Arts & Humanities - 26 March 2007

I have a solid background of training in guitar (classical and acoustic). I know my techniques and my theories. Now I'd like to learn how to play a mandolin. Will it be very difficult? Thanks. Please also tell me more about your mandolin experience. I'd like to hear it.

2007-03-26 14:28:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Performing Arts

I'm not really that old...only 17. I took lessons for a year or two when I was younger but that was roughly 10 years ago. I'm pretty flexible but certainly not flexible enough to lift my leg over my head like dancers do! I'm just wondering if it's too late for me to seriously consider it worth my time to get into lessons again. I know as you get older it gets harder and it's best to start young but 16/17 isn't ancient or anything...thanks for your help!

2007-03-26 14:27:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dancing

2007-03-26 14:26:17 · 5 answers · asked by raven12490 2 in History

I mean Steven King books are like R-rated movies. Anybody can buy Cosmopolitan. How is it different from movies? Ten year olds aren't ready to be buying and reading this stuff.

I hope this isn't a stupid question.

2007-03-26 14:25:44 · 10 answers · asked by aquag1985 3 in Books & Authors

what is the diary of anne frank book about? short summary pleaseeee!

2007-03-26 14:24:17 · 15 answers · asked by nora456a 1 in Books & Authors

specify what you think the French revolution was trying to accomplish and then if napoleon helped or ruined that.

2007-03-26 14:23:45 · 3 answers · asked by ravenous panda 1 in History

2007-03-26 14:23:39 · 16 answers · asked by I Know Nuttin 5 in Philosophy

the precident of iran is the new hitler just look ata the history that follows him and the question is just about him not the US precident we'll get to him later

2007-03-26 14:23:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

what should i do... helpz plzzzzz :[

2007-03-26 14:23:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Theater & Acting

What do you think should go into it? Architecture? trees? disasters? streams, planes? What do you think makes a good landscape painting?

2007-03-26 14:21:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Painting

I am currently pursuing photography as a hobby and I am interested in possibly a career. I would like to have a camera that would be reasonable for this. Anyone involved in the industry, what cameras are used? Does it have to be film? Because I prefer digital...Also, in general, what is the best camera, preferably digital?

2007-03-26 14:19:42 · 2 answers · asked by Rouge 1 in Photography

there was this little girl
who cried enough to drown the whole world
she always was crying and almost never smiled
and when she did it never sticked around for a while



what is a good ending for this poem?

2007-03-26 14:19:19 · 7 answers · asked by jtkrbsnb 1 in Books & Authors

I'm wondering if anyone remembers a series of kids books that existed in the 1970's where the text was printed in different directions on the pages. We're looking for the name of the author and maybe a title or two if possible. Some paragraphs were printed reversed, you needed to hold the book up to a mirror to read that paragraph. Some were printed upside down, some were printed around the page in a box, so you had to spin the book to read that page.

2007-03-26 14:17:31 · 2 answers · asked by pukcipriavroc8v 4 in Books & Authors

2007-03-26 14:17:26 · 3 answers · asked by kentoy a 1 in History

"I don't believe what I just saw!!"

2007-03-26 14:16:58 · 3 answers · asked by One Week 1 in History

How did the Pieta by Michelangelo depict life in the Renaissance?

2007-03-26 14:15:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sculpture

I'm an English major, but analyzing poetry is not something I'm good at. In the last two lines of the poem "And let their liquid siftings fall/ To stain the stiff dishonoured shroud." my professor is saying there is supposed to be double meaning in "liquid siftings," I get the literal sense of the words, but what other possible meaning can you contrive from that line? Long analysis short the narrative is about a bum, whom Elliot compares to the legend of Agamemnon, a Greek king around the war of troy, they are both killed by their lovers and both have Nightingales sing after their death. Elliot seems to think that bum's and kings, once they reach death, nobility is stripped away and they are equals.

If anyone can help me with this I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

2007-03-26 14:14:08 · 1 answers · asked by Michael T 2 in Books & Authors

2007-03-26 14:12:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

It's a draft so give me your thoughts.
and if u don't like anything
be specific
tell me how i can change.
your advice is welcomed.



If I only I knew why

Crimson sand makes the desert floor,
The azure sky guards on.
Purple breath envelops my lungs,
The night turns into dawn.

I hear the distant sound of life,
Right now I am alone.
This space belongs to only me,
This spot becomes my own.

I gaze at the snowy white clouds,
As unvoiced time stands still.
I lose myself in arid air,
The wind provides a chill.

My hands endure the passing gust,
My mind begins to float.
I rest among the lilac sky,
My thoughts become remote.

I smell the chalky, bitter scent,
My life stands idly by.
I depart my life and return,
If only I knew why.

2007-03-26 14:09:56 · 8 answers · asked by tHe_TaStE_oF_mInD 2 in Books & Authors

2007-03-26 14:08:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

2007-03-26 14:08:41 · 4 answers · asked by charles a 1 in History

2007-03-26 14:02:17 · 9 answers · asked by Tweek 3 in Books & Authors

Mine is purple. Purple rocks

2007-03-26 14:00:44 · 10 answers · asked by Kelli D 1 in Painting

The witches in Macbeth are evil. I get that much. Man, by nature, is evil. Do the witches suggest evil to man, or do they simply suggest an object which may entice the inclination to evil which is always within man because of original sin?

Thanks in advance!

2007-03-26 13:59:51 · 7 answers · asked by martin_pc_maintenance 3 in Books & Authors

do you think the colonists could have won independence without aid from foreign nations? explain

2007-03-26 13:58:17 · 3 answers · asked by steve s 2 in History

2007-03-26 13:57:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

What about the other way round - does happiness lead to success

2007-03-26 13:56:28 · 19 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Philosophy

imagine King George III has accepted the Olive Branch Petition and tried a diplomatic resolution with the Second continental Congress. Do you think colonists would still have pressed for independence? why or why not?

2007-03-26 13:56:11 · 2 answers · asked by steve s 2 in History

The big brick church "Early English Gothic" style is located on the corner of North 4th St. & Market Street. This church was organized in 1808 , but construction did not begin till 1859. The church foundation holds tons of ship ballast stones discarded from sailing vessels that once crowed the Cape Fear River. On of the best known pastors of the church was John Lamb Pritchard {1862}. Rev. Pritchard stayed at his post during the yellow fever epidemic of 1862. He stay to care and prayed for the sick and dying. He became one of the last victims, dying in November 1862. His Gravesite is located at Oakdale Cemetery.

Local church members say that Rev. Pritchard spirit is still roaming the church's halls. Tells of doors opening & closing, lights that flickers and objects moving are common. One story tells of a church member who saw a man dressed in 1800 type clothing in the Fellowship Hall. When the member tried to get closer the man suddenly was gone.Could this be the ghost?

2007-03-26 13:55:56 · 1 answers · asked by ghostfreak2 1 in History

Flash Fiction is fiction of 500 words and under. I've about 80 of such pieces by now, most of them overly descriptive, sometimes violent, and usually written as to give the reader some food for thought.

Here's a pair of examples so you can better see what I'm talking about, pieces I wrote in 2005 and 2006 respectively (these two have more FEELING than STORY, but I think it should give you the general impression of what I'm going for): http://intuitive-ds.com/personal/FlashFiction.html

2007-03-26 13:54:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors