Poetry and Essays
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Click on a title to read a poem.
Click on a title to read an academic essay.
Should the National Endowment for the Arts Continue? | Self-Expression and Self-Esteem Go Hand In Hand | Art IS Life! | Can Georgia O'Keeffe's Work Be Considered "Ethnic Art"?
The following Synthesis Journals were written for a course titled "Arts and Ethnicity" and the references within them are from the textbook for that class.
Synthesis Journal 1 | Synthesis Journal 2 | Synthesis Journal 3 | Synthesis Journal 4
As part of my Native American Religions class requirements, I wrote the following Reaction Paper.
These essays were written for a "Nature and Values" course.
What is the Underlying Cause of the Environmental Crisis? | Is Science Responsible for the Environmental Crisis? | Conclusion
This is a speech I wrote to accompany the food I brought in for my part of a panel discussion in my "Arts and Ethnicity" class.
Music on this page is "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz courtesy of LeRoy's MIDI Collection.
To me, Oz symbolizes the ultimate reality that springs forth from fantasy...an appropriate theme for creative and critical writing.
