We grow accustomed to the dark... Darkness is a recurring image in literature that evokes a universal unknown‚ yet is often entrenched in many meanings. A master poet‚ Emily Dickinson employs darkness as a metaphor many times throughout her poetry. In “We grow accustomed to the dark” (#428) she talks of the “newness” that awaits when we “fit our Vision to the Dark.” As enigmatic and shrouded in mystery as the dark she explores‚ Dickinson’s poetry seems our only door to understanding the recluse
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An old woman clutches a tourist’s sleeve and tags along with him. She wants a ’fifty paise coin’. For this she offers to show him ’the horseshoe shrine’. This refersto a legend centred around a horse-shoe shaped depression in a rock about Khandoba‚ the presiding deity at Jejuri‚ who leaped from that rock onto his horse ashe carried his wife with him. This is a legend that the true believer reveres and the sceptic doubts.The tourist moves away as he has seen the shrine already. The old woman ’tightens
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upcoming tour‚ his latest album and finding inspiration Arthur Russell may very well be the greatest musician no one has ever heard and in spite of never formerly releasing an album‚ Russell was equally one of the most hardworking. In fact‚ we are past his untimely death in 1994 and are still listening to “new” reworkings of his music till this very day. “There’s something undeniably special charming and brilliant about [Russell]... What an amazing effect he’s had on the world and musicians and
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Old Age Homes/ Day Care Centres/ Elder Residential Complexes For many older people who don’t have a roof over their heads or a place to call their own‚ HelpAge-supported old age homes & day care centres are safe havens where they can live their lives with dignity and interact with their peers. A rising trend is being noticed among the urban elderly also‚ who move out of their homes and into habitats especially catering to their needs‚ in order to spend their later years in comfort. HelpAge
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PSY 212 April 23‚ 2004 "Old People: Individual Blessing or Societal Disaster?" The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in combination with New Jersey Medical School held a symposium on April 30 dealing with the topic of aging in our American society. One of the sessions on the agenda for the symposium dealt with whether or not aging in our society was a blessing or a disaster. I found the introduction to the presentation to be an interesting article‚ and I can imagine that
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Describe an interesting old person - Who he is - Why you find him interesting - How he helps you - How often you meet him * I have met many old persons in my life. * Many of them have influenced me. * But the one whom I find most interesting is my grandmother. * She is in her late 60s * She is not very tall but very beautiful. * Although she has a wrinkled face but she always wears a warm smile on her lips and a radiant glow on her face
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How would you feel if you spent your whole life always in the dark and never got a chance to see the true light? Would you appreciate it more? Well‚ that is exactly how Emily Dickinson lived her life wondering‚ and dreaming about this “LIGHT” and “DARKNESS”. In her two poems “ Before I got my eye put out” and “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark‚” you get a glimpse of exactly how she pictured this “light and “darkness”‚ it’s not just a physical appearance but metaphorically too. Dickinson seemed to
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Scott Russell Sanders in his essay "looking at Women" has his views shaped by the people he is surrounded by. This trend is apparent even in his early child hood. He continues this trend thru early adulthood. Well into adult hood this trend show it self through his actions‚ and through the quotes that he chooses. Sanders forms his opinions from the opinions of others in this essay‚ and demonstrates thoroughly. Two people‚ the first of which is a friend‚ affect Sanders first realization of sexuality
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Old is Gold “Don’t try to be original; just try to be good‚” a very simple advice from Paul Rand‚ yet a very honest advice for designer-to-be. Paul Rand was one of the inspirational pioneers of modern graphic design. Even if one has not heard of his name‚ he or she must has seen his design works certainly. A few of his well-known logo designs are ABC‚ UPS and IBM. His book‚ “A Designer’s Art” is as influential as he was. It is not only involved aesthetic requirements for graphic designers‚ but
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Old Faithful is a geyser located in Yellowstone National Park‚ Wyoming‚ United States. It is one of 300 geysers in Yellowstone National Park. Old Faithful has a groundwater supply that is heated by a volcano. Old Faithful received its name by being predictable with its eruptions. It received its name by members of the 1870 Washburn Expedition. Old Faith had an average of 91 minutes between eruptions. Old Faithful is thought to be so reliable since it not connected to any other thermal feature
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