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The idea of life imitating art is a philosophical position or observation about how real behaviors or real events sometimes (or even commonly) resemble, or feel inspired by, works of fiction and art. This can include how people act in such a way as to imitate fictional portrayals or concepts, or how they embody or bring to life certain artistic ...
Mimesis (/ m ɪ ˈ m iː s ɪ s, m aɪ-/; [1] Ancient Greek: μίμησις, mīmēsis) is a term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a wide range of meanings, including imitatio, imitation, nonsensuous [clarification needed] similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry, the act of expression, the act of resembling, and the presentation of the self.
Here’s one of the sillier (and yes, most stupid) poems from the newest anthology created by my colleague Sylvia Vardell and me, "Clara’s Kooky Compendium of Thimblethoughts and Wonderfuzz."
As all the best poetry does, Life on Mars first sends us out into the magnificent chill of the imagination and then returns us to ourselves, both changed and consoled." [3] Jollimore praised the poem "My God, It’s Full of Stars" as "particularly strong, making use of images from science and science fiction to articulate human desire and grief ...
Galatea from Metamorphoses – A statue of a female created by Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite. Gargoyles – Statues sculpted to resemble monsters. Ham Monster - A monster from The Mr. Potato Head Show who Dr. Fruitcake created from meat and crab claws. Hatsune Miku and other Vocaloids. Holograms – Computerized images of anything.
The City Lights Pocket Poets Series is a series of poetry collections published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Books of San Francisco since August 1955. The series is most notable for the publication of Allen Ginsberg 's literary milestone " Howl ", which led to an obscenity charge for the publishers that was fought off with the aid ...
Warren Buffett (L) and Berkshire-Hathaway partner Charlie Munger address members of the press May 5, 2002, in Omaha, Neb. (Eric Francis/Getty Images) (Eric Francis via Getty Images) • Warren and ...
Two previously-published collections of poetry are included: The Desert Music and Other Poems from 1954 and Journey to Love from 1955. [4] Pieter Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter (born c. 1525–1530, died 1569), [5] famous for pictures of peasant life. This book opens with the title cycle of ten poems (the last poem is in three parts ...