Contemplation

Richard Rohr’s work titled Silent Compassion seeks to find God in contemplation. In Rohr’s fourth chapter he states “God is another word for the heart of everything and for everything precisely in its connectedness. When you say you love God, you are saying you love everything” (p. 49). After being halted by those words and stopping to reread the phrase, I began to contemplate Rohr’s words and the meaning behind them. Through the use of this response, I will explain what Rohr means behind the…

For many teenagers obtaining their driver’s license is the first initial step of becoming an adult, but while having their license, do these teenagers drive responsibly? Many political and public figures question the ability to drive at the age of 16 causing many of these figures to wonder if the minimum driving age should be changed from 16 to 18. Statistics have shown one of every five 16-year-olds will be in a severe motor vehicle crash within two years of getting their license and that…

Please watch the video before reading choreography notes to experience the piece first with no context. The time stamps are to the song itself, Chinese Translation by M. Ward, not the video itself, the song starts at .03 in the video. I based my movements on the contemporary style and the themes are on Translations by Brian Friel, my own people's history as Native Americans, and colonization. 0-.08 Walk and sit In Translation they people are educated in the way traditional to them and are…

Along with the Five Stages of Change model, Forman and Nagy (2006) recommends the use of psychological interviewing techniques that respond to the client’s denial, suppression, or resistance to therapy with a treatment plan method that promotes high levels of reassurance for the patient so that they can see that they are irrefutably equipped to modify their maladaptive behavior if they so wish just as long as they are also are willing to let go of any unconscious defense mechanisms at the same…

Wabi Sabi: The Beauty of Imperfection In her essay, “An argument about beauty”, Susan Sontag implies we look past blemishes and imperfections. Sontag references “…scratches… in the surface of an Old Master painting…”(Sontag, 1), something she says we “…reflexively screen out or see past” (Sontag, 1). It seems obvious that Sontag finds these imperfections distasteful and unworthy of attention. However, this idea of ignoring an interruption of the expected landscape for the sake of enjoying the…

Attempt is an inchoate offence meaning it became an offence in order to stop criminal acts before they properly occurred. The law of attempt is one of the most contentiously debated topics in criminal law; mainly because the legislation is intolerably unclear and it is often left to the discretion of judges to interpret. The fact that a criminal offence has not yet occurred means that in some situations it is hard to determine whether there was intent to commit the offence and whether the…

Throughout time, mathematics has always had an influence on society and its ideals. However, the presence of mathematical application is especially present in Plato's The Republic, and especially its effect on mathematical education. Plato's ideas on mathematics education can give reason as to why math influences many other subjects and can encourage critical and abstract thinking in young students. This includes giving students the ability to think abstractly, apply math to all other subjects…

Without an ideology of morals, anarchy would arise. There would be no order, no control, no boundary, and no sense of wrong or right. Every day, humanity overtly battles towards maintaining a balance between good and evil. Even so, depriving a once judicious person of morals leads to corollary acts of betrayal, greed, and eventually, guilt. Similarly, the lugubrious loss of morals reflects itself in The Tragedy of Macbeth by the playwright, William Shakespeare. In the novel, Macbeth and Lady…

The Yellow Wallpaper 1. A rationally vexed young lady, perhaps named Jane, recounts the story. As the fundamental character's anecdotal diary, the story is told in strict first-individual portrayal, concentrating only alone contemplations, emotions, and discernments. The story is extremely strict on this first individual perspective. The storyteller is an exceedingly innovative and a characteristic storyteller, however her specialists trust she has a "slight hysterical tendency." As the story…

The process of discovery is a profoundly meaningful experience which involves moving into unknown realms, causing a re-evaluation of the known. Discoveries occur in a multifaceted fashion as part of a re-consideration of experiences and values, generating new perspectives of ourselves and our world. Rosemary Dobson’s poetry and Fitzgerald’s The Ice Palace position us to recognise the significance of time, change and its confronting challenges. The persona’s desire for creative freedom within…