{"id":20,"date":"2021-08-28T16:12:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T20:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?p=20"},"modified":"2021-08-28T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T20:12:27","slug":"introducing-tarang-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/tshah\/introducing-tarang-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Tarang (myself)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8368-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8368-827x1024.jpg 827w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8368-646x800.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8368-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8368-1241x1536.jpg 1241w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8368-1655x2048.jpg 1655w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8368-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Hi. I&#8217;m Tarang. Nice to meet you!<br>I&#8217;m a civil engineering major, and I like drawing. Enjoy this random page. It says a lot about me.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The self-portrait above is from the figure drawing course I took.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re asking me where I&#8217;m from, that&#8217;s a tough question. I graduated from high school in India, and was on a gap year before college, where I volunteered in the Himalayas and in Arizona, and biked 500 miles from Portland to Seattle! Adventures are fun, and that describes life between school and college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"304\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?attachment_id=304\" class=\"wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_7037-2-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"305\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?attachment_id=305\" class=\"wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-800x551.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-2048x1410.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6992-3-436x300.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"306\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?attachment_id=306\" class=\"wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_6073-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Below is an art piece I put up in Worcester &#8212; my submission was chosen from a single-line drawing contest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/20210206_174741_clip-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s an older painting of mine from high school:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_1657-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_1657-1-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_1657-1-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_1657-1-800x610.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_1657-1-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_1657-1-1536x1172.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_1657-1-2048x1562.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_1657-1-393x300.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven&#8217;t done a lot of programming, but I did use some python to create these urban heat island maps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a>&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/image.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/image-727x800.jpg 727w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/image-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/image-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This is a map of high temperatures in the city combined with indicators of who is most vulnerable to high temperatures: elderly, very young people, asthmatic people, low-income people (who might not have cooling appliances), and so on. See more information <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.wpi.edu\/sustainability-competition13\/redlining-and-environmental-health-outcomes-addressing-historical-injustices-as-we-create-a-climate-resilient-future\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project has been going on for a year now, and we&#8217;re trying to see what to do given rising summer temperatures and steep city disparities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Slide8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Slide8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Slide8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Slide8-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Slide8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Slide8-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Slide8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/external-content.duckduckgo.com_-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/external-content.duckduckgo.com_-1-701x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/external-content.duckduckgo.com_-1-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/external-content.duckduckgo.com_-1-548x800.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/external-content.duckduckgo.com_-1-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/external-content.duckduckgo.com_-1.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Images from the Wondla trilogy by Tony DiTerlizzi. The books are novels with these illustrations in them, and the images complement the text so well. That&#8217;s what happens when an illustrator writes a novel I guess&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla2-S2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla2-S2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla2-S2-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla2-S2-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla2-S2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla2-S2-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla1-L-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla1-L-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla1-L-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla1-L-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla1-L-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla1-L-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla1-L-2-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/Wondla1-L-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8878-2-1024x963.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8878-2-1024x963.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8878-2-800x753.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8878-2-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8878-2-1536x1445.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8878-2-2048x1927.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8878-2-319x300.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">I&#8217;m interested in urban planning. I see it as the most overlooked yet important way we have to protect our environment, our health and our communities. Art in all forms is key.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>A lack of community is deadly (see quotes from <a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/Misc\/Chicago\/443213in.html\">Eric<\/a> Klinenberg below), and art in all forms is crucial to have liveable cities and to build communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The picture on the right is from June in Oakland, CA. When the restaurants started boarding up with the pandemic and the protests, artists painted the town. Dozens blocks of plywood got transformed into an enormous gallery across downtown. I would love to see this happen again (with the businesses open too).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8707-2-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8707-2-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8707-2-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8707-2-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8707-2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8707-2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8707-2-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/08\/IMG_8707-2-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Another surprising fact that emerged is that Latinos, who represent about 25 percent of the city population and are disproportionately poor and sick, accounted for only 2 percent of the heat-related deaths. I wrote <em>Heat Wave<\/em> to make sense of these numbers\u2014to show, for instance, why the Latino Little Village neighborhood had a much lower death rate than African American North Lawndale. Many Chicagoans attributed the disparate death patterns to the ethnic differences among blacks, Latinos, and whites\u2014and local experts made much of the purported Latino \u201cfamily values.\u201d But there\u2019s a social and spatial context that makes close family ties possible. Chicago\u2019s Latinos tend to live in neighborhoods with high population density, busy commercial life in the streets, and vibrant public spaces. Most of the African American neighborhoods with high heat wave death rates had been abandoned\u2014by employers, stores, and residents\u2014in recent decades. The social ecology of abandonment, dispersion, and decay makes systems of social support exceedingly difficult to sustain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course forces of nature played a major role. But these deaths were not an act of God. The authors of an article in the <em>American Journal of Public Health<\/em> said that the most sophisticated climate models \u201cfailed to detect relationships between the weather and mortality that would explain what happened in July 1995 in Chicago.\u201d Hundreds of Chicago residents <em>died alone,<\/em> behind locked doors and sealed windows, out of contact with friends, family, and neighbors, unassisted by public agencies or community groups. There\u2019s nothing natural about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi. I&#8217;m Tarang. Nice to meet you!I&#8217;m a civil engineering major, and I like drawing. Enjoy this random page. It says a lot about me. The self-portrait above is from the figure drawing course I took. If you&#8217;re asking me where I&#8217;m from, that&#8217;s a tough question. 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