... of our world. >In his poetry, Cummings celebrates the interanimation of man and nature. His >own childhood and adult experiences in the natural surroundings of Norton's >Woods in Cambridge and Joy Farm in New Hampshire, underlie his faith in >nature. In i:six nonlectures (1953), Cummings speaks about the impact of >nature on him as a child: >In Just- > >In just- has a nursery ... at the >beach. The poem signifies the joys of the natural world and the innocence of >children and how the beach, something so natural and simple can bring so >much joy to them. >In the line "may came home with...

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... plural perspectives is an effort to avoid the closure and totalisation that characterise master narratives and celebrate the openness and heterogeneity of human experience. In the Skin of a Lion (This commentary was first published in the February 3, 2000 ArtVoice of Buffalo.) Michael Ondaatje is a familiar name at least to movie goers. He is the author of The English Patient,the novel ... ...

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... demands our commitment to social justice to alleviate their plight. Mankind has rarely understood its power in this regard. Created in God's image we have the power to bring either joy or sorrow, to alleviate pain or to cause more. Our denial of this fact does not excuse us from our inherent obligation to it. Heschel reminds us that mankind is ... of endless opportunities to sanctify the profane, opportunities to redeem the power of God from the chain of potentialities, opportunities to serve spiritual ends." Life also grants us wonder and joy in the witnessing and doing of that which r...

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