"Is the pursuit of Knowledge worthwhile?"
"Is the pursuit of Knowledge worthwhile?" Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study, the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned, Carnal knowledge. All three of these definitions are correct in defining "Knowledge." But the question still remains, is the pursuit of Knowledge worthwhile? There is a difference in having previous knowledge of something rather than pursuing it. The pursuit of knowledge is not worthwhile because it leads to corruption and useless information being processed. What would you call someone with no pursuit of knowledge? An ignorant person, or a person oblivious to the world? As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid. It's rather significant that the Taoist ideal is that of the still, calm, reflecting, "mirror-mind" of the Uncarved Block. An "Uncarved Block" is the ability to enjoy the simplicity of life and not to have to worry about the pursuit of Knowledge or why the world exists. The Uncarved Block allows people to free their minds from the worries of the common person. Instead of questioning things, they just accept and embrace them as they are and learn to deal with them, or in other circumstances enjoy them and love them. From the stage of the Uncarved Block comes the ability to enjoy the simple and the quiet, the natural and
In what way was the stimulus material developed though the drama process?
After getting a general understanding into Edward Hopper as a person I began to look into his paintings for ideas and inspiration. This became rather an enjoyable experience and each painting came up with the theme of 'loneliness'. I decided to use the location and content of each painting to create a spider diagram, and then develop the ideas from there, where I narrowed 5 ideas down to one. The painting titled Nighthawk seen below, created1942 is said to be regarded as one of his most definitive pieces of work. Upon looking at the picture for the first time I was taken back his ability to separate the café from the street behind using light. This for me created a microcosm of society highlighting everyone as an individual with there own problems. Upon studying this piece further each individual seem to be lost and a million miles away from each other, rather than on the next bar stool, but at the same time make them dependant of each other. When put into groups we each put forward our idea and stimulus, then choose the idea as group we wanted to go ahead with and develop. The group decided to use the idea and stimulus I gave. The initial idea I put forward was the picture and spider diagram, and the idea I had of a barmen who suffered from loneliness. As a group we developed the stimulus by creating short pieces to show the change in cultural fashions and beliefs from
blood brother evaluation
Year 10 GCSE Drama Evaluation My group- Daniel, Carlos Alexandra (Sammy/Eddy) (Mickey) (Linda) The piece was structured with good use of; positioning, accents and off-text work. We really brought the characters to life by using costume and movement that would represent a seven year old child. The accents were as good as someone from Liverpool so that was a big plus to the overall performance. The Johnston's were a poor family and the costume showed the audience the contrast in class. Mickey, Linda and Sammy didn't wear anything fancy in the performance. WE grabbed the audience's attention with humour but we also highlighted more serious aspects as well such as Sammy bullying Mickey and Linda showing her initial dislike to Eddy. Our use of off-text work was effective because we said things that we felt a seven year old child would say that was not in the script. Like when Linda and Mickey explain to Eddy the time that they got caught by a police man. Eddy shoed them his delight which Linda thought was strange so she said to Mickey. 'Your friends a right weirdo'! Then Mickey stood up for him and said. 'Oh leave him alone'. We also used a dramatic pause after Mickey swore at Sammy. We planned our audience to react in a few ways. For example when Mickey swore at Sammy we expected our audience to be surprised. We wanted them to be sympathetic towards
'Night in the country'.
'Night in the country' If you would stay over night in the country, and are a city dweller you would probably be stunned with the silence. In the country there are hardly any lights, except near the towns and even those are few. The country life is all drawn out and easygoing. There are lots of things that could happen in the country. There could be a forest fire or a building fire, which would light up the night sky and break the stillness and peacefulness that reigns in the countryside in the night. In the countryside you would expect an easygoing day, but lots of shocking things could happen that you wouldn't expect to happen in an urban lifestyle. A robbery could take place, and you wouldn't expect that to happen in the country. So don't be fooled by people that haven't even been to the country or haven't stayed in the villages overnight. It's not just things to do with humans; it could also be between animals. For example an ox could suddenly gore a cow or even a human (if it has been angered enough.) A night in the country can be mysterious, frightening, haunting and alarming. If one is unadjusted to the long wide fields, and the dark threatening forests, the country can indeed be terrifying. Every crack of a twig could be a bear, every hoot a ghost, and every rustle a man at your back with a knife. Of course these feelings are fictitious, and generally untrue, but
Drama Coursework - The Interrogation
DRAMA COURSEWORK THE INTERROGATION We worked in a variety of groups to build the context of the drama through improvisation. The theme of the project was being trapped or alone in isolation and as students, we had to unravel the plot. We used skills such as monologues, freeze frames, flash-forwards and flashbacks, and non-naturalism to explore the background and future of the central character. The drama teacher went into role as a prisoner and performed a monologue. The prisoner had been locked in a room, they could see a one way mirror, and a camera and they were in a straightjacket. They were scared and aggressive this was shown by a wide eyed look and tense body language. This made the audience want to know why the person was there, what would happen to them, what was the photo and why was it important, and who was watching them? It made me feel curious and intrigued, as it appeared that the prisoner was being kept alone in a room without anything happening to them yet still being watched. I also wanted to know what the photo was. When we reran the monologue in groups we had to make certain decisions about the prisoner that would affect the running of the story. We decided that the prisoner was being held against his will in a military testing base. Before being taken there, he was being held on a life sentence at a maximum-security prison after being
"Explain the meaning of authority in relation to the public services"Authority:This can be defined as the power or right to give orders or make decisions an example of this being used is
Task 6: "Explain the meaning of authority in relation to the public services" Authority: This can be defined as the power or right to give orders or make decisions an example of this being used is "he has the authority to issue warrants". Authority is what maintains discipline; it enforces rules and regulations (helps to maintain it). Authority can come from one person or a group of people. Authority can have different meanings depending on the context in which it's used in, it can mean: ? When somebody's opinions is accepted because they have better knowledge on the subject area ? The right to enforce obedience on others ? Or when a person in authority passes power onto another person, then people follow the commands given. How I would personally define authority: I would personally define authority as the quality that allows you to hand out orders and have people followed them due to the respect they have towards you. Authority in the public services: It is vital that authority within the public services in maintained. Police Complaints authority: There is a commission in charge of complaints made about any of the 43 Police forces in England and Wales. This is knows as the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), this is an independent commission, it was setup by the government back in 1985, The PCA doesn't only investigate complaints about the police force it also
A life in the day of jhon.
My Autobiography A life in the day of jhon My name is jhon, I live in a house in Thornton lodge .I am 17 but change my age to suit my mood as I can go from 15 to 25 in one day; I like cool things and hate most things and people. My average morning consist mainly of shouting, swearing and a whole lot of trying to get out of spending another day at school. Each day I use the same few words to start my day off. Well, they're more mumbles than words but they make perfect sense to me. After the fuss and bother of getting up, washing, dressing and packing my bag for college I bound down the stairs, ignore all of my family, go out of the door and launch myself towards college. I am the sort of person that has the thought of skipping college each day to stay at home and eat ice-cream but I never do because there is a huge amount of guilt and fear of getting found out that descends upon me, so I keep on walking to college in a bound direction. Upon my arrival at college I ignore everyone I see reason being I ignore everyone I see is because in the morning I am a very terrible person, I am extremely grumpy and talking to someone will make it worse. Then I walk to the college entrance and kick open the door and kick open all the other doors that impede my uneasy journey to the room of my first lesson where I hope to hear the great news that some of my least favourite teachers
Drama Coursework - Paper 1 Unit1 - Devised Workshop Love and Abuse
Joseph Patrick Drama Coursework Paper 1 Unit1 Devised Workshop Love and Abuse Response Phase 1: Lyrics as Stimulus: Breathless Breathless: My first thought about this song was that it would be about something happy; this is because the beat of the song is somewhat upbeat. After the first listening we received the words and then you got the full effect of this song. In reality this song is one of sadness and of the tragedy of a woman being abused by her significant other. I have remorse for this woman because she says that, 'I've never felt so much to blame.' This isn't right for her to blame herself for the abuse that she faces in her everyday life. Picture as Stimulus: Photo of Claire When I first saw the picture of Claire I was amazed that a human being could do that to another human being. I was amazed that Claire had the strength to let a newspaper run an article about her with a picture. I thought that she must be a really strong, good hearted person to inform others about the abuse and violence that goes on every single day of the year. By looking at the picture one cannot help but to wonder what was going on at the time that this incident took place, and who committed this gruesome act of violence upon another human being. Also you wonder whether or not the person who did this was trying to kill Claire or not. Imagine you are Claire: If I was Claire when this
We were given the play Mrs Warrens Profession. For our choice of scene we chose scene four, the last act because the scene contains the right amount of characters for our group of four. Also the ending scene is the climax of the entire play and
Process Journal For our set text we were given the play Mrs Warrens Profession. For our choice of scene we chose scene four, the last act because the scene contains the right amount of characters for our group of four. Also the ending scene is the climax of the entire play and is full of action, we felt that the last scene was complete with comedy and romance, tension and emotion and our group felt that this scene would hold the audiences attention well. In staging the set text scene we needed to show the office environment, so we used two tables and a few chairs as in the stage instructions, and we used props such as books and papers, and a pen in an ink holder to show the time that the play was set. We were only allowed five lighting changes in total, so our group decided to keep the lighting the same to allow for more in our devised scene. The warm, yellow light suited the topics being discussed at the beginning of the scene, going to Italy and beauty and romance, but if we had unlimited changes I would have had the lighting slowly change to a harsher less yellow light when I entered, to show trouble and set the mood, and then again when Frank and Praed left to increase the tension. When we first read through the set text, we played around with different elements of the characters, emphasizing areas and changing voices and tones of voice, and exaggerating characters to
My review is based on 'The Train'. Diane Hoh is the person that wrote it.
A DIFFERENT SORT OF BOOK REVIEW My review is based on 'The Train'. Diane Hoh is the person that wrote it. I chose this book because the front cover looked interesting. It was very artistic. On the front cover it had a hand opening what I think is the train door. Part of the hand was in the flesh and the other part was bones. The title of the book was written in large lettering. The other reasons why I chose this book was because a friend recommended 'Point Horror' books, and I had not yet read this book. I had also read the blurb at the back and it sounded interesting. I thought that the beginning was quite easy to follow as it was only introducing the characters. The main character was a girl called Hannah Deaton, she was getting on the train with her friends. My emotions as I read this book was were as if I was watching a horror film. Some parts were exciting and in other parts there would be a lot of suspense. Throughout the book I first thought that Frog (a character in the book) had come back from the dead. Weird, isn't it? But towards the end I find out that it was his girlfriend, Lolly-short for Louise. I didn't think it was her at first because someone had attacked her just after everyone boarded the train, and then she did the wise thing by leaving. I then find out that she did it to herself. A quote to prove this is "Oh, Hannah, don't be silly.