Essays on Stomp

The heat was intense. The orange light shone on the desert, drying up the remaining puddles of water into vapour, rising into the atmosphere. A lizard crawled slowly, almost dying, parched and with a hide so leather like, one would think it was crisp fried. Slowly, I heard the intense ringing of the siren. Waaang waaaang waaang. It was time to get inside our shelters. The shelters were not made of concrete. Unlike the olden days, concrete was the material of choice. All buildings were once made from stone, from cement mixed with water to form hard solid blocks. ...

The concept of the saturated self-refers to the dramatic expansion in the range of relations in which the individual is increasingly engaged (Gergen 1992). This increase is usually brought about by the accumulation of modern communication technologies, such the online radio, television, the World Wide Web, and mobile phones. As a result of transformations in everyday life, there is an expansion of the individual’s attitude, opinions, moralities, values and way of relating. This has promoted citizen journalism which involves the use of the Internet by the members of the public in spreading information. It can be only reporting ...

As I watched them together, at first I perceived a typical tangle dance. It did not look like anything particularly special. Kudo and Baryshnikov have a unique way of moving together, however, and it appears as though they are moving over ice. One holds they other up, their legs spread apart, they slide together gracefully despite the complexity of the movements, all in an effort to show the beauty of the dance. While this was impressive, I was most unimpressed with how the male was chewing gum throughout the performance. It showed a lack of professionalism. He did not ...