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Elevating Work, Prayer, and Potatoes
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Elevating Work, Prayer, and Potatoes

Feb 5th, 2021 | By Ally Eidemueller BK ‘22

The painting The Angelus by Jean-François Millet depicts a man and a woman praying over their potatoes in the evening. The shaded silhouette contrasts the sun’s setting rays on the horizon. Over the man’s right shoulder, the sun engulfs the image, which draws the mind to something greater than the pitchfork and meager harvest, which represent the simple but inherently good livelihood of the pair.

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Supernatural and the Mundane
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Supernatural and the Mundane

By Tommy Schacht, PC ‘21. Tommy is majoring in History.

Humans have a remarkable capacity for boredom. I remember the first time I stepped foot on Yale’s campus, I was blown away. If ten-year-old me saw my life now, he would probably have an aneurysm. And yet, this splendor hardly elicits a response from me now. The spectacular has become mundane simply by exposure.

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Delaying Desire: When Tomorrow Never Comes
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Delaying Desire: When Tomorrow Never Comes

By Bradley Yam, SY ‘21. Bradley is majoring in Ethics, Politics & Economics and Computer Science.

When John and I sat down under the beautiful beams of Berkeley’s Dining hall to swap stories about our novel and wondrous versions of The Yale Experience™. Our conversation was charged with awe, but also an accompanying anxiety to make the most of our time here. Out of the blue, John asks, “But really, are you satisfied?”

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