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the drums. The song itself tells a story about escaping loneliness by searching for love. The role of music at this point is to act as valued companion since music is found to be really understanding and compassionate (Schafer et al., 2013). The counterpoint of this song is at the chorus “Don’t stop believing”, which conveys that although the current situation might be lonely and hard, the hope and belief that you will someone to love will make it all bearable. In other words, it shows us not to…

One does not have to travel far to know oneself. Travel can be introspective, but being introspective is not a prerequisite for being a travel writer. Authors have created works that fit into the category of travel writing but not into the category of memoir - providing an unbiased, rather than a subjective, account of travel. The question of if a contest should add a travel writing section isn 't a question so much of if they should rather than in what it is that separates travel writing from a…

Introduction Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier were two of the world's leading pioneers in architecture and the most influential European theorists and critics of Modern architecture. Loos' most known writing was "Ornament and Crime," which encouraged the removal of decoration and the use of smooth and clear surfaces, in contrast to the lavish decorations that appeared at that time. His white stripped-down buildings influenced minimal massing in modern architecture and expressed lack of ornamentation…

Chad Lavin approaches “Eating Anxiety: The Perils of Food Politics” from an ontopolitical perspective in an attempt to analyze the relationship between food, personal identity, global inequality, and cultural authenticity (Lavin ix). He uses a fusion of politics, philosophy, and the politics of being a political self, to discuss these. His main question lies in how food functions culturally, politically, and metaphorically to structure individual understandings of the world and autonomy. He…

Sonata in A minor, K. 110 Domenico Scarlatti Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples, Italy, on October 26, 1685. A brilliant musician at an early age, Scarlatti followed in the compositional footsteps of his father, Alessandro Scarlatti. In 1708, Scarlatti moved to Rome to become maestro di cappella to the exiled queen of Poland, Maria Casimira. He later became head of the Cappella Giulia, the choir of St. Peter’s Basilica that sings for all solemn functions of the Vatican. While in Rome,…

Hans Urs von Balthasar was a Swiss theologian born in Lucerne to a well-established family. Von Balthasar joined the Society of Jesus in 1929 upon the completion of his dissertation. At the leading of Henri de Lubac, von Balthasar studied Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Maximus the Confessor where he discovered a hope for the salvation of the world. During his time as a chaplain in Basle, von Balthasar met the protestant theologian Karl Barth, who would go on to become close friend and major…

religious ideas. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He was born in Eisenach into a great musical family and moved to Leipzig in 1723. He is extremely known for his German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmony, motivic development, use of rhythm, forms, and textures. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions --- St John (which will be the example I will base on later…

From the moment the nurse in the delivery room states those three words, “It’s a girl,” the limitations that come from being a girl begin. For most people, the simple fact of being a girl throws you into a specific category, which includes the limitations. These limitations decide how women act, who they should be, and what kind of rights they are entitled to. Women in history act out to establish their place, to fulfill a larger purpose, or defeat an oppressive body. If you cut out weeds but do…

Different foods take a different amount of time to grow. Some may take months, and some may take years to develop, but they all eventually produce the needed resources. When Gregor Mendel discovered genes, a world of possible uses appeared. Breeders learned that selecting certain traits from the ‘parents’ would produce a more appealing meal item. Scientists could also inject the certain genes into the subject to create the better food, whether it be plant or animal. These small changes in the…

I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: As hard as it may be for some of us, I would like all of you to imagine yourself not being able to walk and you are barely able to breath, let alone speak along with not being able to eat, severe weight loss and muscle fatigue. You are in such unbearable pain and you cry out for help but no one seems to listen. You are beginning to feel like a burden on your family acquiring all these medical bills putting them further in debt. You’ve been in the hospital for…