Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having," wrote the oft-quoted American author and editor Christian Bovee. That sentiment is borne out throughout the history of art, where the feminine motif has been as potent a force for artistic inspiration as has the world's religions.
The cheetah sat tall on the five-foot termite mound, scanning the horizon. Her sleek tan body spotted with black blended into the Masai Mara plain, making her all but invisible. Intelligent eyes with dark "tear marks" running to the corners of her mouth outlined a graceful face that seemed too small for her broad chest and long legs.
Lt. Ron D. Smith of the Nevada County Sheriff's Department has seen plenty of drug users in his time, but nothing quite like the ones tweaked on meth. In his "sleepy little county" in central California, 40 percent of all arrests are meth-related. The crimes, he says, are getting wackier and wackier.
A sickly childhood led Joseph H. Pilates to pioneer his unique training system, with which he hoped to rid his students of all physical limitations. Inspired by both Eastern and Western philosophies, he combined the mental focus and specific breathing of yoga with the physicality of gymnastics and other sports to create something entirely new.
