Art Essays

Careful, observant, attentive, and partial to the security offered by solitude, the loon selects some lonely location on the borders of the lake far from the existence of men. Thoreau, in Walden, pursues the loon because it represents what Thoreau is himself searching for””the ability to be at home in …

When you attempt to find a solution to any kind of problem, it is best to look at it from different perspectives. When two poems focus on a common theme with the same familial relationships, different points of view must certainly give great insight on the topic at hand. For …

What holds a relationship together? How do relationships go the way they do? What in a relationship causes it to tremble and fall apart? According to this short story “The Painted Door”, communication is what determines how the relationship would start and how it will end up. Communication is the …

The objective of our project was to design and build a contraption that would secure an egg from breaking upon impact from a second story window, and the contraption wieghing as least as possible while falling the fastest. We wanted to design something that would provide a lot of cushioning …

According to the essays by mathematician Jacob Bronowski in “The Reach of Imagination” (1967) and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould in “Evolution as Theory and Fact” (1981), the behind-the-scene development of science is being induced differently through imagination and evolution. In Bronowski’s essay, he describes the unique quality that makes humans …

Dario Fo’s Political Theatre Dario Fo’s plays were written in Italy during the 60’s and 70’s. During this time there was widespread dissatisfaction throughout Italy towards the government and various factions within the country , the nation seethed with discontent. Dario Fo was born in 1926 in the Italian state …

As a member of society I can relate to this poem in the fashion of being very non-materialistic. It seems that in my culture what one has monetarily or in the form of short term assets determines to some degree who you are or defined the place you will take …

The play is set in a fictional town in Indiana called Jackson. It is centered on a girl’s life from age five to age twenty-six named Elisabeth. This girl has a disability called cerebral palsy and is unable to move her legs, so she is confined to a wheelchair. The …

NOTHING ELEGANT”A charm a single charm is doubtful. If the red is rose and there is a gate surrounding it, if inside is let in and there places change then certainly something is upright. It is earnest.” (G.S., TB., pg3)Gertrude Stein is best known for her experimental modernist unique style. …

Artists paint and create images as a form of communication. A concept which most artists find hard to paint is their inner thought and feelings. As they must explore deep into their sub-conscious to find who they truly are as a person and how they can represent that on a …