Word: paint
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Many of today's female singers are content to paint their songs in two primary colors: blue longing or red lust. Makeba's palette is richer: scarlet shades of outrage, cerulean hues of optimism, sable determination. And while other singers paint self-portraits, Makeba, 68, paints vocal landscapes as well. Starting in the 1950s, she helped popularize "African jazz," a melding of jazz with traditional African folk music. In doing so, she helped create a sound that not only expressed her individual spirit but also captured a region's culture and traditions...
...manhood. Testosterone has been offered as the symbolic (and sometimes literal) explanation for all the glories and infamies of men, for why they start street fights and civil wars, for why they channel surf, explore, prevail, sleep around, drive too fast, plunder, bellow, joust, plot corporate takeovers and paint their bare torsos blue during the Final Four. Hey, what's not to like...
...children choose the subjects they want to paint, pick out their own materials in stores and mix their own colors. They even get to pick the size of their canvases. The result, says McVearry, is that they accomplish "something a lot harder than they thought they could...
Since enrolling at Harvard last summer, McVearry has missed her students. But the "Paint Pals/Pen Pals" program has allowed her to introduce her pupils' experiences into the lives of local kids...
...young kids were stunned," she says. "They started asking all sorts of questions--did they really chose what to paint all by themselves? How did they know what colors to use or how to mix paints? The children were so impressed with the accomplishments that someone their age had rendered...