Peony

bird’s beak, are in front of her chariot. All the figures are inside a circle with lucid ganoderma-like auspicious clouds in the background, resembling the Celestial Court in the sky. At the bottom of the artwork outside the circle are two Chinese peonies, symbolizing propitiousness and happiness. The combination of a circle within a rectangular table screen is reminiscent of the “round sky and square earth”, which is an ancient basic concept of Chinese geography first proposed at least two…

“And in some perfumes there is more delight / Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks”, once wrote Shakespeare. Elizabeth Bishop wrote in 1946, “And the pink swim-bladder / like a big peony.” Both of these quotations from two very different poems are doing the same thing, describing the subject in admiration. That is difficult to comprehend, considering the first quote sounds like it was meant to humiliate, and the latter appears to be calling a bladder a flower. Although Shakespeare…

Piece #1 - Reflection June 3rd had been a horrible, miserable day. The humidity was thick and sweat slowly trickled down my legs in beads. I remember feeling anxious in the pit of my gut; a feeling that I was not accustomed to. I remember I was watching the pitter-patter of the rain dancing along the bus windows when I first saw her. I had watched the gloomy atmosphere immediately change as she stepped onto the bus. Her smile had glowed and her presence had illuminated the bus. Her rosy cheeks…

fell asleep. The next day we set of early and we ate a short breakfast and I hugged my mother bye and me and my father set of down the dirt rode during our travel we seen grape farms,orchards,and pastures. The smells range from sweet blossoming of a peonies to manure on a pasture. By late afternoon we reach the city and was on time to board Le Romano I said my farewell and hugged my dad bye I could see the tears glistening in his eyes. I boarded Le Romano and I was glad not to be steerage but…

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Museum Visit Minneapolis Institute of Arts is a fine art museum that has at least 3 000 different works of art from different parts of the world. The museum started in 1883, initially; it was, identified as Minneapolis Institute of Arts before changing to its current name. MIA is, situated on an eight acres piece of land at Whitter in Minnesota on a campus. The museum is government funded institute and does not charge an entrance fee for patrons. Researchers and…

In one story, Peony Pavilion, tells of a girl who dreamed of a young scholar who she was forbidden to see; she dies and appears to him in his dreams asking him to go to her grave and open her coffin, when he does she is alive and the story ends with the scholar coming…

Leez Everyone is running out of time, I’m drowning in it. I cut myself and feel the bright red seconds bloom into peonies. I glare at the clock and the hours shatter at my side into a million nothings. Everyone moves on, everything moves on. Mocking me, while I’m stuck inside the walls of claustrophobia. It’s been six years since I’ve been fixed in the same position, the same room. Two thousand, nine hundred and ninety days, three million, one hundred and fifty three thousand, six hundred…

D.J. Towns Mr. Homo Class Period 1 2018 March 7 Hard Life: It was the best of times; it was the worst of times Throughout the time period of one's life, there may be, ordinarily, a discovered issue with money and financial situations. Consequently, you may find these types of issues with yourself or maybe even someone that you know. Charles Dickens himself had financial issues all throughout his childhood, resulting in a childhood that would not be as enjoyable as mine or yours today. During…

Table of contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The Victorian Era 3 Chapter 2. Tess, the tragedy of an unfair existence…

UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRAŞOV FACULTATEA DE LITERE PROGRAMUL DE STUDII UNIVERSITARE DE MASTERAT: Studii Lingvistice pentru Comunicare Interculturală Forma de învăţământ: Zi DISERTAŢIE Absolventă: Bușe Ionela Monalisa Coordonator: Lect. univ. dr. Sibișan Aura Braşov 2015 TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV FACULTY…