There are very few young people today who know what careers they want to pursue. A student should never close doors that might lead to something significant, but if she or he has decent grades in art and has sustained interest in art-related activities, a career in art could be the right choice. Co...

There had been difficulties defining art, but as it was defined in general, it is the product of creative human activity in which materials are shaped or selected to convey an idea, emotion, or visually interesting form. Art can't easily be defined as simple as any ordinary object because it implie...

Are We Heading Toward Disaster? Here we are in 1999 in a world that is booming with technological advances. One would have to ask, "How did we come so far in such a short amount of time?" It seems as though it was only yesterday that we were traveling by horse and buggy. Now we travel b...

A Time in History I've been asked before: "What time period in history would you most like to visit and experience the most?" And I would have to stop and wonder where exactly I would want to go. I use to have much trouble in answering this question. There are countless even...

While we as Canadians support our culture in principle, our support for it in practice is an artificial concept; it is an illusion that is intertwined with Canadian pride and a lot of government subsidy. In a country where our citizens are given the freedom to choose, it is sadly noted that many cho...

The Renaissance Courtier was the ideal man. He was very knowledgeable in everything he did. He was muscular and athletic and knowledgeable of all sports, yet he had an appreciation for the arts. He was familiar with all exercises and forms of martial arts. He knew how to use all types of weapons w...

Louis Armstrong is one of the most important jazz musicians and one of the greatest jazz musicians of the world. He is also one of the most influential musicians in the jazz music and its history. He had a special voice which by some people was called a "gravel-voice". The style that he p...