The Bluest Eye

“Even you don’t know a thing about my lovers.” “Pretty sure a know a little bit about some of them…” Damon blows out a breath, obviously dismissing everything. Alaric yanks his jeans back into place, and sits properly, holding Damon’s eye. “You’ve never had an actual relationship have you?” The look on his friends face would be comical, if Ric weren’t so tied up in his current line of thought. “Hello? Lovelorn vampire here, I’m like the poster boy for failed relationships, so clearly…

ways and forms. Beauty is seen in different perspectives based on Identity, status, and culture. Although people view beauty as ones outwards appearance and appeal, true beauty can lie within and can take on many different forms. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”; a saying which first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. This well-known saying implies that everyone has their own definition and recognition of beauty. What is seen as amazing to one person might be the complete opposite…

In his essay “What Faith Is”, philosophical theologian Paul Tillich discusses humans and their “ultimate concerns”. These concerns demand a person’s whole being and life, requiring total surrender in order to achieve total fulfillment. They are acts of personality, centered by the human mind, both conscious and unconscious. A true ultimate concern involves the self, whereas a false concern involves an object. Considering Tillich’s definition, I find that there are several values and lessons that…

Welcome to Gravity Falls! The weird town in Oregon where mysterious supernatural activity seems to be lurking around every corner. Nobody knows if this is where big foot, sea monsters, or even preserved dinosaurs reside but one thing 's for sure, there 's something hidden underneath the surface of the Mystery Shack and the Pines twins are about to figure out what it 's all about. Mabel and Dipper Pines are a pair of twelve year old mystery solving twins who are short and share thick light brown…

harmed by products. But the big question is, that is sometimes overlooked is, is it ethical? The answer to that is no. With animal testing, animals are forced to digest cleaning products, inhale toxic fumes, forced to have harsh chemicals put in their eyes several times, and forced to mutilated while still alive to see their reactions (ProCon.org). Animals are forced to suffer for hours, days, and years until their…

bara’s piece titled Long Pond: Daylight is an oil based landscape that displays a scenic forest along a contrasting waterfront. LaPalombara created this piece in 2016 and it is currently on display in the Kennedy Museum along with several other landscapes of his: Long Run and Long Pond Shoreline. In Long Pond: Daylight LaPalombara successfully manipulates color and depth to portray a realistic, picturesque experience. The overall color scheme of the piece contains an analogous color scheme based…

Richard Misrach is an American contemporary photographer that focused mostly on landscape photography. One of his main goals was to capture the effects of the society on nature. (Artnet) Misrach’s work consists mostly of nature and landscapes. His photo I have selected is of the aftermaths of a forest fire at Yosemite. It is unknown weather the fire was man made or from natural causes but it does make one think of the effects they might be having on this gorgeous earth. Misrach’s Yosemite (Burnt…

such as sleep, state of consciousness, reinforcement, digital eye strain, and life development. These aspects have a huge impact throughout a human’s life and this class makes me realize how important they are. As being a college student you need a lot sleep to have…

In this scene, the couple had a ‘turn taking’ eye contact. Hall (1966) states “There is noticeable feedback from the muscles that control [their] eyes” (p. 119). This feedback helps the couple to know when to speak so that a smooth transition can take place between their voices in the disagreement. There is a point in the interaction where the couple had their eyes fixed on each other. This means that the couple is paying particular attention to the muscles…

surrounding tissues and how they change with aging and disease. LC has been investigated using a variety of methods, including histologic section,4,5 detergent digestion of surrounding tissues6,7 and finite element modeling.8,9 In human glaucomatous eyes, LC alterations may include posterior deformation,7,10 compression and thinning,10,11 molecular changes in astrocytes and other glial cells,12,13 laminar beam and pore size alterations14 and posterior migration of both the anterior and…