"Look, if you think about it, it's not crazy...Bring in a girl...No war here." (93) And that is exactly what the soldiers did in Tim O'Brien's book, "The Things They Carried", they brought the 'gentler sex' into their violent world. Women are introduce...

I feel that using the mother as a model in meditation fascinating because one can Personalize their own experience by visualizing his/her own mother and in effect, associate inner emotion & raw compassion for the one who created and protected them. I also thought that the realization of immens...

Money changes everything; Anton Chekhov demonstrates that the mere thought of money can severely impact a personal relationship in his short story, "The Lottery Ticket." An older couple with a family holds what could be a winning lottery ticket, but resists checking the numbers while they daydre...

Many soldiers understand that their particular occupation means that a time could come when they would have to give up their life for their country. The thoughts of one particular soldier are provided in the poem, "Naming of Parts" by Henry Reed. As the instructor lectures his soldiers a...

When we think of great poets and writers there are so many names that we hear mentioned over and over, one of those being that of William Blake. Blake was not only a lover of fine arts such as painting, sketching, engraving, and poetry; he was a creator of these things as well. Blake's poetry...

Who do you believe to be the three major artists and designers who are shaping the discipline you are interested in pursuing or who have influenced you? These should be individuals who have brought relevance to the world or to you in some social, political, emotional, economic, or other meaningful c...