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the-prophet.net -- Issue No.1: HAIR |
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Welcome to the new version of the-prophet.net. Every new issue of the magazine focuses on a well chosen subject. This theme is answerd and interpreted individually by writers, poets and essayists with contributions in text, audio and video. The first subject of THE PROPHET's very first sermon is HAIR.
Featured contributions and writers are:
HAIR STORIES by Barto Smith (text & video) ACCORDING TO O. HENRY by Al Rocheleau (poem) HAIRCUT DAY by Matt Simon (audio documentary) MY HAIR by Diana Weiss (poem) |
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30/20/10 – A New Approach For The Teaching Of Music, Language And Art In Public Schools |
 THERE WILL NOT BE ANY FURTHERANCE OF HUMANITY'S MORE ENNOBLING QUALITIES, BY WHICH BOTH LION & LAMB CAN BECOME HUMAN LIONS AND LAMBS, UNTIL THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET INCLUDES A SECRETARY OF CULTURE (AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST CIVILIZED NATIONS OF THE MODERN WORLD), AND THAT SECRETARY OF CULTURE AUGMENTS THE NATION'S PUBLIC-SCHOOL CURRICULUM WITH A DAILY, ONE-HOUR CLASS IN HUMANITIES, ITS IMPLEMENTATION TO COMMENCE IN GRADE 1 AND CONTINUE THROUGH GRADE 12. I WOULD NICKNAME A WORKING OUTLINE FOR SUCH A CLASS, "30-20-10": "30 MINUTES OF MUSIC , 20 MINUTES OF ANCIENT LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (incl. logic and at least a smattering of philosophy), 10 MINUTES OF FINE ARTS." |
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Metaphor & Communication In Intercultural Relationships |
 As Flaubert writes: "... the human word is like a cracked cauldron, upon which we beat out melodies fit for making bears dance, when we are trying to move the stars to pity." [a] – Modern semiotics teaches us the same: circumstances often arise in interpersonal discourse when the words we choose result in meanings altogether different from those we had intended. The discord resulting from two harmony-seekers' "good intentions" while conversing is usually due to their different geographical and social backgrounds. |
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