...“For the Love of God” In 2007, artist Damien Hirst exhibited a work at the White Cube gallery in London, which is reputed to be the most expensive contemporary artwork ever made. “For the Love of God”, a platinum skull set with diamonds, is one of Hirst’s important and widely recognized works. Its raw materials define it as an artwork of unprecedented scale. The 32 platinum plates making up “For the Love of God” are set with 8,601 flawless diamonds, weighing a massive 1,106.18 carats. The teeth inserted into the jaw are real and belong to the original skull. For Hirst, famous pickled of sharks and bovine bisector, all his art is about death. This piece, which was cast from an 18th-century skull he bought in London. Entitled “For the Love of God”, apparently in response to a question posed by Hirst’s mother (“For the love of God, what are you going to do next?”) Inspired by Aztec turquoise mosaic skulls held in the collection of the British Museum, Hirst thought it would be great to create a diamond version, but was originally deterred by the prohibitive cost. Upon further consideration, he decided that the ludicrous expense could actually be the work’s rationale. Since it was first exhibited in 2007, “For the Love of God” has become one of the most widely recognized works of contemporary art. It represents the artist’s continued interest in mortality and notions of value. A reminder of the fragility of life is the main idea of the work. “For the Love of God” provides...
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...Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been in situations where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 101%? What equals 100% in life? Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these Questions: If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 Then: H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98% and K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96% But, A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100% AND, look how far the love of God will take you L-O-V-E- O-F -G-O-D 12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101% Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that: While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Love of God that will put you over the top! It's up to you if you'll share this with your friends & loved ones just the way I did....
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...Why is client’s participation in social work so important? And which role can the university play to get the involvement of social service’s users? Examples from Zaragoza in Spain Tomasa Báñez, University of Zaragoza 1) Introduction With my presentation I would like encourage you about the importance of clients’ participation in social work and to present an experience of community work done using participatory action research methodology in Zaragoza (Spain). In the first place, I will present some reasons for clients’ participation in social work, both practical and philosophical reasons, to continue analysing the current situation on this topic in Spain and how we can improve client’s participation in social work and which role the university can play in this process. And I will finish my presentation with an example of clients’ participation, a participatory action research project which has been carrying out in Zaragoza since 18 years ago, with the partnership of practitioners’ social workers and lecturers of social work. 2) Why is client’s participation in social work so important? Clients’ participation in social work has traditionally been very important because of practical and philosophical or ideological reasons (instrumental and intrinsic reasons). Examining some classical authors in social work we can find both reasons for clients’ participation: practical and philosophical. Mary Richmond in her book Case Work underlined the importance of the clients’ participation...
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...The Benefits of Owning a Sports Utility Vehicle Morgan Martin Liberty University Education APA format Abstract "Did My Car Join Al Qaeda" by Woody Hochswender is a well written persuasive argument that powerfully portrays his point of view. All three types of appeals are presented within the essay to attract all different styles of readers. Hochswender starts the essay with an ethical or ethos appeal, “I drive a large, for-wheel vehicle. Does that mean I’m a bad person” (Muller & Wiener, 2009, pg. 154). It is quite obvious that Mr. Hochswender has received cruel comments about owning an SUV since he is considering himself a bad person for possessing a particular type of vehicle. Although some people do not agree with Hochswender choice of owning an SUV he is very passionate and vibrant in his view about his rights to own an SUV. He then goes on to explain logical or logos by explaining how in many situations SUVs are safer than normal cars, “However, if some drunken driver veers across the center divider- a situation I have no control over- I would prefer that my 9-year-old and I not be inside a Corolla.”(Muller & Wiener, 2009, pg. 155) Even though SUVs waste a lot more money on gas, in the event of an accident the chances of survival in an SUV would be much more than a small car. He then concludes the essay by explaining how he does know of other way to conserve energy, but the safety of him and his family is prioritized above buying...
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...sycamores and also a sheep breeder.He ministered at Bethel in israel during the flourishing ana long reign of Jeroboam II around 760 BCE.For being a judean and not from the company of prophets he exercise his ministry not without persecution and opposition.Priest Amaziah of Bethel accused him of conspiracy and creating uphearl in the community.Eventually Amos was expelled from Bethel but not before predicting the death of Amaziah his family and te whole nation.Neverthless Amos spoke in the name of God who he encountered through a religious experience.Amos has been called the prophet of social justice.He witnessed the injustices against the poor and weak and warned his generation against the destructive consequences of the moral outrage:injustice ,consumerism,individualism,idolatry,overconfidence and indifference that the social economic and political prosperity was leading to.He witnessed as a shepherd the first hand experience of the simple peolple in Israel.Amos saw that the silence of God or absence of the word as one of the worst punishments. HOSEA He was the son of Beeri.Hosea lived...
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...Eros Eros was the Greek god of love, or more precisely, passionate and physical desire, whose Roman name was Amor or Cupid. The Romans borrowed Eros from the Greeks and called him Cupid (Latin cupido meaning desire). Eros was depicted as a blindfolded male, who, carrying his bow and arrow, could target any human being and make them fall in love with the first person they would see. Eros could be found in the Theogony that is the history of the gods. Eros was the son of Aphrodite the goddess of beauty and Ares the god of War, Eros himself was deeply in love with the Greek goddess Psyche, the goddess who incorporated human emotions. Psyche was renowned for her divine beauty, which was said to be even greater than the beauty of Aphrodite. Eros had one daughter that was Voluptua. His brothers was Anteros, the god of requited love, also he had half-brothers and half-sisters which were named Harmonia that was her half-sister and Deimos and Phobos that were their half-brothers. Eros was the youngest of the gods, generally the son of Aphrodite by Ares or Hermes, always a child, thoughtless and capricious. He is as irresistible as fair, and has no pity even for his own mother. Zeus, the father of gods and men, arms him with golden wings, and with bow and unerring arrows, or burning torches. Eros is usually depicted as a young winged boy, with his bow and arrows at the ready, to either shoot into the hearts of gods or mortals which would rouse them to desire. He possessed two types...
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...Love God, Love Neighbor – Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" 37 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." – Matthew 22:34-40 28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?" 29 Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." 32 And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said...
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...regard it apart from the great designing love of God, if you take your losses, your temporary setbacks, your momentary depressions, and dwell upon these things as if they were the only experiences of God's providence, and as if they were not related to the great central control of His love - you will entirely miss their value. It is that we may be saved from such peril that we are meditating together thus on some of God's unlikely but never unkindly ministries. With this brief recapitulation let me ask you to turn to the word which is the occasion of our thought this morning in regard to the Divine ministry of delay by which God oftentimes tests His people. I will ask you to turn to the words of Jeremiah the prophet, in the book of Lamentations, in the third chapter, at the twenty-fourth verse: "The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." It is especially on those last words that I want our meditation to be based: "It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." Let us frankly admit at the outset that one of the great difficulties of life with many of us is concerned with the fact that God sometimes seems to delay His answers to our prayers. The most perplexing problem of many a Christian life is just this: that God apparently does not answer, and apparently...
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...Damien Hirst: Genius Artist or Genius Con? It is for certain that Damien Hirst certainly knows how to grab our attention and many people find it hard to accept him as an ‘artist’ due to the facts that; He shamelessly spends his money extravagantly. For the Love of God is one of Hirst’s most scandalous pieces; where he has purchased the 18th Century skull of a 35 year old European man to which he explains was in response to his mother’s common saying of “For the love of God, what are you going to do next!”, further justification of his piece was to represent the embracement of death that was demonstrated by Mexican culture- most predominantly shown by the Aztecs. Hirst states ‘you don’t like [death], so you disguise it or you decorate it to make it look something bearable- to such an extent that it becomes something else.’, this statement certainly voices out our reactions towards his piece, we focus more towards the fact that the skull has been encrusted with diamonds more than the concept it is trying to serve. But are his intentions really just to achieve the idea of accepting death? Isn’t he just showing off his excessive use of spending? Was it really necessary for him to do such a thing? What does this say about his character? Death is viewed differently by different people. How does Damien Hirst view it or how he feels about it? Taken from an interview (http://www.damienhirst.com/texts/20071/feb--huo), Damien Hirst expresses his hate for death and views it as though...
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...Haha Carlo I agree with you on how John Proctor does seem to be the only one with a brain able to see through the B.S the girls have caused the town. I think testing someone's faith by making them repeat all 10 commandments is the dumbest idea EVER!!! Why does remembering 10 rules define your love for God and the church? These Puritans should of spent less time accusing people of witchcraft and more time reading things other than a bible. But anyways the way John Proctor treats Elizabeth throws me off!! His utter disrespect towards Elizabeth causes me to find him VERY annoying. Elizabeth Proctor literally has to tip toe around conversations with John in order not to anger him. She should be able to say whatever she wants to him without fearing...
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...In chapters 11-15 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, we are introduced to Tea Cake whom steals Janie’s heart leading to their marriage. Although their love story hasn’t fully played out yet, it is obvious that Tea Cake is the man of Janie’s dreams. Tea Cake understands the concept of love in a way that neither Logan nor Joe ever could. By comparison, he genuinely considers Janie’s as his equal. A consideration that leads to them spending more time together and growing in love. Tea Cake possesses the fundamental pieces that were lacking in both Janie’s prior relationships. Firstly, he sees no difference between Janie and himself. Intellectually, he considers themselves equals. As well as in the relationship, they share equal power. The initial sighting of this came from his simply teaching her to play checkers. A game that till this point had been reserved for other men yet enjoyed by Janie, from a distance. An enjoyment that she was prohibited to realise as a result of Joe’s banning her from the game. On the...
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...One of the things that I love about God’s word the most is that it is so timeless. Perhaps the reason is, that even though the world changes around us constantly, human nature tends to remain much the same. This evening, I would like to show you what I mean, as we look at a story in God’s word. John 9 Can you imagine what it must be like to be blind? This man was born that way. How do you begin to describe to a blind man, the simple things we take for granted? How do you begin to describe the colors of autumn leaves? How do you describe the yellow buttercups or the white dogwood blossoms or redbuds in the spring? How do you begin to paint a baby blue sky with white fluffy clouds in the mind of someone who has never seen the light of day? How do you describe to him what his parents look like or what he looks like? I wonder, how many times did this young man sit and wonder, “oh, if only I could see?” If only I could be like everyone else. If only I did not have to rely on others to bring me down town where I have to sit and beg. If only I could see so that I could get a job. If only….. Imagine? I’m sorry, but I cannot. In this story that we have just read, is a man, just like that. He is blind and has always been. Along comes this man, the Son of God, who gives to him the one thing that he has never had, his eyesight. Immediately, some of the folks around town notice. Isn’t this the beggar who was blind? Some said, “yes, this is him”. Others...
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...Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. -1 John 4:8. This verse is the definition of “love”. Love has various ways of expressing its meaning, but God is the meaning. According to the bible, in Revelations 1:8, it describes God as the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. As well as in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 it states, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always and preserves.” So if God is love, then God is all of these things, and love is God. By this they are one in the same. However, people say and use the word “love”, yet people are not always patient and kind, and people do boast and are angered easily. Conversely God is a part of every person and is in every human being. In addition 1 Corinthians states that our bodies are temples of God and that they are not our own. So with God being a part of people, people can love and show their love. Some of the ways love is expressed is by emotion, words, and actions....
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...Chris Claremont writes the graphic novel, X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, with many thematic elements that apply to America today. For years, racism and discrimination have crippled this nation, and this novel addresses these issues head on. Claremont uses superheroes as a platform to add influence, making this more than just another comic book. Claremont’s story of Stryker and his Purifiers attacking the mutants shows that discrimination stems from the fear of the beholder and leads to destruction of one’s own values. As a Christian, Stryker compromises his personal standards to attack what he believes is wrong. In the opening scene of the book, Stryker’s Purifiers execute a family, including the children, in the name of expelling the world of Mutants. Through this killing, Stryker shows that his...
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...When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God." When you love you should believe that you are in his/her heart. For me these quotations teach us to have trust in our love once just like when giving trust in God. Trust is the very thing that everybody in this world desires, or at least should desire from one another. Who wants to have a friendship or relationship without trust? Nobody does. Without trust, there is no friendship, and without friendship, there is no love. I believe that trust is an even greater compliment than to be loved! I believe George Macdonald said it best when he stated "To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved." When I read this quote for the first time, I thought to myself, "Wow that is so true. How can you be loved if you are not trusted first?" It is a special thing to be trusted by someone. Having trust is very important. It’s a big part in a relationship. Being truthful is the key to establishing trust in any type of relationship. In a romantic type of relationship, jealousy can be a major cause for a lack of trust. Both parties must have trust. In any case of relationship, trust is built, earned, and maintained. For example: If you had an ex who cheated on you, you might start experiencing trust issues in relationships with others especially when you get close to one another. It may be difficult and you may end up not being able to trust the other person. When someone loses your trust...
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