Essays on Extravagant

Budgeting is the process of calculating monthly expenses from one’s income. Developing budgets allows individuals to know in advance, whether they would have enough money after paying for all expenses to spend on the things that they want to do like going to the movies or going on holidays. Budgeting helps individuals to keep their priorities straight. With budgeting, they can focus on and prioritize the list of things to do and spend their available budget accordingly. In lament terms, budgeting stop individuals from wasting their money on unnecessary things that they do not need. Keeping a monthly ...

Indescribable charm of the Rolling Stones is closely linked with a bright and multi-layered personality of Mick Jagger. Its importance for the group, so long staying on top of glory, not only limited to the fact that Mick almost single-handedly generates the energy that spurts from the stage during concerts the Stones, sings, writes lyrics and has been actively involved in the creation of new compositions. Surprisingly multifaceted and somewhat contradictory nature allows Jagger to perform at least significant duties and in the background. Rolling Stones do not use the services of the manager - because they have Mick ...

In the year of 1955, families around the world became at risk of losing decades of having dinner at the table, together. Yet, at the time, it seemed like a reasonable solution to haphazardly putting a meal together for a family who, at times, would not eat it. The phenomenon of the fast food industry has released many parents from the scrutiny of meal-planning every day of the week. The commercial marketing towards children made their products irresistible, seemingly affordable, easy, and enjoyable. McDonald’s took the world by force, making hamburgers and French fries the answer to busy ...

Opinion about Beauty

In most instances, people associate and relate beauty with an individual’s physical appearance. It can be a sexy body or a pretty face. The society often categorise beauty based on how individuals look and hardly do people realise the inside beauty. Furthermore, the society often preoccupies itself with physical attraction, and it ignores the personality and attitude of a person. Personally, I firmly believe that beauty is a multifaceted concept that individuals should evaluate in different dimensions. Moreover, people have diverse perspectives on beauty; therefore, there are no universally accepted definitions of beauty. What one individual may perceive ...

Introduction

The evolution of cosmetics has played a significant role in the civilization that has been massively witnessed in the world. Though the current cosmetic users do not recognize this fact, for several centuries, cosmetics were used in religious ceremonies, for the enhancement of beauty and also for the promotion of good health. This assisted in altering the way people looked, fixed their bodies in times of ill-health and also enabled the expression of religion, as well as, beliefs in different communities. Presently, the cosmetic industry has been tremendously successful thus presenting a broad base of products to choose from. ...

The French revolution is an exercise which saw the French people redesign their political landscape and the ultimate overthrow of the monarchy which began in the year 1789 and came to an end in the late 1790s. The French revolution just like the American Revolution which had occurred before took place majorly as a result of the Enlightenment ideals such as the sovereignty and also the rights that can be said as inalienable. It can be said that the revolution was not much successful in terms of achieving its intended goals but on the other hand it showed to ...

19th of April 2016

Thesis Statement Many scholars and critics have sought to find some hidden meaning and messages in the works of Shakespeare. However, despite the abundance of allegory, sarcasm and on satire, the reader’s attention should not be diverted from the main problem that the author shows in “Othello” and this is the issue of race and discrimination within the society of those days. This topic has not yet been fully described and is of interest as it shows some controversial noted in terms of the understanding of racism as we know it now, and how people understood it in ...

Architecture has grown in tremendous heights from since time immemorial where simple structures with a certain rationale and cliché design were being designed and brought up to the current sky scrapers and extravagant designs being brought up. This has been made possible by the immense growth in technology that has influenced architects to go beyond the norm in yester years to transform imaginations into designs and ultimately to structures that are mostly viewed as defying many laws of nature more so gravity. In order to gain a greater understanding of the transformation of the art and architecture industry, two ...

Overview of Sufism

Sufism, simply put, is Islamic mysticism. Sufism is also popular by the name Tasawwuf in the Arab world. It is essentially a movement of the followers of Islam in pursuit of discovering celestial veracity and love by way of the direct encounters that they seek to have with God. Sufism evolved out of Islam, precisely between the 8th and 9th centuries C.E., in the form of a frugal movement. This ascetic movement was given the name Sufism due to the coarse wool garments that denotes their denunciation of worldly pleasures. Conventionally, the Sufis were also known to have taken ...

It was perfectly normal for Gustav Klimt to work in his study the whole day, without taking any break. It was in the year 1907 that he began work on one of the most famous pictures in the history of art-“The Kiss.” Österreichische Galerie Belvedere museum in the Belvedere, Vienna displays the painting, which is considered a masterpiece of the early modern period (Der Kuss 1908 2016). The theme of the artwork was two lovers united through a kiss. Many people wonder about the identity of the woman portrayed in “The Kiss” (Gustav Klimt -The Kiss2016). The artwork ...

1. "Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant."

The general public considers politicians people of no, or of very little scruples, who have risen to power not for the amelioration of their fellow countrymen, but for their own miserly purposes. The newspapers and other media are abundant with examples of corrupt politicians, pocketing the amounts of money that will go undetected by the control, and purchasing huge villas, newest models of cars and traveling to destinations mere mortals can only dream of. In reality, they are merely taking advantage of the gullible masses ...