Muse

She lays on me, painting my chest with her ebony hair. With each of my breathes her head rises and falls, it must of been the the simple rhythm that sent her to sleep. I have not known her long, or even know her middle name, but as I hold her delicate frame, a thousand thoughts go through my head. I think about how she feels under my hands, how her comforting warmth radiates to them. I think about how much I want her, yet love her at the same time. But in my thoughts I forget, I get so caught up…

This type of recollection is dangerous because it changes the original message and moral of the tale, and more specifically, exploits the story to work as another muse to spread Disney’s ideas to its young consumers. Today, Disney is accounted as one of the leading influencers of contemporary society and a major benefactor within popular culture, however this simply means that the 21th century is continuing to adopt…

The world described by Hesiod in the Works and Days is different from the heroic world described by Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey. These world differ in many different ways from each other in the aspect of realism. The descriptions in the Works and Days is a world that is close to Greek life and doesn’t exaggerate many aspects while the Iliad and the Odyssey are books that exaggerate heroes and warriors and wars throughout the story. There are a lot of major differences between the books…

appropriately and now they are treated poorly. She talked about wanting to open a natural philosophy school, but she couldn’t because she was a woman: “Were it allowable for our sex, I might set up my own school of natural philosophy. … For thought the muses [and] Graces … are all of the female gender, yet they were more esteemed in the former ages, than they are now.” (doc. 9). During this time period many political, or natural, philosophers pioneered the boundaries of the power of the church…

The statement ‘relationships can teach us about ourselves, thereby helping us to grow as individuals can be justified to be and true in that romantic relationships can act as a catalyst for individuals to mature in regards to their behaviour in relationships and in their understanding of themselves. Two texts which explore this concept are Overcoming Love addiction (article) and 500 days of Summer (Film). The texts utilise their plot lines and a variety of stylistic techniques to demonstrate…

Sunday morning, we went to the catholic church of the Newman Center located at 472 North Pleasant Street which is about one hundred meters away from our dormitory. After breakfast, we walked for about five minutes, and saw the entrance of the building. There is a sculpture on the top of the entrance of the building. Many people came from different direction keep entered. Most of the people are old people, and there are also some students, families with children here. When we came in, a father in…

Chris Millican Dr. Henrichs Essay 1 Sobchack and Malone have written essay that aim to show how violence has an impact on who we are, and the people we aim to be. Both authors have their muses, Sobchack uses media as hers, while Malone uses the city of Detroit. Both Sobchack and Malone aim to show that violence through these many outlets have an impact on who we are and what we are to become; they strive to change the way we perceive violence and hope for a social revolution. Sobchack writes…

Feeling negligent in creative endeavors, I have often wondered about creativity, where does it come from, and how is it developed? These questions are what author and speaker Amy Tan muses over in her discourse entitled “Where does Creativity Hide?” I find her perspective both intriguing and provocative, appreciating much of what she has to say, while disagreeing on occasion as well. Amy Tan (2008) begins by considering three facets that develop creativity in individuals. The first aspect is…

It is widely believed that creative and media organisations should loosely control employees during the creative production process by offering them a certain level of creative autonomy, but the these organisations should tightly monitor and manage the distribution and reproduction process of creative products (Hesmondhalgh, 2009). Recently, academic interest in cultural work and creative labour has increased, but the concept of creative autonomy remains largely dependent on the images of…

Harry Partch has undoubtedly always followed his own muse when it came to music. Whether it be thinking outside of the box in creating a new music scale or inventing new instruments. Partch is best known for his philosophy of music. He views music as having two “givens”, but his most famous theory is that music is separated into two independant and distinct poles: there is abstract and there is corporeal. According to Partch, music whether it is “good” or “bad” has two God-given aspects. The…