Garden Angel Musings... by Savvy Villar-Beach

A Beautiful Day To Fall Into Infinity  The day started sunny and without fear. All five of us girls bumping along in Isabella’s jeep down the dirt road. English and Spanish being tossed around the car, as well as snacks from trader joes. House music floated from the car stereo, passing through my heart and out into the sky. I'm thinking I'll be young forever, with my friends I feel so alive. A sharp halt and we arrive, my friends hop out like cheetahs- powering down the trail, my sheep legs falling behind.  finally, reaching the waterfall, how it towered over all of us! I dip my foot in, toss my head back, cool water rushing under my feet, Isabella grabs me- ”make sure you don't fall in ''. My friends think it's a good idea to hike to the very, tippy top, my stomach wrapped in knots. I'm breathing beyond my body, but this is where I'm meant to be. After struggling up to the waterfall crest, the people below look so tiny, my friends have already jumped i...

Savannah Villar-Beach Dr. Allyson Williams Nineteenth-Century European Art 20 April 2021 The Ophelia Archetype: Creating and Breaking  The piece I have chosen for my research paper is Ophelia, painted by Sir John Everett Millais in 1851-2. This piece is one of the most well-known artworks from Britain and speaks to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood mission, of which Millais was one of the founders. You may find this artwork now in the Tate Britain Gallery in London, England. The first of the two articles I will be analyzing is Pre-Raphaelite Painting and the Medieval Woman written by Erin Frisch in April 2013. The second is Ophelia and Victorian Visual Culture: Representing Body Politics in the Nineteenth Century By Kimberly Rhodes in 2017. I chose this work of art because I have always liked looking through the art of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood since I was young, although I had never learned deeply of the history and missions of the art group. I also think the Victorian ti...