A World Without Art
Periodically, the question will come up, “ If you had to give up one of your
senses, which one would you select?” Which one, the question implies, could
you best do without? I ruminate on this question occasionally, wondering what it
would be like to be without something that that is so taken for granted that I
don’t even really think about it at all. What, I ask myself, would I miss the most?
These questions come to mind when I watch a little girl in one of my
kindergarten classes who is profoundly deaf. She wears massive hearing aids,
and is able to understand much of what goes on around her, but I wonder,
when the children are singing the little songs they learn to help them remember
their counting or alphabet skills, or any of the myriad of other songs they learn,
what does she hear then? She maintains of look of puzzlement on her face, as if
she can’t quite figure out what the rest of the children are doing. Does she hear
the music? Does it make any sense to her? Or is it just a bit of confusing noise
that she can’t decipher?
I wonder again when I watch a blind man navigate through the campus library,
cane held out in front of him, following the textured path laid out to make his
journey easier, unaware of the student art which adorns the walls next to him.
Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s wretched, mostly it’s indifferent, but he will
never know as he maneuvers his way past this month’s offerings. The vivid
slashes of color, the layers of texture, the intricate detail of the artistic renderings
will never pierce the darkness of his world. What does he think when he hears
conversations about art, about color. Does he paint visual pictures in his mind?
Or do the words we use to describe things visually take on a completely
different meaning for him?
These thoughts take on a personal significance as I think about living a life
without art. As a cook, the thought of being unable to taste the chocolate
mousse, or the hollandaise sauce is a distressing notion, to put it mildly. Good
food brings great joy to my life, and I would hate having to give up that part of
my life. I am after all, the woman who trekked all the way from San Francisco to
Vienna in search of the perfect Doboschtorte.The holidays see me virtually
chained to my butcher-block worktable, turning out dozens of tins of cookies,
and starts to loose her words a bit. She says this quote in a way that
me, I can't go on any longer trying to be happy for what I have. I
"Now I've exposed my guilt, horrendous guilt, could I train a level glance on you, my countrymen? No, if I could just block off my ears, the springs of hearing, I would stop at nothing---I'd wall up my own loathsome body like a prison, blind to the sound of life, not just the sigght. Oblivion---what a blessing... for the mind to dwell a world away from pain
The fight to remove guns is shadowed, for good reason, by the fight to remove offensive messages toward Native Americans. The push against racism has been going on in the United States since its birth in 1776. Who fought against this racism? A man bearing a rifle proudly served his country and all of those affected by racism. We shouldn’t be hiding from our past; it only shows the heightening hysteria in our society. While we continue to strive for equality, we wrongly attempt to wipe out our history because it makes us feel “safe”.
the feeling of loss, hate and envy. As Alfred, Lord Tennyson said, “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”. He states that love is worth the pain that the feel...
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... (I never get tired of eating it). As a human I find food tasting better when I am hungry. In addition, I must admit I am a picky eater, which sometimes prevents my mom from cooking different types of food. Possibly the best thing about being an eater is that you avoid the difficulties of preparing the meal, especially when you are known to cause messes in the kitchen.
Other than the most apparent signs, short stature and short limbs, there are a number of symptoms that can affect the person as a result of this condition. Many individuals experience delays in early motor development (such as learning to sit up, crawl and walk), frequent ear infections which could increase the risk of hearing loss, bowing of the legs, sleep apnea, pressure on spinal cord at the base of the skull, hydrocephalus, weight gain resulting in joint pain, and crowded teeth. Additionally they are at risk for many spinal problems such as severe hunching, lower back pain, spinal stenosis, and numbness in the legs as well as arthritis.For people that suffer from a type dwarfism, day to day life can be very difficult for them because they suffer from so many physical symptoms. It can greatly affect the types of activities that they can participate in. Not only do they suffer from physical symptoms, but they also experience more symptoms that are not directly related to their condition. People who have dwarfism look different and as a result it makes them vulnerable to teasing and bullying. This can lead them to feeling isolated from their peers, having a low self esteem, feeling depressed, and it can impact their work and school performance. There are many misconceptions about people who have this condition and they are often labeled as “midgets”. Most people that have a form
The use of Native Americans as mascots or team names has developed an issue that has been drawing controversy in today’s society. The question that must be asked then is: Why do we as a society quietly permit such disrespectful and hurtful conduct towards Native Americans continue, without taking any affirmative action to restrict it? Having people who run around in war paint and headdresses whooping it up at the sport games doesn’t honor anyone’s culture. It just praises racism and encourages people to learn nothing about Native American culture making mascots and team names insulting.
the future. The gift that God gave me is a wonderful one. Sometimes I have a
Land. To never age and grow old, to see loved ones go by, friends and
Relationship Between Art And Society: Mimesis. The relationship between art and society: Mimesis as discussed in the works of Aristotle, Plato, Horace and Longinus. The relationship between art and society in the works of Plato is based upon his idea of the world of eternal Forms. He believed that there is a world of eternal, absolute and immutable Forms (the world of the Ideal) and thought that this is proven by when man is faced with the appearance of anything in the material world, his mind is moved to a remembrance of the Idea or an absolute and immutable version of the thing he sees.
life. I knew I had to make the right decision as Sophocles says, “Decide not rashly. The
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