When the idea of a personal artistic experience comes to mind, there are a number of things that must be considered. The first thing is the word "art." What is art? One's idea of art can vary greatly according to culture and definition. Art is a form of self-expression that manifests itself by...

Art is an expression of a particular person or group of people. It can have a large effect on culture, as it can be symbolic of current traits, morals, and religious norms. An artist is defined as "a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination."1 That sensitivity and imagination ...

In order to have an opinion regarding the controversial views of an artist and their work, one must come to terms with the meaning of art. Art is abstract, it involves the ordinary and entwining it into a creation of many dimensions. Art is creativity, expression, rebirth, and a state of mind. There...

I can come up with numerous occurrences in my life where I lost track of time, but not the loss of self-consciousness. I would imagine it must take vigorous training to learn this skill of such magnitude. Of course, there are instances when I have become very relaxed where I just think to myself and...

"Language is the blood of the soul..." (Oliver Wendell Holmes). The blood flows through internal and external thought, giving the world insight into the human mind. Language can be found in many forms, including speech, expression, literature, and vocabulary. This art of language shapes the world ...

The Art of Poetry "Ars Poetica" by Vincent Huidobro is an open style poem, which concerns the key elements of a poem, and what emotions should be evoked while reading this type of melodic literature. The poems key theme throughout each and every stanza deals with the type of images the...

Statement of intention: In response to the selection of Australian poems on the theme of art and the artist I am going to write about an artist's need to create art. I will attempt to answer the question of why it is so important for an artist to create, incorporating my interpretation of wha...

In the conversation, Socrates talks about the true forms of things. The idea is that there is such a thing as a true bed, or a true chair, or true virtue, or whatever else. So when an artisan builds a chair, he is building the idea of a chair and not the true chair which exists in the mind of God. G...

The Fearful Symmetry Symmetry is defined as correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line. This definition applies to the abstract geometric shapes and all the man-made objects that are based on the impeccably symmetric geometric model. This kind...

Truth is defined as Honesty: the real state of things: FACT. But how do we know if there is any truth in the world at all today? What if we mistake the actual truth with illusion? I do believe that illusion is necessary in human existence. I believe that without illusion in the world we would ...

E. E. Cummings A New System of Writing Poetry E. E. Cummings created a new system of writing poetry. It is difficult to analyze his style, for he consistently looked for ways to change the meaning of his expression and was known to break the defined rules of grammar. Cummings not only sha...

The Path to a Career A man named Thomas Carlyle once said, ABlessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.@ I couldn=t agree more. In Kindergarten I thought I knew what I wanted to be for the rest of my life. How wrong I was. Over the years my career interests have chan...

The psycological thriller, "the collector", tells the story of a lonely young man who collects butterflies.After winning a substantial amount of money in the lottery, working class Frederick Clegg suddenly finds himself with the time and the money to pursue what he has wanted for some time...

Norman Mailer: Excesses all around One of the giants among mid-20th century American novelists, Norman Mailer has been described in a recent review of his latest book, The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing, as "Aquarius in winter," a not-so-gentle aging of his own 1960s' sobriquet, Aq...

Apocalyptic Wallpaper: A term used to describe the work of modern artists who created and benefited from their works of art without actually committing to them. Such artists protected themselves from any form of attack or criticism by creating works that were vague and did not reveal any part of the...

From my perspective, aikido is not just a martial art; it's also a vigorous path to gaining or regaining one's self discipline. The study and practice of aikido has left some impressions that I have predicted to gain, yet it has also established a few insights that I have never thought I w...

Egypt-lush groves of date palms swaying in the breeze, rolling sand dunes, tawny pyramids shimmering under the desert sun. I have long since had an insatiable longing to visit this land. This week I watched a documentary on the travel channel that only increased the need. I learned many interesting ...

Reflections on "The Things They Carried" Analyzing the story's craftsmanship Tim O'Brien wrote a story that is known as "The Things They Carried." It is a carefully crafted, detailed account of a Lieutenant and his men, the time period being right in the middle of the Vietnam war. In m...

When I stop and think about the word "beauty," everything else along with the idea of beauty comes into mind. Beauty is like the scene where god kisses everything of his creation, including the most disastrous of humans. Like the perfect, even flow of the ocean, beauty is defined by either side ...

A motorcyclist is a doctor; he is a lawyer, a father, mother, son, daughter, or grandparent. A motorcyclist could be a teacher, a student, mechanic, or congressman. But so often they are given the title "biker" without taking the time to look at who they really are. Bikers are often labele...

I must put aside my ego. No matter how special, extraordinary, and unique I'd like to think I am, who I am is really a reflection of many other things put together. Numerous parts of different jigsaw puzzles pieced together to form a new picture. Vital pieces of whose absences would have made anoth...

Nature... Through Song & Writing The concepts of beauty, relaxation and perfection in nature have yet to die. We see the results of inspiration through works of art, music, poetry, and philosophy. Through time, the passion of nature has grown with diversity between all ages, nationalities, and ...

Philosophy to me is understood in many different ways, helping us to pos questions to ourselves, our elders, our educational systems, our way of living. Philosophy is a way to help in understanding history, of why believes are what they are today because of people that asked the questions of why we ...

Tai chi is an alternative medicine that is a form of martial arts. It was founded by the Wu Tang monk Chang San Feng. The legend of how Chang San Feng created tai chi was, by watching a snake and crane fight, he was then inspired by how the snake won by it's graceful and controlled movements. C...

Kevin Garcia Fragmentation and Wholeness Third Paper For thousands of years, man has been at war with his environment. He has been able to separate himself from everything that surrounds him and also fragment each and every aspect of his life. This concept of fragmentation is very widesp...