... expressed, Coleridge's choice of words to explain the wind's boldness also emphasizes how wind is involved with the imagery for the creative mind. He writes, "Boldlier swept, the long sequacious notes" (18) which draws our attention to an irregular grammatical formation: the use of the word "boldlier" rather than the phrase "more boldly". The chosen "boldlier" reinforces the dissimilarity between the "coy" music the harp produces as a result of a "desultory breeze ... " and the music formed when wind more boldly sweep the strings of the harp. To stroke a stringed instrument more boldly, ...

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... he stuck mainly to revamping basics. Nowadays however, you can watch a dress with a cascade front ending in a sharply pleated side seam, or double folds somehow meandering towards a slit on the midsection of a shift. These kinds of folds are what Francisco is known for, as well as unconventional pleating, shearing, and deconstructing, another popular trait of his. As I become more ... minimalism, I start to notice more how I can utilize certain traits and techniques to manifest a collection true to the houses modern day roots. Offset pleating and "unfinished" details seem to be a very p...

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... and perceive something completely different because just a single variable may have been off, or unique to the perceiver. Because nothing can be proven to be true, what people accept as truth must be assumed, and the assumption must be carefully chosen so that it can stand solid. The basis of science and mathematics, for instance, lies on an assumption of basic logic and observations ... to be correct. Although it is still an assumption and cannot be proven, it is a relatively safe assumption because it lacks any counter points, and has much evidence to back itself up. One simple proble...

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... sometimes called directed thinking because it focuses on a desired outcome". (Halpern, Diane F. Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking.1996.) . In my own words, critical thinking is the ability to ask and answer questions to information that is given to you. Critical thinking is deciding rationally what to or what not to believe. Decision-making comes from a decision ... maker might choose might subject him to different uncertainties, but in every case, the alternatives combine with the uncertainties to produce the outcome. The outcome is the result of the decision s...

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... social culture would eliminate. By saying this they want their readers to understand that race is always changing depending on societies (and politics) around the current definition. Race is a difficult issue to discuss because it has such deep seeded rooted in history, which in turn makes it impossible ... then discusses the idea of Jewish people being minorities in the past due to their skin, even though at first glance it may be that of the same as the white majority. This brings up the same mindset discussed within disabilities as to the issue of what gets chosen as a defining factor ...

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... these stimuli before. The explanation they gave for this was the following: People usually chose the left image as 'kiki' because the images sharp changes in visual direction of the lines mimic the sharp phonemic inflections of the sound 'kiki' as well as the sharp inflection of the tongue & palate. The image on the right is usually chosen as 'bouba' because the rounded contours of the figure mimic the rounded auditory inflection ... of bouba. Ramachandran and Hubbard used the bouba/kiki effect as a clue for understanding the origins of proto- language. Proto- language is...

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... The film segment chosen was the final scene from Stanley Kubrik^s 2001 A Space Odyssey made in 1968. As the name would suggest, the film is set almost entirely in the future. Already having projected itself over 30 years into the future, it would be safe to assume that this motion picture offers a wealth of imagery and futuristic vision. It does. It is towards the end of the ... itself appears highly constructed and artificial, an indicator of physicality. In some cases this can be seen to represent pretentiousness and vanity. On the other hand, the elements, namely the artwork, tiles a...

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... The film segment chosen was the final scene from Stanley Kubrik^s 2001 A Space Odyssey made in 1968. As the name would suggest, the film is set almost entirely in the future. Already having projected itself over 30 years into the future, it would be safe to assume that this motion picture offers a wealth of imagery and futuristic vision. It does. It is towards the end of the ... itself appears highly constructed and artificial, an indicator of physicality. In some cases this can be seen to represent pretentiousness and vanity. On the other hand, the elements, namely the artwork, tiles a...

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... The film segment chosen was the final scene from Stanley Kubrik^s 2001 A Space Odyssey made in 1968. As the name would suggest, the film is set almost entirely in the future. Already having projected itself over 30 years into the future, it would be safe to assume that this motion picture offers a wealth of imagery and futuristic vision. It does. It is towards the end of the ... itself appears highly constructed and artificial, an indicator of physicality. In some cases this can be seen to represent pretentiousness and vanity. On the other hand, the elements, namely the artwork, tiles a...

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