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Hair-A Natural History Of The Senses

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                                                          Title: Hair's What We Do A Natural History Of The Senses- Hair "Lice have a hard time attaching to thick hair, which is why black school children don't succumb to epidemics of head lice as often as their white classmates"(86-87 Diane Ackerman). The purpose of taking pictures of various individuals and focusing on their hair, ethnicity and personality, is so one can establish the fact that individuals are different and they are defined by different cultures, but they can be similar. For humans can identify with certain groups and cultures. However, some things are universal. Human suffering and human empathy is universal. Love is a universal concept that never changes, no matter what generation gap there is or how different people may be from one another. We all have the same wants and needs. Despite these points, our society has standards they expect everyone to uphold. The reason I choose the quote I d

Tape Shoes

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                                                                Masking tape Shoes                                                     Materials: Two rolls of masking tape                                                                                                              The masking tape shoes were made in the size of a seven and a half. They were made out of only masking tape. These masking tape shoes are supposed to take on the form of a Sperry shoe (as shown in the pictures below). Each part was constructed separately and then attached to one another after they were made. Getting the measurements was the most important part because that determined how well the rest of the process would go and if your shoe would fit after. This was to make the shoes accurate and more realistic. After making these shoes it is apparent to me that the expression "walk a mile in my shoes" has much more depth attached to its meaning now. In progress photos