Just as it is the nature of the bipolar to vacillate between two extremes, with the highest ecstasy followed by the lowest anguish, so it is the nature of celebrity to waiver, and in the blink of an eye, the cherished hero of the hoi polloi can turn victim of its scorn. Such was the case with Wilde, whose outrageous bravado proved to be his downfall just as much as it had once been his success. In an act that can only be described as obliquely suicidal, Wilde sued lifetime lover Lord Alfred Douglas‘, ...
Owed in its entirety to Ib Michaels, and his very excellent novel 'Prince'. The Sea There’s frost in the air, the dry scent of snow to come. The clouds gather like fat old ladies waiting at the bus stop, shivering with incontinence. They jostle each other, uncooperative and eager to be first, ever surprised at the unexpected expanse of their flesh. Soon they will join together into a single heavy mass, the sky will become a featureless arc, and then, only then, will ...
Tomorrow's my first SAT test! “All art is an imitation of nature.” —Seneca, Roman philosopher, c. 4 B.C.–A.D. 65 Assignment: Do you agree with this statement? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your position on this issue. Support your point of view with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. Not all of the pieces and works of art are in imitaion of nature. In further defining art ...
I am deeply troubled as a caring friend, and deeply offended. For the past few weeks I have been tring to help out a friend of mine wo's been going through a huge stage of change, personality, style, everything pretty much, even friends. Through my efforts, I wrote her a long email expressing how I felt (she was unavailable for a face to face talk or even phone) about this sudden change, it not only affected her past friends who were very close to her, but me as well. I hadn't realized ...
The Northern Lights (or more scientifically known as the Aurora Borealis) is only visible in the North sky from the Northern Hemisphere. We in the Prairies have the privilege of viewing this phenonema on and off throughout our winter season. It is sooooo cool when this is taking place, but one feels compelled to stare at them for as long as they last, or for however long one can ...
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