Essays on Tranquility

Abstract

The demise of the Soviet Union has been a major cause of controversies on the relevancy of NATO in the contemporary world. Many of these controversies are informed by a superficial understanding of its roles in light of the emergence of the US as a world superpower. Admittedly, the role of NATO has been pivotal in restoring order and tranquility in Europe and Western bloc. NATO’s military interventions in places such as Afghanistan and Syria have been crucial in restoring order in the world. With its revised rules that include global war on terrorism, and drug trafficking, it ...

Abstract

The demise of the Soviet Union has been a major cause of controversies on the relevancy of NATO in the contemporary world. Many of these controversies are informed by a superficial understanding of its roles in light of the emergence of the US as a world superpower. Admittedly, the role of NATO has been pivotal in restoring order and tranquility in Europe and Western bloc. NATO’s military interventions in places such as Afghanistan and Syria have been crucial in restoring order in the world. With its revised rules that include global war on terrorism, and drug trafficking, it ...

Visual Literacy: Thomas Hoepker 9/11 Photograph

According to Liu, the rapid advancement of science and technology is influencing significant transformation in human communication systems (1259). The visual element of communication is now being utilized widely with images, color, and other multimodal resources being used for more than entertainment and illustration (Harrison 46). Visual messages are being used to convey significant meaning (Liu 1259). The visual culture is becoming popular due to its ability to communicate instantly and universally via the Internet (Bamford 2). As such, people should be able to decode and interpret the various visual images that are exposed to them every day to ...

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong created history when he became “the first man to walk on the moon” ("Biography of Neil Armstrong") in 1969. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian, became the first man to orbit the earth in 1961, “giving the Soviet Union a big victory in its Cold War space race against the United States” ("Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon"). Following this, President Kennedy promised the nation, that “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth” ("Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon"). Thus, Neil Armstrong’s ...

Passionate Journey is a wordless graphic novel written by Belgian graphic artist Frans Masereel. Unlike other general comic books, Passionate Journey is composed by images with no colors, hence, offering readers a greater chance to expand their interpretation and give them several variations of the plot. Published after the World War I, the book represents the experiences of an early 20th-century ordinary citizen in a modern city. The book intends to present the ups and downs of common people living int those days, specifically showing their life style in post-war period. In order to highlight the trends of that ...

II, William Wordsworth, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Kubla Khan” Charles Baudelaire, “Get Drunk”

Individualism is the basic trait of romanticism. This element is evident of the production of all the poets of the period, including the selected artists. Individualism distinguishes the point of view of the poet under his perception over the political and social state of the time. It is a reflection of the visionary reality correlated reverence depicted with the use of imagery and embedded with passion and idealism. Together, these elements compose the distinguished style of each poet of the period of romanticism. These traits will ...

This poem gives an amazingly cozy feeling to the reader. It is as if the poem invites us from the start, from the very title - Home-baked bread. The title itself already creates the aroma of cooking. But this poem is more than just about great dishes. The author talks about the “cunning triumphs”. It seems that her triumph is the mastery of a recipe passed down to her from her aunt. It is a goal that she has finally reached. The image of the aunt from Massachusetts at the same time sounds a lot like magic. The “spices and ...

From the Ming Dynasty to the end of the reign of Qing Dynasty, Forbidden City was the imperial palace to the Chinese. It is situated in the middle of Beijing and presently houses the current palace Museum. Palace museum is one of the world’s famous museums because of its collection of ancient materials which were used during the reign of the Qing and Ming dynasties. Palace museum served as the home of emperors, together with their family’s households. It was highly respected since ever one viewed it as the throne to the leadership of the Chinese nation. ...

Traditionally a small antique town surrounded by strawberry fields and a bucolic ambience, Old Bellevue, is currently one of the most appealing and developed towns in Bellevue. Old Bellevue is located at the center of Bellevue and stands as a shopping destination for many of the affluent individuals from within and without Bellevue. Its name “Old Bellevue” sounds ironic, as there is nothing looks old in the town. As a commercial district for Bellevue, Old Bellevue previously had small shops that catered for the local community needs as the town developed into a thriving center of the Eastside. The electric mix of business currently ...

Introduction

Parenting is an aspect of supporting a person to develop socially, emotionally, education wise and physically from a child to an adult. Parenting usually exists in an individual biologically related to the infant in question, but in some instances, biological relationship is not a big deal in child bearing. Raising a child to be a responsible adult in the society involves the whole society as other family members, neighbors and the governments besides the biological parents take part. Parental skills are vital because they shape the behavioral appearance of the child in the society, and parental skills could be good or bad depending on ...

If to take a look at the phenomenon of Islamic civilization, mainly at the architecture, urban planning and poetry, the importance of art in the Islamic world becomes clear. Great masterpieces of Islamic civilization, Islamic architecture in the clearest way answer the question of what Islam is. These buildings have in their proportionality, harmony, tranquility and serenity the most important features of the Islamic message to people. Of course, all kinds of Islamic art: architecture, fabric production, etc., borrowed many of the technologies and methods from different civilizations, in particular, from Ancient Iran and Byzantium. But all of them ...

Introduction

Among the numerous relaxation techniques, mindfulness meditation is applied when an individual is trying to achieve a mind that is calm and stable. Mindfulness meditation allows people to discover that harmony and calmness is actually a natural mind aspect. It is believed that, with the practice of mindfulness meditation, individuals strengthen and develop their mind, before they reach mind peace, and be able to stay in that peaceful state of mind without putting too much effort in it. Unlike what some people may thing, in mindful meditation the individual that applies it is perfectly aware of everything going on around them, ...

Introduction

Grave of Fireflies, or ‘Hotaru no haka’ in Japanese, is a powerful and compelling animated film which was released in 1988 (Ebert). This 88 minutes long film was directed by Isao Takahata with the animation being done by Studio Ghibli, which has created a name for itself for producing quality and acclaimed animations. The movie’s story line is modeled on a novel bearing the same title, written in 1967 by Akiyuki Nosaka. Apparently, the author had undergone an experience comparable to that of Seita, the protagonist in both the film and the autobiography. Grave of Fireflies has a growing audience of ...

Negotiations and communication are functions of world peace and tranquility. Negotiation can be defined as a holistic process through which parties agree or arrive at a consensus through discussions (Cohen, 5). On the other hand, communication refers to the process through which information passes between parties. In other words, in order for negotiations to be effective and achieve a long-term objective, effective communication as a function must exist between individuals. In most cases, negotiations are conducted when there are disagreements or conflicts between different parties. For instance, when the country is at war with another country, leaders representing both sides can sit at a ...

[Writer Nаme] [Supervisor Nаme] [Dаte]

Introduction The Ten Commandments is a set of guidelines given by God to Moses almost 3 millennia ago, and they are still considered to be binding today on us. These commandments were given from Mount Sinai escorted by earthquakes, blasts and smoke which emphasizes the significance of these Commandments. Ten Commandments also known as Decalogue relates to worship acts and to worship One God, ethics, prohibitions from blasphemy, murder of another human being, idolatry, adultery and dishonesty among human beings. The Ten Commandments follow the spiritual law of human ...

The Japanese Garden

Culture is a set of traditions, habits, values, and norms that a group of people share. That is as basic as definition goes. What it implies though is that culture is intricate, deeply-rooted in a person or nation's psyche, and is quite definitive of a people group's identity. Unfortunately for the outsider, like an entire language to be learned, a group of people's culture takes tremendous amount of time to learn - a lifetime would not be an exaggeration. But for the person who marries as foreigner, or for a merchant wanting to expand overseas, a lifetime is a little too long for such an endeavor. How ...

A shrine to nature lovers and a crowned jewel amongst all the valleys; a marvel that strikes everyone, be it a vacationing family or an outdoor adventure enthusiast or an explorer; Yosemite National Park is a mixed bag of picturesque scenery and an array of activities. Located in the central eastern region in the state of California, Yosemite National Park covers an area of 747,956 acres (3,026.87 km2) and stretches across the western slopes of the mountain chains of Sierra Nevada. This essay intends to give the readers a glimpse of the vast wilderness, diverse biological community and deep history of the ...

Section A

Inspired by impressionism, Morning of Antibes by Claude Monet is oil on canvas painting (65.7 cm X 82.1 cm).The painting is placed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Impressionism and Modern Art. In the impression is a rising sun whose horizon is viewed above a blue sea. It evokes memories of a hazy morning with the sun struggling to penetrate its rays through the fog. Through Monet’s brush work the painting brings forth the languid stillness of the land and the heat of the morning. Something so fascinating about this painting is the sheer color balance that it possessing .In ...

When comparing Western thought to the Eastern thought of Taoism, a ready example would be to contrast Newtonian physics to quantum physics. In Newtonian physics the laws governing celestial bodies are simple and understandable. One states that objects in motion stay in motion and objects at rest stay at rest unless an outside force acts on them. In quantum physics, the black and white of Newtonian physics turns grey. Electrons exists in a state of both being and not being and are governed by unpredictable laws that make it impossible for science to exactly pinpoint their location, which the appearances seeming ...

Presentation and Analysis of two poems – ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ by William Wordsworth and ‘Sailing’ by the writer of this essay – Reflections on the nature, tradition and reception of poetry as formed upon the readings of William Wordsworth’s ‘Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads’ and T.S. Elliot’s ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ - Comparison and contrast of the two poems of the essay in terms of the extent to which the preceding one has imposed its effect on the most recent one [The author’s name]

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At the end of World War II, the world was awakened to a pressing need to build and strengthen institutions that would manage issues that led to the war and the economic turmoil that followed. But what are these ‘institutions’ and why do they matter? Institutions have been defined within a wide spectrum in the international relations literature; to date there is no widely-agreed upon definition. The concept is sometimes defined broadly to encompass all of the diverse international relations, often leaving the learner with little analytical bite. Towards one end is the notion of institutions as establishing the ‘rules ...

Question A

American people, or Americans, are defined as natives, or citizens form the (U.S) United States of America. This country serves as home to people originating from various national origins. In the end, Americans are not equated to their nationality based on aspects of their ethnicity, but rather, with their citizenship. Having to exclude the Native American population, all Americans as well as their ancestors were evidently immigrating within the resent centuries. Irrespective of the multi-ethnic composition, the culture contained a commonality with respect to most Americans referring to it as the mainstream American culture. The Western culture is basically derived ...

Although Taoism has principles as any philosophy or religion, these are not strict, as they are subjected to the customization. As there are over 6.5 billion individuals in the world, there could also be 6.5 billion ways to practice it, because everybody can understand it and practice it differently, teaching the others what they have learned about Taoism and in the same time absorbing the Taoism knowledge from others (“Taoism 101: Introduction to the Tao”). Therefore, by its nature, Taoism focuses on individual, having the purpose of enlightening him, putting him in harmony with himself and with the surrounding ...

Comparison of two poems, “The Indian to His Love” and “The Hosting of the Sidhe”, written by the same poet.

Introduction “The Indian to His Love” demonstrates an appealing movement that makes the poem to appear unexciting and lifeless as compared to the highly exciting atmosphere that is created by the poem “The Hosting of the Sidhe.” The two poems by William Yeats are completely different. For each poem, Yeats views the world from different perspectives. This therefore makes it impossible for the poet to successfully deal with the theme in “The Indian to His Love” in the same manner as in “The Hosting of the Sidhe". The relationship between the characters of the two poems is ...

Analysis of Raphael’s Madonna and Child with book

The Madonna and Child with Book, c. 1502-03, by Raffaello Sanzio also called Raphael Italian, 1483-1520, is an oil on panel, with dimensions 21-3/4 x 15-3/4 in. (55.2 x 40 cm), and is displayed at Norton Simon Art Foundation. The Madonna has been a preferred subject for hundreds of artists through the centuries, and while Raphael has painted more than one, the Madonna and Child with Book resonates with certain innocence--something commonly found in the early paintings by Raphael. Raffaello Sanzio, or Raphael is a creative genius, recognized for his paintings. His father, Giovanni Santi, trained Raphael in his painting techniques. ...

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams has always been known as an experimenter, an innovator, a revolutionary figure in American poetry. Yet in comparison to artists of his own time who sought a new environment for creativity as expatriates in Europe, Williams lived a remarkably conventional life. A doctor for more than forty years serving the New Jersey town of Rutherford, he relied on his patients, the America around him, and his own ebullient imagination to create a distinctively American verse. Often domestic in focus and "remarkable for its empathy, sympathy, its muscular and emotional identification with its subjects," Williams's poetry is also characteristically honest: "There ...

Sextus Impiricus

The ultimate goal of research or skepticism is to achieve tranquility. Sextus Empiricus believes that skepticism is followed by this feeling of tranquility. He explains this with his example of Appelles. He uses this example, stating that Appelles was the skeptic. He wanted to achieve something, and when he believed that it was not possible, he got angry. In his disbelief or his fixed mind- thinking that it is not possible to paint foam – he threw the sponge which quickly represented foam in the painting. He says that this was done by fate. That the judgment was passed, Appelles ...

ABSTRACT

Martin Luther King was a Baptist minister and Ph.D. in theology who had led the civil rights movement in the South since 1955. He referred to the founding documents and principles of the United States that promised liberty and equality for all, and noted that the country had failed to fulfill these in practice, especially because blacks had suffered centuries of slavery and segregation. His main concern was to secure basic citizenship and voting rights for blacks, and his speaking style was far more like that of a preacher and prophet. A century after slavery was abolished, blacks still faced segregation, ...

The revolution of Mexican Architecture led to the emergence of many architects who sought to bring about modernism in Mexico. However, most of the architects focused on developing modern aspects or rather styles with little or no consideration of the traditional designs. Luis Barragan sought to link traditional architectural designs with his rather modern outlook of his works. He used his art to express the poetic richness of Mexico’s past. He also used his works to address the aesthetic trends of the modern world. The two aspects that inspired Luis were the physical beauty of nature as well ...

Book Review on the Book “The Name of War”

Introduction History may seem to be a very simple topic for some. However, it is quite the opposite for those who want to know the most accurate historical explanation behind a perceived historical reality available. History is a field that most likely revolves around words and its many uses. This is because the transfer of information from one person’s mouth to another—also known as verbal communication, has been a very important factor that shaped our current concept and belief of history and what it really is about today. Written texts may seem to be the more formal way of reviewing ...

Music can be described as a pulse of energy that is transferred through vibrations. Apart from instruments and songs, nature also produces music. Things such as water flowing in a river, bird making sounds in the quite desert and the waves on the beach are all natural music. This research paper seeks to critically examine the healing power of music. The human body comprises of a cellular system made of atoms that are constantly vibrating. Music on the other hand has a series of vibrations that are conveyed from the source to the human body through the ears. The vibrations in the ...

All the stories in Wisdom Walk teach about Buddhism. The stories are about the path to tranquility. This Path to Tranquility is introduced by the narrator’s daily experiences of having to wake up early in the morning to exercise in preparation for meditation. Despite the difficulties of meditation, the leader of the sessions encourages the trainees to forget about any other feelings and thoughts which can disrupt their thoughts. Meditation helps Buddhist get a bearing in life by revealing basic human truths to followers including human characteristics about suffering, ways which wrong point of view can lead to suffering, ...

The United States government should require all citizens to submit DNA fingerprints, regardless of whether or not they have committed a crime. By doing this, the United States government would be able to keep more detailed record of all its citizens. There are thousands of criminal investigations each year where there is evidence of finger prints, but there is no match on file to determine who they belong to. By requiring all citizens to have their fingerprints on file, these types of cases would be solved much easier. Finger printing all citizens may even reduce the crime rate in the ...

Original: "Dream On" by Aerosmith

every time that I look in the mirror all these lines on my face getting clearer the past is gone it went by like dusk to dawn isn't that the way everybody's got their dues in life to pay

yeah, I know nobody knows where it comes and where it goes I know it's everybody's sin you got to lose to know how to win

half my life's in books' written pages live and learn from fools and from sages you know it's true all the things you ...

The Turkish and Greek Cypriots clash is noted to have started long before the current crisis in the governance of the two sub-countries. Danielidou and Horvath (2006) note that the current border problems are associated with the macabre that continued to inflict the countries long before the advent of the millennium. There are quite a number of factors that have been identified as the root cause of the many problems that continue to face the two countries. The problems witnessed in the two countries are way beyond the character of the modern world, and the assertion developed in this essay ...

Introduction

It goes without saying that life without peace and tranquility is of no relevance. But, the real life scenario does not go exactly the way one thinks. Though non-violence is a peaceful and strong tool or option to win the hearts of people, it does not always serve the intended purpose of life. There are numerous instances when it fails to serve as the weapon of ensuring peace in the world. Undoubtedly, it makes good sense to assume that the peaceful co-existence of people or countries depends on the mutual accommodation, understanding, respect, and honor of one another’s lives and ...

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening paints a beautiful picture of a different time. A horse and rider take time to stop and watch the snow falling in the woods. It sounds like a painting. Yet, much more is going on here than appreciation of nature. The meaning of the poem is that the only character is about to go on a long journey to fulfill a promise. The promise is a great responsibility. The promise might be going to war, taking care of a loved one who is ill, or just taking a moment to rest before resuming the normal responsibilities of life.

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‘Patriotism is the first defensive mechanism: a response to s perceived threat’. This statement was formulated in the epitome of many philosophical and theoretical works in France. These were works that revolved the many anticipated threats that ensued especially in the revolution times of the French territory. This paper argues in support of this statement, based in the works by authors of the past as well as Joachim Du Bellay's Les Regrets (The Regrets). Additionally, France amongst many other countries has been through hard times in the course of their political evolution. Therefore many tend to agree with these philosophies ...

China was fairly a unified country during the onset of the imperial times. Integration of china was facilitated by a number of factors such as, commonly well embraced cultural practices, well understood political orientations that, facilitated order and tranquility and a fairly strong social and economic foundations. Even though, China had little tranquility before the formation of its republic. It can be argued that it was fairly unified. This is due to the fact that, it was not characterized by chronic divisions. Moreover elements that breed divisions in most states were lacking. For example, sssssthere was an absence of ethnic tensions and ...

There are numerous obstacles to success of community based tourism albeit, to commence with, a community is a group individuals with a common kind of cooperate responsible and the capacity to draw decisions through representative bodies. On the same vein, a community based tourism is an as facet of tourism in which the locals residents who are most often, comprise of the poor, the rural and the economically disenfranchised. These people call the pay courtesy calls or visit to them] the local resident and they offer them the “would be” requisite accommodation. The proceeding piece of writing bellow is thence an exhaustive exposition ...