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Stick (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stick) definition of the word stick on dictionary.com
–noun
1.a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
2.a relatively long and slender piece of wood.
3.a long piece of wood for use as fuel, in carpentry, etc.
4.a rod or wand.
5.a baton.
6.Chiefly British. a walking stick or cane.
7.a club or cudgel.
8.something that serves to goad or coerce: The threat of unemployment was the stick that kept the workers toiling overtime.
9.a long, slender piece or part of anything: a stick of candy; sticks of celery.
10.any of four equal parts in a pound of butter or margarine.
11.Sports. an implement used to drive or propel a ball or puck, as a crosse or a hockey stick.
12.Aeronautics. a lever, usually with a handle, by which the longitudinal and lateral motions of an airplane are controlled.
13.Nautical. a mast or spar.
14.Printing.
15.the sticks, Informal. any region distant from cities or towns, as rural districts; the country: Having lived in a large city all his life, he found it hard to adjust to the sticks.
16.Military.
a.a group of bombs so arranged as to be released in a row across a target.
b.the bomb load.
17.Informal.
18.Slang. a marijuana cigarette.
19.Informal. an unenthusiastic or uninteresting person.
20.Informal. a portion of liquor, as brandy, added to a nonalcoholic drink.
–verb (used with object)
21.to furnish (a plant, vine, etc.) with a stick or sticks in order to prop or support.
22.Printing. to set (type) in a composing stick.—Idiom
23.short or dirty end of the stick, Slang. the least desirable assignment, decision, or part of an arrangement.
Origin: bef. 1000; ME stikke, OE sticca; akin to OHG stehho, ON stik stick; akin to stick 2 Related forms:
stickless, adjective
sticklike, adjective

members (http://www.bing.com/search?q=members&src=IE-SearchBox) the first 10 result descriptions I got on Bing.com


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A member is a person who belongs to a group of people or a group such as a company or nation who belongs to another group like an alliance or consortium.
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Vascular (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular) meaning looked up on wikipedia

Vascular
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In zoology, "vascular" means "related to blood vessels", which are part of the Circulatory system. An organ or tissue that is vascularized is heavily endowed with blood vessels and thus richly supplied with blood.
In botany, plants with a dedicated transport system for water and nutrients are called vascular plants. Vascular plants include ferns, conifers and flowering plants. A vascular bundle is part of such a transport system.



so what do these words have in common? where did they come from?

These are a mere 3 words that I randomly selected when I sat down to write. These three words each came from a different person, a different source (book, article, computer), and where completely taken out of context. I've decided to also define each by only the information I gathered from these individual words, each of which I decided to define through different means(see above).

we see many things, read many things, and hear many things every day. We gather information, lose information, and are manipulated by the information we read and hear whether we wish so or not. The media has a huge hold over our perception of the world and how we view things, yet, even with this hold things can be seen hidden deep within.

At first glance nothing is gained and no sense can be managed from these polar opposites, and yet after closer thought one begins to make connections or maybe a story, or at least an explanation...

Take a moment, what do see?

What do you come away with?


For me these words fall completely into place. A stick by definition is "a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off." This is most likely your first inclination of what a stick is when you hear that word. And yet depending on your culture, mood, or what you are doing other things begin to come to mind. Just read through the list and you can easily see a wide variety of subjects and objects. But for now I will begin with this simple definition that a stick is just a branch of piece of wood that has been broken off of a tree or larger plant structure.

Next is member, this word I defined directly by our media. I defined it by what we fed our selves everyday about that word, and the first things that come to mind, or that were forced to recognize and associate with that word. One of the descriptions states there are: "five permanent members" for that given council. So this begins to beg the question of what is the difference in permanence and temporary membership? how do I get a membership? what kind of membership and I looking for? another result states that: "members of the lower house". this indicates we are lead to believe that some members are higher or lower quality that others. Is it better to be a higher or lower? is it best to even be a member?

the final word is that of Vascular. I decided to define this by the online database of wikipedia, due to its ever increasing use for defining things or quick access. I also picked it because it symbolizes and utilizes us in determining a meaning or explaining something. Wikipedia is not an organization that knows everything it is in fact website that allows all of us to help contribute and define everything. Sometimes it is an expert on that given topic, other times it is an average person that stumbled across a word that was not defined and began the process for everyone to contribute. The word vascular on wikipedia has little information. it is short and to the point, but does it encapsulate the essence and entirety of what vascular is or was? vascular according to wikipedia is "related to blood vessels". We can also tell that this is not the actual organ tissue, but instead is something that describes a characteristic of that tissue. it later states that to be vascularized is to be "heavily endowed with blood vessels and thus richly supplied with blood". This implies that vascular can have varying amounts. It later states that in botany vascular plants are those that have "dedicated transport system for water and nutrients".

So what can be gained? learned? discovered? anything? or are these three words merely three words floating around and manipulated by our environment and our own connotations and implied meanings based on our own experiences?

well for one thing no person will come away with anyone exact meaning or even possibly a full understanding of what these words truly mean and entail, but my understanding is that:

A stick is broken, discarded unwanted., but a member is something valued. Vascular describe something that transports and enriches, while a stick can be used to tear others down. so where is the connection?

Members are those that give to an organization, they give nutrients, information and help when they need it and help provide for it just like vascular plants are describe as. as this institution or organization or council grows and reaches out it creates branches that also create potential. Potential to grow farther, to reach more, but also to break off. The larger the membership the easier it is for members to break off and become a mere stick laying under a beautiful tree. If too many of these members break off, the the tree will fail. But without the members the tree would still fail. So members are essential, and sticks are inevitable. We must remember this in life. We need others, we need to reach, grow, and create branches, but we also remember that with that growing comes risk of failure or losing a piece of ourselves, but without growing we never truly blossom into the person we could be.

We just have to remember to hold firm and remember who provide to true nutrients to help our lives expand.

The Mountains still Surround Jersusalem

In the Italian renaissance period The bottega system ruled the art production of Florence and the other surrounding societies. The interesting thing about this system of production was conformity and the passing on of traditions.

You see, the way a new artist was trained, was by the boy becoming an apprentice to a master who would provide for him and train him in return for his work in the bottega. The training would involve copying the master's drawings, then after that copying and drawing, on would draw from paintings and works of art in the churches or public art collections of the city of Florence or whatever town they happen to be in. Not until you became an advance student or a master would one even dream nude studies. The works of art in the renaissance many times were all very similar for this reason. Because all the artist were trained one after the other with the same basic techniques, the same patterns and works of art, and were generally required to complete the same subjects over and over due to the all encompassing Catholic church at this time.

So it is no wonder why art history can be so challenge for those without a keen eye for many of these images have very slight differences, but when you start placing them in a line you can see a gradual progression from this to that which happened slowly over many decades and through the contribution of hundreds of artists. And yet today we live in a modern society that thrives on creating that which was never created before, that which looks nothing like anything else, or is made for the mere fact of how cool or awesome it was to make it. Back then artist didn't have the luxury of being able to just create and sell. Instead they had to sell themselves with each commission they received in order to receive another. Artist were poor, they hardly received a paycheck for their work after paying for supplies, living quarters, food, and assistants. But art was continued to be produced, and still is, and will be for long to come.

This little dive into history can show us many things. It can show us that over time and contribution many together can grow and create something that becomes beautiful, but sometimes the road is not easy, or fair, or even right. also it should be known that the bottega system began to fall apart after a few centuries. It fell apart for many reasons, but one of the main reasons was individuality. Individuality also has many great qualities of not always following a trend, getting more perspectives, and not always having to rely on others. But individuality tends to help things to just get more muddled and people begin to drift apart.

But it should be remembered that in Israel's history their were many ups and downs. they went this way and that and traveled from one land to another, But always they were god's people. And always the mountains continued to surround Jerusalem. And always God surrounded them with a special relationship that the other nations had little understanding of.

Many times as an artist I feel disconnected from reality, many times I just don't understand why you can't do that or don't understand this or that. But that's the case with each of us. In each of us there are things that we understand or see from a certain perspective that few if any others do like a modern artist. But at the same time we live with others and communicate with them and we still have that communication and struggle and building up and tearing down of each other toward a common goal whether we realize it or not (just like the Workshops in the Renaissance). And their is a battle between the individual and the body that we continually fight with for control. But we must remember that the mountains still surround Jerusalem, whether were alone or in a great multitude. For God Loves Each of us, and in each of us their is room for the individual and the collective group, as long as God takes center stage and and we go to him in the mountains in stead of waiting in the valley and as long as we live and grow together and keep our hands free to help our neighbor up when he or she falls then together we can stand and rely and lift each other up.

It's Only a Step, but Stretches a Great Span

40 years ago today we touched the moon. 40 years ago the impossible became possible as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. From that moment on Neil's name went down in history along with his famous phrase: "One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" but what made this moment possible? Was it not the numerous calculations, work, and everything going correctly. Just the same, we live we work and we strive to achieve a leap for mankind. It is not because we can, but because we want to, we have too. We always seek to know, to learn, to understand, to explore. We all eat, breathe, drink, and are human. We are all human and part of humankind, but more importantly part of this world, and yet we are separate. What makes the human different from the animal? Could it be our connection to God? Are we the only species that believes in the afterlife. What makes us different? or are we truly as different as we think?

We as a country reached the moon, we as a country unite under one flag, we as Christians unite under a loving and just God. We as Christians took a step, and made our commitment to God. We as Christians took one giant leap of faith and gave our lives. We died to this world we call home for the eternal one. We entered into an embrace with the father, just as the world embraced these heroes we remember on this day. Just as these men's loving families wepted with joy and embraced their loved ones when they reached the earth, So Christ and the Father will do when we reach Heaven.

So remember this day. Remember it as a day when man achieved the once impossible. But it is a day in the past, one of great importance that shows how far we have come. But look forward to the future, to the heavenly mansion, to a day of far more importance and celebration.