Yin and yang

stagnation with race and class progression even as after the successful movements of the Civil Rights. Nikolai also wanted to have us look at blue collar workers and white collar workers not as lower class and upper class careers but as a type of Yin-Yang because both types of workers depends on one another and one cannot exist without the other. This correlates with the artisitic term value because the relationship between lightness and darkness changes when you go left to right or vice versa.…

As human beings, we have the ability to create anything we can imagine because of our fingers and thumbs. We are extraordinary beings, making a life for ourselves by working our way to the top. We can make, extend, and terminate life, we can make amazing sculptures and machines, and we can live life the way we want it to, if we work hard enough. Hands make us who we are and my visual rhetoric is about the importance of hands. I chose this topic because of the diverse aspects of it; the different…

International trade is an important part of today’s economics. Everything we use today from our phones, our cars, our clothes and even the food we eat is because of international trade. America is dependent on global trade; in fact they are the world’s second largest importer. Main imports are: capital goods, which is 29% and consumer goods that is 26% (tradingeconomics.com). Trade is extremely important in The United States. Imports in the US reached an all-time high of 240524 USD Million in…

In the midst of world-wide depression and backlash of WWI , the German economy was at an all-time low, with records of unemployment reaching 30%. The value of money was decreasing due to inflation while the price of food soared to unimaginable numbers , families lost their homes, and a countless number of people died to hunger. Wherever you look it would seem that the world would never get better, but in every situation people look for hope, peace, and a strong threshold to hold onto. The German…

I chose to dissect “Apples and Water”, because as we discovered in last week’s discussion, it can have many different meanings. Consequently, after reading it at a slightly more surface level, I arrived at a more war-driven and less interpersonal interpretation. No matter the meaning a person arrives at, one of the key elements of this work is the hardships of the war. This poem also speaks of the juxtaposition of a youth’s innocence and hopefulness surrounding war and that of more experienced…

“In the black, there is some white. In the wrong, there is some right. In the dark, there is some light. In the blind, there is some sight.” Yin-Yang, Abhinyana. In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, taking place in Salem, Massachusetts 1692, Abigail Williams along with many other girls claimed to have been possessed by the devil accusing many citizens of witchcraft. John Proctor 's wife Elizabeth was one of the accused. After Proctor cheated on his wife with Abigail Williams, he is portrayed as…

route like the Samana, for that reason Siddhartha rejected his teaching. Siddhartha realized that enlightenment cannot be achieve by neglecting the Self. The removal of life's suffering broke a unity for Siddhartha, he believes you must balance the yin and yang. A life of salvation doesn't bring knowledge for those who thirst for it (Siddhartha), it can only reconcile suffering to bring happiness in the mist of religion. Gotama showed no promises for Siddhartha to find enlightenment, hearing the…

A relaxing day at the nail shop quickly turned into an interview session as I began to talk to Tsu Chong. I didn’t have intentions on using her as my interview but, I thought it would be a great idea since I would be there for a while. With her permission she agreed to let me interview her & I let her know I would be writing a paper about her she was thrilled. Tsu originated from Asia, she grew up in Vietnam majority of her childhood and young adult life. She really helped me visualize what it…

Feng Shui is a practice derived from the Chinese and has been practiced for thousands of years. The term Feng means wind Shui means water. In fact, it was developed over a 4,000-year period because the Chinese people wanted a principle to ensure their homes and especially their tombs (“What is Feng Shui?”). In Chinese culture wind and water represent good health. Therefore, Feng Shui is a process by which one arranges his or her environment in order to allow positive energy or “chi” to flow…

Therefore, the emperor of Han increasingly realized the importance of Confucianism towards the feudal country, realizing that Confucianism’s ideology of hierarchy, the thought of supreme monarch and the benevolent governing thought were the necessary theories for the feudal dynasty to consolidate its rule and national stability. Also, the ideology of Confucianism was such political ideas that were especially suitable for the need of restoring the economy at the beginning of the Han Dynasty.…