Showing results for "Language and World" in Art

As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the future of 'correct' style? With wry cleverness and an uncanny intuition for the possibilities of Internet-age expressiveness, Favilla argues that rather than try to preserve the sanctity of the written language as laid out by Strunk and White, we should be concerned with the larger issues of clarity, flexibility, playfulness and political awareness. Her approach to the new rules - as practical as they are fun - will fascinate and delight believers and naysayers alike.

Would you receive a ‘char and a wad’ with a grateful smile? If asked to take a ‘dekko’, would you be offended? And if spotted reading the ‘yellow press’, would you be embarrassed?The meaning of these and many other intriguing phrases are defined, and their loss lamented, in this wonderfully nostalgic look at how language has changed over the past few decades.

A podcast about a Tokyo girl who moved to the mountains of Tennessee to learn about Traditional American music and culture. Troubles, joys, and discoveries are all discussed in this truly international podcast. (mostly in Japanese). アメリカのリアルなお話をお届け！聞いてみちょ！

Spiritual / आध्यात्मिक / ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕ, non-dual / अद्वैत / ಅದ್ವೈತ, ಕನ್ನಡ, संस्कृतम् and English

I hope you’re reading this while on a bus, commuting to work, getting ready to face the customers or bosses. I wanna rest your mind a bit, before all the hassle of day to day life hits. I know how it feels, I’m living through it. I’m typing this on my phone still deciding if I’m ready to share my personal space to the world. But this world gives me peace and a daily lift, readying me for the day and calming me for the night. I hope to the few people that hear this, try what I did. Make a place where everything is as you want it to be, a place where stress and depression, will be ...