About the nature of Humanities?

answers1: My humanities teacher was one of the people who created the
SAT's and CLEP tests. So I got high scores on my SAT's and ART and
HISTORY CLEPS because our syllabus came right out of those tests.
answers2: That actually depends on you opinion on what is good
quality of life. To some its sitting in a hot tub asking your butler
for another martini. and for others its living in a forest growing
your own food. i think you should specify your question a little more.
answers3: my opinion is with stereotypes... humanities also influence
the quality of life by feeling superior to the minority if they
associate with the majority because truly there can never be much of a
balance in anything that can defer the laws of physics?
answers4: The bigger the scope, the broader the view.

How you Define Humanties & Explain Humanities?

answers1: Well, it depends..
answers2: Humanities refers to study of human creativity.
answers3: I also want to ask the same question
answers4: I don't know, it sounds like you are a little awkward with
the English language. Which is a real good place to start. Language,
the written word, poetry, anything you can describe, dramatize,
persuade, instill, inspire...all that is humanities. The full
definition of human beings must take into account ALL that he has
created on his (our) own--which is to say, culture. Humanities
integrates the full spectrum of the images of mankind, all
representative notions and objects and thereby give full reign to
human nature and human striving.

Does anyone have a humanities degree and is it possible to get a good job with this degree and what kind?

answers1: A Humanities degree is less useful than a 'specialized'
degree when seeking employment. I suggest you research the kind of
job you want -- more specifically than 'creative" and then find out
what kind of education or degree that job requires. If you want to be
a graphic artist, you would take a different major than if you wanted
to be an editor. Better to research this now than find out inf 4
years that you can't get the job you want with the degree you have.
You can look at the Department of Labor's Occupational outlook
handbook at <a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.bls.gov/oco</a> or talk to the
admissions officer at the school you want to attend if you want some
further guidance.

Are Art Institutes good schools to attend?Please Answer?

answers1: Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
answers2: Those are kind of all the same thing? Art institute/art
school/art college are basically just terms to describe schools that
are dedicated specifically to teaching art. If you go to art school
then the classes you take will mainly only be art, there are some
academic classes but honestly except for art history related stuff and
some philosophy type classes they tend to be pretty bad. Everyone at
the school will be an artist which is both good and bad I guess:) You
can also go to a regular college/university like University of Kansas
or Notre Dame or UCLA or wherever and be an art major. They will have
an art department, you'd take more academic classes and see/hang out
with wider variety of students/majors, etc. Like other answers said
there is a chain of schools called 'Art Institute' schools that SUCK.
They are all owned by the same for profit company. There are other
(private, good) art schools though that also use Art Institute in
their names like Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Art
Institute, etc so it can be a little confusing.

What are the best Art colleges in the country? (or the world)?

answers1: This u . s . a . has been grow to be too plenty pop
lifestyle and activities. In faculties, while there is budget
decrease, the humanities go through first. So, blame the faculties
first, then blame society has an entire 2nd. people do exactly no
longer care in regards to the humanities. i admire the humanities. I
too hear to classical track, yet I additionally Iove finding at super
works artwork. i'm partial to Piet Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, Salvador
Dali and Michelangelo. i admire listening to Grieg and Tchaikovsky. I
do hear to different forms of track and watch some television and
movies and easily love baseball and soccer, yet i believe i'm greater
properly rounded by protecting the humanities in my existence.
answers2: yale is an ivy league university...not even close to an art
college. FIT in NYC is a great school along with PRATT. if youre
looking for art school look in NYC.

Why is art added into food?

answers1: perhaps to introduce people to the word " art ". they get
curious and that leads ttem to visit an Art Gallery, wishful thinking
on my part.
answers2: Im a cook. <br>
People eat with their eyes first. then smell. then taste. <br>
A good presentation will cause the person to desire that food and make
them hungrier. A good presentation also states your skill level and ho
much the food is "worth" <br>
Have you ever saw an ad. with food that made you crave it? what made
you hungry? its all about the presentation of the food. <br>
hope this explains. <br>
Allen
answers3: to make the food look good to eat. <br>
if you made the vanilla and chocolate syrup mixed up or half on one
side and half on the other , it wont look as appealing as it on top
with a cherry on top!
answers4: Great cuisine pleases all the senses: Sight, smell and taste... <br>
<br>
Besides, it's part of being Human to turn everything we can into art.
That's not a bad thing either... ;)
answers5: When you go out and eat and I'm not talking Long John's or
McDonalds, You are given a "dining experience". <br>
<br>
The chef and his/her team are respossibly for that. Basically they're
playing to your senses. It has to smell good it has to taste good and
the texture of the food has to be correct. And it has to be visually
appealing, hence, food into art. Let's face it do you really want to
eat something that looks like it was puked onto your plate? No, that's
why all of these things have to be met. If one thing faulters you will
not enjoy you're meal as much as you can and chefs usually take great
pride in both their kitchen and the meal sent out. <br>
<br>
I've actually eaten in places that I sat there and stared at my plate
it was presented so beautifully. When the server asked me if anything
was wrong I laughed and said "Yeah, It looks to good to eat!"
answers6: well... <br>
* the ppl making it(chefs, moms, etc.) think it is fun. <br>
*if it looks good, ppl will want to eat it <br>
*no1 wants plain food

Does art inspire you?

answers1: Yes. Art inspires a lot of people. That's why we have
commercial art or advertising. In the early 1900's we used pop art to
recruite soldiers.

ART careers????

answers1: Go for it, you could always get a double degree, I got my BA
and BS and am going back to school. You could always minor in art
too. There's the fine arts, the commercial arts, and theatre, and
ballet..dance. Without art what would make people as a race special?
Anyone who says art degrees are a waste are probably crack smoking
Bush lovin' republican beating no child left behind act idiots

Help, I need more Art Colleges !?

answers1: The Massachusetts College of Art is a state artwork
institution. They have such a lot if no longer a lot of these
techniques, as good as a rigorous basis 12 months application for
inexperienced persons. If you get your BFA there you'll be able to
undoubtedly pop out with competence in plenty of facets of the
humanities. It's aggressive. You'll desire a well portfolio and an
effective B ordinary in prime institution to get in. I have a baby
finding out there; she's doing first-rate.
answers2: You will probably find better opportunities at universities
such as the University of Miami. You will not find a school or
university with good in depth programs in both of these fields in the
Atlanta area. The Emory University joint major in art history and
visual arts is not the same thing as a photography major. <br>
<br>
However, both of these subjects, separately or combined, lead to
unemployment as these fields are too overcrowded. It would be tragic
to waste an education at Emory studying these subjects. <br>
<br>
A person does not need to go to university or art school to learn
photography. It is better to apprentice to a photographer. <br>
<br>
May I respectfully suggest that you look at educational options which
will prepare you for a career in which you can find a job.
answers3: Emory

Art Schools in New York City?

answers1: There are 2 sorts of faculty in long island city - community
faculties (the place you flow to college on your person community) and
rather expert faculties (the place maximum babies flow - a techniques
remote from their properties, however the colleges specialize
specially issues. you nonetheless have all of the common subjects in
basic terms like a classic college nevertheless. it rather is, it
extremely is not comparable to "repute" in any respect.) maximum
babies in long island city flow to those extremely expert faculties
specializing specially issues - appearing arts faculties, layout
faculties, math and technological know-how faculties, writing and
literature faculties, engineering ... there are literally dozens and
dozens and dozens of them. bear in mind, we've 8 million human beings
in this city. in case you may opt to appreciate extra that what you
asked right here, seem up the long island city DOE internet site and
look at it out from there.
answers2: Art and Design High School <br>
Bayard Rustin Educational Complex <br>
Chelsea Career and Technical Educational High School <br>
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School <br>
Louis D. Brandeis High School <br>
Wadleigh Secondary School For The Performing and Visual Arts <br>
Washington Irving High School <br>
=))))))

Visual Arts Project Ideas?

answers1: Create a Collage of her on sturdy mat-board: copy pics of
her, utilize jewelry/stick-on jewels, ribbons (maybe from her hair),
wrappers from her favorite gum/candy, use her favorite color, if she
likes music, cut out/copy a picture of her favorite group, draw some
musical notes, find pics in magazines of other things that she likes
or places she likes to go, draw a border around the whole edge, use
bright colors, triangles, circles, squiggly lines, etc. 'Hope this
sparks some good ideas for you.
answers2: it is a attractive theory. did you realize something about
quilting? I ask this because you're prepared to enlist the help of
faculty toddlers to make a conceal for his or her college or public
sale it off for money going back to the college. The purpose might
want to be to make a conceal (possibly queen length). decide on a
classification (possibly one which has 30 or scholars), you may favor
to %. 2 classification counting on the dimensions of the
classification. each and each and every scholar is to beautify a block
(a chunk of fabric, white cotton muslin as an social gathering). The
block is about 6" x 6" or slightly higher. the scholar can paint on
it, draw on it, or maybe with. it truly is extra acceptable in case
you employ markers that are everlasting and could no longer wash off.
fabrics pens artwork ideal. opt for a topic like "i love college" or
"i love interpreting" or something like that. Have the youngsters draw
pictures on the blocks to characterize the topic. yet another theory
is to have prints made of their fingers and signal their names lower
than the prints! once the blocks are done, you may stitch them
mutually or have a chum/mom or someone who knows quilting help you.
you would have a impressive conceal appropriate once you're done. the
subsequent step will be to have it quilted (all the layers sewn
mutually). The layers are the appropriate, the batting and the
backing. someone who knows quilting can help or take it to a quilting
professional to positioned it mutually. this would value slightly
money. it really is why having someone who knows quilting is ideal.
the completed product would nicely be positioned on show for a lengthy
time period. Then, at a fund raiser- promote raffle tickets. The money
can pass back to the college or despatched to charity. it is a
impressive community undertaking. It contains dad and mom, instructors
and the community. it truly is a interesting undertaking and many
income from it.
answers3: This may not be 'different' or creative enough but recently
I have been drawing large portraits in ballpoint pen/ Biro. Its really
fun to work with although a bit tricky. So that might give you a
chance to have something a little different.?

What is visual art? and can we say that any visual art is good or bad?

answers1: I work in graphic design and took many many art classes in
college. Art is subject to the beholder. That's what makes it so
great. Each and every person is different. I may look at a Pollock
painting and think its beautful and another person may think that they
could do the same by throwing paint against a wall, but I would look
at it and say YUCK! <br>
<br>
Again art is subjective. If you deal in art or are an artist you can't
expect any one reaction to your work. You must be open to praise and
criticism.

Visual art portfolio help please?

answers1: Again, you need to ask the Unionville visual arts progam
Director to get a real answer for this, but here are some suggestions:
Write the piece's title, size, and mediums used. Then begin describing
the piece. Some help: "What is the theme of the piece aka: what is it
meant to portray or what is the point? (Is it abstract? fine art?) How
was the use of negative space used? What are the color tones and hues
used? How does this add to the overall feel of the piece? Do these
colors make it feel a certain way? Happy? Sad? Melancholy? Active?
What is the focal point? Do you feel that you were successful in
getting your point across? How? Have the mediums you used added to the
overall content of the piece? Why did you pick that medium? etc. <br>
Best of luck to you! You can do it!! Don't forget to ask that
director! That is what will help you the most!

ACT advice!!!!!!!!?

answers1: This website might help you decide: <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.act.org/" rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.act.org/</a>

Questions about the Judiciary Acts?

answers1: All you need to do is enter the acts in a search engine and
do a bit or reading.

what is the patriot act?

answers1: It's an Act that theoretically makes us all terrorists and
subject us to searches and questioning.
answers2: It does a lot of things.. like allows the government to
listen to your phone calls.

Acting Agents?

answers1: Since you do not know they are not called acting agents,
rather they are Talent Agents, you are not ready for one. You will
need an impressive background of experience and training before an
agent is interested in you. They only way for a young teen to get
that is for their parents to work very hard for it.
answers2: more good informations for you :) <br>
Acting Auditions http://www.exploretalent.com/resources.php <br>
Acting Auditions http://www.myactingagent.com <br>
Acting Auditions http://www.Castingaudition.com
answers3: http://newyork.kudzu.com/controller.jsp?N=0&searchVal=talent%20agents&currentLocation=Albany%2C%20NY%20&searchType=keyword&Ns=P_PremiumPlacement&rdrt=false
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hope this helps and good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 Acting Questions Please Help?

answers1: An acting school teaches you to act. They teach you
techniques, both for stage, film, and commerial jobs, and also teach
you the business end of how to survive as an actor. They typically
cast you in their own productions so that you gain experiance, and a
good school will have teachers that will let you use their connections
to try and get entry-level gigs. <br>
<br>
An acting agency takes people who are already actors and helps them
find auditions to try and get jobs. An agent doesn't get you jobs,
they only get you auditions for jobs, and once you land a job, they
take a percentage of your pay. Because they don't make money if you
don't make money, most agents won't bother with someone who hasn't
already learned the business and has head-shots and some experiance on
a resume to show. <br>
<br>
You sound like you should start with the school.
answers2: an acting school is a wondrous, magical place where talented
people go to learn and perfect their already great talents, whereas an
acting agency is a place to go when you need an audition. I would
personally choose acting school first, because it's so much help, and
can open you up to greater things (if that makes sense)
answers3: An acting school sells classes in acting. An Acting agency
(more properly a Talent Agency) represents actors in negotiation for
acting jobs and tries to match actors with available auditions. Acting
school cost money. Reputable talent agencies do not charge you
anything, but take a percentage of what you earn from jobs they get
you.The acting industry frowns on talent agencies that also run acting
schools. Many people get around this (sort of) by calling themselves
Talent Management Agencies. You should not go to either until you are
sure it is worth while to do so. Eventually, if you are trying to
become a professional actor, you will need to go to some classes and
have an agent. First you should be in a lot of amateur plays to find
out if you have any ability worth spending money on for classes and
for the photos and other things you will need to become a professional
actor.
answers4: -a acting school is where a people teach you different
acting techniques on acting <br>
-a acting agencies helps you book jobs and go to auditions <br>
<br>
i think you should go to both because you nee to be good at acting to
book any jobs, so you need the school to get the proper training and
the agent to book the jobs. <br>
<br>
hope i helped(: <br>
good luck.

Are There Off-Broadway Theaters That Are on Broadway?

answers1: It's entirely based on the number of seats in the theater,
not its location. Broadway theaters have more than 500 seats; less
than 500 is Off-Broadway, and less than 100 is called
Off-Off-Broadway.

Black box theater in knoxville?

answers1: The Black Box is a small and intimate theater where the
Actors Co-Op perform. I have been to a few plays at Black Box and most
were very good. Here is the web site
http://www.actorscoop.net/blackbox.html
answers2: A black container is a room for theatre the place there is
not any fastened indoors different than for lighting fixtures and
sound structures. Seats and diploma platform, if there is one, are all
transportable, making the black container theatre a maximum versatile
diploma sort, because of the fact the objective audience would nicely
be placed everywhere interior the room. it fairly is consumer-friendly
prepare to color each floor interior the room black to make for
neutrality and to shrink reflections, and that's the commencing place
of the call. The black container theatre became into invented interior
the final 0.5 of the 20 th century, the 1st everlasting black
containers being built throughout the Sixties. maximum black container
theatres are small interior the experience that they might hardly cope
with an objective audience of greater beneficial than 2 hundred, a
actuality that still has a undeniable impression on what form of
performs you will see at a black container theatre. The diploma sort
is usual among smaller, expert theatres, yet considerable productions
that place self assurance in vast objective audience turnout might
normally decide for a customary proscenium, that's the main
consumer-friendly sort of theatre diploma. For some reason, lots of
black container theatre vendors look exceedingly unimaginative while
it is composed of names, meaning there's an excellent sort of black
container theatres worldwide only called "The Black container
Theatre". i'm hoping this facilitates. perhaps they're thinking the
college room is often utilized because of the fact the theatre area? i
might examine approximately that. devoid of the right lighting
fixtures and sound kit equipped in you have an extremely susceptible
theatre. Theatre would nicely be placed up quite lots everywhere. In
NYC there are save fronts the place performs are fixed and as you
recognize there is likewise theatre interior the park. yet while your
college is arising an area in particular for theatre applications
you're ultimate suited to make valuable it fairly is being performed
ultimate suited. good success!
answers3: I was just there last week end but I did not see the Black
box theater. Sorry!!!!!!!!

What is the purpose of Greek Theatre?

answers1: Originally, it was performances of dithyrambs at the harvest
festivals, then evolved into a singing contest, which evolved into
theatre. So its roots are religious, but its limbs are secular.
(Come take my theatre history class: you'll learn all about it!)
answers2: the classic Greeks worshipped a god everyday as Dionysos.
The theater exchange into his purview. He exchange into god of divine
intoxication, of ecstasy and insanity, and eternal existence. The
theater exchange into the placement the classic Greeks went to with a
view to adventure the cathartic outcomes of Dionysos without resorting
to different styles of formality -- an actor could be all people,
could stay or die or do insane issues in a theater that have been the
two not allowed or not available in "actual existence": kill their
mom, seek advice from the gods, etc. visitors took section in all
this, interior the tragedy and comedy, and took away training from it
for his or her familiar lives. the classic Greek theater exchange into
additionally the placement the place new military cadets proved their
endurance; each spring, new cadets have been required to bounce and
carry out interior the community theater for days with little or no
relax or food.

Please explain the difference between community theater, regional theater, semi professional and professional?

answers1: The first answer is only partially correct with some pretty
major errors. The biggest is that Regional theatre MAY be done in
rural areas, but the biggest and most respected Regional theatres in
the country are in places like Washington DC, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
Not quite rural areas. <br>
<br>
A Regional theatre is a professional theatre located outside of New
York City (not Broadway, Off-Broadway, or Off-Off-Broadway). They are
usually (but not always) members of Actors' Equity, the professional
actors' and stage managers' union. They may also be members of the
League of Resident Theatres (LORT). <br>
<br>
Professional theatre involves companies that are entirely paid.
Actors, directors, designers, and stagehands. This is a very broad
net, however, and not very telling about ANY theatre specifically.
Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre companies are professional, but so
are Regional theatres and Summer Stock companies. <br>
<br>
Community theatre productions use volunteer actors and stagehands, but
it is not unusual for a community theatre to have full-time employees
and pay directors and designers on a per show basis. The term
"community theatre" is never used to refer to professionals working
within a "community". That is usually referred to as "outreach" to
avoid such confusion. <br>
<br>
Broadway, Off-, and Off-Off-Broadway refer to specific geographical
boundaries into which NYC theatres fall. Broadway is pretty much
always For-profit, and Off- and Off-Off-Broadway are almost always
Not-for-profit. Speaking of which. . . <br>
<br>
That is the biggest general difference between American theatres.
For-profit and Not-for-profit companies. For-profits include Broadway
shows, most dinner theatres, touring productions, some opera
companies, and a select few other types of theatre (like the big
Noah's Ark show in Virginia and Vegas shows like "O"). Not-for-profit
covers virtually everyone else. Community, Regional, Off-Broadway, and
Off-Off-Broadway theatres are almost always Not-for-profit.
answers2: Semi professional is the same as semi amateur so I suppose
this means good community groups and bad community groups?
answers3: Community theatres are groups of local actors who work in
normal jobs in the daytime but meet up in their evenings and weekends
to rehearse and perform in plays and shows. They are unpaid, and in
fact often have to pay a subscription to the theatre company to be a
member. Many of them do include professional actors who just love to
act even though they won't get paid, in between getting paid roles.
<br>
<br>
Regional theatre applies to either large community theatres where they
accept amateur actors from all around the region, or more commonly it
means touring professional theatre companies which travel from town to
town, performing one or more shows in each, before moving on. <br>
<br>
Semi-professional usually means that the actors in a theatre company
are a mix of amateurs and professionals, or it can mean that they get
paid a small amount through a profit-share. <br>
<br>
Professional means that the actors get paid a wage/salary/lump sum for
all the rehearsals and performances, but it can be a fairly small
amount, little more than expenses, or larger sums, right the way up to
large amounts for top actors.
answers4: Wrong section, but... <br>
<br>
Community theater - entirely volunteers. No one is paid. Generally
the people come just from "The Community" - such as the town or
whatnot. <br>
<br>
Regional theater pulls volunteers from a larger area, and so on and so on. <br>
<br>
All of the theater groups do the same thing - put on plays and
musicals. The only real differences are the physical size of the
theaters, their budgets, and the skill/experience of the actors.

How can I get my poetry published without being ripped off?

answers1: very confusing step. look using a search engine. that will can assist!
answers2: If you self-publish it and sell it yourself (online or
something) I don't see how you can be ripped off. Of course, printing
costs money, and you probably won't make money on the deal, but no one
will be taking your money.
answers3: Make a professional tape of all or any your songs and
deliver them to the brokers of familiar singers. make advantageous the
single you deliver it to sings that particular variety of song. They
get hundreds, so be arranged for a million rejections. yet whilst the
song is physically powerful sufficient, somebody, someplace will
choose it. even with the undeniable fact that, i comprehend somebody
who has been writing 1st type songs for 30 years and on no account had
one regularly occurring by using a properly-familiar singer. subject
is: in spite of you write, you will cost it at one hundred%. Others
will in basic terms cost it at 5%. So be warned!!
answers4: Go to www.poetry.com; they will host your poetry for free.

Any poetry book collectors out there?

answers1: hard issue. query onto search engines like google. just that
will help!
answers2: well i read the emily dickenson and i opwn all ogf her poems
that are in one book but to tell you the truth alot of her poems arent
half as good as the people who arnt famous. i mean she wrote alot i
iknow that but they were easy. and it feels as if she just stuck
humungus words in the poems. dont know whats so great about her but
she has a couple good ones.
answers3: I buy poetry books based on a sampling of the author's
poetry. I usually look twice at an author that I recognize, but that's
not a guarantee for me. Cover doesn't mean much.
answers4: $20 for 80 pages looks asking slightly a lot. I offered my
Lulu-certain (no longer revealed) books for $20 each and every to pals
and relations, and it change into very just about six hundred pages.
nevertheless, i change into hesitant to lead them to pay a lot. $20 is
a honest little bit of money, in spite of everything. mess round round
with Lulu's ideas. attempt diverse web page sizes, for instance. I
used US commerce, yet there are different ideas that ought to honestly
land up slightly more low-cost for you. sturdy success :)

critique on poetry?

answers1: 1. Chronological changes in poetry. <br>
2. Themes of poetry (love, death, nature etc.) <br>
3.Events of the author's life and how they may have affected his work. <br>
<br>
Hope this helps.
answers2: sophisticated point. look into using google. that can assist!
answers3: What's the purpose of this critique? Professional, Personal,
Homework? The answer would be different each time. If you need to
classify "types" of poetry by structure, this might help.
answers4: Critiques are basically essays, so it's good to structure it
so you are making a few points. Then you are building your argument
by citing examples to that effort. John Q. Poet uses fire as a
metaphor for punishment and redemption. In the poem, "I'm a Big Ol'
Forest" he makes the forest have a voice and explains how campers have
punished the forest for harboring bears. After the fire, the new seeds
sprout and he is reborn. In his poem, "I'm a Big Ol' Ohio Tire
Fire".... <br>
<br>
So your basic essay. <br>
<br>
Good luck!

Do you consider free verse poetry?

answers1: As the book of rules will say <br>
Poetry should be 'this way' <br>
To believe it is to keep a lyrical spirit denied <br>
And cause a Poetic heart to hide. <br>
<br>
Throw away the book of rules, express your sense <br>
The therapy of it your best defense
answers2: there is not any definition for poetry; it is residing in
nature, in spirit and is undying. It has no form because poetry may be
the sound of the wind or the feel of it on our cheek. you'll be able
to like or love or hate yet another's theory of elegance, even
nonetheless it does no longer make the ask your self greater or below
it somewhat is to the beholder. I enjoyed this poem and decide to
thank you for sharing it.
answers3: Poetry is shorter then a book, and beautiful, or funny,
anything you can think of really, <br>
It doesn't have any bounds,
answers4: challenging issue. look into on google or bing. that will will help!
answers5: Vikram Seth's whole novel "The Golden Gate" was written in a
lyrical iambic pentametre but still it is a novel with characters and
even if non-linear, a narration. The free in free verse could be
misleading. It is a bigger challenge. The game is tough to play where
there are no rules. If the poetry manages to bring out the metaphors,
imagery and personal music, well, it is good poetry. Read TS Eliot for
falling in love with the form. One of his poems, Alfred Prufrock is a
character but still it is a poem. Don't you love the post modern
concept that there are no rules as long as you are good at what you
are doing!
answers6: I love some free verse, others not so much. I like when
poetry (not necessarily rhymes) as a rhythm. Maybe not a rhythm
pattern but a certain sound to it. <br>
Prose poetry, I'm not as much a fan of, because in my opinion its
harder to pull off so most of what I've read isn't all that memorable.
<br>
I love lyrical prose! But technically I don't think it's poetry.
Beautiful, but doesn't have rhythm.
answers7: It all depends on rhythm when you embark on free verse or
any style that is nontraditional. I love rhythm and inner rhyme. I
have read so many great poems by student's of poetry. I don't like the
word amateur when it comes to being a poet, we are all learning poet's
if we write poetry. I know what I love and some of what I read has
stayed with me forever, to me that's poetry.
answers8: (Oscar Wilde, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Sherwood
Anderson, Allen Ginsberg, Giannina Braschi, Seamus Heaney, Russell
Edson, Robert Bly, Charles Simic, Joseph Conrad.) Why don't you ask
any of the people on that list if free verse is poetry. When they tell
you of course it is, because it is concise, uses metaphor, and pays
special attention to the language, you can counter with some profound
statement about "amateurism".
answers9: Lyrical prose, as in a song, has to have at least some
rhythm and rhyme, or else it wouldn't fit the rhythm of the music.
Free verse is just prose made into lines from sentences. It's the same
as what's first written down as ideas for a theme before putting them
into rhythm and rhyme called a poem.

What constitutes a poem? Is there a criteria into writing poetry?

answers1: Anything can be poetry as long as it comes from something you know
answers2: "Poetry presents the thing in order to convey the feeling.
It should be precise about the thing and reticent about the feeling,
for as soon as the mind responds and connects with the thing the
feeling shows in the words" - Wei T'ai, 11th century. <br>
<br>
◦"Poetry is the sound of language organized in lines. More than meter,
more than rhyme, more than images or alliteration or figurative
language, line is what distinguishes our experience of poetry as
poetry, rather than some other kind of writing", James Longenbach",
The Art of the Poetic Line", Graywolf, 2009 <br>
<br>
Poetry is the kind of thing you have to see from the corner of your
eye. You can be too well prepared for poetry. A conscientious interest
in it is worse than no interest at all. ... It's like a very faint
star. If you look straight at it you can't see it, but if you look a
little to one side it is there. <br>
~ William Stafford, from Writing the Australian Crawl (1978).
answers3: something that moves your heart
answers4: extremely tough step. look into from yahoo or google. that might help!
answers5: Poetry is the distillation of expression that uses language
in figurative ways to reveal truths it paradoxically seems not to
speak of... <br>
<br>
What is a poem? A craft of words and sense, <br>
Of sinewed syntax wrought with utmost care, <br>
Of tropes and lines, and simple ornaments, <br>
Steered on their course by winds blown wise with wear. <br>
A craft of silk so finely sewn it seems <br>
Quite seamless, like the world it softly mocks, <br>
So perfect that it flows in satin streams <br>
And sings as softly as a cradle rocks. <br>
Whence does it come? A loving calloused hand <br>
Inured to tine and toil, and yet so deft <br>
Each syllable and serif's turn is planned <br>
As surely as the finest fiber's weft. <br>
We come to know this mystery by degrees -- <br>
A poem is all, and yet is none of these.
answers6: Criteria For Poem Writing
answers7: I have a secret plan how some folks in here could make money
out of this deal, but I shut my trap because nobody wants to hear it
and everybody wants to go the "self-publishing" route where you hand
over the rights to your own work to Elaine & Richard and they make 200
dollars and you get screwed. Ask Buk if you want to know how that
goes. The most popular poet in YAP and he took the same dive as
everyone else wants to. The poet laureate of the United States needs a
day job. There is no real money in poetry.

Philosophy and logic...?

answers1: you apply philosophy to how you think. your logic depends on
your outlook and your opinions depend on your outlook.
answers2: Philosophy uses logic to advance itself. It isn't simple
because life isn't simple but if you look at any philosophical idea
from it's logical first principles, then you'll be able to understand
it. Have you read Sophie's World by Jostien Gaarder? Taught me the
entire history of western philosophy interlaced with an awesome story.
answers3: They work together by allowing us to imagine and rationalize
most points of view...especially if there is a lack of proof involved.

Why isn't philosophy required in schools?

answers1: You have precisely answered your own question. The power
structure protects itself by harnessing its constituents ability to
think for themselves.
answers2: Who's philosophy would you want them to be adopting?
Sociology and Psychology are both taught in high schools and frankly
I'm not impressed with the idea that because someone is thought well
of now because of being persecuted in a certain era that his or her
ideas are more relevant than my own. Each person should adopt their
own philosophy. You don't need a standardized test to do that.
answers3: It is required if you attend a private liberal arts college.
Thank goodness for that!
answers4: Because to much crap is being required and there is no time
to take anything you actually like. If you like philosophy take one in
college or as an elective.
answers5: philosophy requires the comparative study of religions, the
study of the mind and it is open to each to form their own opinions,
to reach beyond bible and earthly soil. this goes against the
government involvement in our schools, and there are way way too many
people out in the world whose minds are too closed to ever consider
letting little Johnny and Jenny white bread the power to choose for
themselves which philosophy they wish to take to the heart and live
by, or to {gasp} form their own beliefs and morals based on a
combination of philosophy's. American schools don't produce thinkers,
they produce robots, victims, drop outs and illiterates...
answers6: lol no our govt. does not want the general population to be
thinkers, they like mindless consumers who will do whatever they tell
us to. If the general population would just stop and think once in a
awhile we would be in ALOT better shape.
answers7: Why not adult skills, basic economics, basic decision making
and basic cooking. <br>
<br>
Most HS grads don't know how wealth is created, how a business runs,
how to prepare a meal from scratch or how to decide on a career.
answers8: They do learn philosophy. The entire curriculum of modern
education revolves around philosophy. It could be said that TOO much
emphasis is placed in philosophy. Allow me to elaborate. <br>
<br>
In the days of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, philosophy, Rhetoric,
and Literature were the three major topics in school. <br>
<br>
Philosophy in those days included science, mathematics, theology,
engineering, and logic. <br>
<br>
Those topics are still considered aspects of philosophy, though we as
a modern society have made enough advancements in them that they are
distinguished as separate fields. That is where the phrase "Ph.D"
comes from, as it means "Doctor of Philosophy". So in a way, students
are learning philosophy. <br>
<br>
Of course, advances in metaphysics has distinguished religion from
science, and religion can be gleamed from churches, the leaders of
whom typically spend years studying theology. <br>
<br>
Perhaps you are refering to what today is refered to as philosophy.
The plain truth is that those are incredibly abstract concepts, far
detached from more practical philosophies like mathematics. They are
an extremely specialized field of knowledge, a student in high school
has much better uses for his time than to study such a field,
especially because its abstract qualities would make teaching it a
painful process. Teaching it also requires an extensive pedigree in
the field, pedigrees which would be wasted trying to teach high
schoolers, as a background in education is also required to teach
people of that age. <br>
<br>
High School is not a place where people are expected to learn their
trade. It is a generalization period that prepares them for their
future, be it in college, tech school, or their career. Few people
need such knowledge, even fewer desire such. Its place in the
universities, where it is pursued by those who have an active passion
in it, is far desirable. Teaching excellently to the few who want it
is preferable to teaching poorly to many who do not.
answers9: of direction. classic works in all genres would desire to be
studied. From Mein Kampf and The Little purple e book to The
Confessions of Saint Augustine and Theaetetus. and advantageous, we
can throw The Communist Manifesto in for reliable degree. Public
colleges are quite lacking in examining the super Books and different
works that have impacted the worldwide, for reliable or ill.
answers10: Because Philosophy is the most important thing in the
world, people have to be in denial about it in order to preserve their
feeling of certainty. <br>
<br>
It does happen, as with the "Philosophy For Children" movement, and
there are classes in critical thinking in some schools.

Why Study Philosophy............................?

answers1: Why not?
answers2: because philosophy is the one place of completely
uninhibited conscious exploration, in all other fields like math,
science, or history there is a question and an answer, in philosophy
there is discussion, reasoning, and musing
answers3: because philosophy can explain what the sciences can not.
philosophy transcends beyond the observable and measurable things.

Is Philosophy Grand or Just Grandiose?

answers1: to jims: <br>
<br>
philosophy is for the most talented intellects - its esoteric, to be
certain. With that said, taking into account the vulgarness of your
answer, i would content (with more than a touch of truth) that perhaps
you were that child being sent to the learning lab on a regular basis.
Thus explaining your obvious disdain for the noblest of arts. A lack
of ability to perform in the realm of the intellectuals must have left
you a little sour. The ignoramus of the social order (which comprises
99.9% of the population - so you are not alone) have an affinity for
tainting the lucid waters of the philosophical fountain with their
dirty hands. That is not the philosophers fault - thats America's
fault. To preach that all men are equal is a lie, just look at what
happens when you monkey men try to comprehend complex ideas ... you
pucker your lips and try, in vain, to insult that which you cannot
understand.
answers2: sure, it can be aloof, but there are philosophies that are
much more practical. For instance Nihilism. <br>
I am reading an interesting book right now "The Rise of Scientific
Philo.", right now it's on some early philo. He talks about how some
Greeks were trying to equate morality with geometric proofs, and how
even Kant tried to do the same. <br>
<br>
He says something to the effect that these particular philosophers,
while claiming and maybe even thinking that they were pursuing truth,
actually were trying to find moral codes/rules that they could pass
on. This is what led them astray from what humans are to what they
idealized humans should be. <br>
<br>
I found that very interesting.
answers3: Grandiose. Philosophy is just big ideas from little people
with big mouths.
answers4: It all depends on how its presented. When Grandiose, the
philosophy itself is usually questionable or someone elses presented
as their own.
answers5: G Read John Rawls and his disciple Rodney Peffer. They are
philosophers and deal with how much of a right we have to use other
populations for our economic advantages.
answers6: Philosophies are like little programs we use to make some
kind of sense to the dream we live in. If you look up the word
"belief" in the Wikipedia you get vary limited information. This is
because you have to "plug in" a philosophy in order to justify any one
belief. Confusion comes when our philosophies overlap and make less
sense then we started out with. <br>
<br>
Grandiose is a reflection you see when you plug-in your perspective.
Even the enjoyment you feel is an allowance of your philosophy. Hay!
If you want the "truth" then you should also look this up in
Wikipedia. Sorry, it's my philosophy that if you don't know something
you should look it up.
answers7: Yes, you are right. There is a historical tendency of
philosophers going out of the norms and realities of life while
explaining anything about life of their times. However, in essence,
they are not the only ones who represent true philosophy. There is
another group of philosophers which has always put the reality and
norms of life ahead of any sort of personal or social idealism and
tried to present a view of life which is more understandable,
practical and truly wonderful. <br>
<br>
amir

Philosophy: is philosophy for real or just mumbo-jumbo for the eggheads?

answers1: Philosophy isn't real for those who aren't willing to open their mind.
answers2: Philosophy is the original academic subject, from the first
universities of ancient Greece, from which all other subject, through
science, maths, art politics and all other, come from. To have a grasp
of philosophy you have a base understanding off all subjects. <br>
<br>
These different discipline's shaped the human history and all of our
understanding. So if philosophy is mumbo jumbo then EVERYTHING is
mumbo jumbo. <br>
<br>
(and may be it all is!)
answers3: Is philosophy the only thing available for free in the public library?
answers4: Philosophy is about using reason and evidence to establish
consistent methodologies for coming to logical conclusions. <br>
<br>
What is often portrayed as philosophy is not philosophy. If someone
comes to the right conclusion but has no idea what reasons the
conclusion is correct might as well be wrong. The emphasis is on being
capable of being correct, not being correct in and of itself. <br>
<br>
An extension of this is called Argumentation Theory where establishing
the premises that lead to the conclusions you've drawn are put forward
so that the validity of the conclusions can be tested. Logical
Fallacies describe common errors in the form of the argument (as
opposed to the content). The form of the argument "Few bees are
insects and all insects have six legs, therefor all bees have six
legs" is wrong in form since it does not follow necessarily in this
formulation that all bess have six legs even though in fact it's true.
<br>
<br>
Just giving conclusions without reference to reason and/or evidence is
not philosophy. The consistency in thought that connects agreed upon
premises to draw logical conclusions is a fundamental aspect of
philosophy. <br>
<br>
Philosophy creates an independence and freedom in people because it
lets people determine things for themselves without being forced into
deferring to an authority. Philosophy creates self esteem as it gives
people the sense that they are capable of understanding reality (if
used properly and consistently). <br>
<br>
Unfortunately a lot of philosophical thought today is influenced by, .
. . frankly bullshit. You have these nihilistic and post modern
rationalists that hold completely irrational standards for truth,
reality and ethics imposing conclusions and then rationalizing it
after the fact rather than testing their hypothesis. There is no
logical argument that supports the conclusion that any god's exist,
that there is no such thing as truth, that ethics are subjective or
any of the other stuff you'll hear all the time. <br>
<br>
If you are interested in getting into philosophy I would invite you to
have a listen to the largest and most popular philosophical
conversation in the world Freedomain Radio: The Logic of Personal and
Political Freedom. I think it's an extremely important thing for
anyone interested in philosophy to become familiar with. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.freedomainradio.com/"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.freedomainradio.com/</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/stefbot"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.youtube.com/stefbot</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zev77VCfsn8"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zev77VCfs...</a>
<br>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhn8QKyu00I
answers5: If you enjoyed The Matrix for ANY reasons other than the
special effects and martial arts, then you experienced in-your-face
philosophy. The Matrix is actually used in college philosophy courses
to debate serious questions about existence and purpose. <br>
<br>
good luck
answers6: i've got merely study 'The Alchemist' by utilising Coelho.
i've got additionally study Plato, Aristotle, Kant, St. Augustine,
Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Sartre, and so on., Buddhist texts, the
Bible, Koran, sections of the Mahabharata, Confucius, Lao Tsu, and so
on., and so on., so i think of I also have a physique of reference
here. Coelho is a narrative teller. not a actuality seeker. i've got
additionally study Joyce, Proust, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Dickens,
Kerouac, and so on... Coelho isn't a international classification tale
teller, the two. The Alchemist substitute right into a type of books
that I picked as much as see what the fuss substitute into
approximately. for the comparable reason, I additionally study a
Harlequin romance as quickly as. I enjoyed the Harlequin romance
greater. It substitute into humorous. yet I admit that i'm a snob
approximately what I study. With television and flicks, I merely love
dumb action and monsters - once I take a seat to study a e book, I
assume some substance.
answers7: Do you have an opinion about anything? Yes? That is a
philosophy. At its core, a philosophy of something is simply an
opinion about it. Some opinions are shallow and trivial, while others
are deeply thoughtful and insightful. Everything you hold an opinion
on represents your philosophy of it. The ancient Greek meaning of the
word philosophy is "love of wisdom", so philosophy is the pursuit of
wise opinions. The casual and academic study of philosophy (as a body
of knowledge) can lead you to wiser opinions. Now how do you feel
about it? A whole new perspective, I hope.
answers8: let me tell you a old philosophy theory that will have you
tweaking. its by a chinese philosopher named Zhuangz, he dreamed that
he was a Caterpillar who sprouted into a butterfly. in this dream he
was a Butterfly and then when he woke up he didn't know if he was a
human dreaming of being a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he was a
human. which goes back to a basic question who do you know that this
is not all just a dream?
answers9: Of course philosophy is real, and its a legitimate study.
Philosophy is questioning why things are the way they are. Wouldn't
you love to know?
answers10: what do you mean is philosophy real? philosphy is life,
it's art, its HUMANITY. heck yeah philosophy is real. IMAGINE the
society today without it