So much depends on perception. Perceiving identity as static results in static behavior where little is gained or learned, with minimal emotional reward. “This is who I am,” someone might think, “so this is the way things will always be.” Granted, disorders like schizophrenia and depression control behavior in certain immutable ways, as can things […]
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She comes to us in late summer, a starving creature with tattered tail and dull coat. My four-year-old squats down beside her, and she scuttles close to him, her tiny nose taking in his scent. She raises to her haunches, and looks at him with big eyes. “Be careful. She’s a wild animal. You don’t
Most people know about how entertaining Colorado Springs can be during the summer months, but here are ten reasons to visit Colorado Springs in the winter. The Festival of Lights Parade. The parade features local high school and college marching bands as well as non-profit and civic organizations, all decked out in lights. The parade starts
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The house sat midway up the street and stuck out like a sore thumb compared to the surrounding homes. White peeling paint adorning its exterior. Every spring, grass made a futile attempt to grow on a barren dirt lawn. Despite three generations of one family living under its roof, few found time to care for
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When Gary Nicholson, conductor of the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony, first announced what our major project would be for the second semester, I admit that I wasn’t overly thrilled with playing the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony. At the time, I viewed the composer as one who drifted in limbo between the romantic era of classical music.
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“After babyhood self-improvement becomes a private matter. Physical, mental, or moral, please attend to it where I can’t see you if you care to avoid my disgust. Public primping with a vanity glass is not the worst of it, though bad enough.” –Robert Frost
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