Maynard James Keenan

who we are as individuals and serve to define what motivates us to action, our nature. The second half of the first stanza introduces an extended metaphor describing the motivating factor of human nature, saying, “To conquer every mountain shown” (Keenan). While the word “conquer,” conjures up images of imperialistic warfare, within the context of this song the word has a broader meaning and may be more clearly understood as the “will to power and the will to meaning.” That is, the driving forces

American Slave" share the central idea of powering through their struggles so they can gain knowledge, but they do so in different ways. We need to realize that our education means a lot. It means more than having an iphone, or watching TV. Maynard James Keenan said, “If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed What does the opinion expressed in Paulo Freire’s “banking” education metaphor really say about modern society and the disenfranchised? Freire begins Chapter Two of his novel “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” by analyzing the teacher-student relationship that is characteristic of the Socratic/Lecture Teaching Methods. Freire refers to these teaching methods as “the banking concept of education,” where the students are considered empty bank accounts just passively and

The Message in the Music Music means many different things to many different people. To a listener, a song is sometimes for four simple minutes of entertainment, but sometimes it is much more. Sometimes, a song is a message from the artist. This is much the same way from the opposite end of the spectrum. An artists message can get so complex that it is completely lost on the listener. This essay is about song analysis. I will be analyzing two songs performed by the same artist but performed

A relationship is developed as a series of events that are accompanied by positive or negative events in relationship commitment. The Turning Point is one of the models that tries to explain, steps by step, the ways communication contributes to a relationship development and prolongation. This model was created in 1986 by Baxter and Bullis who said that Turning Points referred to any event that is associated with a change in a relationship. “It is a nonlinear model that best captures the fact that

The Office In the following“The Office” theme song will be analyzed and examined. It will be analyzed in three parts, the audio, the visual and the combination of the two. As well, the origins of the show and comparison of its theme song with the original “The Office (UK)” , the composer of the theme song Jay Ferguson and several other minor aspects. The song was composed by Jay Ferguson known for also writing the “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5:The Dream Child” and the “NCIS: Los Angeles” and for

On the eastern slope of the Mingus Mountain in central Arizona sits the town of Jerome. Starting its life as a mining town in the late 1800’s, Jerome, at one time, was known as the Wickedest Town in the West. Between its bars, brothels, and gambling establishments, Jerome became one of the one of the most accomplished locales in separating miners from their money. With the dawn of the 1900’s, Jerome became more dignified with the establishment of churches, schools, and businesses catering to its

The song I will be analyzing is Two, by The Antlers. This band is an Indie rock / art rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The lead singer and lyricist is Peter Silberman, with Michael Lerner on drums, and Darby Cicci on trumpet, bass, synth, and vocals. The music they make almost always consists of synth and vocals, with accompaniment from a wide array of other instruments. Their album Hospice tells the story of a abusive relationship between a hospice nurse and his dying patient. This album has been

Archetypes reveal something of wherever or whomever they came from, and these can be significant cultural values of that area or civilization. “Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.” - Maynard James Keenan. The Ancient Middle East have cultural values that are reflected in their stories. These cultural values are comparative and can be used to connect civilizations like Egypt and Mesopotamia with one another. The use of archetypes in Gilgamesh

For us to really reach an understanding when it comes to social conflict, it is first necessary to recognize the creative forms of expression that arise from that conflict, the things that inspire and that which is inspired. It is in these forms of creativity, in this case music, that the very core of struggle is expressed in its raw and most honest form. Throughout the history of rock and roll there have been a countless number of artists that have brought forth social and cultural changes, that