no pizza?, that would be excruciating.

2. watching Western movies/TV series.

No HBO? Star Movies? No Hollywood crap? that works for me, not really, I would miss them too.

3. listening to Western music.

Life without music sucks.

In conclusion, globalization cannot be avoided. What we need to do is learn how to control our intake of these things and learn to support our domestic products!

Missions Accomplished

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