I have struggled with depression for several years now. This semester I decided to take control of it, and conquer it, if you will. I was in a Creative Strategies course and I used that to face my fears. In doing so, my professor mention a guy by the name of Mark Rothko. Mark Rothko is an american painter who was born in Russia of a Russian Jewish descent in September of 1913. He was brought up in a secular and political household, and due to the fact that he was raised in an environment where Jews were blamed for many of the bad things that happened to Russia at the time, his childhood was filled with fear. His father, in fear of his children being drafted into the Imperial Russian Army, emigrated to the US when Rothko was ten years old. He went through school in the US, graduating with honors in June of 1921 at the age of seventeen. He received a scholarship to Yale, but it was not renewed after the first year he was there so he worked as a waiter and delivery boy in order to pay for his schooling. However, he dropped out after his sophomore year, finding Yale to be elitist and racist. (Mark Rothko) From there, Rothko went to New York where he found work in the garment district. While visiting a friend at the Art Students League of New York, he saw some …show more content…
Three walls display triptychs, while the other five walls display single paintings. These paintings were ones that Rothko started in 1964, as a series of black paintings, which incorporated other dark hues and texture effects. They represent his gradually growing concern for the transcendent. For some, witnessing these paintings is to submit themselves to a spiritual experience, which approximates that of consciousness itself. It forces viewers to approach the limits of experience and awakens them to the awareness of their own existence. For others, the large paintings, whose dark, nearly impenetrable surfaces represent hermeticism and
Doug Swieteck is a fourteen-year-old boy and is also the youngest of three boys. The oldest is fighting in the Vietnam war. The second to oldest is a bully who takes everything valuable from Doug. The one thing Doug has comfort in doing is drawing. Doug does not know how to read even though he is in 8th grade. He is a scrawny little kid who people say looks like a thug.
Richard Kuklinski was a convicted murderer and contract killer who was born on April 11 in 1935. Kuklinski claims to have killed over 200 people over the course of his “career” during 1949 to 1986. At first, he would simply kill people who annoyed him, got on his nerves, or who he ‘needed’ to kill. When the mob caught wind of a man who killed as frivolously as Kuklinski, they began to hire him out as a contract killer. He lived in New Jersey and New York and committed most of his crimes in that area. In 1988, he was caught and sentenced to life in prison -- he later died in prison in March of 2006
Vladimir Andreyevich Tarasenko a St.Louis right winger came to the United States from Yaroslavl, Russia in 2012. Tarasenko was ultimately drafted by the Blues in the first round, so he signed an eight year, 60 million dollar contract. Even though, he has gone through a big change in his life he still strives to help the blues win games against other teams.
David Njoka is a tight end for the Cleveland Browns. Almost everyone who has played with him knows him as the freak. It’s not because he is weird or anything like that, but Njoku is just more athletic than anyone has ever seen. He has an amazing ability to jump sky high. In college he was on the track team along with football. At track he was highly know for his jumping abilities. So when it came to football he used that ability to leap over defenders to score touchdowns. In the Miami Herald they called him a “ leaping, pass-catching freak.” When Njoku was in high school he became a champion jumper. At the New Balance nationals he won high jump with a leap of six foot eleven inches. His personal best is seven foot one inch. So when it comes
Edward Cheserek is the nation’s best high school cross country runner. He has a 3.1 mile as fast as 14:28. His fastest mile is 4:02, and he is only 23 years of age. Edward Cheserek was born on February 14, 1994. Then when he started high school he joined his high school cross country team. After a few months him and his coach saw the potential he has for cross country and track. After they saw what all of his times were they were so good that when he went to nation championships he won, and came in first place for that. Then in 2012-2013 he was the gatorade high school cross country runner of the year. After he got that award he later became the highest recruited cross country runner in the nation, and he said that “when he is running you do
A celebration of the life former Pacific University football coach and athletic director Frank Buckiewicz will be held on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Forest Grove.
Several days after September 11th 2001 Kim Kouski found herself in a Walgreens when Sarspangled Baner began to play. The woman behind the counter began to tear up. “I looked in her eyes, and we just cried.” Kouski said.
Mike Dobrejcak moved to the United States as a young boy. He wanted to become involved in all of American culture and values. Mike dived into American culture, he applied to be a citizen and participate in all that citizenship had to offer. He was eager to discuss politics and elections. Mike worked hard to perfect his English and education. He worked hard in the mills for his money. Mike’s life was a constant hope for a better future. He dreamed of owning a nice house and not worrying about money but his worrying never ceased. He never achieved the life he dreamed about. Mike’s life became more meaningful when he married Mary, he also wanted a better future for his children. Mike’s ability to be involved in politics and social culture in the United States gave his life more meaning, or a purpose; he worked for a better life. Although Mike constantly worked and hoped for a better life, he was never given that opportunity. He worried about money constantly
Bernie Glassman, founder of the Zen Peacemakers Order, grew up in a Jewish family and was working as an aeronautical engineer before beginning to study Buddhism under Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi in 1967. Since becoming a Zen teacher in 1976, Glassman has changed the face of Socially Engaged Buddhism in America through his efforts to increase awareness of social issues by bearing witness to them, and through that, minimizing suffering. The main purpose of the Zen Peacemakers’ Order is the same as the main purpose of Buddhism: to minimize the suffering experienced in the world, both for oneself and for others. The ZPO views social action as a form of spiritual practice. Bernie Glassman and the rest of the American founding teachers of this organization
The death penalty is a very controversial topic that has been the top of discussion for years around the world. Christopher Hitchens, a political journalist in Washington D.C., writes an essay entitled “Scenes from an Execution” in which it is clear that he is against it. To get his views across in the essay, he uses light humor rather than very serious scenarios directed toward it, although it is a very serious topic. For example, he says, “it is quite easy to book an appointment with death, and see for yourself your tax dollars at work” (Hitchens96). Christopher Hitchens uses rhetorical diction such as ethos, logos, and pathos to attack capital punishment also known as the death penalty.
In 1908, Theodore Huebner Roethke was born in Saginaw, Michigan. There he was raised by his mother and father, who owned a greenhouse with their uncle. As a child, he spent much time in the greenhouse observing the nature, which greatly influenced his future works. Roethke attended Arthur Hill High School and later graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1929. Afterword he took a few graduate classes at Michigan and Harvard, but was unhappy and left (Kalaidjian).
Ronnie Radke ,a performer, who had a rough start in life uses his past to help others who are in need of help like he once needed. “The best measure of success, is how you deal with failure.” -Ronnie. Radke
He imagined himself first as a minister but later on as a pharmacist. While in the U.S. Marines, he discovered his love for drawing and became interested in art. After leaving the Marines he studied art in Paris, but moved away from the European ideas of art. He focused on abstract and pop art and was also involved in Expressionism. He rejected the seriousness of the Abstract Expressionists and searched for a new way of painting and finally decided not to focus on just one medium and instead used many different ones. His work had many lines that created shapes and forms along with the use of bold colors. Many different famous figures and people were included in his artwork and depicted
In this paper, we will compare and contrast the difference between a for-profit and a not-for-profit healthcare system from a financial perspective. Also, this paper will provide examples of both, and the implications of each on the health professionals, the patients, and the insurance companies. The United States is confronting some overwhelming financial difficulties, not the slightest of which is our broken social insurance framework. The U.S. spends about twice as much cash per capita on social insurance as other created countries, yet the measurements demonstrate that Americans wind up with an inadequate care and poorer health outcomes (Hill, 2011).
The problem of interest that I chose to discuss is lateral violence (LV) in nursing. LV is a deliberate and harmful behavior demonstrated in the workplace by one employee to another, it is a significant problem in the nursing profession (Christie, 2014). LV is the same thing as bullying someone. Studies estimate that 44% to 85% of nurses are victims of LV; up to 93% of nurses report witnessing LV in the workplace (Christie, 2014). LV can affect the victim’s physical and mental health, it can affect patient care and safety, and can be detrimental to the work environment. LV is often perpetrated by nurse managers and some nurses are afraid to report the LV for fear of retaliation or losing their jobs (Christie, 2014).