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Running Into Myself By Thea Euryphaessa Reviewed

This, of course, is no easy thing.  You can’t just set your Sat Nav to ‘authentic self’ then sit back and enjoy the ride. But as Euryphaessa follows signs, quits her job, travels, backtracks, buys a house, gets stuck again, meets mentors, follows her instincts, sells her house, changes her name and  – perhaps most importantly of all – learns the language of the hero quest in the form of archetypes, mythology and  alchemical symbolism, she also does something else.

She runs three Marathons, in London, New York and Athens. These become her own personal dragons to slay, in order that she might achieve a more meaningful, happier life.

Euryphaessa chose to self publish her book because she wanted to  ‘honour the soul’s wrinkles and knotty irregularities’. While a traditional publishing route would certainly have tidied up the contents for easier reading, the writer’s instinct to go it alone was an understandable one.

Source: Manchester Confidential

NU eTimes June 2011 – Signs Symbols ... - Naturally Universal

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Source: NU eTimes June 2011 – Signs Symbols ... - Naturally Universal

Hidden in plain sight | Exploring the visual forest

by jsnyder

Visual literacy, in its most general sense, refers to the skills needed to interpret and use graphical information resources. It means knowing how to read a map. Or having enough sensitivity to social and cultural stereotypes to know when an image in a magazine is exploitative or sexist.

Visual literacy is often discussed in the context of education ( for example ). How can we incorporate visual skills into information literacy lessons? How can we teach our students to assign appropriate attributes and citations to the images they download off the web? We also talk about visual literacy in terms of the massive amounts of multimedia resources to which we are exposed through the web and the entertainment industry: How do we become more responsible consumers? How can we tell when an image, or film or music video is harmful or discriminatory?

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