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A Block-In Method To Explode Your Figure Drawings
The Block-In in figure drawing acts as an organizational blue print or tool for the artist. The Block-In organizes the drawing and gives the form guidelines for the artist.So what is the Block-In method and the benefits of learning this technique?Read more…Who Created the First US Flag of 50 Stars?
Who created the US Flag that we salute at every parade?Robert Heft, a then 17 year-old high school sophomore from Ohio created our current American Flag of 50 stars.When was this flag created?Read more…Uncovered: The History Of The American Flag
For centuries, the American flag has been a symbol of freedom and pride in the United States. Ever since 911, they have become fixtures on many more houses and buildings across the country. It was as if our flag was letting us know that we are still one people and will remain standing strong against the enemy.Read more…My Favorite Mermaid
It is dangerous for me to talk of my favorite mermaid because like anyone else I have a continual changeover in favorites. In any case, my favorite mermaid is Mami Wata. She is a fertility goddess from Africa and her cult is still very popular there.Read more…What Is A Soul
What Exactly Is It?In traditional or let’s say mainstream religions of the world, the soul is a non-material substance which is able to assume powers and attributes not open to it while trapped within the confines of a material cage we call the body. Based on this definition can we even try to appreciate what it actually is and how it may interact with the physical world as we would ordinarily recognise it?Read more…A Biography of KHIEU Samphan (PhD)
Extraordinary chamber to try some of the top leaders during Democratic Kampuchea Regime; a regime that is accused of killing millions of Cambodian innocent lives, is on the process. This is probably the most heated topic from the government institution up to the general public. However, a prevailing fact that would dim “the justice prospect” for Cambodian people is that a huge number of the people do not even know the basic biography of those most responsible Democratic Kampuchea leaders to face trial, constituted of Cambodian and international judges.Read more…Gone, But the Legacy Continues
I knew Major General Kenneth Houghton, USMC, for about six months in late 1955 and into the spring of 1956. I never forgot him or what he taught me and a couple of hundred other, very young, earnest and eager second lieutenants attending Marine Corps officer training at Quantico, Virginia. We were 22 and 23 years old.Read more…Seeing Things From Different Perspectives
Perceptual filters and flexibility’Perceptual filter’ is the label that is used to describe how we see the world. How we see the world is colored by our past experiences. We each have our own personal model of the world, which will have blind spots caused by these perceptual filters.Read more…Peter Agostini - Artist of Exquisite Influence
The June showing of Peter Agostini’s sculpture at the Salander-O’Reilly Gallery on East 79th Street in Manhattan brings a true master’s touch of creative genius to this Spring and Summer’s New York Art Gallery scene. With its vivid, image-provoking title of “Mid-Life Crisis,” this uniquely characteristic and diverse collection of the artist’s work exhibits the highest definitive qualities of major schools and styles in the rich, complex history of World Art.Entering the gallery, the viewer is greeted by the silken surface and steely force of the “Swell,” made of hydrocal in 1965.Read more…Bloomsday - Celebrating James Joyce's Ulysses in Dublin and Around the World
James Joyce is one of the most celebrated writers in history and for good reason. Though his Finnegans Wake is incomprehensible, it is not more so than a Beethoven Symphony. But we don’t ask a Beethoven Symphony to be easily understood because it isn’t written in words.Read more…Forgotten Presidents
Quick! Who was the first president of the United States?If you said "George Washington," go the end of the line.Read more…Weapons Innovations of the Medieval Era
Although many when many people think of the Middle Ages as "The Dark Ages", there were actually many brilliant innovations in the arts, politics, and medieval weapons made during this time.Everyone knows about medieval swords and daggers, and how they were used in everyday life. There were so many other weapons created and perfected during this time period other than the knight sword.Read more…The Legend of Excalibur and the Knights Templar
Legends are important to many of the world's people and to society in general. Legends give us powerful and benevolent figures to look up to and deviously intelligent malevolent figures to condemn (or to secretly admire). The trouble with legends, however, are the details.Read more…Apples in American Culture - Why, Apples are as Amercian as Apple Pie!
Here in the United States, though, we have many traditional fruits. Of course, perhaps the most popular and most traditional fruit that we grow is the apple. In fact, apples are such traditional fruits that they have become ingrained in our culture.Read more…Amber Wakes Dublin - A Story with James Joyce References
Amber Hiccums had had a great fall and winter in Paris and New York, and now spring was here in Ireland and she sprang out of the jaunting-car to reconnoiter with her dear friends Harmie and Armie, the most beloved couple in Dublin. Harmonious Claribel Euphony was by every man's calculation, the biggest gent in Dublin. Some took him to be equal to the length and breadth of it, and his wife, Armonium Laribel Phonieux, the most sinuous, continuous, roundabout and plural of women.Read more…Joshian Quotations
In reality the universe has no geometry.To be is to be intelligent.Gravity is neither a force nor a consequence of any space-time curvature.Read more…Educating Your Family on Native American Indian History
In the United States, a large amount of information is taught in local schools. This information is often vital to the success of a student. Math, science, English, physical education, and history are taught in many schools.Read more…Native American Indian History: How to Learn More
Do you own a piece of American Indian jewelry or art? If so, have you ever wondered how that item originated? There are many individuals who purchase Native American products without ever thinking about the history behind those items and the individuals that made them.Read more…Language of the God(s)
In Man and His Symbols, Jung shows us the same archetypes in the untutored dreams of contemporary children, in medieval alchemy, in Hindu mythology, and in Persian folk tales. Joseph Campbell and Alan Watts have continued and extended this study of a vast and strange inner world, little appreciated until quite recently. How does Jung account for the universality of symbolic themes?Read more…George Mason; Was He a Hypocrite?
George Mason was a brilliant man and very much helped in the building of our nation. However since he was a large slave owner with a huge plantation many people believe he was a hypocrite and although he is considered a celebrity of history to Virginians, not so many Virginia blacks and black Americans agree.He believed in freedoms and liberty for all white, rich, male landowners.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Humanities category
- The Welsh Love Spoon Tradition - By: Hedd Gwynfor
The custom of carving and giving Welsh Lovespoons originated in Wales hundreds of years ago. The young men of today would probably buy flowers, chocolates or jewellery as a token of affection. Centuries ago in Wales, the young lover would also give gifts of sweets or cakes; but they would also give a special, more personal gift to the object of their desire, the Welsh Love Spoon. Today as well as being a gift of affection or a memento of a visit to Wales, Lovespoons are given for many special occasions such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, births, engagements, christenings, house warming and St. Valentines Day. - Clean Simple Scrapbooking will always remain popular - By: John Foster
Clean simple scrapbooking is the best way to take your very first steps in the exciting hobby of scrapbooking. Once you have mastered the art then the world can be your playground. - Free Printable Scrapbooking Pages - By: John Foster
Free printable scrapbooking pages are easily customizable. You can use an image editor to incorporate the initial design, text or other images. - A Free Scrapbooking Catalog is Handy - By: John Foster
The free scrapbooking catalog can help you find exactly what you are searching for. A free scrapbooking catalog is also a terrific way to discover new scrapbooking supplies on the market and to take advantage of money-saving deals. - Scrapbooking Book: Select Carefully - By: John Foster
Another common trend these days with scrapbooking books is to create mini books. Simply purchase a small sized photo album or even a miniature three ring binder to create your own mini scrapbooking book. Regardless of the type of scrapbook you choose you want it to be attractive and durable. - Creating an Encyclopedia of Keepsakes by Scrapbooking - By: John Foster
An assortment of scintillating embossers and other products are a suitable fit for individuals that desire a finished and organized look for creating an encyclopedia of keepsakes by scrapbooking. - Civil War in the USA - By: Sharon White
New war was about to start. It was a war between the States, between North and South. Here in this case the author describes both parties, he tells about views and beliefs of both sides. - German Memory in Asia: Memories of the Old Europe - By: Rajkumar Kanagasingam
While we were passing a junction, the driver told, he wanted to visit a deity, because he had made a vow some time back and turned the vehicle towards a more isolated passage.Though he was Catholic by religion his faith in deity worship is not strange in Sri Lanka. Ancient nature worship and Hindu traditions are deeply rooted in the daily life of many people. - Early History of Oxford University - By: Richard Pettinger
There has been a dwelling around Oxford since Roman times. However nothing permanent was established until about 700 AD when the hamlet of Oxnaforda became a strategic place between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex. After the Norman conquest the town was fortifies from about 1070. - The Complexities of European Society: A Result of the Socio-Political Changes - By: Paul Kennard
The European society underwent many astonishing changes and developments during the late 19th century. On the one hand, the Industrial Revolution continued to spur enormous growth in the manufacturing production in European countries, thus strengthening their capitalist economies; on the other hand, the legacies of the French Revolution greatly induced and motivated the European people to demand more rights and freedom in their civil lives, thereby leading to numerous conflicts and clashes between different classes of society, as seen in the Revolution in 1848. Many of the phenomena at that time, e.