The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, is a very lively environment. Everywhere I go I see clusters of people and activities, and although this is not a bad thing, it does drain a lot of my energy. As a result, as of recently, my favorite landscape is the University of Minnesota bridge. I really like the bridge because it makes me feel at peace and relax. As I walk across the bridge in the morning and hear the sounds of the wind and feel its cold touch on my face, my mind becomes calm. It is during this time that I can reflect back on my life and clearly think about what I want in the future. The bridge is fairly old, therefore, there are some signs of past students, such as the shoes on the tree and the wearing inside the bridge tunnel,
Frank Lloyd Wright is one of America’s most influential architects that has left a legacy of structures that are collaged with Nature (Mead, 2014, February). Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, has left a legacy of tranquil spaces hidden within parks that are known for their “picturesque” qualities (Mead, 2014, January). These two men are completely different with the designs that they’ve created simply because they are using different mediums, but ultimately there aren’t a lot of contrasting elements to their designs. The similarities are evident when you begin to look at their main priority when designing; mental health and wellness. With health and wellness as a mutual focus it is easy to find that they had complementary design influences, theories, and design principles. To create a design that successfully helps to soothe the mind they both found that Nature is the best tool to use. This tool is now their unique contribution to design history, and as a result it stands out as something that today’s designers want to mimmic when focusing on mental health and wellness.
Each person has a place that calls to them, a house, plot of land, town, a place that one can call home. It fundamentally changes a person, becoming a part of who they are. The old summer cabins, the bedroom that was always comfortable, the library that always had a good book ready. The places that inspire a sense of nostalgic happiness, a place where nothing can go wrong.
The Jericho Covered Bridge in Kingsville, Maryland was built in 1865 and restored in 1982. The bridge is 100 feet long and cased in cedar planks and timber beams. Legend has it that after the Civil War many lynchings occurred on the bridge. Passersby were supposedly captured on the bridge and hung from the upper rafters. The bridge is very close to my house and I have driven over it several times. The storyteller, age 19, also lives a couple minutes away from the bridge. He has lived in Kingsville, Maryland his entire life. He recalled a dramatic story he had heard from his older brother involving the haunted bridge.
In the Cartoon - State School NO.1812, a group of students are showing that control has been overpowering people, this has been expressed by the body language that they have inquired to outline that their body gesture is crouched to in order to emphasis their individuality and to communicate to the viewer that they have lost hope, neither do they have somewhat belief in themselves, which is the leading cause to their non-existing self-identity. The image paints a meaning to the audience, articulating that when the students walk in, they will lose every little bit of humanity that they had causing them to be controlees of their own mind, leaving them no choice but to have no self-identity. Moreover, Symbolism has been used in the image as the gates symbolise entrapment and control. This is publicised as the gates are no ordinary gates in the form that they are several times bigger in both length and width then the students themselves. The use of the gates symbolises imprisonment holding the student’s captive into taking whatever dreams and hope they have and demolishing their last bit of control over themselves. The image is reinforcing the idea that they are trying to communicate how controlling the school is and suppresses the students so that they don't have hope, nor individuality. Hence, the use of body language and symbolism combined together establishes that they have control over you if you have no
Prompt: In 500 words or more, describe your collegiate experience thus far. How has this experience and the knowledge you've gained influenced what you plan to study? How have they influenced your decision to apply to St. Edward's?
In the novel Monkey Bridge, written by Lan Cao, there is the protagonist and her mother who are refugees in the United States fleeing the war in Vietnam. Mai was brought up on American land at a young age and adjusted to the culture at ease, whereas her mother suffered from nightmares of her past in Vietnam. However, both characters still need to adjust to the new world of the United States. In order to achieve cultural assimilation, a “bridge” is required to help connect the two different ideologies. This concept can be found when Uncle Michael discusses Baba Quan with Mai. Uncle Michael explains how one day he and his troops were lost in Ba Xuyen, and were “tense” (112) crossing a field blanketed with dense fog which led through landmine
College was such a big ordeal around this time last year! Many students had no choice but to think about it every day and I was surrounded by friends and classmates thinking about the same thing. Am I sure this is the school for me? Do I really want to move away or just stay near my mom? I even thought to myself, “What about moving out of state?” Everyone was so nervous, and everyone had the right to be. We are all trying to take the next step into moving on after high school. Until April 5th, 2016, my proudest moment was this day. I received acceptance into the Alabama A&M university. It was just a regular day that I had come home to mail from different universities, and my mom and I had applied here already with my mind on going to a predominantly
"An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge." Classic Reader. 2009. BlackDog Media, Web. 2 Dec 2009. .
I came back to the Lutheran Seminary in 2012 after a having a conversation with man that would later become a mentor to me. At his prompting along with many others I made a decision to enter into the ordination process of the ELCA. For me that brought mass levels of trepidation as I had heard horror stories of that process. It became another entity in my life where value becomes evident by participation. I knew the work that would be required and I decided to make that plunge.
I am so ready for college. I could not wait for this moment to get here and it was finally here! In the year of 2016, I graduated from Community School of Davidson. I had applied to every school you could think of (Norfolk State, Spelman,Howard, and Tuskegee) just to name a few and decided to go with my first choice Tuskegee University. This was weird because I am a city girl and Tuskegee University is in the country.
Symbolism is used to provide an in-depth meaning to An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. The gray eyes are used in the story to symbolize the difference between what is real and what his mind has made up in order to protect him from the alarming truth. In An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, the bridge is used to represent the separation of the north and the south. Bierce uses the driftwood mentioned in the story as a representation of Farquhar’s fading reality which occurs during the time of his hanging. Throughout the short story symbolism is used by the author to create many symbolic events.
At first, it wasn’t too hard, as the work load was rather miniscule for all of my classes. Around midterms the amount of schoolwork exceeded the amount of time I had available and has stayed there since. There are 168 hours in any given week, 50 of which I am working, and 17 hours are class time. That leaves me with 101 hours. Around 56 hours are used to sleep as I attempt to get around 8 hours of sleep a night. Down to 45 hours to drive places, eat, and socialize I realized I need to manage my time better. The biggest obstacle that challenged my success in college was spreading myself too
The decision to transfer wasn’t easy for me. I didn’t consider it at first because I was already adjusted and somewhat comfortable, and I thought it would be easier to just stay put. When I was originally looking at colleges, I had no idea what I wanted to major in. I figured a small liberal arts college would be a good choice because I would be able to figure out my interests and have some time to do so. Once I got to school, I realized that I was unhappy there, but I found one thing I really enjoyed. The horseback riding class I was taking inspired me to pursue a career with horses, or animals in general. It was something I really enjoyed and thought it could be fun. Unfortunately, my current school doesn’t offer a major that would let me
For this bridge its fall was inflicted by an unknown patron. One who’s identity or existence we never see verified. The record of the fall is short in the story described as only being for a moment. Then the bridge was finally introduced to “the sharp rocks which had always gazed up at me so peacefully from the rushing water”. Rocks gazing peacefully? This is almost as absurd as a bridge turning around. An action that the bridge itself cannot seem to believe it is doing. This attempt by the bridge was his final effort before his fall. I cannot even picture how a bridge would turn around and attempt to look on his back. The question that comes to my mind is how can a bridge see what’s on his back? If this book is trying to make us believe that this bridge is a human, or has human like qualities. Then how flexible a person is this bridge? Because I know very few people who can see whats on their back. Especially without turning so much that anything on their back would fall off. So is this bridge so inflexible that it breaks itself by turning around or is it trying to buck off its attacker unintentionally? This answer is never answered due to the story ending shortly thereafter this scene. With the short fall of the bridge onto the sharp rocks it had stared at for the entirety of its life. The events before and during the fall of the bridge was the main issue I had with my thesis that the bridge was
Fortunately, I wake every morning to the most beautiful sun lit house. I sit on my porch sipping coffee, while I drink in an atmosphere that steals my breath away. Rolling hills lay before me that undulate until they crash into golden purple mountains. Oh how they are covered in spectacular fauna, ever blooming foliage, and trees that are heavy with pungent fruit. Green it is always so green here at my house. Here where the air lays heavy and cool on my skin as does the striking rays of the sun upon my cheeks. I know in my soul why I choose to be here every day. Pocketed in all the nooks and crannies of these valleys and hills are stately homes, rich with architecture resplendent. Diversity is the palate here; ...