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The Aesthetics of Climate Change
Katherine Leonard Katherine Leonard

The Aesthetics of Climate Change

Climate change is an evolving, growing, and compounding force that is often too difficult to fully comprehend in its entirety. Increased natural disasters, rising temperatures, and rapidly melting ice caps often occur in geographical and temporal locations that prevent humanity from fully grasping the world-altering changes that are unfolding around the world. This is where Danish and Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson steps in with his installation art piece Ice Watch.

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The Accordance of Will in Women and Marriage in Anna Karenina
Katherine Leonard Katherine Leonard

The Accordance of Will in Women and Marriage in Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy, author of Anna Karenina, offers a complex web of women who become entangled in the intricacies of individual will and marriage. Tolstoy asserts that marriage is a chief institution that is upheld by the trust and will of its participants; it cannot be fulfilled if primary will is absent.

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Brian Wilson and the Sounds of God
Katherine Leonard Katherine Leonard

Brian Wilson and the Sounds of God

The product of inspired spontaneity, “God Only Knows” — lauded by Paul McCartney as ‘the greatest song ever’ —sparked a restless and beautiful new version of pop music at a time when the word “God” was still barred from the industry.

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