Exploring the themes of change and the relentless passage of time, this collection of eighty poems serves as a poignant reflection on life's fleeting moments. Award-winning poet Holly Day uses her writing to momentarily freeze time and preserve vivid memories through literary snapshots. Each poem captures significant experiences and emotions, including pieces titled "Hospice," "Dinner with the English Professor," "Sunshine," and "Parakeet," highlighting the beauty and transience of life.
"This indispensable resource combines the best of Piano For Dummies, Keyboard For Dummies, Music Theory For Dummies, and Piano Exercises For Dummies and includes practice strategies, as well as access to streaming and downloadable audio to help guide your progress. In addition to becoming acquainted with the latest in music theory, you'll learn to develop your sight-reading skills and performance techniques --until you can reproduce pieces flawlessly on request!"--Amazon.com
Minneapolis began at the Falls of St. Anthony, the sole waterfall on the Mississippi River. The cataract, the great hydrological engine, propelled the city's economic growth and physical expansion, and two distinct municipal identities emerged. A city of seasons, Minneapolis celebrates winter flurries and chills with ice skating and hot chocolate at the annual Holidazzle Festival. In the sultry midsummer heat, the Aquatennial brings swimmers and boating enthusiasts to the Chain of Lakes and the river. Landmarks, too, define the topography-Spoonbridge and Cherry, the Stone Arch and Hennepin Avenue Bridges, the Foshay Tower and the IDS Center. Join local authors Sherman Wick and Holly Day on a trip beyond the typical guidebook as they explore the architecture, parks and historical figures of the Mill City.
The book presents 53 intricately crafted fragments that explore the multifaceted life of a woman encompassing roles such as mother, daughter, lover, and rebel. Through vivid imagery and poignant details, it captures the essence of her experiences, using metaphors like concrete boots and dying butterflies to convey deep emotions and observations. The narrative reflects on themes of identity, resilience, and the complexities of everyday life.
An informative walk through the world of tattoos-the history, traditions, old
and new trends, the art, culture, and more. This book covers the earliest
known examples of tattoos to the more recent innovations in the field, such as
ultraviolet ink, and temporary tattoos containing one's personal and financial
data.
Exploring the themes of change and the relentless passage of time, this poetry collection captures fleeting moments and personal experiences through written snapshots. The author uses poetry as a means to momentarily halt time, reflecting on the world around them and their own journey. With a focus on preservation and memory, the work offers a heartfelt glimpse into the desire to hold onto what is often ephemeral.
The riverfront always drew people to Stillwater. The Ojibwe and Dakota first settled here, later striking a treaty with Europeans, who quickly realized the St. Croix River's potential as an ideal way to move lumber. One of the first to float logs down the river was Captain Stephen Hanks, cousin to Abraham Lincoln. The lumber business gave birth to Minnesota's first millionaire as the city grew, and Stillwater received one of the state's first Carnegie grants for a free public library. Meanwhile, the state prison saw notorious gangster Cole Younger found the Prison Mirror in 1887, now the nation's oldest continuously operated offender newspaper. Authors Holly Day and Sherman Wick celebrate the history and charm of one of Minnesota's finest cities, from the frontier to today.
The poems in Ugly Girl explore the gradual and profound impact of societal expectations and personal identity, revealing the emotional toll of being misunderstood. The speaker grapples with external perceptions and the struggle for self-acceptance, expressing a fierce determination to reclaim her identity. Through poignant reflections, the collection underscores the importance of authenticity and resilience, resonating with readers by addressing universal themes of self-discovery and empowerment. Its honest engagement invites both men and women to reflect on their own experiences.
Melancholy is not only about sadness, despair, and loss. As Renaissance artists and philosophers acknowledged long ago, it can engender a certain kind of creativity born from a deep awareness of the mutability of life and the inevitable cycle of birth and death. Drawing on psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the intellectual history of the history of art, The Melancholy Art explores the unique connections between melancholy and the art historian's craft. Though the objects art historians study are materially present in our world, the worlds from which they come are forever lost to time. In this eloquent and inspiring book, Michael Ann Holly traces how this disjunction courses through the history of art and shows how it can give rise to melancholic sentiments in historians who write about art. She confronts pivotal and vexing questions in her discipline: Why do art historians write in the first place? What kinds of psychic exchanges occur between art objects and those who write about them? What institutional and personal needs does art history serve? What is lost in historical writing about art? The Melancholy Art looks at how melancholy suffuses the work of some of the twentieth century's most powerful and poetic writers on the history of art, including Alois Riegl, Franz Wickhoff, Adrian Stokes, Michael Baxandall, Meyer Schapiro, and Jacques Derrida. A disarmingly personal meditation by one of our most distinguished art historians, this book explains why to write about art is to share in a kind of intertwined pleasure and loss that is the very essence of melancholy
