Snapshots To Bliss

Snapshots are everywhere. Walking, talking, and breathing life into the world around us. Everybody has a story to tell - and in a world where everything has a price on it - everybody is always giving out a snapshot of themselves for free. Sometimes we like a snapshot. Sometimes we hate a snapshot. Sometimes people never find a snapshot that suits them and whatever their needs may be. Sometimes we fall in love with a snapshot and we study it, we obsess over it, and eventually...we marry it. In this collection of 60 short stories, explore the ideas of spirituality, faith, and self-discovery from several different perspectives and many walks of life.

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In TV Snapshots, Lynn Spigel explores snapshots of people posing in front of their television sets in the 1950s through the early 1970s. Like today’s selfies, TV snapshots were a popular photographic practice through which people visualized their lives in an increasingly mediated culture. Drawing on her collection of over 5,000 TV snapshots, Spigel shows that people did not just watch TV: women used the TV set as a backdrop for fashion and glamour poses; people dressed in drag in front of the screen; and in pinup poses, people even turned the TV setting into a space for erotic display. While the television industry promoted on-screen images of white nuclear families in suburban homes, the snapshots depict a broad range of people across racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds that do not always conform to the reigning middle-class nuclear family ideal. Showing how the television set became a central presence in the home that exceeded its mass entertainment function, Spigel highlights how TV snapshots complicate understandings of the significance of television in everyday life.

In "The Science of Happiness: Unlocking Joy and Fulfillment in Life," readers embark on an enlightening journey to explore the multifaceted nature of happiness. This comprehensive guide delves into the biological, psychological, and social underpinnings of happiness, offering a blend of scientific insights, practical strategies, and heartwarming wisdom. From understanding the impact of genetics and lifestyle on our well-being to embracing the power of relationships, personal growth, and resilience in the face of life's challenges, this book provides a roadmap for anyone seeking a more joyful and fulfilling life. Structured to guide readers through the complexities of happiness, the book is divided into insightful chapters that address key components such as habit formation, the significance of personal growth, the art of goal setting, and the transformative power of gratitude and positivity. Each section is designed to inspire action and reflection, empowering readers to implement changes that lead to lasting happiness. With practical exercises, mindfulness practices, and a wealth of resources for further exploration, "The Science of Happiness" is more than just a book—it's a companion on your journey toward a happier life. Whether you're seeking to overcome obstacles to happiness, enhance your mental health, or simply cultivate a more positive outlook, this book offers the tools and inspiration needed to unlock your potential for joy and fulfillment. Join us on this journey and discover the keys to a happier, more balanced life.

As the wine and conversation begin to flow at a reunion between six women, who were friends at school, memories start to surface— some happy, others bittersweet and a few that are downright poisonous... Forced to confront dark secrets that they thought lay buried deep in the past, the women begin to turn against one another and the mood of the party turns nightmarish... Death, infidelity, incest, rape, lies and the evil that lurks beneath the everyday lives of people form the substance of Snapshots, Shobha De's explosive new novel.

In this volume, Tanya Sheehan takes humor seriously in order to trace how photographic comedy was used in America and transnationally to express evolving ideas about race, black emancipation, and civil rights in the mid-1800s and into the twentieth century. Sheehan employs a trove of understudied materials to write a new history of photography, one that encompasses the rise of the commercial portrait studio in the 1840s, the popularization of amateur photography around 1900, and the mass circulation of postcards and other photographic ephemera in the twentieth century. She examines the racial politics that shaped some of the most essential elements of the medium, from the negative-positive process to the convention of the photographic smile. The book also places historical discourses in relation to contemporary art that critiques racism through humor, including the work of Genevieve Grieves, Adrian Piper, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker, and Fred Wilson. By treating racial humor about and within the photographic medium as complex social commentary, rather than a collectible curiosity, Study in Black and White enriches our understanding of photography in popular culture. Transhistorical and interdisciplinary, this book will be of vital interest to scholars of art history and visual studies, critical race studies, U.S. history, and African American studies.

For a Marriage That Brims Over Maybe you entered marriage with some pretty high expectations—most couples do. Jonathan and Wynter Pitts did. Until the reality of married life spilled into their expectations. Jonathan and Wynter invite you on a journey to explore a different approach to your happily-ever-after marriage. Join them for an honest look at the lessons learned as they navigated the ups and downs of early marriage while raising four daughters. Here you will... be encouraged to remove the pressure of a keeping-up-with-the-Joneses marriage learn to let go of assumptions and embrace your role as servant-leader to your spouse experience how God can pour His purpose, passion, and fullness into your relationship Emptied is a way of life. It’s not about trying harder, it’s about thinking differently. Only when you are emptied of your own self-focused motivations can God pour new life into you for the abundant marriage and satisfying relationship you long for. Are you ready to approach your marriage poured out, ready to be filled up?

We all have a list of things we would love to accomplish in life. One of the goals I have wanted to achieve is publishing a book. The idea of what to write started me thinking about my holidays, adventures, and vacations over the past and present during the past fifty-odd years. The idea of recapturing my life in photographs, along with family, wife, and friends, has helped me to recall and expand on the humorous and touching moments I have experienced. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. Here then is my life condensed pictorially in A Snap Shot Autobiography.

He Reaches My Heart and Teaches Me is a compilation of writings received as divine inspirations, usually while on the author's morning walks. These are snippets of Godly wisdom that can only come from a genuine relationship with Abba Father. Journey with Linda S. Locke and enjoy the amazing "aha!" moments as she learns how to commune with Jesus in the moment. Dr. Locke has brought life and vivid understandings through the regular stuff of life. From watching the neighborhood deer herd to making soup in her faithful soup pot, she has looked for and learned from these simple lessons in making meaning and purpose from the everyday.

An examination of the contradictions within a form of expression that is both public and private, specific and abstract, conventional and countercultural. Snapshots capture everyday occasions. Taken by amateur photographers with simple point-and-shoot cameras, snapshots often commemorate something that is private and personal; yet they also reflect widely held cultural conventions. The poses may be formulaic, but a photograph of loved ones can evoke a deep affective response. In Snapshot Photography, Catherine Zuromskis examines the development of a form of visual expression that is both public and private. Scholars of art and culture tend to discount snapshot photography; it is too ubiquitous, too unremarkable, too personal. Zuromskis argues for its significance. Snapshot photographers, she contends, are not so much creating spontaneous records of their lives as they are participating in a prescriptive cultural ritual. A snapshot is not only a record of interpersonal intimacy but also a means of linking private symbols of domestic harmony to public ideas of social conformity. Through a series of case studies, Zuromskis explores the social life of snapshot photography in the United States in the latter half of the twentieth century. She examines the treatment of snapshot photography in the 2002 film One Hour Photo and in the television crime drama Law and Order: Special Victims Unit; the growing interest of collectors and museum curators in “vintage” snapshots; and the “snapshot aesthetic” of Andy Warhol and Nan Goldin. She finds that Warhol’s photographs of the Factory community and Goldin’s intense and intimate photographs of friends and family use the conventions of the snapshot to celebrate an alternate version of “family values.” In today’s digital age, snapshot photography has become even more ubiquitous and ephemeral—and, significantly, more public. But buried within snapshot photography’s mythic construction, Zuromskis argues, is a site of democratic possibility.