Arts & Humanities - 30 November 2007

Specifically regarding the religious/bible origin (Ishmael as the illegitimate son of Abraham).

2007-11-30 06:13:17 · 3 answers · asked by xc_man69 1 in Books & Authors

Is this statement true?

2007-11-30 06:12:08 · 10 answers · asked by Mr Versatile 1 in History

Is "Bluest Eye" a tough read?

I have a paper due in less than 5 days. I can write on Dracula, but I have so much trouble interpreting it and all the themes and everything (I guess I just find it hard, plus it's so long).

I can also write on Morrison's Bluest Eye, but I'll have to read it first, and seeing as it's 200 pages long, I don't know if I can do it in time.

So can someone tell me if Bluest Eye was easier or harder to read than Dracula? And which is more difficult to write a paper on?

2007-11-30 06:11:09 · 4 answers · asked by lcharrison95 1 in Books & Authors

ive read all harry potter, twilight, new moon, eclipse, physik, flyte, magyk, vampire knight mangas, all vampire kisses, all series of unfortunate events, a wrinkle in time... thats all i can think of right now.

im not interested in reading eragon and that other one, but you can see by my former reading list above of what kind of books i like. so gimme some good reads ppl!!!
thanx!!!!

2007-11-30 06:10:48 · 15 answers · asked by xXItMakesMeGiggleXx 2 in Books & Authors

2007-11-30 06:08:02 · 10 answers · asked by shashi 2 in History

Thoughts Please

COLD BY CHOICE

I remember
there were no inhibitions
everything
was done by my volition.
Time goes by
innocence is lost beneath the wave
of our youth,
falling into memory, a grave.
Please don't tell,
I've forgotten what it's like to cry.
Being numb
is the way I keep myself alive.
I'm alone,
I'm an actress and my stage is dark.
Save me
from reflection of the mirror stark.
I know
that you think I'm hiding from what's real.
I don't care,
because it hurts me too damn much to feel.
It's my fault,
I am only by myself betrayed.
That's all right,
my debt to myself is wholly paid.

2007-11-30 06:02:47 · 15 answers · asked by Evadne Soleil 6 in Poetry

Thoughts Please

AUBREY

Hey there, shy girl,
I used to be you.
Afraid to dance in public,
afraid to tie my name
to anything.
I know all too well
the fear that's in your eyes.
It's a look that scars forever.
How do you keep that mask of joy
when inside you are enslaved?
Why do you cling to me
whenever we embrace?
Hey there, shy girl,
there's a secret you're not telling.
Are you hurting again?
You told me once you cut yourself
and showed me the marks.
Was he worth it?
I would never hurt you.
I would promise you the world,
give you everything you need.
We'd be everything together...everything together...everything...
together.
Hey there, shy girl,
I think I'm in love.
I think I'm in love
with you.

2007-11-30 05:59:49 · 5 answers · asked by Evadne Soleil 6 in Poetry

Will Illustration die from the ever increasing acumulation of stock illustration? Mainly traditional, but also other forms of illustration, suffer, in my opinion, from clip art/internet stockpiling of an illustrations/photos of every possible event that are free, or libraries/achives of illustraion at advertizing companies. Is there any hope?

2007-11-30 05:56:09 · 2 answers · asked by Meteor Crater Boy 2 in Drawing & Illustration

2007-11-30 05:47:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

wat colours do u use 2 make brown

2007-11-30 05:47:33 · 4 answers · asked by keiran 1 in Painting

2007-11-30 05:47:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

*****
Mist on the moor
Shrouds the boatmen,
Have they come to loot or linger,
I point a finger, and wail the alarming call.

Men behind masks
Hide intentions,
As I listen, friend or foe unsignaled,
I raise my pistol, a fist full of lead is my answer.

Cease fire you oaf!
It’s the Lord Mayors boat!
I throw down my gun, and run for a mile,
All the while, knowing I cannot go home again.
*****

2007-11-30 05:44:00 · 7 answers · asked by Ha'ole Boy! 2 in Poetry

2007-11-30 05:28:40 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Theater & Acting

I usually send mine to Poetry.com for the free copywrite. I also send some to a company in England. Poetry. com offers CD's with your poetry critiqued by a so-called professional poetry reader. OMG! They fouled up the meaning of my poem (below), read it wrong, added words I didn't write (UGH! like THE rain...not rain), and even compared my poem to John Keats, saying it was about earth, when it wasn't. It's about abortion! They had the nerve to call it full of vitality, when the dang butterfly was stepped on and killed!!!!!
Do you think these so-called professionals know wtf they're talking about?????


Pretty Butterfly, Don't Cry
Like stepping on a butterfly
Who is wet and cannot fly,
And on the sidewalk, trying to dry,
Knowing rain, the reason why
That its own beauty could not shine
Until the tears of God's great sky
Would set it free, so sparkles climb,
And come to shallow human eyes.
But so, it never did arrive,
That its life could live, but died.
And all that flashed within its mind,
Was that love didn't come this time,
As the whim of foot declined.
Oh, don't cry, pretty butterfly!
Your life, snuffed out, not defined!
Never mind. Go ahead and cry.


Tracy L. Richards
Copyright ©2007 Tracy L. Richards

2007-11-30 05:17:24 · 7 answers · asked by xenypoo 7 in Poetry

Cornwall were independent, what would be their army?

2007-11-30 05:15:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

I do believe one of the points of the American Revolution, and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," was that it is dumb to be ruled by a leader who lives on the other side of the world. We didn't particully like his rules....;)

DON'T YOU THINK THAT WE ARE BEING A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES? ;) ( I just wanted to make sure you saw the real question...)

2007-11-30 05:15:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

Looking at the high number of kids in school (obviously from the questions) that are asking questions that look like school work.
From the lack of even basic knowledge of the subject of history shown in those questions.
And the old statement about those that don't learn from history.

Are we as a society doomed to get hit by everything repeating itself on the next generation?

2007-11-30 05:14:43 · 10 answers · asked by Yun 7 in History

Would you prefer a black-and-white, no questions asked moral code, or one with shades of gray? Why?

Disregard "legislated morality" please -- i.e., the government just might be wrong.

This is double-posted in Religion & Spirituality as well, if you want to comment from 2 angles.

Thanks all!

2007-11-30 05:14:29 · 8 answers · asked by herfinator 6 in Philosophy

'Untitled'

Did you make the big mistake?
Was the good advice a fake?
Were you swayed by the media?
Did you just get the wrong idea?
Did you play roulette with an automatic?
Was the Reaper just too charismatic?
Whatever it was that happened here
I didn’t want you to disappear

2007-11-30 05:12:47 · 12 answers · asked by kleptomanic sheep 5 in Poetry

Im just curious whats not in les miserable school edition thats in the normal les mis, i'm auditioning for it soon and want to know what i need to be learning and what not to learn =]
thanks :)

2007-11-30 05:08:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Theater & Acting

or looking to argue a point?

2007-11-30 05:07:02 · 8 answers · asked by bagel lover 3 in Philosophy

2007-11-30 05:06:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

14: Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. du Bois were leaders for which minority group?
African Americans
women
immigrants
none of the above


15: Ships from which countries can use the Panama Canal:
only ships from the United States
only ships from Panama
ships from Panama and the United States
ships from all nations


16: Which of the following words best describes the relationship between the United States and China in the early 1900s:
friends
enemies
neutral
none of the above


17: Who is responsible for naming the term "Gilded Age?"
Horatio Alger
Andrew Jackson
Mark Twain
Maya Angelou


18: The form of music made popular in the early 1900s was:
rock and roll
ragtime / jazz
classical
none of the above


19: American had an "Open Door Policy" with which country:
Japan
China
Panama
all of the above

2007-11-30 04:55:31 · 6 answers · asked by Michele 1 in History

2007-11-30 04:54:17 · 11 answers · asked by minnasota mama 3 in Books & Authors

tell why it was a cause of the American Revolution. Tell why the British passed or enforced the item and how the Colonists reacted to it.

2007-11-30 04:52:43 · 3 answers · asked by Keliseya 1 in History

I'm looking for specific towns were large ammounts of Loyalists and Tauries lived. Particularly arround the time of the Signing of the Decleration of Independence.

2007-11-30 04:50:50 · 3 answers · asked by Kaite 1 in History

I run a modeling agency and i'm real close with my girls, but gosh... Everytime dancing with the stars is on thats all they want to watch. Like 15 girls in my living room clapping and cheering and staring at mario lopez as if he were the 2nd Coming of Christ. Does anybody know of any guys who feel just as passionate about it? Why is it such a big deel with girls? When i say 'girls' they're mostly between 18 and 23

2007-11-30 04:46:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dancing

can some one help! please, im doing AS level photography and i have no idea what some of these are refering too i have to give image examples of formal elements but i dont know what some of them mean in relation to photography such as; space, form, colour

2007-11-30 04:44:40 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

I'm painting a sideshow banner for someone on a 6ft x 4ft canvas and I need to know what kind of paint is best to get the old sideshow banner effect. Does anyone know what paint is typically used for sideshow banners? I know its opaque and very concentrated. HELP!

2007-11-30 04:31:56 · 6 answers · asked by bluecottonpuff 1 in Painting

2007-11-30 04:29:38 · 26 answers · asked by V 2 in Philosophy