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Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 and passed away in 1954, at the age of 47. Throughout her life she had many struggles and health problems; she had polio at the age of 6, almost died at the age of 18 in a traffic accident, and at the age of 25, suffered from a horrific abortion. Her husband Diego Rivera cheated on her three years later with her sister leaving her heartbroken and divorced for two years until they remarried with a dis harmonised marriage. At the age of 37 Kahlo began experiencing a…

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reincarnation or rebirth. The former is a narrative film whereas the latter is an art video. The Reflecting Pool, a 7-minute art video by Bill Viola, is influenced by his interest in Western and Eastern art, philosophies and religious views such as Zen Buddhism and Christian practices. The use of religious ideology gives the video a sense of the supernatural and the mystic. He also often employs innovative technologies and finds new methods to direct his audiences’ views. Released twenty-one…

Okinawa, The Island of War and Peace About seven hundred miles south-west of mainland Japan sits the culturally and historically diverse Island of Okinawa (source). The people of Okinawa live a well- balanced and healthy lifestyle and are known for their long lifespans. Okinawa was the sight of “the bloodiest battle in the Pacific” (History) and was under U.S. control for 20 years before being returned to Japan in 1972 (History of Okinawa). Okinawa is now home to 34 U.S. military bases and…

Generally speaking, most people associate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with military personnel and war veterans. However, more and more frequently, traumatic stress syndromes are associated with extraordinary traumas such as travel accidents (plane, car, train, etc.), workplace accidents, violent crimes, and witnessing violence or horrifying incidents. My mom is not a veteran and is diagnosed with PTSD based on early violence in her life and I’ve seen, first hand, how this trauma has…

Focusing on four principally important products, he created the global corporation. To concentrate, Jobs learned the training of Zen. He ruthlessly filtrated everything that he considered a distraction. Simplification is the second lesson. It is undoubtedly important to make things simple so that one can see the core of the issue. In his turn, Jobs learned simplicity while playing…

Not Only Off The Body Today the population of America obsesses with the idea to live longer that no time remains to live. The fact that reaching to physical immortality is impossible was clear long ago . Humans the brightest minds even were not able to create an immortal. Achilles , whose body except for the heel , was invulnerable , nonetheless , was killed . TV shows teach us how to kill supernatural immortals. Humans are mortal. Thus we need, at least, to find a way how to live longer .…

Social, Ethical, and Philosophical Differences in Hinduism and Buddhism Introduction Hinduism and Buddhism are two closely related religions that have been a part of India’s culture for quite a long time and have an effect on each other. Buddha happened to be a Hindu Prince before he set out on his path of enlightenment. To simplify the relation, one can construe that the relationship is not any different from that that exists between Judaism and Christianity in certain ways. For instance,…

In the elaborate book Schooled by Gordan Korman, Capricorn Anderson is a thirteen year old boy, raised and homeschooled as a hippie by his dead parent´s mother, Rain on a farm commune. There, plenty of typical hippie knowledge such as tie-die and Zen Buddhism is deposited in his brain. Though he was in complete isolation of a normal kid middle school.One day on the farm, while Rain is picking plums she falls out of the plum tree and lands herself in a hospital. In the meantime Capricorn, or Cap,…

Phil Jackson "One thing I’ve learned as a coach is that you can’t force your will on people. If you want them act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves." And that is exactly what Phil Jackson did during his 21 year coaching career. Phil Jackson was abnormal compared to your run of the mill coach. He opened his players minds to a new approach of the game of basketball. He challenged them to be less selfish and he encouraged team basketball. Over the twenty one years of…