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Aurelius, Cicero, Descartes, and Nietzsche are my all-time favorites. Over the years, I have also come to respect and adore Alan Watts for his metaphysical and spiritual writings. There is also Confucius, Lao Tzu, Sun Tzu, and Siddhartha Gautama. The fusion of these Eastern and Western ideals...

As much as I like to do both, I simply find drawing/sketching far more relaxing than painting. To paint means to set up an entire workstation, buy the materials, get the canvas, and pray hard that I realize my vision. Most of the time, I don't haha. When I'm drawing, however, it's me and the...

In high school, I was pretty lucky to have an expansive curriculum. I was able to experience weight lifting, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, football (which I'm terrible at), tennis, badminton, volleyball, softball, kickball, and rock climbing. We also had cardio days where we did sprints and...

Well, being a dancer, I would say that dancing is the sport I love best. I don't care what others say, but the performing arts are indeed sports. Other than dancing, I enjoy soccer, volleyball, skiing, and ultimate frisbee.

I need a real life book in my hands. I need to smell it, taste it... okay, maybe not taste it, but you get my drift. Staring at a computer screen does nothing for me. I've tried e-readers, but I eventually get wary and can't continue, even if what I'm reading is great. A paper book, though...

Briannagodess makes a good point when she says to use American television. Generally, the variant of the language you want is the one you should study. Watching and mimicking television if you haven't access to speaking to English-users directly is the best way. Other than that, you can use...

Exercise physiology and other forms of natural sciences tell us that certain times throughout the day can lead to more effective workouts. We also have to take into consideration the activity, the energy needed for it, and what is involved afterwards. For example, I had an Anatomy & Physiology...

I feel like art and video games have a connection. One influences the other. How many comic books have inspired video games? How many video games have brought about makeup ideas? We look at pixels from the early 90s and 2000s (like Super Mario), to see how they've evolved. We get inspired...

You stole my answer, haha. As soon as I saw this thread, Studio Ghibli popped into my mind. Instead of "Totoro," however, I was thinking of Howl's Moving Castle for the wondrously breathtaking nature scenes and of "Spirited Away" for the astoundingly detailed scenes. Another movie I have...

For me, it has always been getting both eyes the same! One is always lopsided or smaller or what have you. It always irks me that my pictures have one gorgeous eye then a burning hole for the other from all my erasure marks. Noses are rather vexing for me as well. If I want to draw a...

Ho-ho, what a loaded question. For me, art has always been a means of escaping from reality. Ever since I was a kid, I've loved it. Drawing, language arts, performing and visual arts--all have a special place inside my heart. Art helped me overcome so many dark times in my life. It's helped...

Yes, one million, trillion times, yes. I recently did research how how sitting for too long frankly puts you in an early grave. A sedentary lifestyle is so, so detrimental, especially to young, growing bodies. People need to get up and move in order to stay fully productive and responsive...

When I'm trying to find new reading material, I basically scour the entire globe via internet, going to book stores, asking friends and acquaintances, or even randomly asking someone on the train what they're reading (if body language says it's all right). I'll read reviews online, try...

Hello Shyne! I'm also from the US but working as a freelance writer in Japan. Hopefully I can be of some assistance. You can go about becoming an article writer through a variety of steps. The path I took was to first set up a blog as a portfolio of sorts. Second, I registered for places...

こんにちは。初めまして。 I'm not honestly Japanese though. I just live here. Originally, I'm from America. However, I believe that teaching is a universal art -- no matter the language or subject, the world needs great teachers. I've taught yoga and dance since I've been out of high school. I've tutored...