Making Love to the Mind: The Greatest Intimacy

lying inert letting time pass by. While this second stanza contemplates the apparently unattainable, the final two seem to convey a feeling of hopelessness in knowing that the clouds may never subside. The third and fourth stanzas offer the poems greatest paradoxes. The author speaks of the lovers being "At this unique distance from isolation" which is to say they are in the one place where they can truly be themselves, in their natural habitat, doing that which is only natural to human instinct.

Being called to love can be summed up by Jesus’s words in Matthew 22:37-40, when he says, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” My understanding of how to love God and love my neighbor has certainly been shaped by the material in this course thus far, especially by the consistent

it is a way to suppress secrets, emotions, and desires within an individual 's mind. The Child’s Bath, by Mary Cassatt, is one such painting that brings you to experience the powerful emotion of a mother’s love. Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American impressionist painter. Cassatt is most remembered for her noteworthy paintings that portray special moments captured between a mother and her child. Cassatt stated, “I love to paint children. They are natural and truthful.” This quote is ironic to me

contradictory facades to hide their true selves. Often, they have warped views on love and life. Often, this is the result of a loss. The loss may be a person, a relationship, a bodily wound, or sanity. These losses inhibit the survivors from living fully. Thus, they have the appearance of a lost generation. Moreover, when interacted with, their generation acts with deception, unable to decide whether to act with their mind or heart. In Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises”, perspective, context, and style

the mistress’ lies, because it fools his mind into believing her false thoughts of him being young. Although the mistress knows the speaker is past his best years, she continues to fill his head with the thought of still being young to protect his biggest insecurity. She embellishes his confidence with miss hopes only in the strive to protect herself from the truth as well as the speaker to maintain each other’s

decision making, learning about and recognizing sicknesses and diseases, keeping regular medical

     Whitman Essay      Love is the greatest gift that God has bestowed upon mankind. Defining love is different for every culture, race, and religion. Walt Whitman’s love is ever changing for anyone who tries to love him or understand his work. Love can be broken down into a multitude of emotions, and feelings towards someone or some object. In order to find love that is searched for, preparations must be made to allow the full experience of Whoever

Essay 3 The Storm of Love ``The Storm`` by Kate Chopin is a story that starts with a situation in which a small boy, Bibi, and his father, Bobinôt, spend time in a local store during the storm. Meanwhile, Calixta, Bibi’s mother is home alone. Suddenly Calixta realizes a storm is blowing outside of her home. She goes outside to gather Bobinot’s Sunday clothes and then she meets her old boyfriend, Alcée. Calixta accepts Alcee’s

I think that they also rushed into having a baby, they are not functioning at the same pace and not from a place of love. It feels formulated, calculated, and structured like a science experiment or part of Dr. Givings’ therapeutic treatments. Mrs. Givings learns from the artist, Leo, that orgasms detached from love ultimately are unfulfilling and empty, without soul, simply surface. After Mrs. Givings and Mrs. Daldry use the vibrators on each other, they both have

partnership with God. This partnership will develop into a deep, intimate relationship that will carry us through the rest of our lives. God wants an intimate relationship with us, but we have to be willing to partner up with Him. Partnership and intimacy go hand in hand, there is not one without the other. We have to be willing to let God into every aspect of our lives. There are several steps to growing in this intimate partnership and I would like to highlight a few of them for us. Not Our Own