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The Prodigal Son Returns: Prince Zuko, the Blue Spirit, and the Parable of Identity. Assessing the Rhetorics Avatar: The Last Airbender as a Media Theorist
aang, aesthetic theory, audience response theory, avatar, avatar the last Airbender, compassion, culture, dao, daoism, daoist, eastern philosophy, Eastern wisdom, equanimity, good vs evil, harmony, honor, iroh, last Airbender, mass media, media, media response theory, media studies, media theory, merit, Nickelodeon, peace, philosophy, prince zuko, selfishness, selflessness, spirituality, Tao, taoism, taoist, the blue spirit, the last airbender, uncle iroh, yin-yangThe Blue Spirit is a masked vigilante who initially appears to be an antagonist, fighting against Aang and his companions. However, as the series progresses, it becomes clear that the Blue Spirit is actually Zuko in disguise. By adopting this persona, Zuko is able to detach himself from his responsibilities and explore his own sense…
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Autumn Splinters the Moon – A Haiku
Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, haiku, Kansas City, ON WRITING, Poem, poet, Poetry, romani, shinto, shintoism, tarot, the writers life, travel writing, writingall hallows eve, basho, book of thoth, buddhism, buson, cleromancy, daoism, divination, flash fiction, Flash Poem, gypsy, haiku, haikus, halloween, hokusai, i ching, i-ching, issa, japanese poetry, Kansas City, KCMO, poet, Poetry, poets, romani, soseki, taoism, tarot, tarot cards, Writing, yang, yin, yin-yangHappy Autumn. Happy Fall. Happy Hop-tu-Naa! Happy Harvest. Happy Samhain. There is something stirring in the airs of Autumn. Gets me every year. To celebrate the skies of an ever shifting twilight, when the spirits soar through the liminal film between this world and that of the beyond. When the night parade of daemons and…