possibility or impossibility thinker. When it comes to effective leaders, this can do versus can't do attitude and mind set, usually begins with whether or not someone is able to even see and visualize the possibilities. If one can't believe, in his mind's eye, that something is possible, how could he possibly proactively proceed? Deepak Chopra puts it this way, "You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible."
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accented words, “all” and “felled that catch the ear like the shocks of a hatchet on the tree trunks. This poem holds two irregular stanzas of eight and 16 lines which grieve the loss of nature to the woodsman’s axe. The first stanza is written with the eye of the author, intimate descriptions of the trees that were once by the bank of the river are depicted. The theme of Tragedy and loss are prominent themes throughout the poem. ‘O if we knew what we do”. Hopkins mourns the wholesale damage of the natural
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awarded “Manlilikha ng Bayan” in 1998. She won the award because of her specialty in life which is textile weaving. To create the T’boli textile called t’nalak, she must tie a series of knots on a blank loom of white abaca fibers, seeing in her mind’s eye the patterns of black and red even before it is dipped in pots of simmering dye. Lang Dulay was 12 years old when she became a dreamweaver (a special brand of t’boli weaver who receives the t’nalak patterns from dreams granted by Fu Dalu, the god
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peruse for this essay. I was thinking something tropical, exotic, different and exciting. I was feeling intense inspiration from the fruit I was inventing, when I happened to pass an apple stand. Completely different from the extravagance held in my mind’s eye and you might be thinking “how obvious and boring”. However, one apple stood out. Its color patterns intrigued me, almost hypnotizing in its appearance and I knew instantly it was the one. Arriving home, I dropped my bags by my bed and ran through
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth uses many literary devices in his poetry; especially in “I wandered Lonely as a Cloud”. In this work, Wordsworth uses personification, metaphors, and repetition. Wordsworths uses these three literary devices to get the reader interested in what he has to say . Wordsworth even shows how he feels when he uses these in a certain way. By doing these things Wordsworth begins to build a picture of his surroundings in the audience’s mind. “I Wandered as
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Camping with my papa The other night I was lying in by comfy bed, daydreaming about my new truck, when an odor jerked me back to reality. The sweet aroma of freshly squeezed orange juice. It reminded me of the vacations I took with my papa to Florida. I will never forget the fresh smell of the air when we stepped out of the van upon our arrival at the campsite. The crisp, salty smell of the ocean and the soft, powdery feel of the white sand between your toes took away all the weariness of
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commented on the fact that Telemachus has no one to protect him from the world without his father. Telemachus shows helplessness when he first spots the goddess Athena in Odysseus’ halls, “He could almost see his magnificent father, here… in the mind’s eye- if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all in a rout throughout the halls” (1. 134-136) Telemachus shows helplessness by imagining that he sees his father in the halls, instead of Athena because, he believes that his father
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Patrick Butterfield Butterfield 1 Professor Scarpone English 101, Section 6 Monday, October 13, 2002 Take a trip with me. I mean mentally, of course. Let your eyes and mind relax, your mind’s eye go blank, and your imagination clear. Take a trip with me to a place I love. It is about 4:30 in the morning in early October. We are in Northern Vermont, deemed by many to be “God’s Country.” We have bundled ourselves in long underwear and other layers of clothing
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What is Photography? Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images. Or as Ken Rockwell put it “Call it vision, imagination, or seeing; it all comes down to the same thing: the ability to envision a final result in your mind's eye, and then to make it so with your tools at hand.” My friend Kristen Savonell-Zehner has taken her hobby/interest to the next level, paid professional. Kristen got her first camera at a very young age and was constantly taking rolls upon rolls
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an eagle in its patient and abrupt action. The crisp and precise style in which the poem has been written is also appealing to me. The poet has captured the reality about an eagle’s behavior well, hence the reader is able to see the eagle in his mind’s eye. I Saw a Jolly Hunter- Charles Causely This poem states in a funny way the mishap of a hunter who goes after a hare in the country one hot sunny day. As the hunter takes aim, he fails to notice the gun pointing the wrong way and ends up shooting
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