Against All Odds: Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles. Hugo van Gelderen / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder In this essay, I would like to get back to the themes of music and inspiring personalities. The...
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Toni Morrison Biography – American Writer, Novelist, Nobel Laureate, Literature, Legacy
Toni Morrison. From dust jacket: “Photograph: Bert Andrews”, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Toni Morrison Biography and Legacy Toni Morrison was an American writer and Nobel laureate, who is widely regarded as one of...
Georgia O’Keeffe Biography – American Modernist Artist, Painter, American Modernism, Legacy
Georgia O’Keeffe. Alfred Stieglitz, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Georgia O’Keeffe Biography and Legacy Georgia O’Keeffe is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential modernist artists of the 20th century. In terms...
Grandma Moses Biography – American Folk Artist, Painter, Folk Art, American Art, Legacy
Grandma Moses. National Portrait Gallery, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Grandma Moses Biography and Legacy Not many have heard of Grandma Moses, I am sure. Not many are aware of the fact that she was...
Fidel Castro – Biography, Cuban Revolutionary, Cuban Revolution, Politician, Legacy
Fidel Castro. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Fidel Castro Biography and Legacy Few other men in history have been as controversial as the great Cuban revolutionary and political leader Fidel Castro. Few other men...
Beethoven Biography – German Composer, Pianist, Musician, Classical Music, Legacy
Beethoven. Image by S K from Pixabay Beethoven Biography and Legacy I am not quite sure if there’s anyone out there who has not heard of Beethoven. Many, I am sure, probably do not...
Laozi – Biography, Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism, Classical Philosophy, Legacy
Laozi statue. Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Laozi Philosophy and Legacy Yet another essay, yet another attempt at trying to write an essay on some philosopher. I have written about,...
Confucius – Biography, Chinese Philosopher, Classical Philosophy, Confucianism, Legacy
Confucius. Image by ErikaWittlieb from Pixabay Confucius Biography and Legacy In my last essay, I talked about Socrates, the father of Western philosophy and Western thought. Today I would like to discuss another such...
Albert Einstein Biography – German Physicist, Scientist, Theory of Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Legacy
Albert Einstein. Image by janeb13 from Pixabay Albert Einstein Biography and Legacy Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest physicists of all time. He is best...
Ernest Rutherford Biography – Physicist, Scientist, Father of Nuclear Physics, Legacy
Ernest Rutherford. Bain News Service, publisher Restored by: Bammesk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Ernest Rutherford Biography and Legacy Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand physicist who came to be regarded as the father...