Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Der Gestürzte, Plaster, 1915/6Hi everyone, thanks for coming to my blog. 囧rz is a blog created for my ART Appreciation 010–0103 GJ5 class. Every week, I will post my blog assignment given by my art appreciation class. Most of the assignments are reflective in nature and help me to explore art in various ways and help to improve my written language skills.
囧 (Mandarin Chinese Pinyin: jiong3; Cantonese Chinese: Ggwing2) is a Chinese character officially meaning a "patterned window" or "as bright as the light peering from outside the window". Nowadays, The character is now rarely used on the Internet as an ideographic emoticon representing a range of moods, as it resembles a person's face. It is commonly used to express ideas or feelings such as annoyance, shock, embarrassment, awkwardness or scorn. When the character is used in conjunction with orz, OTZ or its other variants to form "囧rz", representing a person on their hands and knees (Jiong forming the face, while r and z represent arms and legs respectively) and symbolising despair or failure. Sometimes, Orz is associated with the phrase "nice guy"—that is, the concept of males being rejected for a date by girls...
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