The Real Value of Original Art
Many people will buy a copy or print of a painting because they want to save money and buy a cheap imitation of the real image. But what many people don't realize is having a copy of someone's painting will not increase in value as time goes by as the original piece will. By having a one of a kind piece of art, whether it is a painting, sculptor, drawing, or any other type of hand crafted art gives the collector a reassurance that this art has a special value attached to it. That being; no one else has the piece. As time goes by the value of the art increases due to the fact that it is irreplaceable.
Old Josh, In - The Auction 1865 Part One of Three
"There ain't a hoss I ever did see that I git a liken for cuz they aint worth it, youall got to feed them, and water them, and bed them, and they cant do a thing fer themselves, " said Old Josh, adding, "they aint worth a dollar for anyone of them, that ther saddle over yonder over that there fence pole is worth more than the hosses. Yessum those hosses cause yaw nothin' but trouble. And ef'in I had my choice, I'd kill them all fer horse meat, and feed them to the hogs-Yessum they aint worth a cent now that I think of it." The Auctioneer told everyone to get ready, the auction was about to start, there were several men sitting on the fence posts of the corral waiting to bid on the five-horses, that is all they had, five-horses inside the corral, and not all that great looking either: "Come-on boys!
Great, Positive Exposure For Celebrity Activists Interested in Literacy, 8-hour Time Commitment
A combination of a unique concept and the promotional efforts of international service organizations like Rotary, Kiwanis, and Soroptimists has the potential to produce long-term positive exposure for celebrities who are interested in promoting literacy, multiculturalism or both. This may be an attractive arrangement for celebrities like Anne Archer, Issac Hayes, John Travolta, Marie Turgeon, and Tom Cruise, who have been involved with various literacy movements such as Applied Scholastics International, The World Literacy Campaign and The Literacy Foundation. Here's how it works: The celebrity receives a picture book that has between 100 to 1, 000 words by mail, Fedex or e-mail.
What Can You Say About This?
This is an analysis of the recent portrayal of an unwed mother in the Bollywood film, Kya Kehna! (Kundan Shah, 2000, henceforth KK). The title, which is readily translated to the rhetorical, "What can you say? " has additional significance here as a laudatory exclamation directed at the film's young heroine. Targeting a younger audience, the film was hailed as a challenging exploration of female sexuality and women's empowerment. The film in fact reaffirms traditional stereotypes of women in which their behavior is carefully controlled within a patriarchal framework. In spite of the awkward fact that the main character's state of motherhood is the result of pre-marital sex, nationalist mechanisms are put into play to glorify the ideal of Woman-as- Mother.
The Adventures of Penny Pincher - Penny Pincher Goes to the Rodeo - Finally
Winter had come and gone. Spring was in the air. Penny Pincher was as happy as he could be. After all, he and Patricia, the shopkeeper and faithful owner did so much together. Penny Pincher was as beautiful on the inside as he was on the outside. All the other stuffed animals loved him. He was kind and thoughtful. His best friends were Emily Babbit, the plush rabbit, York, the Plush bear and one real four legged friend, Max who was Patricia's mixed breed dog. The three of them used to always hang out together when Patricia was not around; of course, they would be always up to mischief!
Zam, of the African Congo Indecision? 1810
1810 Zam and his mother sat in their hut in the village, he sat on a stump of a tree he used for a chair, a bit uncomfortable, but his mother wanted to give him instructions, he was now seven years old, and he needed to know a few things about the jungle, in particular, the lion, the hungry beast of the jungle, the merciless savage, the unleashed beast that was untameable. As she readied herself, laying on a cover made out of wood, crossed legged, to tell her son the extent of how to deal with an offensive beast like the lion, in a defensive way, silence overtook the hut, the silence inside of man and beast that is, not the silence of the jungle, for sounds of the jungle, many sounds of the jungle, all seeped in and around the hut, hooked onto the shelter like the grip of anacondas, for the jungle is never ever quiet-and as she went to opened her mouth to explain, she said: "(Translated into smoother English for the reader, where it was of course in a dialect of the Congo, in the early 19th Century) To capture the big cat, you must be taught, perhaps more told than taught, and I shall Zam, tell you know, what your father had told me (his father had been killed by a great ape), here son, is how to approach, and if need be kill, or run from the predator, the giant cats, like lions, and tigers, of the Congo, and of course we have the great apes and anacondas.
5 YouTube Videos to Satisfy Your Appetite For Knowledge
Do you ever get tired of watching the same mindless videos on You Tube? Are you looking for something more, intellectually stimulating? I've always been a fan of continuing education, and with the internet I can get all the lessons I want. Knowledge is power after all. Khris Khaos Khris Khaos, known as the dance king of Youtube, specializes in Krump style dancing (African American street dancing). I admit, I had some difficulty trying out his moves, perhaps because I was born with two left feet. However, his videos seem to be effective, as I've heard of a few people got good, after a month or so of watching.
Aftermath of War on Vietnamese Art
From the days of civilization, wars have ravaged the world. Violent conflicts and clashes took place among different races of people. These destructive images of war and conflicts have been beautifully recorded in the form of art practiced by different ages of people. The painful, pathetic and dreadful images of war have been beautifully portrayed by the artist which touch our heart and filled it with pain and sorrow even if we saw it now, because it make us to feel the horrible destruction of mankind that was the ultimate result of any war. Art has a very vital role in making our life infinitely rich.
Searching For a Soul Mate
No longer confined to material experience, Katerina crossed into the dimly lit room, invisible to its inhabitants. She had never visited this world before, never laid eyes on this person, yet Katerina's bond to the lean, gray-haired man seated at the wooden table was so intense and immediate that she barely managed to suppress the impulse to reach out and embrace him. He rested a forearm on either side of the tattered book at which he stared, completely absorbed. In a few moments, he began to read aloud to himself, in a gentle voice. "So long have we been sharing our experience, our becoming, that it no longer makes sense to imagine such a thing as either of us wholly divisible from the other.
Zam, In - White Gorillas 1811-1813 From the Old Josh Series
There was no worry, or confusing thoughts of the future, for Zam, and his mother, the black boy was eight years old, it was 1811, the future wasn't even on his mind, only the occasional recollections his mother told him to remember, his mother Zamia, to him to remember because of his environment, the tropical forest of the Congo was his home, a most alluring picture of beauty at natures best. The equatorial sun beat through the tense jungle, the leafy sea of green over his head, the canopy of leakage devouring much of the sun. His father was killed by one of the great apes, when during his infancy.