My trip to the Museum of Fine arts brought me to John Singer Sargent’s “Daughters of Edward Darley Boit” (1882). The room devoted to Sargent caught my eye with its beautiful poised portraits of mostly sisters‚ wives‚ and daughters. He seemed to enjoy capturing family relationships. Coming across this particular painting‚ I noticed its differences from the rest of the gallery. This was intended to be a family portrait of Boit’s four young daughters‚ however it became an interpretation of what Sargent
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When people think of meditation they tend to think of tree-hugging hippies and people sitting in a circle humming. There is so much more to meditation and how it can benefit one’s life. People have been practicing Meditation for thousands of years‚ but it was not until a few hundred years ago that people started practicing it for reasons other than religion. Two of the most commonly practiced forms of meditation are mindfulness meditation and concentration meditation. Meditation is commonly practiced
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The British novelist and egyptologist Amelia Edwards once said‚ “Were I asked to define it‚ I should reply that archeology is that science which enables us to register and classify our knowledge of the sum of man’s achievements in those arts and handicrafts whereby he has‚ in time past‚ signalized his passage from barbarism to civilization.” To put that in simpler words‚ Amelia means to say that archeology is the study and understandings of our past ancestors‚ who have grown to modern civilizations
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Descartes’ First Meditation attempts to prove that everything can be called into doubt. However‚ his Cogito argument in his Second Meditation is successful in proving that we can know at least one thing for certain. In his First Meditations‚ Descartes begins a quest to establish a firm foundation for philosophy. To do this‚ he must demolish his opinions and start with a clean state. Descartes attempts to undermine the foundation behind all of his beliefs. He believes that if something can be doubted
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In this painting “Nighthawks”‚ by Edward Hopper‚ there is 4 people‚ 3 men and a woman. It looks like there is one man alone and a couple. What this painting literally depicts for me is a lonely man and a couple stop by late at night for maybe a cup of tea‚ or some sort or beverage‚ maybe even to clear their minds a little or something troubling has happened. The couple does not seem to be married but more in an affair. The man by himself seems to be troubled and came to clear his mind. The town is
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The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation and Adult Coloring on Anxiety and Mood Over the 20th century Americans have experienced a surge in levels of anxiety and neuroticism (Twenge‚ 2000). These phenomena are particularly well documented among college students. Specifically‚ a meta-analysis of college students found a strong correlation between self-reported anxiety and time‚ such that students in the late 20th century were much more anxious than students in the mid 20th century (Twenge‚ 2000)
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Often times‚ an individual can be defined as an environmentalist or a people-first critic. Saving the environment is the environmentalist’s ultimate goal‚ while the people-first critics look more to the human aspect of everything. Scientist Edward O. Wilson satirizes the language of the two groups‚ and how unproductive their discussions are‚ through the use of hyperboles‚ insulting and stereotypical diction‚ and a created sense of situational irony. Wilson’s hyperboles exemplify how little is
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While visiting family in Boston for the weekend‚ I returned to the Museum of Fine Arts. I came upon another of John Singer Sargent’s works‚ Daughters of Edward Darley Boit. The composition of the painting intrigued me; and so I have chosen to write about the piece. This painting of four girls in an elegant room and doorway of what I presume to be their home‚ is a very posed‚ stagnant depiction. Three of the girls appear to be staring blankly at the painter‚ while one stands facing to the side
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A contemporary scientist‚ Edward O. Wilson‚ writes two argumentative passages‚ and places them next to each other to prove a major point. In these passages Wilson satirizes the language of two groups that are on two opposite sides when it comes to the environment. He makes these passages plum silly looking‚ just as two kids would fight over who receives the largest glass of milk. Wilson uses invective language as a satirical element in his two passages. The People-First Critics call the Environmentalists
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Taylor Stephan Section 2 Exam “States” 1. Edward Said emphasizes the scattered‚ alienated nature of the Palestinian people. In my opinion‚ Said clearly displays that it is unfair to ask “What is it you Palestinians want?”. Palestine‚ once recognized as a country and a community‚ is now shattered into a plethora of pieces. These pieces‚ or people each with memories and experiences‚ were sprinkled all across the world. It would seem impossible to share national pride when one’s country does
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