The Bare Necessities

Vulnerability empowers the Mind While you are accepting of yourself at your most vulnerable moments, you are able to find yourself and better cope. Coping with anything can be a long grievance that mentally and physically drains you. By finding outlets for yourself and putting determination to the test, it can be a complete turn around, impacting your life through many ways unexpected. Discovering that extra ounce of willpower, establishing your strength of character, and finding your…

soldiers, soldiers at war, within the first couple of pages. Each and every soldier carries weapons, gear, and necessities with them. Soon to be discovered, each and every soldier also carries with them a story. Some stories simply about what they had for breakfast while other stories are complex and challenging, calling out to be determined if true or not. The art of storytelling goes down to the bare essence of what humans are. Humans are sociable creatures, passing down information generation…

Throughout the world, there are different nations that face major issues in terms of income distribution throughout the country. Specifically, India has been plagued with a severe wage gap between the urban and rural sector of the nation. There is a variety of factors that play a role in a lack of income distribution; but what is most important is the fact that it displays a troubling economy and proves that while a nation may appear wealthy, the standard of living for the majority may be…

I was born in a communist country, a country where the government controls everything. They control what jobs citizens will have, to how many kids and to what gender they are allowed to have. This is where my journey begins. My mother has always wanted a little girl, she tried for years but only had boys; after the fourth boy she decided to apply for adoption and adopt a little girl from the states. The social worker tried to arrange an adoption, but complications arose. My family didn’t quite…

As Stephen’s journey follows the structure of the path to experiencing a true epiphany as defined by Aristotle, he also follows Plato’s concept and explanation for experiencing true beauty, which substantiates his struggle as divinely-given. Plato’s explanation outlines how one’s madness and confusion is significant for experiencing true beauty, if divinely given. Stephen’s buildup of events eventually enables him to experience the ultimate beauty by the end of the novel and prove that his…

the need to improve their technology- instead- they relied and focused on the education of arts, politics, and law. Due to their dependence on slaves, their technology skills were not up to par with surrounding civilizations and only upgraded to the bare minimum, only truly focusing on what they considered worth it, for example; roads for easy transport of trade and aqueducts for water. The Han Dynasty started in 202 B.C.E. after the collapse of the Qin dynasty and The Han claimed the mandate of…

As I went to bid farewell to my parents they asked me, “What is your plan?” To which I responded, “I don’t have a plan, I am just going to work things out.” They tried to persuade me that I shouldn’t leave, but I was adamant that I needed to start a new chapter in my life. “Why do you want to go backwards?” was a question they both asked me, and one I couldn’t answer. I had already made up my mind. By choice I left behind a life of comfort with only a backpack and a suitcase. It was…

“Give me a chance,” Xavier (Patrick Stewart) begged to Logan (Hugh Jackman) way back in Bryan Singer’s X-Men. “I might be able to help you find some answers.” And to paraphrase famous songwriter Bob Dylan, things have drastically changed. Since that has happened, comic book movies have taken over the movie screens. It’s an uglier world with uglier heroes and uglier villains, and “Logan” is the product of that world. All of those years and feelings together form the latest installment of Fox’s…

Imagine yourself scaling a 500ft sheer rock wall with nothing holding you to the wall but your bare hands. It is understandable that a person may be put in this situation out of necessity and common sense dictates the only time you would perform this feat would be when necessary to preserve your life or that of a loved one. Then consider Dan Osman performing this same action just for the rush of adrenaline. Does this make him crazy? I definitely believe that a person taking such unnecessary…

Inspired by a young girl’s journey between two cultures, choreographer Stephen Page alongside the Bangarra Dance Theatre Company has recreated the story of Mathinna and effectively demonstrated how British settlers removed Aboriginal people from their home land and intervened in their cultural practices (Task Sheet 2015). This modern adaptation by Bangarra focuses on the themes of cultural environmental and social disruptions as British Settlers enforced western systems and values onto the…