Other - Arts & Humanities - October 2007

What does this quotation mean? It is about art and life... PLEASE HELP!

"The subject matter of art is life, life as it actually is; but the function of art is to make life better."

2007-10-26 16:50:31 · 3 answers · asked by hbcao2000 1

I'm looking for some cool hippie stuff... Icons, Pictures, Music, Quotes, anything you offer I'll take.

2007-10-26 16:06:19 · 14 answers · asked by xlaurenk 2

what is female mask used for?

2007-10-26 15:40:48 · 2 answers · asked by aaa 1

It's called "Fragments", and it's really sturctural and can be quite confusing. I just want to see if people will understand it...so tell me what you think of it, please?

The girl smiled sadly as she walked away. Woods stretched behind her, dark and unfulfilling. Her father was staring after her; she could feel his contemptuous gaze piercing her back.
She felt no regret for what she had done. Her father deserved it and she knew it. A bad childhood, nightmares every night, her life and future always hindered by shadows of the past.
Why hadn’t he ever left her alone? Why did her memories always follow her?
Out of her line of vision she knew her father was punching something, expressing his anger in some way.
“Is he remembering all those bad things he did to my mother? Is he remembering all the things he had planned for me, would have forced me into? Does he regret them?” she wondered. She felt the urge to look behind her. The creaking of branches and the wind rustling behind her seemed deafening. She began to turn around.
She turned, slowly, slowly, until she could begin to see a black trench coat.
And then she was hit with a flood. And all she could feel was hurt and regret and who she used to be.
~~~~~~~~

Veronica smiled sadly as she walked away. She took stock of herself: she felt totally secure, if only a little sad.
Veronica concentrated on nothing but the moment she was currently residing in, the step she was taking at that moment. She stared at the leaves under her feet.
Her father had mistreated her mother all those years, and now, right now, she was mistreating him.
Veronica could only feel the wind on her cheeks, she had shut her eyes. “I wonder if Mother is proud of me, wherever she is.” She wondered.
Rocks scattered under Veronica’s feet, and she could feel hair whipping against her face. “No regrets, don’t turn back.” She mentally chanted to herself.
It wasn’t until she stumbled over a root with her eyes closed that Veronica was hit by a flood.
She might not be able to see behind her, but she couldn’t see where she was going either.
~~~~~

Veronica Donahue smiled sadly as she walked away. She did not deliberately control anything; she simply said what she had to say to her father about all those years of hurt, and then she had left, feeling however she liked. Veronica was free.
The only thing she could see was a horizon stretching out to forever, it seemed almost comically metaphorical.
Veronica was eighteen years old, and her mother had died the year before. Her mother had been tricked into an abusive marriage by her father, and the doom of a housewife’s life was expected of her also. Veronica smiled at the thought of not having restrictions.
In front of her there was a clump of maple trees, and a small stream that bubbled cheerfully. And when Veronica stretched her neck, craned it forward and squinted her eyes, she could see her friend Luke waiting for her in his bright red car. He had come for support.
And then, the flood hit her. As she stepped out of the woods into the fading sunset, she was hit by the most powerful flood of realization she thought possible. She didn’t need to look behind her, or at her feet, or shut her eyes, she simply needed to look ahead, and she saw all that she could be.
~~~~~
Veronica smiled as she stepped into the woods. She saw a black trench coat waiting for her. She stepped forward and began to speak; Veronica knew what to do, and she swelled with joy as her path, and more importantly the way she would walk it, fell perfectly into place.

End.

2007-10-26 13:01:00 · 5 answers · asked by ~S~ is for Stephanie! 6

if u died and were given a chance to look down at everyone that was still alive, how would u want them to remember u?

y?

2007-10-26 10:41:10 · 6 answers · asked by Kellie K. 4

2007-10-26 10:25:43 · 5 answers · asked by ♥ terry g ♥ 7

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me?

For me, that surely ISN'T true.
If someone calls me ugly, I take it.
If someone tells me to get a life and that I won't get friends because I show off, I take it too. Maybe they don't know I'm hurting inside, but I really am.
When I look like I'm showing off and people say I don't got friends, in fact, really, I'm the most timid person in school,
I don't GET to show off.
So I wonder, if someone truly thinks thinks about what you feel when they do something like bully you?

I'm not trying to be serious, but I'm just wondering, am I the only one here?

2007-10-26 10:21:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Look at Kurt Cobain, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Dali, Van gogh, Pollock... many others.

2007-10-26 09:16:32 · 9 answers · asked by person 3

and wishing you had?

2007-10-26 09:06:28 · 6 answers · asked by Pete 1

I've wanted to be a real Rennie for years. I can't afford the SCA (and they aren't terribly active out here anyway) I was SO close to being IN, I joined up with a fighting group that was just starting out .. it was split off from the other side of the state.. but we only had 3 meetings and the two "leaders" fought.. and ended it.

I have volunteered at our local Faire.. I have talked to other members .. I don't know what else I can do.. I am a bit shy, and I do need some work in the acting department.. (I've never done it..) .. The guy that was training me with the Bo-staff said I was doing really well my first day.. (I had practiced with my friend before that).. but the other group has practice every other week on the other side of the state..

I don't care THAT much if it's fighting, but I want to be cast at some point.. anyone have any tips?

2007-10-25 17:00:38 · 2 answers · asked by kaijawitch 7

I'm in my freshman year of highschool
and i'm not the most "booksmart" person.
I just got my interims and i got
art :A
p.e. :A
english :A
sociales:A
math :C
science :C
drama :C
I am a fenominal artist and want to go to Emily Carr,
i know i won't use most of the math or science i'm currently
learning.
But my mom is flippi'n out telling me i'll never be able to succeed in life unless i get A's in my math.
I know what i need to know, i'm just looking for a second opinion.
thanx!

2007-10-25 15:30:46 · 30 answers · asked by princess taylor 2

2007-10-25 15:12:45 · 11 answers · asked by Dylan 2

2007-10-25 14:40:50 · 9 answers · asked by djaysun 2

pleasepleaseplease i need to do and essay for school, and me being stupid chose Crime and Punishment as a choice book....


What are some ways that Raskolnikov's character changed throughout the course of the book??????


please?

Thanks

2007-10-25 12:19:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-25 12:06:41 · 27 answers · asked by Brandon's been a dirty Hore 5

Im getting ready to buy a Montblanc and do a good bit of writing. I'm having a hard time deciding whether to get their new fineliner/felt tip which has a nice neat and crisp marker feel and it also takes the regular rollerball refills or should I go with the traditonal fountain pen which is what most writers use it seems? Why do writers generally prefer fountain pens over the other choices? The fineliner and fountain both feel smooth in my hand but the fineliner has a darker heavier inktone to it and the fountain also costs a couple hundred dollars more. Is the fountain worth it in the long run If I'm trying to become a published writer one day? I'm considering the Boheme platinum Doue as a FL/RB or as a fountain pen or maybe the new Cool Blue Starwalker in the RB/ Fineliner version. Thanks for your input!

2007-10-25 05:02:34 · 2 answers · asked by spiritualgoof 1

2007-10-24 16:56:51 · 4 answers · asked by casagarber 2

Does any one know of any musical performances (bands, singers etc.) that are comming up in the Square?

2007-10-24 16:03:52 · 1 answers · asked by Janis S 1

I have an research paper in English on art in the 15th century. I've been to yahoo, google and even ask.com. I'm not geting any good results. I don't need images, well a few, but I mainly need the history part. So please someone help me! Thank you!

2007-10-24 13:11:26 · 1 answers · asked by Split 2

i need to build a model of the parthenon materials step by step instructions websites any thing plz

2007-10-24 13:03:34 · 1 answers · asked by PsUnLiOns258 2

to appreciate whats given to you without asking, u have to think what would have happened if.....something wasnt there..
The BlackRose..

2007-10-24 09:41:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my Social Studies report, I have to be "creative". How would I be creative, with just a report? No poster or backboard. HELP!

2007-10-24 09:29:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

and no this is not a homework assignment, I just thought that although a few scenes imply that Othello does what he does because he is a moor. But other scenes illustrate how Othello is merely jealous of Cassio. hmmm..?

2007-10-24 01:10:47 · 3 answers · asked by gloria j 2

Here I sit behind these rusted iron bars. Surrounded by darkness and the presence of other creatures, I have witnessed man's animosity in this world called his own. I have seen more demons than Hell could hold; and although the occasional altruistic person that may wonder past, I have always been chary of this strange species.

Any thoughts or opinions? :)

2007-10-23 21:45:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

name all of the intellectual questions you have. =]

2007-10-23 21:29:06 · 6 answers · asked by Lisa 2

In the Q&A, did anybody mention that long before early man adopted the 'eyebrow nuance', their function was to keep his brow-sweat out of his eyes? I would love an anthropologist's comments.

2007-10-23 16:09:04 · 1 answers · asked by te144 7

2007-10-23 14:48:17 · 1 answers · asked by eugene g 1

tell me your honest opinon on people from minnesota

2007-10-23 12:43:22 · 5 answers · asked by chuuk18 1

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2007-10-23 11:40:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

can't give out imfo

2007-10-23 06:42:27 · 3 answers · asked by justin b 1