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With its roots firmly in a world-view adapted from Emerson 's Nature and the literary inspiration of Thoreau 's Walden in particular , this interdisciplinary yet literary genre has evolved under the pens of numerous writers , from John Muir and John Burroughs to writers as diverse as Annie Dillard , Aldo Leopold , Rachel Carson , Loren Eiseley , Ed Abbey , Gary Snyder , Barbara Kingsolver - - and the list expands every year . But when a group of teacher education and bilingual / multicultural education faculty in the College of Education was seeking a way to better prepare their student teachers for urban settings , they drew inspiration from an approach that had already been embraced in other parts of the country — professional development schools . It was years ago and there were countless hours of practice , trial and error , research and perhaps some guidance and inspiration from an accomplished juggler . There participants will witness the transformational work taking place among poor individuals and families , and gain inspiration for how their churches can partner in caring for people in need . " That emphasis on solutions was the inspiration for how The Charlotte Observer covered racial tension that grew out of a dispute in the use of a local park . Drawing inspiration from an eclectic range of sources and using unconventional sounds , Zorn has been breaking , transforming and reshaping the boundaries of jazz for over three decades . A contemporary work for band by John Paulson , " Epinicion , " is an aleatoric piece that takes its inspiration from an epinicion , which is a victory song in the Greek games or in war . Svankmajer compensates for a lack of thematic inspiration with his signature visual exuberance , which takes the form of frolicsome grotesqueries and high-volume atmospherics .