Mid-Autumn Festival

As the holiday season is in full swing, the weather naturally gets changes. The leaves change colors and eventually fall off. The temperature of the warm summer night breeze dramatically changes to a brisk chill and frosty air. As the weather gets colder, women get excited about transitioning out of their summer dresses into fall and winter blazers and scarfs. Fall fashion is fun for many women because they love the fall colors. Maroons, deep purples, royal blues, mustard yellow and navy green…

drug abuse at Australian music festivals is educating the music festival volunteers/staff members as well as the attendees on the different types of drugs that is out there, how to properly consume it and its effect on the human body. Major organizations that aid in providing public health include the environmental health practitioners (EHP), local government authorities (LGA) as well as volunteer organizations which provide volunteering staff members at music festivals. Their aim is providing…

Many people find themselves misinformed regarding what exactly happened to the hippies of the late 60’s and 70’s. The belief that the psyconautical, tie-dye sporting, van-driving, happy-go-lucky counterculture has hence been disbanded is a common misconception. All that has occurred is the divergent evolution of a community. More clearly, for the predecessor breed, some did stay loyal to the soft, spacey, feel-good rock of the era like “The Grateful Dead,” and Jimi Hendrix. Then with the turn…

It all started on an Autumn afternoon back in 2012, when my beloved mother told me that she decided that it was best for me, my sister and her to move to U.S.A. Don’t get me wrong, since I was a little girl, I wanted to travel the world, I wanted to experience new things, meet new people, talk different languages. But not at twelve. I wanted to stay in Barranquilla, Colombia; I wanted to stay with my culture, my traditions, my family and everything that I was accustomed to. However I was only…

An autumn afternoon, a watercolor sunset streaked muted pastel shades across the sky. It was a bitingly cold chill that belonged to winter. My eyes were focused on the Manhattan skyline, a beautifully grotesque thing. Nature, half obscured by looming manmade structures. I wasn 't sure what was uglier. What an outlandish thought, to find nature so unnerving. I had been so preoccupied by my own devices that I hadn 't noticed a small girl on a crumbling concrete stoop, her eyes intently focused on…

Kathy McCurry Kathy McCurry is a recent polymer convert. Her journey started a couple of years ago when a job loss left her with some free time as she gathered and researched other opportunities. As it happened, she had relocated for the job she lost, so she was alone in a strange town. She did, however, have a long-forgotten box of beads. In that box were some glass pendants she purchased while in China. Those pendants got her interested in making jewelry, which sent her onto a hunt on the…

Thesis Statement: The Woodstock music festival in 1969 had made a mark in America history about sex, drugs, and the impressed amounts of people who came to the event as well as the debt the creators got afterwards in three days. Time went by, an other big music festival was born in 1999 and named Coachella which is about live music of famous bands and artworks. People nowadays still affirm that Coachella is an event that was original from Woodstock and represents the same values. However, some…

role model I got to meet is Emilie Autumn, a baroque/gothic pianist, violinist, and singer-songwriter. And probably most importantly, the main reason that I did not commit suicide freshman year. She indirectly taught me to be confident, stand up for myself, to fearlessly be myself, and that it was okay to be mentally ill. Through her lyrics and writing, she helped me get out of my depressive, suicidal episode and finally be happy. When I found out that Emilie Autumn was hosting a high tea…

Victor Hugo once said, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent” (Hugo). Music is not simply an art form, for music can be seen as a basic function in human existence, providing the necessities needed to survive (Yagelski & Miller). For instance, music is recommended to promote quality health and entertainment. According to Brenda Griffin, music is truly remarkable in that it unites all people; when one listens to music, he or she shares a connection…

Ever since I was a little girl, my dad instilled in me the importance of good music. We used to listen to Guns N’ Roses, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nirvana, and many more. This music impacted my life and influenced me to be open-minded, care-free, and creative. This anecdote sparks some curiosity; am I the only one affected by music and art? A larger question would be whether or not music and art have affected society as a whole throughout history. Many studies have been conducted by…