Project help

1) Zach- http://bombardtheheadquarters.blogspot.com/
           Your paper topic looks very interesting.  Maybe you could look into Confucian idealism which covers much of the Eastern countries such as China, Japan, Korea, etc.  I think you'll find that the Confucian idea of following the leader with humility might correlate well with your topic.

2) Wes- http://thesocialreconstructionofreality.blogspot.com/
           I know you're wanting to do truth in metaphors, have you thought of looking into myths as well?  Myths have very important truths told through "living" stories.  I think you might find William Doty's research on myths will be very helpful.  He has two books, Myth: a Handbook and Mythography the study of myth and ritual.  I would suggest looking into those.

3)Kelly- http://somelikeitblogged.blogspot.com/
          You have an interesting project, one of which I don't know much about.  I would say if you are writing a paper to include a lot of data charts and what not.  Maybe even look into how businesses are using data visualization in large corporations cross-culturally.

4)Cyndee- http://thoughts-to-threads.blogspot.com/
            I like your project idea but I would like to know more about how you're going to put everything together.  I think it would be really cool if you did maybe a documentary about it or a multimedia project based on your findings.

5)Brian- http://cosmologyofawareness.blogspot.com/
          It seems like you know the direction you want your project to go, it is extremely complex too.  In Daoism, they have a way to understand the body as a landscape and as you probably know already, they view the body as a microcosm of the universe.  Within their body as a landscape they also include the workers the kings as well as various dieties that live in their bodies.  I don't know if that really relates to what you plan on doing but i thought it kind of matched your God within God without thing.  Maybe you would want to look into it.

6)Marlowe-  http://marlowecrews.blogspot.com/
             As I said earlier this semester about talking to the poeple at OASIS about their little art trading cards they use for when the workers experience emotional episodes.  I think that goes along nicely with what you are planning to do.  Also, indigenous communities such as the Aborigines the Inuits, and more use art in ritual settings to call upon the demons within and make themselves present to the person doing it.  It is a community event that everyone participates in, I think that looking into that may help you get a good understanding of the power expressive arts has on the self.  An interesting video to watch is called Kymatica if you haven't already seen it.  Maybe it can give you some insight into where you could find some answers and questions.