that art therapy is effective in treating trauma (Naff, 2014). For decades, art therapy has also been incorporated into substance abuse treatment (Moore, 1983). Research findings suggest art therapy can be instrumental for addressing problems with addiction (Horay, 2006), such as reducing denial (Cox & Price, 1990), increasing self-expression (Moore, 1983), and reducing shame (Johnson, 1990). Art therapy can also help motivate clients to change (Holt & Kaiser, 2009) by moving them into a state…
The 2006 film Blood Diamond, directed by Edward Zwick, promotes this depiction and works to endorse western methodologies, beliefs and ideologies counter to the controversial issue of child soldiers in Africa. The film writers and directors position viewers to agree with dominant interpretations pertaining to child soldiers and their severe loss of innocence. (Play video of boy killing guy without knowing while blind folded) As seen in this extract, the loss of the child’s innocence is…
“Best to remember Mary Pickford as her fans did: Part Eve, part angel, total evangelist for the blooming art of cinema.” Based on the quote by Richard Corliss, Mary Pickford was said to be a natural actress for all types of acting and an admiration to all who have watched her preform over the years. Since Mary Pickford was one of the very first stars of early cinema, she helped show people what movies can really bring to people and that they are not just a simple fad that will go out of style…
outgrow its competitors (The 39 Most Influential). Sam Walton, the entrepreneur who started it all, was able to accomplish success by recognizing the need for low-cost retail stores in America. Born on March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Samuel Moore Walton was the first son of Thomas Walton and Nancy Lee. During the early years of his life, Sam was a good student and…
The world’s fourth most popular sport is a sport of focus, hand-eye coordination, movement, and competition. Tennis has been around since the 12th century, causing it to be extremely ancient. Like any other sport, it has witnessed discrimination against certain groups of people. The game has drastically changed its views and people that were once prejudiced-people of color and women- are topping the charts and adjusting the barriers even more by initiating equal pay and equal rules. The decrease…
the churches to educate the populations, “Charlemagne’s inspiration... Which saved literacy for the West by making diocesan bishops responsible for the provision of elementary education in their churches had long been practiced in the synagogues,” (Moore 140). Charlemagne’s desire to educate the population is definitely considerable evidence behind medieval influence on the modern world, because of public-schools existing around the present-day world. Charlemagne’s idea of educating the public…
in Zürich or Geneva. Monaco has the world’s lowest poverty rate and the highest number of millionaires and billionaires per capita in the world according to the CIA World Factbook. Monaco is packed with celebrities such as former James Bond – Roger Moore, Lewis Hamilton (Current champion of Formula One), Jenson Button (Formula One driver) and Novak Djokovic (Tennis No.1 player in the world).The currency of Monaco is Euro…
Brands have the ability to become more than a logo, more than advertisements and messages that make consumers feel like nothing more than a walking dollar sign. Successful brand building relies on the development of an authentic relationship created between a brand and their consumers. In todays developing society we continue to be manipulated by the culture industry and factory mass production, which in turn creates an attitude of indifference for many towards the fashion and luxury brand…
Documentary Review Documentaries have been around since the 1890’s, with Workers Leaving the Station by Gus and Liere being the first recorded documentary ever made. Now there are documentaries that have been created in the world with a whole range of topics from human life to technology and video games. This review will feature two documentaries that cover about the corruption in the West Indies based on Gangs, drugs and politics. The first one is called Cocaine, Corruption and Murder in…
Experience Machine The theory that pleasure is the only thing worth pursuing; the highest and most important goal in life is derived from Hedonism. The moral of Hedonism explains that pleasure brings happiness, it is good, and that of the opposite brings pain, which is bad. Those that we desire are desirable because it brings us some kind of pleasure (Mill, p. 20). Pleasure comes from an object. Because of this theory Robert Nozick shared with us in his book, the experience machine; a machine…