Music plays a huge role in our culture. It fills uncomfortable silences, speaks to our current emotions, and serves as a soundtrack to our lives. Many songs are about love; falling in love, unrequited love, being happily in love, falling out love, spurned love. I thought I’d take a look at what kinds of...
Over winter break I was fortunate to attend a field study to India. I was ready for the cold weather –until the airline lost my luggage for five days– I was ready to eat vegetarian, I was expecting bucket showers and squat-style toilets, and...
The art and practice of tattooing has been around for at least 5,000 years. The word “tattoo” is thought to stem from the Tahitian word “tatu”, meaning “to mark something.” Permanently marking the skin with ink has held a variety of different meaning for...
Recently I’ve been pondering the Japanese art of Kintsugi, or the practice of mending broken pottery by filling the cracks with gold resin. There was an image of such...
My initial internal reaction to hearing the above question is usually, “Dang it, what was it again?” I personally don’t feel the need to identify or label my religion,...
“If you love someone set them free. If they come back, set them on fire.” -George Carlin. This semester, I’ve become aware of just how many friends are involved...
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