...Museum Paper The work of art I chose is “The Calling of Apostles Peter and Andrew.” This work of art was started in 1308 and ended in 1311 by Duccio di Buoninsegna. It is an oil on panel painting and is currently located at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. This work of art depicts a religious view while having a proto-renaissance style. This work of art is significant because it shows a sense of a belief. The belief of Peter and Andrew towards Jesus. The work of art has subtle details that tell a short story. When I look at this painting I look at the features of Jesus’s clothing, the rock Jesus stands upon, the boat that the men stand in, the fish net, and the gesture Jesus gives to Andrew and Peter. Firstly, to me, the boat symbolizes instability as it can sway from side to side giving an idea that the two men’s faith is not yet decided in a manner of speaking. The rock Jesus stand upon shows strength and stability within him; his faith. Jesus beckoning symbolizes a calling to him while saying that if they do then it will be fulfilling or rewarding due to the fishing net being full. Jesus’s clothing also symbolizes two different things. Firstly, the red coloring of his outfit symbolizes his passion in faith. The purple coloring of his outfit symbolizes his status in royalty. Buoninsegna also paints one of the men in a reddish color to possibly indicate his passion. There are also several small designs around the head of Jesus which could indicate a sort...
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...smite the land with a curse. SOME OF YOU READING THIS ARE BEING CALLED BY GOD I also saw a wall holding back this enormous flood of souls. They are being held back, waiting. There are people out there, reading this right now, who God is calling. He is calling them to break down the wall. People who have always thought, not me I'm too shy. Not me I don't have the right personality. Moses was like that. HE IS GIVING YOU IDEAS--EVEN RIGHT NOW The Lord is giving these people ideas, God inspired ideas that will reach masses of people. The ideas may seem small, but they are not small. There are people who will live their lives through, and take their last breath, having never uttered the idea that God put on their heart. They will stand before their God and be made aware of what He had entrusted them and they hid it because they were afraid. Now is the time to stand up to the spirit of fear that speaks to you in the first person. "I'm just", "I couldn't", "How could I"?, "but I" Those are not your own thoughts, but those of the enemy of all righteousness. OTHERS ARE INTERCESSORS--BUT THERE IS MORE There are others in the body of Christ, reading this right now, who are intercessors. Because they have been faithful, God is calling them into more....
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...ample time for training, and an impressive performance resume. When my eyes finally made contact with the pallid envelope, I immediately knew my fate. If I had been accepted, I would have expected to receive a big fat packet full of housing and registration information. It was as though my soul had died. Until that moment, dancing was my calling and I intended it to be my lifelong passion. My heart sank as I opened the envelope and read the dispiriting words of rejection....
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...being introduce to the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus during his ministry had been making mention of the coming of the Holy Spirit and his subsequent death. Although Jesus' disciples did not initially and fully understand the conditions and necessity of his death, he told them "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you" John 16:7. Jesus was preparing the New Testament Church to be a group of believers held together in unity by the power of God's Spirit and the sum of God's words. It is understood that in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, he selected twelve disciples to join his Mission and future passion. However, Jesus had many followers and unofficial...
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...at an early age. When he got out of prison, he tries to escape his past. He began to feel alone and disappointed in himself. He was never one to show his true feelings. Sonny used music to express the words he couldn’t say. Sonny has a passion for music. He always kept his emotions bottled up inside of him. Through music was able to express words and feelings that he is incapable of saying. In fact, music is his “calling”. He is a different person when he plays. The narrator sees a side to Sonny that he never saw before during his performance. Even though Sonny may feel that this music lifestyle may bring back his drug addictions, he refuses to give up his dreams. Sonny was never a man of words so uses his piano to tell stories. In a way, Sonny is “stalking” his calling by showing his blues to his friends, showing a side of him that no one knew. Many people are able to understand him through his music. He uses his imagination to create music, which comes from deep down in his heart. Just by hearing his songs, it truly shows how he isn’t afraid to explore new things and go beyond his comfort zone. Sonny’s music was his “most tender and live spot” Dillard (34). Even though Sonny suffered with his addiction, he never gave up his passion. Not only did he express his thoughts of himself, but also of what the community was feeling, which was sadness. Sonny is seen as “wild” by his brother. Sonny isn’t dwelling on the past but trying to make his future better than his...
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...In high school, I never really got into the normal things like athletics, band, theater, etc. But, I never minded because I found my passion in something else: helping people. I found at a very young age that I genuinely enjoyed helping people. I was told that in preschool, there were lots of foreign children who had trouble communicating with the teachers. I, apparently, was the one who would always help them get their points across. In elementary school, too, I always found myself helping students in need. It was something so natural that it almost felt like an instinct. This continued as I grew and the older I got, the more I was able to help people. When I got to the high school, I was able to join the National Honor Society. I really...
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...Politics as a Vocation: Essay 1 “Politics as a Vocation” is a speech that Max Weber gave to the Free Students Union of Munich University in January of 1919, almost immediately after the end of WW I. He opens his speech by saying he will not take a position on the actual problems of the day, but rather “I shall raise certain questions concerning the significance of political action in the whole way of life” (1, 27). Weber’s main goal throughout his speech is to address the broader philosophical questions of how a person might make politics his livelihood in the sense of a vocation, along with dissecting the idea of what exactly politics is in relation to power, and what characteristics people who are considered to be politicians posses in order to be considered successful politicians. Weber begins by expressing his desire to relay the idea that politics refers to “the leadership or the influence of leadership of a state” (1, 27). Politics in this sense proves itself to be a domineering force, but this begs the question what is a state? Weber promptly answers this question expressing: “a state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory… The state is considered the sole source of the ‘right’ to use violence” (1, 27). By defining a state in these terms, Weber is not trying to limit the definition by allowing only this to define the institution, but rather force is the means specific to the state...
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...As Krakauer tries to find a concrete identity to describe McCandless unique individual being, Krakauer states that, “he wasn't a nutcase, he wasn't a sociopath, he wasn't an outcast. McCandless was something else- although precisely what is hard to say. A pilgrim, perhaps" (90). Krakauer defends McCandless, as having no defining character, that he is an individual, single and distinctly separate from others. Krakauer even states that he views McCandless as everything but an explorer because of his passion. After Krakauer publishes the novel, he receives many letters stating that McCandless had a death wish for going out into the Alaskan frontier without any experience. However, it is this hunger for the wild and its dangers that tightens the bond for Krakauer, seeing so much of himself in...
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...“Look at my works, ye mighty, and despair!” where is boasting about his works and telling everyone to look at them and see how mighty he is. Although the inscription at the foot of the statue reveals to us who this poem is about, it also shows his idea of his own power calling himself “king of kings”. 2. The poet takes great care to describe, in lines 4 and 5, the ‘passions’ of Ozymandias that are ‘stamped on these lifeless things’ (line 7). What is the effect of the juxtaposition of ‘passions’ and ‘lifeless’? What is Shelley suggesting about human ambition? The passions of Ozymandias that are described in lines 4 and 5 “frown, wrinkled lip and sneer” show the type of leader he was that put fear into those he ruled and looked at his subjects as if they were unworthy. And then the use of the phase “stamped on these lifeless things” is saying that those passions is all that is left behind on the statue. The juxtaposition here is that passions suggests life and lifeless suggests death. What the poet is suggesting about human ambition is that Ozymandias ruled with fear and now that that fear is gone the ruler is forgotten. It suggests that the legacy you leave behind should be more than those “passions”. 3. The ‘hand’ and the ‘heart’ (line 8) are, of course, the hand and heart of the sculptor,...
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...favorable elements of both romance and comedy genres. Some notables are funny jokes and humorous plots, which surround a love story or the search of a true love. Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (1977) and Marc Webb’s 500 Days of Summer (2009) are both movies that fall under the genre “Romantic Comedy”. These two movies are connected in many ways, for each film contains relatable characters and effective narrative techniques to portray a realistic relationship. Each film is also able to portray the differences between the reality and expectations of a relationship in humorous ways that allow them to be called a romantic comedy. Alvy and Tom are two different characters with separate mindsets. In 500 Days of Summer, Tom Hansen, despite his passion to be an architect is an unmotivated greeting card writer who deeply believes in the concept of true love and soul mates. Whereas in Annie Hall, Alvy Singer is a pessimistic comedian and control freak that is seen changing things to benefit him. Both characters due to their attitudes on life and relationships bring forth different aspects that make them such unique and likable characters. Tom strongly believes that he will never be happy until he meets the person that he believes is ‘the one’ for him. Whereas with Alvy he pushes Annie and doesn’t fully accept either Annie’s insecurities or support her as she finds ways to work through them. Summer and Annie, like their male counterparts, are two different types of heroine. Summer is...
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...environment in a consumer market. My following 4 years in Ford gave me opportunities to further practice the skills I learnt from this MBA course, especially the strategic thinking and leadership skill. The second key achievement I made was the decision to open my very own business, “Gam Restaurant” in 2017. I still remember the early days with a lot of challenges and how difficult it was for me to decide to leave a multinational company for this private business. I have learnt many good lessons along the way to bring the restaurant become one of the best choice of Vietnamese food in town and then to open the 2nd “Gam Restaurant” today. A look back to the past 03 years, I think my biggest “secret” is “Passion”. Passion for the good, passion to learn, passion to grow people… and passion to be the best. I am so proud of the passionate team who has been working together with me for the brand of “Gam Restaurant”. Last but not least, during the past 10 years a...
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...Alum Project: Meredith Ingram Emily West Meredith Ingram’s passion for medicine did not begin in Atlanta where she now works as a Physician’s Assistant for Atlanta Facial Plastics. Her true story of falling in love with creating change though medicine began after she graduated from Emory and decided to work as a medical missionary in northern India. Her stories from that year are raw and emotional filled with hope despite the unimaginable circumstances. After that year, Meredith partnered with Doctors Without Borders has has since lived in Israel and Ghana. Ingram’s goal through these travels is educating people not only about these conditions, but educating the people who are living in them about what they can do prevent themselves from serious medical problems. Meredith credits her father for inspiring her to create change though medicine. Her father who is a Nephrologist in LaGrange, Georgia where Ingram grew up is also very passionate about the influence and power medicine has over our world. She chuckles as she says, “I always knew I would follow in the footsteps” not knowing where this path would take her. She describes that her calling has taken her far beyond what she though was imaginable and that through this leap of faith she has been challenge to learn and grow. The piece of advice Meredith was most influenced her during her time at Emory was an idea from a professor who challenged that a calling is not easily fulfilled or understood. Often people who create...
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...ones .Helping them to find what they have been seeking for in their lives and how they can reach out to God. Going to the nursing homes, the women shelter and youth group homes spreading the word to the women and men in there that feel that their love ones have walked off and forgotten them. In the women shelter who never knew Jesus as their personal Lord an Savoir, but knew drugs, sex and other things that was keeping them from getting closer to God. In the women shelter who never knew Jesus as their personal Lord an Savoir, but knew drugs, sex and other things that was keeping them from getting closer to God. Youth, who that have be abused and abandon: not train or taught who God was. After taking this class I am sure that these are my calling .Being in your class has given me a love for what I am doing for the Lord and makes my heart burn to have in personal meet you. Thank you. PART TWO; Spiritual Gifts: Showing mercy and Serving were my strength: Prophesy was my weakness. Serving is my strongest I feel, because in the past weeks of this class this is what I have been doing the most of. Three weeks ago, I lost one of my oldest cousin. He had been in the hospital for over...
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...progression. Just as the Satan’s message in the dream provoked Eve, the culture of this time period provoked Victor’s curiosity. Through this, he is not only curious about science but also the creation of man. Victor is shown to specifically be curious about science through saying, “Natural philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate; I desire, there, in this narration, to state those facts which led to my predilection for that science” (ch. 2). The culture of the desire to explore science is then not just something that Victor feels that he needs to pursue, but something that Victor is passionate about and feels a calling to. Such passion and calling can be further depicted to root back to his youth as “.. (he) also recorded those events which led, by insensible steps, to (his) after tale of misery, for when (he) would account to (himself) for the birth of that passion which afterwards ruled (his) destiny (he) find(s) it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and almost forgotten sources; but, swelling as it proceeded, it became the torrent which, in its course, has swept away all (of his) hopes and joys” (ch. 2). By stating this, science is shown to play an important role in Victor’s life since day one. However, Victor is able to truly quench his thirst of knowledge through his creation of the Monster. Through establishing this, it is clear that while both Eve and Victor’s environment spark their desired knowledge, each can only attain their thirst through aid of an outside...
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...Honestly, it is a funny story. In Kindergarten and 1st grade, I did not want to learn to read. My parents often make fun of me for it now, since writing is such a major passion of mine. They recall me throwing the simple books down and calling it useless. Obviously, it was a battle that I lost (and I am glad that I did) because reading and writing have shaped who I am today. After giving in to my teachers and parents, I quickly learned to read and developed a passion to write. In fact, I begin writing multi-chapter novels by 4th grade. I continued to write as I matured, yet here lately, I have not had time to sit down and write. Also, I am currently suffering from writer's block, which is absolutely terrible. From this course, I hope to develop my writing skills, get back into the regime of writing for leisure, and break my writer's block. I am also looking forward to receiving constructive criticism from classmates and reading the works of others. I really believe sharing your work with peers is crucial to the success of a writer. I am certainly one of the biggest offenders when it comes to not catching my own typos (thank you, Grammarly Chrome Extension)....
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