A Talent I Would Like To Have – Jun-Ling Ng When most people hear the word “contortion”, they immediately begin conjuring up images of people being stuffed into tiny suitcases, climbing through tennis racquets and playing the guitar with their feet. In western cultures, the term “contortionist” refers to “an entertainer who twists and bends their body into strange and unnatural positions”. Contortion is often associated with hypermobility disorders, pushy parents and freakshows. So you might ask
dextroscoliosis, osteophytes, disc bulges, and annular tears. If contortionists did not have some of these injuries, we would not be able to enjoy this incredible and unusual art. Works Cited “Contortion Information/History.” Free Word Press Themes. 15 February 2011. http://www.flexibabes.com/en/contortion-information-history#Myths Henderson, Mark. “Twist of nature reveals contortionist’s secret.” The Times & The Sunday Times. 14 February 2011. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article1018882
without further ado let us jump right in. To tell my story I should first start by explaining what dystonia is and how it affects me personally. Dystonia is the third most common movement disorder. It is characterized by involuntary muscle spasms and contortions, or awkward twisting and abnormal postures of the limbs, which are often very painful for the person having them. Dystonia comes in many forms from cervical dystonia affecting the muscles of the neck to multifocal dystonia which affects two or
then exhibited forms of contortions when the accused were near them. Some of the townspeople even came forth with accounts of their dairy products spoiling and their animals being born with malformations after one of the accused came into their homes. Linder wrote: The magistrates, in the common practice of the time, asked the same questions of each suspect over and over: Were they witches? Had they seen Satan? How, if they were not witches, did they explain the contortions seemingly caused by their
Horror authors have many ways of making their horror novels scary for readers. Dracula, being a Victorian Gothic novel, used many aspects to make it frightening for readers at the time. Considering that Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a horror novel, aspects of the text that would frighten a Victorian reader are the thoughts of the unknown and supernatural, the dark imagery used, and the change of traditional Victorian gender roles. To begin, the thought of the unknown and supernatural presented throughout
George Orwell’s 1984 astounded audiences for decades by the raw approach to reveal the dangers that had been exposed during the books original conception. This was strategic compliance and forced manipulation being witnessed across the world, which prompted an outcry from writers as they bared witness to the collapsing freedoms being stripped from whole populations. This outcry forced other political and social constructs to be called into question, such as how far can the mind be pushed to obtain
Mad Cow Disease: A Cause for Fear? Abstract: Mad Cow Disease, a disorder well known and well feared, is not as deadly as most people believe it to be. In fact, most people know little of this disease and what little they know usually turn out to be false facts. MCD is a prion-based disease where an infected protein converts healthy proteins into the infectious state. There is no cure and the disease is fatal but to this year, there have been little over 150 cases of the human version of
Through the portrayals of exquisite postures and contortions, yoga was further stigmatized as an aspect of a mysterious, strange Eastern culture. These contortionist poses and images that circulated were often understood in connection with yoga, however, so many of these poses are not unique to traditional
Creationism in Public Schools Teaching Creationism in Schools The question as to whether or not creationism should be taught in public schools is a very emotional and complex question. It can be looked at from several different angles, its validity being one of them. Despite the lack of evidence to support the fundamentalist idea of creationism, that in itself is not enough to warrant its exclusion from the curriculum of public schools in the United States. The question is far more involved
Tintoretto and Michelangelo. The central panel illustrates a tension between the multitude of finely muscled men attempting to lift the cross and the seemingly unbearable weight of Christ on the cross. Peter Paul Rubens' foreshortening is evident in the contortions of the struggling, strapping men. Christ cuts across the central panel in a diagonal, stylistically akin to Caravaggio's Entombment where both descent and ascent are in play at a key moment. Motion, space and time are illustrated along with the
The terrorist organization of ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, has received vast amounts of recognition in media outlets around the world. They are known for their intense acts of violence in the name of Islam and they have become the subject of serious debate amongst politicians, scholars, and clerics. There has been a common association with the phrase “terrorist organization” which dangerously generalizes that the organizations are fueled by singular ideologies, for example; exploitation
Salem Witch Trials and Modern “Witch-hunts When you think of Islams what do you think of. When you think of the salem witch trials what do you think of. History is very interesting but it can be hard to keep it from repeating itself. We could compare it to the Salem “Witch-hunt” and Islamophobia.. There are many Similarities and differences between the Salem Witch Trials and Islamophobia. This essay will be comparing and contrasting the Salem Witch Trials to Islamiphobia the problem with which we
The original Laocoön statue was constructed by Athanadoros, Hagesander, Polydoros from Rhodes in the Hellenistic era. The large marble group that we now know as Laocoön Group was unearthed in 1506 CE, currently resides in the Vatican and may be a Roman copy of the famous Greek sculpture that Pliny the Elder described. , If the statue is a Roman copy, it was most likely commissioned by Augustus as a public works project to celebrate the fall of Troy that eventually led to the founding of Rome.
The abnormalities in this connective tissue disorder may cause hyper-extensibility of the skin, delayed bruise healing, fragility in the tissues and hypermobility of the joints. Certain patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome can perform unnatural contortions, some have again gained fame by exploiting their condition and performing in traveling shows and circuses, receiving nicknames such as “The Elastic Lady” and “The Human Pretzel”. Types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: • Hypermobility: extreme joint
The second act of contortion is to assimilate what America’s media says the “beautiful” women looks like. As African Americans, we tend to put down each other by making comments on the darkness of our skin and the largeness of our eyes and lips. This combined with media’s portrayal
a Preacher Man? The Bible is quite clear, the believer should not be unequally yoked with an unbeliever. Should that unequal yoking apply to other areas of life? Perhaps to career choices or beliefs on children? While this would certainly be a contortion of the scripture, there would still be some wisdom there. When people do not see eye-to-eye on critical areas of marriage, it can create stress and resentment. One particular career that ought to be considered in this vein of thought is that of
The Loch Ness monster is a cryptid – a creature whose existence has been suggested but is not recognized by scientific concepts (“Loch”). The creature is an animal or a group of animals and most records of the creature’s appearances including verifiable accounts indicating an animal taking after or resembling the long wiped out plesiosaur (“Loch”). Although many people have theories about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, almost all evidence shows that “Nessie” has been mistaken for various creatures
face in arbitrary ways not used on a day-to-day basis, such as contorting his mouth in asymmetrical shapes, creates the goofy mood he is aspiring to convey. A great example of these funky physical movements is Cosmo’s sequence of different facial contortions after running into the door on set. He switches between drawing his lips downwards towards the ground and bringing them up towards his eyes in an exaggerated snarl. Not only does his mouth skillfully move through these amusing expressions, but so
Terms Definitions Examples Impact Archetype A very typical example of a certain person or thing “A grin was on the face of the monster; he seemed to jeer as with his fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of my wife” (173). This archetype shows the monster for who he really is: a monster. This quote shows the villain archetype because, being the monster that he is, he kills every person Victor Frankenstein ever loved. Being the evil villain, his goal is to destroy Victor’s journey, which he
Sexuality in Dracula When reading Dracula, most are overwhelmed with a sense of the carnal. Vampires in the modern day are often seen as symbols or beings of sexuality. The same is true of Dracula, although using less direct language. Due to confines of the era of writing, Bram Stoker uses metaphor and symbolism to express sexual encounters. In Dracula, sex is never directly referenced. That is a surprising fact, as most consider it a novel almost entirely devoted to sexual expression. This is primarily