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The Sound of Silence

Nearly everyone has listened to music and derived some form of joy from it. Its easy to see from the dancing and moving caused by the beat of the drums or the strings vibrating, but sometimes what someone needs to hear is nothing. Silence can be refreshing not just when someone is trying to go …

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Mushroom Hunting

Some of my earliest memories revolve around trampling the woods after a rainy day. In Ukraine, my mom and her family would pick wild mushrooms to eat. They absolutely loved the “chore” of finding them because they made it into a game. When my mom came to America, she wanted me to grow up as …

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Never take life for granted!

Life may be the longest thing you do in your life, but it is still very short. Overtime, we take little things for granted from walking normally to our loved ones. At any moment, one of those little things can be taken away from us. I recently had surgery on my knee and I never …

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Step by Step

Everyday you should set up goals for yourself to complete. At least one of those goals should be completed everyday. These goals don’t have to be big or time consuming. They can for example be making one’s bed. Starting your day off by completing a goal is a big boost to one’s drive. It helps …

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Art Exhibits Everyday All Day

Everyday you go outside, you look at the biggest canvas, sculpture, and scene. Nature is all around and and will be here for a lot longer than we will. The trees may look randomly spaced, but are actually in the perfect locations. Natural selection is the artist and she decides which seed will survive or …

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Paramount Patron of the Arts

Almost nothing has benefited art and artists more than capitalism and the ideas behind it. The values behind capitalism like free flow of ideas, individualism, and personal motivation all help art forms to spread and grow in our society. The artist can create any art that he or she wishes and will almost always find …

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Changing the relationship between Americans and their President

No not that president! Franklin D. Roosevelt started his Fireside chats during the years of the great depression. He wanted a forum to quell any fears of the american people and to help explain the programs he was expanding. Instead of waiting for the annual State of the Union, to hear the direction the government …

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The Art of Entertainment

When the art of music, visuals, and dancing come together in the form of a play, one of the most ephemeral arts is born. Plays capture the raw emotion of human life and deliver it to the audience within a few hours. The art of the play is easy to see, but is short lived. …

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