Arts & Humanities - 9 September 2007

2007-09-09 23:54:14 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

Can we humans ever discover the truth about our lives, or is our search only a pointless quest (like Don Quixote's for example) for the impossible dream? Is there "a truth"? And if the quest is pointless, should we simply give it up?

2007-09-09 23:39:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-09-09 23:31:38 · 4 answers · asked by Jinn K 1 in History

2007-09-09 23:08:31 · 16 answers · asked by PW 2 in Philosophy

2007-09-09 23:05:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-09-09 23:05:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-09-09 23:04:09 · 6 answers · asked by Shahid 7 in Philosophy

2007-09-09 23:02:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

1. subject
2. style
3. mood/tone

2007-09-09 23:02:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Poetry

I believe I have a great idea for a book, but I'm having great difficulty in getting it down on paper. I am sure there must be some kind of formula or set procedure, the begining, middle & end thing. Can anyone give me a few tips or hints. I'll give you a mention should It get published. Thanks.

2007-09-09 22:59:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

2007-09-09 22:55:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

Apparently Australia used to be like a place the british sent their prisoners, now i've heard that America is the place where they sent their retards etc? Is that true, cause if it is it will definitely make sense

2007-09-09 22:54:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

Do they find reasons not to like them subconsciously?

2007-09-09 22:40:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

and be loved? or is it a priviledge to you? please explain.

2007-09-09 22:36:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-09-09 22:30:40 · 18 answers · asked by best_friend007 1 in Philosophy

"Know Thyself"

A person can introspect about his or her own thoughts but cannot with 100% accuracy know the state of mind of another person. Why is this? What exactly separates two minds from being one and the same?

2007-09-09 22:29:06 · 11 answers · asked by Aken 3 in Philosophy

2007-09-09 22:09:45 · 8 answers · asked by Holiday Magic 7 in Philosophy

or Tone= mood,Diction,Irony,Theme,Structure,Style=metre,rhthm=repetition,Metaphor = magery=personification,assossance,alliteration
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. G

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.

2007-09-09 22:01:14 · 2 answers · asked by Dr Ask 1 in Poetry

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. G

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.

2007-09-09 21:56:56 · 1 answers · asked by MM 1 in Theater & Acting

2007-09-09 21:53:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

are the family really cursed? or is there anything the people doesnt really know abt whats happening to the kennedy? whats the real deal?

2007-09-09 21:50:37 · 5 answers · asked by september 1 in History

2007-09-09 21:49:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

In china, what will happen if you get caught doing graffiti red-handed? What are the punishments you get? Are there different laws for those who are of different ages?

2007-09-09 21:48:43 · 2 answers · asked by raspberryxdeath 2 in Other - Visual Arts

2007-09-09 21:46:34 · 3 answers · asked by ? 4 in History

I was going to start up a book shop online & was going to call it: All books
Do you think that name is boaring?
or do you have any other suggestions?
I wanted to try & think of a interesting name that had my name in it but couldnt if you can my name is Natasha

2007-09-09 21:39:51 · 2 answers · asked by Tennis_Ace 1 in Books & Authors

Is this not like for an ocean in a shallow pond?

Please explain.

Thanks.

2007-09-09 21:34:24 · 4 answers · asked by Arthur N 4 in Philosophy

2007-09-09 21:34:22 · 7 answers · asked by Trish Cute 1 in Philosophy

I have no artistic background nor other relevant experience like model making.

2007-09-09 21:30:15 · 2 answers · asked by ronald l 2 in Sculpture

Please help me!!!

2007-09-09 21:25:19 · 8 answers · asked by sports_grl89 2 in History

of the acters who played james bond what acter was the closes to his portral in books

2007-09-09 20:55:08 · 5 answers · asked by vampirellasbite 2 in Books & Authors