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In the poem "Journey: The North Coast" by Australian poet Robert Gray, the line "Down these slopes move, as a nude descends a staircase,/ slender white gum trees" is an allusion to this artwork. A same-titled choral work for men's voices composed in 1980 by Allen Shearer and recorded by Chanticleer on their album, Out of This World (1994).
The mother in the poem uses a metaphor of a staircase to convey "the hardships of Black life" while also her progress and perseverance. [6]: 35 As the woman is climbing the stairs, she becomes almost comparable to a religious figure ascending into the heavens, yet remains simply human.
The Little Engine That Could is an American folktale existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films. The story originated and evolved in the early 20th century, but became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk. The story is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work.
The 1984 edition begins with a Brown Bear, then features a Red Bird, a Yellow Duck, a Blue Horse, a Green Frog, a Purple Cat, a White Dog, a Black Sheep, a Goldfish, a school teacher (who was originally a mother in the 1967 edition), and lastly, children, who repeat all the animals.
Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.
The black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) is an endangered species of ruffed lemur, one of two which are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Despite having a larger range than the red ruffed lemur , it has a much smaller population that is spread out, living in lower population densities and reproductively isolated .
The ring-tailed lemur's trademark—a long, bushy tail—is ringed in alternating black and white transverse bands, numbering 12 or 13 white rings and 13 or 14 black rings and always ending in a black tip. [3] [25] The total number of rings nearly matches the approximate number of caudal vertebrae (~25). [26]
The sample included the top quartile of school children (n=53) in samples from the states of Connecticut and South Carolina. Each school child was exposed to the spoof site Save The Northwest Pacific Tree Octopus, devoted to this rare species of octopus, complete with pictures of the animal itself and its environment. The school children then ...