BEATRICE WOOD Beatrice Wood (1893-1998) is known both for her shimmering pots and her long‚ extraordinary life. Although intrigued by the arts from an early age‚ Wood was 40 years old by the time she began experimenting with ceramics and found her true vocation. Before discovering her love for clay‚ Wood had forays into painting‚ drawing‚ writing‚ and theatre. Involved in everything from Vaudeville to Dada‚ she spent her youth searching for the right outlet for her artistic and creative energies
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AP Comp 2 December 2013 Last Child in the Woods Nature is full of beautiful sites that people enjoy seeing. If the outdoors is so amazing then why do children tend to stay inside instead of going outside? Today’s children enjoy playing video games more than going out running in the forest because it brings them more excitement. Some children don’t like getting their hands dirty‚ so they like video games more than the outdoors. There are many beautiful things to see outside rather than that plain
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Considering that technological advancements are controlling of the modern world‚ the disinterest in nature is developing a society surrounded by “synthetic nature.” Last Child in the Woods‚ the luddite novel‚ forces the populous to reexamine their lives‚ which are being taken over by the latest techno craze. Through the use of anecdote‚ hypothetical situation‚ and rhetorical question‚ Richard Louv asserts the disconnect between people and nature. With an anecdote from his friend‚ Louv illustrates
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I find the snowy owl to be quite an interesting animal. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia‚ the phylum Chordata‚ the class Aves‚ the order Strigiformes‚ the family Strigidae‚ the genus Nyctea‚ and the species Sandiaca along with boobooks‚ screeching owls‚ and earless owls. With a height reaching up to 27 inches and a weight of 4 to 6 pounds‚ the snowy owl has a reputation as one of the biggest owls in the Arctic. Its wingspan can spread out anywhere from 45-60 inches. Most people are familiar with
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Hala Darayyad ENG 242 Essay #2 7 November 2016 A Journey through Contemplation In the poem‚ “A Summer’s Evening Meditation”‚ Anna Barbuald uses rich imagery to depict a unique journey across the universe through the use of contemplation‚ the desire to know and questions that sparks the speaker’s curiosity. The desire that we as humans have to know is the aspect of what this poem highlights. Barbuald allows the speaker to contemplate through the creation of God to find that inner peace and strengthen
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Brooker MEMORANDUM To: Manager of Snowy Ridge Ski Resort From: Kate Smith‚ Chief Accountant for Recreational Properties‚ Inc. Date: October 27‚ 2010 RE: Fair Value Assessment The subsequent valuations are consistent with the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards no. 157‚ defined as “the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.” Snowy Ridge Ski Resort was acquired on
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Theme is a quality in a book that determines how well it flows. If a theme is presented throughout a book‚ it helps the book be more consistent and help tie it all together. In Pictures of Hollis Woods‚ belonging is the most important theme‚ and it is shown in many places throughout the book. When Hollis feels like she belongs‚ she shows the people around her a different‚ and much more real side of her personality. When she met the Reagans’‚ the first foster parents that she felt she belonged with
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her life (Covintree). As Kenyon observes the light at the end of the day “shin[ing] through chinks in the barn”(2) she realizes the beauty of insignificant moments (Harris). Listening to the sound of a cricket’s voice and a women knitting in the evening‚ Kenyon acknowledges the importance and role of the “animate and inanimate” in the natural cycle (Milne‚ 126). When “the fox go[es] back to its sandy den”(10)‚ he awaits “the miracle of restoration that is sleep” (Peseroff 189)‚ which can comfort
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Embodied energy is part of Life Cycle Analysis‚ which follows the product’s environmental impact from raw material extraction all the way through its use and its ultimate disposal or reuse” (KEN 2008). The embodied energy of the hardwood flooring life-cycle is based on the flowing parts‚ the raw materials acquisition‚ the manufacturing‚ processing‚ transportation‚ recycle and waster management. The primary raw material of the hardwood flooring is the wood from angiosperm trees. There are many
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Literary Analysis Essay Linde Betsens Thomas Van Der Goten‚ Els Schoonjans‚ Joanna Britton English Language and Textual Proficiency III 23 April 2014 Imagination and Biblical themes in William Blake’s poem “To The Evening Star” Some say that imagination has no boundaries‚ but in fact it does and this concept preoccupied William Blake. Blake – an English poet‚ engraver and mystic of the late 18th century – believed that imagination is “the body of God” (Frye et al. 50). Thus it is not surprising
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