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Exercise 5

Joshua trees dot the desert landscape as if they were regular trees in regular climates.  Regular trees don’t grow here, only Joshua trees and Willows. In the neighborhood was a willow tree, the dirt floor was swept smooth, it was … Continue reading

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Exercise 4

Part 1: Lyric Evaluation Coldplay – Viva la Vida Taken at face value, a story is told of a man’s fall from grace.  Once he had everything he could ever want and all the power one could manage.  He lost … Continue reading

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Excercise 3

Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. -Ernest Hemingway How does one live forever? Become something more than yourself. Dante wrote … Continue reading

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Excercise 2

Memory Glimpse One of my earliest memories assembles itself from a time when I was about four years old. I am lying in the grass under the shade of a huge tree (it seemed huge at the time anyway). Looking … Continue reading

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Obtuse Meanings/Illumination

Obtuse Meanings The photo I have selected is a more recent one, taken my senior year of high school on our marching band’s trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Looking at this picture, I focus immediately on the Smokey Mountain backdrop behind … Continue reading

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