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...Constellation” is the piece that most directly addresses the phenomenon of the Underground Railroad. According to the artist, the starkly bare tree and surrounding night sky are meant to reference the experiences slaves had escaping during cold and dark nights. Biggers incorporated the quilt in order to reference the historical controversy over whether coded messages were stitched into blankets by abolitionists. He points out that it is unclear whether the quilts present historically salient evidence of communication or if they have no importance outside of their aesthetic value. “History is largely conjecture. It is guesses...
...love and disappointment. These skills have persisted in his solo albums, although he has lost much of his wit and he occasionally comes off like an inarticulate confessional poet. In “The Never-Played Symphonies,” Morrissey sings, “You were one / You meant to be one / And you jumped into my face / And kissed me on the cheek / And then were gone.” This track, indicative of a prevalent flaw on “Swords,” reveals Morrissey scraping the barrel for ideas, at times even settling with utter...
...true to form, Cheng Ho refuses to say goodbye to the team and the sport that have meant so much to him. He comes to practice and meetings early every day, gets fully dressed for every practice and does everything he can to rehab his foot. If he is to spend the last three games of his college career on the sideline, he will not be sulking in a corner. He will wear his heart on his sleeve, just as he has done throughout his career...
Heartbreaking for his friends and fans, but Ho is far from broken, and he is determined to give back to the game that has meant so much...
Though the film is meant to take place at Harvard, filming restrictions prevented shooting on campus causing location managers to scout out schools with similar Georgian architecture...