Detail of "The Night Gathering" by Ed Pien Ed Pien has a permanent scar on the tip of his index finger. After discovering the traditional Chinese way of cutting paper several years go, he creates grand 3D realms and environments with an X-Acto knife. Welcome to Haven of Delight, Pien’s hauntingly beautiful exhibit on display at The Rooms Provincial Gallery. “I cut vertically,” says Pien. “Even though I have an image to work with while cutting, I am still doing a lot of improvisation in order to
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from the journey of childhood, we are witnessing changes, whether it is about our appearances, lifestyle or about living environment. The words of Phinazee also portray the image of change, specifically in Mother Nature. She conveys her love to the greenery, the beauty of ocean, the openness of mountain peaks and valleys. Sadly, these generosities of nature are some footprints of past times. Today, the world is facing major behavioural change in natural environment. The crisis has started to affect
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Case studies Name: Sumita Rai Age: 82 Place: Nepal This is Sumita Rai, who is from Nepal and she moved to UK 10 years ago with her husband. Her husband is 85 and Sumita is 82 years old and they lives together and other family as well, she has 2 sons and 2 daughters, they are 30s and 20s also she got her 2 grandchildren. They all live together, which was her choice to live together. Sumita’s relatives are in England as well which she always visits them and every day and have dinner or meals
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The Shareable Future of Cities Alex Steffen Climate change is already a heavy topic, and it’s getting heavier because we’re understanding that we need to do more than we are. We’re understanding, in fact, that those of us who live in the developed world need to be really pushing towards eliminating our emissions. That’s, to put it mildly, not what’s on the table[1] now. And it tends to feel a little overwhelming when we look at what is there in reality today and the magnitude[2] of the problem
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21st Century Leadership Toconnicer Parker Abstract Gigi Butler, also known as the Cupcake Queen, is an entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of the World Famous Gigi’s Cupcakes, a multi million dollar company with over 90 locations in 23 states across America. Gigi’s Cupcakes has established itself as the premiere cupcake company in the Unites States and can boast of 35 million dollars in annual sales. The company as a whole staffs over 500 employees through 90 and counting franchise stores and two
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Roman Art – The Identity of an Empire Christina Kapua ARTS/100 April 18, 2013 Taurie Kinoshita Roman Art – The Identity of an Empire The Romans ingeniously display majestic art while incorporating function and purpose to build an empire. The Romans had many forms in which they created art. They adorned their city, homes, and palaces with paintings, sculptures, and grand architectural structures. Rome admired and emulated the artistry of the Greek, Egyptians, and Celtic designs. They learned
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This made him extremely nationalist in spirit and independence minded. He was never a politician in the true sense of the word but poetically he sought to be an active participant in the freedom movement. Ireland’s mystic twilight, refreshing greenery and medieval relics enraptured the poetic mind of W.B. Yeats. He disliked London and longed for Sligo, a place in the Western part of Ireland, where he had spent his childhood. Nostalgia for his homeland inspired the poem, The Lake Isle of Innisfree
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population was not accounted for in city works. The lack of a citywide waste disposal system created an environment where litter dusted the streets and smog suffocated the populace (Wood). In the heavily industrialized cities of the time, flora and other greenery became a rare sight. The people of the late eighteenth century became rapidly disillusioned by their surroundings and yearned for the better days of the past where there was more space to breathe and distance themselves to find spiritual meaning
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How to Tell a True War Story from The Things They Carried In a true war story, if there's a moral at all, it's like the thread that makes the cloth. You can't tease it out. You can't extract the meaning without unraveling the deeper meaning. And in the end, really, there's nothing much to say about a true war story, except maybe "Oh." True war stories do not generalize. They do not indulge in abstraction or analysis. For example: War is hell. As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly
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Gauguin and Tahitian Inspiration and Spirituality The artwork that I chose to write about the form, content, and function is Day of the God (Mahana no Atua), created in 1894 by Paul Gauguin in Paris after Gauguin had returned from Tahiti. It is oil on canvas, 26 7/8 x 36 inches. This piece of artwork depicts a group of women in an island setting. In the upper right portion of the painting, there are two women carrying a large tray above their heads. They are both dressed in white
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