...My current art class is really causing a psyche purge…but in a thrilling, less personal way. It makes me 100% nervous because there’s no direction; the creative exercises we perform are purely spontaneous/experimental in process which is both delightful and frustrating. I dig it though; it’s hella nice to not think for once, and just let my limbs run on autopilot. I’m also taking an English class which is a mix of creative writing, religious studies, and philosophy—the catching being that all students are all required to partake in a ritualistic practice to enrich our interior lives (e.g. meditation, yoga, hiking, centering prayer, journaling etc.). and I’m curious to see how this may potentially shift my creative outlets. I’m certain the pursuit will still come from the same cerebral or intellectual manifestations as all my personal filth does, but this philosophy class, I think, will jolt something out of me that isn’t so damn rooted in exorcising inner demons. Ideally, I won’t leave the class feeling like I spooned myself down to my...
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...bachelor, they have to make decisions if they need to continue their master degree. When girls go shopping together and see the beautiful goods which they really like but not necessary, they want to think about if they require buying that. When children have many problems to face about their real life, parents should think about if they would overcome the problems together with their children or not. There is no doubt that these examples can be all impacted by the emotions and these all depend on the feelings in that timing of making their decisions. Emotions can be defined as the feelings related to the experience, things or people that offer the creation of runnable actions. There are two dimensions about the emotion, including evaluation which has positive evaluation and negative evaluation and activation which has low activation and high activation. Actually, the positive emotions are very important to every people. When people in the positive mood, they will be more flexible, creative and open to the suggestions. In addition, it is more likely to see and receive the things what people want in the positive emotions. Furthermore, people in the positive state always try to find things to make them in the positive emotions. If they are in the negative state, they will also find things to maintain themselves in the negative emotions, rather than change their current state. As we all know that people will benefit from the positive emotions. Therefore, people try to find means to increase...
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...Creative Writing Story – ‘Nothing would ever be the same again’ This was the last straw. The final words had been spoken, and even though he knew feelings of resentment, of grief, of despair and anger clouded his ability to reasonably judge the situation there was something within him that knew this was it. A clear tear trickled down his pale cheek, like a rolling bead along a window, its transparency reflecting the emotion and unparalleled hardship that he had faced over 3 years of abuse, turmoil and trauma. The screams from the last fight still ringed in his ear, a siren of inflicting words, a cacophony of deafening howls. His hand trembled as it moved towards his old wooden drawer of memories, a collection of emotions and indescribable feelings. The framing shook, the drawer creaked open with a puff of obscure dust releasing a smell of mystery and nostalgia. His outstretched arm, scarred with the wounds of a child living in resentment and neglect, pulled out with hesitation yet at the same time a sense of surety, a tattered birthday card from his 11th birthday – a memory that would never be forgotten. He prised it with a dreading of what was to come, and in reaction of his fears a barrage of tears streaked down his red, disturbed face like pouring rain. Thoughts of his past flooded through him like a sweeping wave of mixed emotions that he thought he would never have to deal with again. He realised he had become so trapped with emotion, to the point where he had numbed himself...
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...Romare Bearden’s Fine Art Romare Bearden was an African American Artist. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina then moved to New York City as a child. Bearden has done many different types of works including oil, cartoons and collage. Romare is best known for his collages. He is recognized as one of the most creative and original visual artists of the twentieth century. He fills his work with the symbols and myths of the American black experience. In this essay I will compare and contrast two of Romare’s pieces. It was difficult to narrow down to only two pieces because Romare has a large quantity of remarkable work. The two pieces I decided on are “The Block” and “Golgotha”. “The Block” was made in 1971. It shows a Harlem neighborhood with an optimistic spirit. The neighborhood shows a barbershop, a corner store, liquor store, a church and funeral parlor. The neighborhood seems lively with people outside on the sidewalk, children playing and pedestrians in a hurry. It gives you that feeling of daily life in Harlem. One unique aspect of the picture is that is shows you daily life indoors and outdoors at the same time. The collage shows people at home watching TV, people inside having a conversation and a couple making love. In this collage I see a lot of line being used. Line is a mark by pencil that forms part of the formal design of a picture. I see it with the different buildings. The lines used make it look like the buildings aren’t supposed to be together...
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...name: __Marti Beightol_______________________ Self Assessment Results Summary Strengths Weaknesses How Satisfied Am I with My Job? Very satisfied Nevers misses a day Never has time for anything else Am I Engaged? Very engaged Very proud of job well done Gets very absorbed and loses track of time and other tasks How Are You Feeling Right Now? Very positive Very creative A little annoying to other employees What’s My Affect Intensity? Very emotional Can deal with peoples emotions Crys a lot when upset by things that go wrong What’s My Emotional Intelligence Score? Very high Born leader Doesn’t take orders well Am I A Deliberate Decision Maker? No a rash decision Is a stable at making decisions Impulse decision maker Management recommendations: Marti is a very positive team member, Meed to get her to mentor other team members Employee name: _____Julie ragsdale____________________ Self Assessment Results Summary Strengths Weaknesses How Satisfied Am I with My Job? Not very satisfied No strenghts Comes in late Am I Engaged? Not engaged Likes to work alone Just does enough to get by How Are You Feeling Right Now? Liitte negative creative Doesn’t enjoy it at this job What’s My Affect Intensity? Not emotion Can handle any situation Doesn’t relate well with others What’s My Emotional Intelligence Score? low Great at taking directions No management skills Am I A Deliberate Decision Maker? yes Enjoys everything Doesn’t think before acting Management recommendations:...
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...one occasion, I found that I am a good leader. I communicate my ideas to the group while trying to balance the ideas of others so the group can come to an agreed upon decision. Obviously this can benefit me no matter what career I decide to go into, because the ability to take control of a situation and still remain diplomatic with colleagues is a valuable asset to have. Other than this, I can’t think of any other strength I discovered. I don’t think of myself as egotistical, but honestly I am pretty happy with the way I am and find it hard to think of strengths I don’t already possess. The highlights of the course for me would probably be the creative portion of the exploration paper. I enjoy expressing myself through art more so than I do in any other medium, so it was fun to be able to take my thoughts and feelings and turn them into a painting. As for other highlights and insights, I can’t...
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...individual I am today, but the qualities I am most proud of are my sense of humor and my creative spirit. My sense of humor allows me to live life to the fullest because I can find humor in every situation; this allows me to not be depressed and consumed by one event in life, I can experience every aspect of life under the best circumstances. I am also very creative; I enjoy playing the piano and creating art with my bare hands whether it be with clay or with metal. Because of this talent, I am now able to find beauty in each situation. I can see a miracle when all others see is chaos. Because of these talents, I am the loveable and easy-going person I am today. My sense of humor allows me to be as enjoyable as possible. My mother always says that I can make her laugh during any situation to brighten her day. Others encourage me to be a comedian because of the phrases I use in my daily life. I enjoy making people laugh because one laugh can add seven minutes to an individual’s life and I see how happy others are when I make a simple joke. I feel like I influence lives every time I make someone smile because they could be feeling unhappy and maybe my knock-knock joke lifts their spirits and they go and make someone else smile. It is a chain reaction of happiness, and if I can have small part in making the world a happier place, I will not pass on that opportunity. My creative spirit gives me a chance to create and find beauty in the worst situations. I am talented...
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...something is directly described as being something else (Thiel, 2005, p. 33). The words of the poem start out with a state of mind, the word, “tranquility”. This word is powerful in the context of the work; it sets the rhythm for the rest of the poem. The remaining sentences of prose builds on the serenity associated with tranquility, letting the reader get the feel of the painting it describes. As the poem draws to a close, it goes out as it came in, simply. It starts with, “tranquility” and ends with, “captivating”, the person experiencing the painting has observed all of the sights and sounds depicted in the painting and ends up transfixed by the whole experience. William Wordsworth said that poetry is, “the spontaneous overflow of feelings” originating from, “emotion recollected in tranquility”, (Woods, 2002, p. 1). The first stanza is just the word, “tranquility”; this word powerfully sets the stage for the rest of the poem. The body of the poem builds on the sensory perceptions of the beach and view, building with inputs and experiences, until the final stanza shows that the reader is simply captured by the beauty. This sets the mood of peacefulness and restfulness. The reader allows his or her cares to drop away and...
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...The psychological test build upon personal habits and the visualize ways of thinking, which will help to find out the individual’s performance or team work cooperate under the organizational environment. The answers may vary from different types of personality, which gives us a generate view of a person’s characteristic, work attitude or current performance and the relation with their team members. Question 1: Where would like put your alarm clock? A. Somewhere u can reach and stop the alarm immediately. B. Put around your ears aims to wake you up straight away. Within the hearing area put it as far as u can hear it. Question one was based testing on the relationship that individuals deal with their team members. People choose A which indicates that they have a independently self-determination characteristics, but they are very care about how other’s people’s attitude, they may ask other people’s advise but unnecessarily to follow. Answer B represent that they chronically depended upon others, therefore they in possession of well corporate with others within the team or the whole organization. Part of people can easily exert outstanding leading capacity, which is answer C, these people are well self control and do not need to depended to the others and they do have the unique personal styles. Question 2: Imagine if you have been cursed must fall to a kind of hexapods, queasily want to kill you straightly, which one do you think you will become to? A...
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...problem here lies in that the mental application upon the emotional body leads to a suppression of the natural course of energy exchange between the centres of consciousness. Now you need also to consider the aspect of the reference to the word ‘control’. This is of a mental nature, it cannot be any other, and in this situation control becomes a limitation. Realise that a control over the emotional body is not really giving yourself a response to it. If you respond to your emotional body, and by that I mean from an identification with the Spiritual Man, then you will come to understand it. Many see the emotional body as a major problem for them and yet this is feeling, and feeling has a higher correspondence, so inhibit this feeling, then you will not be receptive to the higher feeling nature. You will not be creative. I seek to relay to you the emotional body is more important than your intellectual body, which you may understand as mental thought. Mental thought is quite interesting as it concerns your level of consciousness and also your identifications concerning your level of consciousness, and your emotional body will be supporting your identifications and leading you more into those area of concretised thought. A change of vibration is now necessary to bring about an understanding, this I seek to do though an alignment to the Master J. Now consider the fact that the emotional body is made up of seven levels known as sub planes, your senses as such, also extend from...
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...Practical Book Review One: Petersen by Tom Radcliff Introduction to Pastoral Counseling March 19, 2012 Liberty University Baptist Seminary Lynchburg, VA PRACTICAL BOOK REVIEW ONE: PETERSEN I. Summation. In our personal and professional relationships, everyone is affected by the way we communicate. And in our fast-paced world we live in it is becoming increasingly difficult for people to send and receive clear and meaningful messages. Effective communication is vital to healthy relationships such that the absence of it can bring any relationship to a “grinding halt” (Petersen 2007, 4). Why Don’t We Listen Better? is a tool box full of practical advice designed to help relationships flourish through enhanced communication techniques. Dissecting the intricate parts of communication, Petersen focuses on the elusive art of effective listening. Through detailed examples and realistic scenarios, Petersen demonstrates in vivid detail the profound role “real listening” plays in our lives. In the process, he candidly exposes his own shortcomings, which gives the reader comfort in knowing that even experts in the field can face challenges. This user-friendly guide is for readers who want to create thriving relationships through effective and productive conversation. Although I found Petersen’s work to be an invaluable resource, I did not agree with everything the author suggested. For example, I was not convinced with the notion of using his Talker-Listener Card (TLC) as...
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...the purchase process or user experience. “When I buy or use this brand, I feel ___.” Thus, a customer can feel safe in a Volvo, excited in a BMW, energetic with Coke or warm when receiving a Hallmark card. Evian, with its “Another day, another chance to feel healthy,” associated itself with the satisfied feeling that comes from a workout. Emotional benefits add richness and depth to the brand and the experience of owning and using the brand. Without the memories that Sun-Maid Raisins evoke, the brand would border on commodity status. The familiar red package links many users to happy days of helping Mom in the kitchen (or the idealized childhood for some who wished that they had such experiences). The result can be a different user experience, one with feelings, and a stronger brand. Self-expressive Benefits Brands and products, as symbols of a person’s self-concept, can provide a self- expressive benefit by providing a vehi- cle by which a person can express him- or herself. “When I buy or use this brand, I am___.” A brand does not have to be Harley to deliver self-expressive benefits. A person can be cool by buying clothes at Zara, successful by driving a Lexus, creative by using Apple, a nurturing mother by preparing Quaker Oats hot cereal, frugal and unpretentious by shopping at Kmart or adventurous and active by owning REI camping equipment. When a brand provides a self-expressive benefit, the connection between the brand and the customer is likely to be heightened. For...
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...finds himself on a train sitting next to the mother of one of his classmates, on his way to New York City. Taking a liking to the woman, Holden begins to spin a web of lies. He tells her his name is Rudolf Schmidt and casually adds, “I have to have this operation… It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little brain tumor on the brain… right near the outside”(58). This single lie entertains Holden, as he would rather talk about something that he has never experienced instead of being truthful about himself. He avoids taking on the responsibility of being mature enough to tell the truth about failing out of Pencey, including his decision to run away from his problems. With all the lying Holden has done, he has become quite skillful and creative at it. Unsure of where to go after arriving in New York, he checks into a shifty Hotel, planning to stay a couple nights before returning home. The elevator boy at the hotel, Maurice, quickly pressures Holden to order a prostitute to his room....
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...I have a friend has a perfect charisma and I believe he is a charismatic person because he give others his attention and he doesn’t impose their negative feelings or emotions on others, also he listen twice as much as he talk and I respect him and everyone respect him because he is sociable and he is very ambitious and creative . First of all, he focus on the person that he talking to. He makes eye contact and a smile, when I talk to him I feel that he showing me a sincere interest. Charismatic people don’t spend time checking their phones or look at their watches when they talks to others Secondly, he doesn’t drag others down when he is having a bad day . In my opinion if a charismatic people aren’t feeling up to par .They would rather stay away from people until they are feeling better Thirdly he listen twice as much as he talk and he know why he has two ears and only one mouth , and when he talk he doesn’t tell others what to do , and he is not bossy or opinionated, he respect everybody opinion, I think charismatic people don’t think they are more important than anyone else In my opinion, being a charismatic person is a wonderful thing because you will be easy going and open minded when you talk to others . If you had a bad day you would like to stay away for a wild , and you would like to hear people and concentrate to theirs talk . Thanks a...
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...Jake- Take a look at this poor young manager. His awareness his emotions as well as the emotions of others doesn’t exist. He’s grumpy and incapable of generating enthusiasm or interest in his co-workers. He doesn’t understand why his employees always get mad at him. He over reacts all the time, and says things that hurt people’s feelings. Although none of this is done on purpose, it has become a huge problem within the company. It is because his emotional intelligence is very low. Emotional intelligence is the ability to be self aware (recognizing emotions), detect emotions in others and manage emotional que’s. Andrew just got in a huge fight with his employee and co-worker Susan. Andrew- Why is she so mad at me!!? Jake- Susan came to Andrew this morning to tell him a very important piece of information. Susan’s mom just passed away and she came to ask Andrew for the rest of the day off. All Andrew could think to say was, “As long as you finish all of your work, I could care less… Let’s see what ensued. Andrew- Why did Susan just quit? It’s not my fault her mommy just died. I swear she liked working here. What happened? Could it have been something I said?..... Nooooo…. Hmmm….. How can I figure out what would have been the best thing to say? I wonder what Steve Jobs would do. I wonder if there’s an app for that? INSERT AUDIO RECORDING Andrew- Sweet, Steve Jobs App!!!! So I see here that Steve Jobs had high self-awareness with regards to his strengths but not as...
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