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Natural as the choice may have been, Norfleet chose to place her insects, which she ordered from a mail-order catalog akin to L.L. Bean, in a distinctly unnatural setting. She uses rocks, sand, wood and sky to create the environment for each photograph, augmented by the vivid colors she uses to highlight the insects and illuminate...
...favorite photograph by far was "Yet Another Post-Modern Sunset," in which various bugs look over a stone wall at a vivid sunset of oranges and reds. Norfleet is simultaneously poking fun at both the post-modernists and herself. But she is also creating a striking contrast between the fiery imagery of the sunset and her final piece, "Untitled," where Norfleet's insects appear embedded in a glacier, with only a few appendages exposed to the light...
These are things, true things all, that we try to impress on our children, and ourselves, as we struggle to come to terms with the slaughter in Colorado and the vivid gash it has left in our psyche. We know that the Internet couldn't possibly be the source of the demons that drove the two killers. We want our kids to use the Net; we know that this technological wonder, every bit as revolutionary as the light bulb or the telephone, is going to shape all our lives in the century ahead...
...family is adopted by Rai's parents, the Merchants. Soon, Vina meets Ormus Cama, the son of the Merchants' good friends; the three begin an epic love triangle that will continue for 30 years until Vina is swallowed up in an earthquake. Unfortunately, Rushdie abandons his most vivid characters, leaving behind Ormus' alcoholic Anglophile father and murderous brother, as well as Rai's gambling father and business-minded mother as the threesome for-sake their old world and are lured to America by the newborn rock-and-roll explosion...
Take Back the Night's vivid descriptions of domestic violence against women were also troublesome. Instead of simply reading the names of victims to demonstrate the abundance of domestic violence, the readers elaborated with vivid descriptions of violence and abuse. Stories of machetes and beatings made the readings more of an exhibition than an effort to promote student awareness...