This was a blog post written for an Arts and Humanities writing class. In his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, Nicholas Carr addresses the present-day pervasiveness of internet use, and the cerebral pitfalls that it may cause. He writes of the possibility of the internet, or even computer use, changing the physiology of our brains to lessen the […]
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I ran out of canvases. I did not have time for that. I figured I had about ten minutes before the paint would begin to coagulate — but the nearest art supplies store was fifteen minutes away. Fifteen minutes. For a wretched little art supplies store that, I was doubtful, carries the kind of canvas […]
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1. The last beep sounded with resolution and the train doors shut, leaving an unfortunate batch of frenzied, rush-hour folks in interrupted momentum. I stood amidst a sea of businesspeople and others of that sort, who, fueled by workaholism, glanced at their watches every five seconds. A businessman myself, I recognize the type that thinks […]
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ADRIENNE JESS 