In 2014 while coming to this school I wasn’t in a good place mentally. I had been struggling with depressive tendencies for a number years prior to my freshman year. However‚ 9th grade was essentially my breaking point. Overall‚ the year isn’t something I’m proud of but it has and will continue to influence who I am today. My best friend at the time wasn’t a good person either but for different reasons. She did everything in her power to bring me down in order to feel better about herself and I allowed
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Addiction hit my family hard before I was even born. In November of 1998 my grandfather went missing. Police and search teams searched for my grandfather for months and found no leads. It has been 18 years and my grandfather still has not been found. I really wish I was able to meet my grandfather and at least figure out what happened to him. Addiction is a ruthless ruler in this world‚ and it does not care what it takes from families. My grandmother told me that my grandfather was involved with
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Jose Luis Ortega Vaquero Internet have changed my life In recent years we have been witnessing a real acceleration of society as regards to technology‚ both in its development and the emergence of new forms. An important change that should be noted is Internet‚ and how it has affected different areas of everyday life‚ especially regarding social relations. The constant use of technologies such as mobile phone‚ iPod or computer with Internet connections... has led to increasingly more
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Human passions are rather like a “broad brush”; vast and driven by man’s fervor and devotion for living life. Many consider their interests accompanied by talent as the basis forming and cultivating their passions; there unique gifts influence and contribute to our world. Talent for athletics‚ art‚ music‚ writing‚ leadership‚ and of course the list is endless‚ impact all of us. My spirit is drawn to perhaps the “broadest brush” that which all actions and energy need to breathe. I am impassioned
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The Emulation of Art & Life In all walks of everyday life‚ lessons and experiences are collected in hopes to use them in future scenarios. Many writers throughout history have said they have used these occurrences in their work. At various point in life situations arise in which decisions must be made and once the choice is being carried out‚ there comes a point when one cannot go back and change course. This inability to revert one’s path is called the “Point of No Return.” In other instances
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A New Day Has Come I have never been a person who looks at art and enjoys it. My favorite artwork is Gottfried Helnweint Boulevard of Broken Dreams. But when ask to write about my favorite art piece‚ that didn’t come to mind. I watch a show called So You Think You Can Dance and on June 18‚ 2008 I saw a Viennese Waltz performed that has stayed in my mind. For me art is something that gets you thinking and feeling in a way that you might not have before. Everything from the music to the lighting
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any interest in me. This‚ on top or being pathologically shy‚ didn’t make things any easier. I also wasn’t pushed by anyone to get better; my biological parents never took the time to sit down and help me with my reading. Throughout my younger years I was reluctant to go to school because I would get teased by my classmates. Reading was not always one of my favorite things to do‚ but one book changed it all. The first day of fourth grade in a new school rolled around; I was absolutely petrified
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Going through life‚ we as humans face many obstacles and conflicts. Some thing change a person’s perspective and some things don’t. This something changed my life so suddenly‚ it wasn’t until recently that I realized how big of an impact it had made on my life. As a little kid you don’t understand the big things that go on in the real world around you. When I was four I was adopted. I was taken out of the poor‚ underprivileged part of Phoenix‚ AZ‚ and was given a new life and new opportunities.
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define art as vision or as intuition‚ as Benedetto Croce does in his essay "What is Art?" By this definition‚ the works of someone with a beautiful vision would be beautiful‚ and art would be an external manifestation of an internal state. The importance of art is related to the nature of our human built environment‚ and whether we create it to be a comfort or a torment. To understand the place of art and beauty in contemporary culture‚ you need to turn to history. You could define art as vision
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I was a goofball growing up‚ but once I matured‚ I was destined to do great things. My life has been filled with ups and downs‚ but‚ somehow‚ I was able to get through them. I always did things differently from everyone else. Also‚ I had to work harder to be successful. I was always considered different compared to the other kids; I had to work really hard to achieve my goals of being on the football team in high school‚ to get a scholarship to ASU‚ and to be drafted into the NFL. When I was
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