Category: The Arts

The Arts

November 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #2 RLE – “Mathematical beauty activates same brain region as great art or music”

“People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to beauty.” https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2014/feb/mathematical-beauty-activates-same-brain-region-great-art-or-music Significant breakthroughs like this often require someone creative or ingenious to Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsApril 25, 2020 ago

The Arts

November 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #3 RLE – Digital poem

Robert Gaskin’s poem “HAIKU ARE LIKE TROLLIES”: Wandering in mist Reaching out to soft sunlight Blue-scaled dragons pause. Moon low over sea Glimpse of discarded cocoon Small fish swimming idly. Prehistoric Digital Poetry an Archaeology of Forms, by Chris T. Funkhouser, The University of Alabama Press, 2007, pp. 58–59. John Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsApril 23, 2020 ago

The Arts

November 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #1 RLE – WWII Poem in translation

Ishigaki Rin’s poem “Gake (Cliff)” in translation: Rin, Ishigaki. “Cliff.” Ed. Makoto Ooka and Shuntaro Tanikawa. Modern Japanese Poetry: One Hundred Years (n.d.): n. pag. Cirje: Centre of International Research on the Japanese Economy. Web. A reader who interpreters / analyzes the translation above may not come quite the same Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsApril 23, 2020 ago

The Arts

November 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #6 RLE – Japanese art protest

Article : “Masked artist makes sticky issue out of radiation in Japan” “Known as 281 Antinuke, Japan’s answer to Banksy has covered Tokyo streets in images depicting politicians as vampires and children being shielded from radioactive rain to highlight the consequences of a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant after Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsApril 21, 2020 ago

The Arts

November 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #5 RLE – Iroha (poem)

Iroha is an older Japanese poem with deep connections to Japanese culture and religion. There are a number of different versions – the original cannot be read by the vast majority of modern Japanese readers. It has been translated in a number of languages but the translations lose much of Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsApril 21, 2020 ago

The Arts

November 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #2 RLE – origami and NASA

Headline: “NASA’s New Shape-Shifting Radiator Inspired by Origami” “Japan’s ancient art of paper folding has inspired the design of a potentially trailblazing “smart” radiator that a NASA technologist is now developing to remove or retain heat on small satellites. Vivek Dwivedi, a technologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsApril 21, 2020 ago

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May 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #3 – RLE Scott McCloud and comics

Scott McCloud is a cartoonist and he has written non-fiction books about comics and has given a TED talk on the subject. His personal circumstances (his work as a cartoonist) means that his non-fiction work on comic theory is given more weight. However, the influence of McCloud’s work as a Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsDecember 22, 2019 ago

The Arts

May 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #6 RLE – WWII poem (Japan/Saipan)

https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poem/item/3779/auto/0/CLIFF The original poem (written in Japanese) is about women on Saipan who jumped off of a cliff during the latter stages of WWII as U.S. forces approached. There are a number of different translations in English that in some ways differ from the original. One such translation adds variation Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsDecember 19, 2019 ago

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May 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #5 – Different Perspectives in an RLE

A solid TOK essay should have RLEs that can be directly linked to the Prescribed Title. Within each RLE there are a multiple Different Perspectives that need to be discussed and analyzed. Successful TOK essays include Different Perspectives of individuals that have a unique view on a particular RLE. The Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsDecember 11, 2019 ago

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May 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #4 RLE – ukiyoe

Utagawa Hiroshige’s ukiyoe “Hara on the Tokaido” is a RLE that can explored in a number of ways in a TOK essay on May 2020 TOK Essay Prescribed Title #4 RLE. One could argue that a particular theory is more important or is sufficient in understanding Hiroshige’s work. On the Read more…

By Author, 3 yearsDecember 7, 2019 ago