Iconic Imagery

The Blog of Lisa J. Ellwood, Freelance Writer & Marketing Communications Specialist. A strong communicator with a distinctive voice.

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Mentioned in Guardian Society Daily as @CreativeCrip re @FridasSisters & #CEDAW2013  … #disabilityUK #disability #DisabledWomen #cedaw13

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Certification's Time Has Come - Graphic Artist's Guild, 1998

Guild News Mar/Apr 1998 (part 1) Note: written under my Maiden Name

Guild News Mar/Apr ’98 (part 2) N…

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Creative Commons Australia Feature

Creative Commons Australia – “Case Studies, Building an Austrailian Commons” Book – article quoted in a feature on deviantArt.com, 2008 (under my old ID of SeverinaSnape without my knowlege or permission). The CCA online wiki content links back to my…

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All designers say simplicity is important, but what does it really mean to make something simple? Most of the time we think it means less, that by removing stuff we achieve simplicity. We think by keeping content above the fold we’re helping people focus, or by using bullets instead of...

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MLIM Fixed Income - Global Bond Team

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers – Fixed Income – Global Bond Team

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MLIM - Fixed Income Risk Framework

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers – Fixed Income – Risk Framework

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MLIM Fixed Income - Strategy Group and Research

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers – Fixed Income Strategy Group and Research

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MLIM Fixed Income - Process Brief

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers – Fixed Income Process – Brief

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MLIM Fixed Income - Process

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers – Fixed Income Process, page 1

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MLIM Fixed Income Internet

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers – Fixed Income Internet Page

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"After Earth" - The Hero's Journey

After Earth, the new film starring Will and Jaden Smith, is being called a 'love letter' to Scientology by critics

As a writer, I think Will Smith's new film has less to do with Scientology and more to do with what Joseph Campbell called the Monomyth, commonly referred to as "The Hero's Journey" - a framework found in narratives the world over.

Campbell postulated, and many scholars agree, "that numerous myths from disparate times and regions share fundamental structures and stages". He summarized these stages in 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces':  "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man." 

There are numerous guides to writing and cinema studies that are grounded in The Hero's Journey with The Matrix, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the Lord of the Rings often used as examples.

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love the history of my family 8)) #NDNPride.

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Editor’s note: Jonathan Haber is a Courserian who is taking classes for 12 months on Coursera to experiment with a project of his called “Degree of Freedom”. He will be guest blogging on our site throughout this next year to keep us up-to-date on his progress! Greetings fellow Courserians! ...

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The World’s Quietest Room

Scientists at Minneapolis’ Orfield Labs created their own soundless room, an anechoic chamber. Their studies have found that when putting subjects within the chamber, they begin to hallucinate within 30 minutes. 

With an average quiet room having a sound level of 30 decibels, the anechoic chamber’s sound level is -9 decibels. The ceiling, floor, and walls of the chamber absorb sound rather than have it bounce off as normal objects do. The chamber is so quiet that the subjectscan even hear their own organs functioning.

Although extremely interesting, the experience is rather unpleasant. Not one subject has spent more than 45 minutes in the chamber alone.

Leaving a person to only their thoughts, the chamber could drive them insane.

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