The Dark Side of the Moon

While she is in this decent, Blanche further goes through obstacles such as being raped by her sister’s husband and having her heart broken by her lover. In order to cope with these haunting memories of reality and her past. The song ‘It's only a paper moon’ is sung by Blanche in the bath to deal with reality, from the refrains of “It wouldn’t be make-believe if you believed in me” and “Without your love, it's a honky-tonk parade / Without your love, it's a melody played in a penny arcade”…

Stanley Kubrick’s acclaimed film, 2001: A Space Odyssey opens with a black screen and a haunting overture that spans the length of nearly three minutes. Eventually, the overture fades out, and the audience can see it’s first glimpse of color; a dark blue background surrounding the film studio’s logo before the film’s first act officially begins. The momentary silence created by the ended overture does not last for long. The beginning of the film’s first act is marked by an operatic title…

Painting the Starry Night Perched atop the living room fireplace, a replica of the Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece “The Starry Night” mesmerized my eyes and imagination. Overcoming the limitations of a 20”x30” dark frame, the hills rolled and the clouds swirled, immersing me within its third dimension. Inspired and amazed by power of rendering trivial scene into a creative art work“The Starry Night” , I challenged myself to create artwork as creative as Van Gogh’s, one that was deserving of the…

teeth from the bottom of her mouth had grown also to a point and looked as if they were never cleaned. Her head was nearly bald and the color of her hair was as white as the bright light of the moon. The color of her eyes were abnormal compared to a human's. The part that should have been white was a dark goldish color as the pupils were a crimson blood red color. The worst part was that she didn't even have a human nose, instead she had a nose of a pig that slouched…

Kent Luigi C. Orbeta BM- PIANO II BC 11 Traveler “Take the path that will make you happy”. This quote was always on my mind and I’ve always reflected on it. It was a rainy afternoon and it’s almost six o’clock in the evening, the cloud was very dark, the thunders were clashing like a cymbal and the lightning were flashing like a flash of the camera. I sat on my bed while looking outside the window and listened to the sounds of nature. Suddenly, one of our brothers in the community shouted…

I just woke up from an incredibly vivid dream of Africa. I even had that feeling of freedom, of timelessness, in the dream, which might be the thing I miss most about Africa - that feeling of timelessness. In Kenya I was living in the present moment. I must admit that I was a little depressed to wake up from my dream to find myself back in this house in Orono, Maine. Not that I’m unhappy in my present life, but I still dream, both figuratively and literally, of living a simple existence in…

WORLD, FIRE SURVIVES “Where all was burnt to ash before them no fires were to be had and the nights were long and dark and cold beyond anything they’d yet encountered. Cold to crack the stones. To take your life” (McCarthy 14). Cormac McCarthy writes of an apocalyptic world in The Road. In a world collapsing from an explosion; a man and his son fight to survive with fire on their side. Fire is not only used to give them hope of survival, but also represents their ethics, knowledge, and even…

and everything and to just get along. Christians believe that this is a sign of the coming of Jesus and the showing of the antichrist among the people. Do you ever wonder what it each letter stands for? Let’s find out! C with the star is the crescent moon symbolizing Islam, O is the peace symbol representing the upside down cross (ancient anti-Christian symbol), E represents the feminist movement and promotion of transgender/homosexuality, X is the Star of David, symbol for Judaism, which denies…

Ernie Dingo once said, “Aboriginal achievement is like the dark side of the moon, for it is there but so little is known”. Good evening everyone, it is my privilege today to inaugurate the Australia Day Film Festival. Ernie Dingo’s wise words express the indignation the Aborigines feel for their actions being neglected. This is perfectly highlighted in the two selected films that will assist in the grand opening of the festival. I am honoured today to introduce to you two musical-comedy films,…

By the 5th century BCE, the Greeks knew that there were many different black peoples living in Africa, south of Egypt (Snowden 46, Pomponius 193, Pliny 194). For instance, many lived in the great city center of Meroe, others inhabited both sides of the Nile river, and some lived in the inlands of Libya (Diodorus 189 & Pomponius 193). Relating to geography, another popular belief of the time period was that regions with extreme heat were inferior to those with a temperate climate because of…