Well, I have learned many things throughout the semester in Classical Foundations of Literature. I just wasn't sure what to do for my last post. I finally decided that the only way that I will someday be immortal is to get started on my story that will maybe be remembered by someone in the future. I don't have any great stories yet, but here is a start. Below is a link to my cultural autobiography. Maybe someday when I become a famous writer, people can look back at this autobiography and say, "Man, she had a pretty boring start. How did she become the person she is now?"
Cultural Autobiography link: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfv9z9jq_3cvr5vn
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Term Paper Link
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfv9z9jq_1fp9j4p
(Well, as you can see, I am not a computer genius. Therefore, this is the best I could do to get my term paper available to everyone. Anyways, the link doesn't bring up a separate web page. Therefore, you will have to click the back button to navigate back to my blog. Enjoy!)
(Well, as you can see, I am not a computer genius. Therefore, this is the best I could do to get my term paper available to everyone. Anyways, the link doesn't bring up a separate web page. Therefore, you will have to click the back button to navigate back to my blog. Enjoy!)
Monday, April 30, 2007
Individual Presentaions Session 3
17) Luke- anything men love more than anything is power.
-Did women really need men?
-Sex seemed to be "running" men's' lives
-Through life, pain, miseries; it would be better to be dead. (Sophocles)
-Love of people
-Metamorphoses- love life "I shall have life!"
18) Ashley- Homeric Hymns (Demeter version)
-Women's introduction into the right of passage
-Issues of women being relationships, fertility, death
-Issues of men being war, etc...
-Both men and women needing to be part of heroic quests
-Human oppression = based on individual personalities
-In conclusion, we all need to have characteristics of men and women
-Final though: Poem titled Tiger Lily written by Ashley
19) Melissa- Scapegoat
-39,000 books with keyword scapegoat when "scapegoat" is googled
-Renee Girard - Scapegoat (Bacchae of Euripides)
-"The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures."
-5 ways to avoid being a scapegoat. (Symmetrization's)
1) Avoid being the new guy in town.
2) Be on time...
3) Avoid winning the game...
4) Avoid being different in any way.
5) Avoid being well liked
-"A good scapegoat is nearly as welcome as a solution to the problem."
20) Brian- Scapegoats
-Loved the Ace Ventura: Pet Detective excerpt
-Dolphins in the Superbowl...Finkle messing up the winning kick!
-Brian's scapegoat experience in Harrison Hall
-The notion of "scapegoating" is the best example of the past possessing the future.
-Scapegoating is the best wall humanity can relate to each other. WE ALL make mistakes, we all "scapegoat."
21) Alex- 5 conflicts of Antigones in relation to classic movies
-5 movies
1) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest = individual vs. society
2) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs = old vs. young
3) Raiders of the lost Ark = gods vs. humans
4) Frankenstein = dead vs. living
5) My Fair Lady = men vs. women
22) Danielle- Triple Goddess
1) One person with three different characteristics. Maybe birth, love, and death.
2) Three different people as one. Ex. Mother, daughter, and grandmother.
-White Goddess by Robert Graves
Triple crescent
Triple goddess
23) John - science fiction is an extension of mythology.
24) Serita- The Doors and their Jim Morrison comparison to Dionysus.
-Mission to see the world in a different light.
-Morrison used drugs, but whatever!
-Open mindness
-The End From Oedipus.
-Freedom
-To become a classic, you must invoke the classics.
The End
This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend
The end of our elaborate plans
The end of everything that stands
The end.
No safety or surprise
The end
I'll never look into your eyes again
Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need of some stranger's hand
In a desperate land
Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain
There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby
Ride the snake
Ride the snake
To the lake
To the Lake
The ancient lake, baby
The snake is long
Seven miles
Ride a snake
He's old
And his skin is cold
The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here and we'll do the rest
The blue bus is calling us
The blue bus is calling us
Driver, where are you taking us?
The killer awoke before dawn
He put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived
And then he paid a visit to his brother
And then he walked on down the hall
And he came to a door
And he looked inside
Father
Yea son?
I want to kill you
Mother, I want to...
C'mon baby, take a chance with us (times 3)
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin' a blue rock on a blue bus
Doin' a blue rock. C'mon, yeah
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill.
This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend
The end
It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die
This is the end!
(Lyrics URL: http://www.alwaysontherun.net/doors.htm#k)
-Did women really need men?
-Sex seemed to be "running" men's' lives
-Through life, pain, miseries; it would be better to be dead. (Sophocles)
-Love of people
-Metamorphoses- love life "I shall have life!"
18) Ashley- Homeric Hymns (Demeter version)
-Women's introduction into the right of passage
-Issues of women being relationships, fertility, death
-Issues of men being war, etc...
-Both men and women needing to be part of heroic quests
-Human oppression = based on individual personalities
-In conclusion, we all need to have characteristics of men and women
-Final though: Poem titled Tiger Lily written by Ashley
19) Melissa- Scapegoat
-39,000 books with keyword scapegoat when "scapegoat" is googled
-Renee Girard - Scapegoat (Bacchae of Euripides)
-"The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures."
-5 ways to avoid being a scapegoat. (Symmetrization's)
1) Avoid being the new guy in town.
2) Be on time...
3) Avoid winning the game...
4) Avoid being different in any way.
5) Avoid being well liked
-"A good scapegoat is nearly as welcome as a solution to the problem."
20) Brian- Scapegoats
-Loved the Ace Ventura: Pet Detective excerpt
-Dolphins in the Superbowl...Finkle messing up the winning kick!
-Brian's scapegoat experience in Harrison Hall
-The notion of "scapegoating" is the best example of the past possessing the future.
-Scapegoating is the best wall humanity can relate to each other. WE ALL make mistakes, we all "scapegoat."
21) Alex- 5 conflicts of Antigones in relation to classic movies
-5 movies
1) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest = individual vs. society
2) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs = old vs. young
3) Raiders of the lost Ark = gods vs. humans
4) Frankenstein = dead vs. living
5) My Fair Lady = men vs. women
22) Danielle- Triple Goddess
1) One person with three different characteristics. Maybe birth, love, and death.
2) Three different people as one. Ex. Mother, daughter, and grandmother.
-White Goddess by Robert Graves
Triple crescentTriple goddess23) John - science fiction is an extension of mythology.
24) Serita- The Doors and their Jim Morrison comparison to Dionysus.
-Mission to see the world in a different light.
-Morrison used drugs, but whatever!
-Open mindness
-The End From Oedipus.
-Freedom
-To become a classic, you must invoke the classics.
The End
This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend
The end of our elaborate plans
The end of everything that stands
The end.
No safety or surprise
The end
I'll never look into your eyes again
Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need of some stranger's hand
In a desperate land
Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain
There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby
Ride the snake
Ride the snake
To the lake
To the Lake
The ancient lake, baby
The snake is long
Seven miles
Ride a snake
He's old
And his skin is cold
The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here and we'll do the rest
The blue bus is calling us
The blue bus is calling us
Driver, where are you taking us?
The killer awoke before dawn
He put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived
And then he paid a visit to his brother
And then he walked on down the hall
And he came to a door
And he looked inside
Father
Yea son?
I want to kill you
Mother, I want to...
C'mon baby, take a chance with us (times 3)
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin' a blue rock on a blue bus
Doin' a blue rock. C'mon, yeah
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill.
This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend
The end
It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die
This is the end!
(Lyrics URL: http://www.alwaysontherun.net/doors.htm#k)
Session 2 of Individual Presentations
10) Me: Janet-My Terpsichore. Dance is my life and first love of my life. Janet was my inspiration to dance, therefore, Janet was the Terpsichore of my story. (Coincidentally, Terpsichore is the muse of dance.)
-Terpsichore, Muse of Music and Dance by Jean-Marc Nattier (Picture below)
(Here is the URL to a YouTube video of this song performed by Kansas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0)
12) Jared- Calvin (Comic strip) vs. Antigones
-Many times the Comic Calvin and Hobbes represents the 5 conflicts of society as in Antigones.
14) John: (Metamorphoses) Catcher in the Rye and the 5 conflicts of Antigone
15) William - Immortality
-The way people remain immortal, is through the stories they tell. If you want to be immortal, not necessarily in the flesh and breathing state but your sole, TELL STORIES!
16) Mick - Walkabout - a book that references all the stuff we talked about.
-Through walking, you gain knowledge. Your brain is on constant thinking mode.
-Terpsichore, Muse of Music and Dance by Jean-Marc Nattier (Picture below)
(Here is the URL to a YouTube video of this song performed by Kansas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0)
12) Jared- Calvin (Comic strip) vs. Antigones
-Many times the Comic Calvin and Hobbes represents the 5 conflicts of society as in Antigones.
- Individual vs Society
- Old vs Young
- Dead vs Living
- Gods vs humans
- Men vs. women
14) John: (Metamorphoses) Catcher in the Rye and the 5 conflicts of Antigone
15) William - Immortality
-The way people remain immortal, is through the stories they tell. If you want to be immortal, not necessarily in the flesh and breathing state but your sole, TELL STORIES!
16) Mick - Walkabout - a book that references all the stuff we talked about.
-Through walking, you gain knowledge. Your brain is on constant thinking mode.
Session One of Individual Projects
1) Allison: Lysistrata
-Why can women strike on men?
-Can this strike be reversed? Men strike on women?
-Modernization
-Patriarichal society
* On the test: What character from Ovid did Allison's character represent?
2) Chase: Jesus vs Dionysus
-Why can women strike on men?
-Can this strike be reversed? Men strike on women?
-Modernization
-Patriarichal society
* On the test: What character from Ovid did Allison's character represent?
2) Chase: Jesus vs Dionysus
"The Eyes of Christ" by Edwin Tuts
Michelangelo
3) Hannah: Lysistrata
-Modern examples of Lyistrata
-Poems comparing women to the sea, to a dog, and a bee.
4) Brittany: Grandmother's Story on the phone, Minnie Mouse photograph, Bob the rat.
- Breaking rule...it happened in the past and it happens now. Why is breaking the rules so acceptional sometimes? Why is breaking rules a part of literature and life?
5) Megan: There is love in all the stories tha we read.
- Cupid and Psyche = confusion and love
6) Jesse: I loved the acting in this presentation! Very awesome!
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(Moms House)
7) Jan: Comparison of Dionysus to the Virginia tech assassin
8) Brittini: Roles of women in our books
- Comparison of women figures in classic lit books to popular figures.
9) Barbara: story of the old woman in the park, classical literature stories, ducks, grandson's.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Our Group Presentation
Stichomythia - Ross, Jan, John, Danielle, Allison and Me
Relating George Bush to each...
1) Lysistrata
2) The Bacchae
3) Antigones
Well you have already seen our group presentation therefore I will only include the introductions of each piece that I wrote. I think by reading them you will understand what our presentation was kind of about.
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Lysistrata
It was a cold and bitter day for President George W. Bush when Cindy Sheehan, an outraged mother victimized by the death of her son whom died in Iraq and first lady Laura Bush, were injected with a dose of Lysistrata. They were out to stop the president and Dick Cheney from supporting the war. But how were they going to stop these two bull-headed politicians? In this stichomythic and comical representation of Laura Bush: The New Age Lysistrata, George W. will be played by…
The Bacchae
Earlier today Barbara Bush, President Bush’s mother and her friends went to a Democrat Rally. Once there, they all got very drunk on mimosa’s and extremely dry martinis. Coincidentally, George W. went to spy on his mother and the other evil doers. Upon discovering the spy, Barbara and her friends mistook George W. for a rat and sparagmosed him. In The Bacchae Retelling, Barbara will be played by….
The scene opens with Barbara bringing the supposed rat home to show her husband, George Sr.
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Relating George Bush to each...
1) Lysistrata
2) The Bacchae
3) Antigones
Well you have already seen our group presentation therefore I will only include the introductions of each piece that I wrote. I think by reading them you will understand what our presentation was kind of about.
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Lysistrata
It was a cold and bitter day for President George W. Bush when Cindy Sheehan, an outraged mother victimized by the death of her son whom died in Iraq and first lady Laura Bush, were injected with a dose of Lysistrata. They were out to stop the president and Dick Cheney from supporting the war. But how were they going to stop these two bull-headed politicians? In this stichomythic and comical representation of Laura Bush: The New Age Lysistrata, George W. will be played by…
The Bacchae
Earlier today Barbara Bush, President Bush’s mother and her friends went to a Democrat Rally. Once there, they all got very drunk on mimosa’s and extremely dry martinis. Coincidentally, George W. went to spy on his mother and the other evil doers. Upon discovering the spy, Barbara and her friends mistook George W. for a rat and sparagmosed him. In The Bacchae Retelling, Barbara will be played by….
The scene opens with Barbara bringing the supposed rat home to show her husband, George Sr.
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Poor George!!!!!
The Golden Ass
Cupid and Psyche
QUE BONITA!!! (That's "what beautiful" in Spanish.)
(There is no real "moral of the story" in the Metamorphoses. But if you need one: 1) Shit happens and 2) Things change.)
Lucius changes into an Ass. New version of Mr. Ed. (Not really, but sort of.)
-Transformations or "Metamorphoses" of Lucius.
THE ONLY MORAL OF THE STORY IS THE STORY!
-Experience the story by reading the story itself.
~Same as in the Golden Ass...life isn't a picnic for an Ass.
*Black Swan Green
Hyrosgomos - sacred marriage
*Romeo and Juliet and Braveheart
~Fairytale=degenerate myth.
The best aphrodisiac is storytelling.
QUE BONITA!!! (That's "what beautiful" in Spanish.)
(There is no real "moral of the story" in the Metamorphoses. But if you need one: 1) Shit happens and 2) Things change.)
Lucius changes into an Ass. New version of Mr. Ed. (Not really, but sort of.)
-Transformations or "Metamorphoses" of Lucius.
THE ONLY MORAL OF THE STORY IS THE STORY!
-Experience the story by reading the story itself.
~Same as in the Golden Ass...life isn't a picnic for an Ass.
*Black Swan Green
Hyrosgomos - sacred marriage
*Romeo and Juliet and Braveheart
~Fairytale=degenerate myth.
The best aphrodisiac is storytelling.
Storytelling
Review Questions for the 2nd test
1) What birds represent Procne and Philomela?
-Procne=swallow and Philomela=nightingale
2) Ate: Infatuation beyond the point of being ruined
3) Who was the original artisan? Daedalus (craftsmen)
4) Who is the god of sleep, dreams, and disguise? Morpheus
5) What should we avoid at all costs? **Old people (marginal)
6) What is Aristophanes theory on soul mates?
-In terms of Symposium, people were becoming too much to handle, so the God's split the soul mates apart.
7) Tragedy emphasizes the individual.
Comedy emphasizes the society.
8) According to Plato, how does one reach mortality of the soul?
-** Virtue and knowledge
9) Everything Plato learned about love, he learned from a woman named Diotima.
10) What is Socratic irony? - Claiming to know nuthin'...but actually knowing everything.
11) What does Icarus fail to do to fall to his demise? Flew too close to the sun and melted his wax wings.
12) Difference between Arachne and Minerva: Arachne portrayed the good things the God's did and Minerva portrayed victims of the God's.
13) Final Frame in Velazquez "The Spinners?"
-Europa's rape or abduction.
14)Pentheus: "man of constant sorrow"
15) How is Cadmeus related to Pentheus? Grandfather
16) Why should Ulysses deserve the arms of Achilles? -Ulysses's started in all.
17) What came out of the ground in the Bacchae when they hit the ground?
18) Boy wants girl - center of new comedy
19) What Shakespeare play was partly inspired by Tiresias and Procne? Titus Andronicus
20) What is anagnersis - (recognition or critical moment of discovery)
21) What is the first instance of framing in the Metamorphoses? - Story of Pan and Syrinx
22) What is grace? - Awareness of God's Presence in the world.
23) What does omophaglia? -eating of live flesh
24)Love is the child of -Poverty and contrivance.
25) What did Daphne turn into? Laurel tree
26) How old will Metamorphoses be in 2008? 2000 years old
27) Naso = "nose"
28) Why couldn't Aristophanes give his speech? - Terrible case of hiccups
-Procne=swallow and Philomela=nightingale
2) Ate: Infatuation beyond the point of being ruined
3) Who was the original artisan? Daedalus (craftsmen)
4) Who is the god of sleep, dreams, and disguise? Morpheus
5) What should we avoid at all costs? **Old people (marginal)
6) What is Aristophanes theory on soul mates?
-In terms of Symposium, people were becoming too much to handle, so the God's split the soul mates apart.
7) Tragedy emphasizes the individual.
Comedy emphasizes the society.
8) According to Plato, how does one reach mortality of the soul?
-** Virtue and knowledge
9) Everything Plato learned about love, he learned from a woman named Diotima.
10) What is Socratic irony? - Claiming to know nuthin'...but actually knowing everything.
11) What does Icarus fail to do to fall to his demise? Flew too close to the sun and melted his wax wings.
12) Difference between Arachne and Minerva: Arachne portrayed the good things the God's did and Minerva portrayed victims of the God's.
13) Final Frame in Velazquez "The Spinners?"
-Europa's rape or abduction.
14)Pentheus: "man of constant sorrow"
15) How is Cadmeus related to Pentheus? Grandfather
16) Why should Ulysses deserve the arms of Achilles? -Ulysses's started in all.
17) What came out of the ground in the Bacchae when they hit the ground?
18) Boy wants girl - center of new comedy
19) What Shakespeare play was partly inspired by Tiresias and Procne? Titus Andronicus
20) What is anagnersis - (recognition or critical moment of discovery)
21) What is the first instance of framing in the Metamorphoses? - Story of Pan and Syrinx
22) What is grace? - Awareness of God's Presence in the world.
23) What does omophaglia? -eating of live flesh
24)Love is the child of -Poverty and contrivance.
25) What did Daphne turn into? Laurel tree
26) How old will Metamorphoses be in 2008? 2000 years old
27) Naso = "nose"
28) Why couldn't Aristophanes give his speech? - Terrible case of hiccups
Notes (Boring)
Something ending always means something beginning. "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." ~Semisonic
~Anyone as stupid as a 15 year old girl...is an 18 year old boy. (HAHA)
*Arachne - pg 180, Invasions of the God's
The Fable of Arachne by Velazquez
Her great weavings of how the God's treated immortals, or humans. Unjust.
A true work of art is:
*Whole
*Harmonious
*Radiant
-Stand back from your creation and look at the frame
Pygmalion - Pretty Woman (Pg 335)
Julia Roberts as the "Pretty Woman" or Vivian.
Finally, there is nothing that doesn't have darkness.
~Anyone as stupid as a 15 year old girl...is an 18 year old boy. (HAHA)
*Arachne - pg 180, Invasions of the God's
The Fable of Arachne by Velazquez
Her great weavings of how the God's treated immortals, or humans. Unjust.
A true work of art is:
*Whole
*Harmonious
*Radiant
-Stand back from your creation and look at the frame
Pygmalion - Pretty Woman (Pg 335)
Julia Roberts as the "Pretty Woman" or Vivian.Finally, there is nothing that doesn't have darkness.
My Favorite Ovid lines!
For March 30th, we were asked to choose our favorite lines out of The Metamorphoses of Ovid.
At first I chose the description of how the earth felt when Cesar was murdered.
(Pg 545)
"They say the hideous crime was presaged by
the clash of arms among dark clouds, and horns
and trumpets blaring horribly. The sun's
own orb was sorrowing; the light it shed
on frightened earth was lurid. Firebrands
would often flash beneath the stars; and gusts
of rain would often carry drops of blood.
The Morning Star was blue-gray, and his face
showed russet-colored blotches; and blood stained
the chariot of Luna. ....."
~I loved these lines because of the descriptive language it presents. Yes, the horrendous affects Cesar's' death created were terrible, but the way Ovid writes the situation is beautiful.
In the end, I chose lines from Book I, in the story of Apollo and Daphne.
(pg 25)
"And even as my head is ever young,
and my hair ever long, may you, unshorn,
wear your leaves, too, forever: never lose
that loveliness, o laurel, which is yours!"
~(Much shorter, really only four lines! :)) These lines should mean something to everyone. It describes undying beauty in everyone. No matter who you are, what you look like, etc... EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
At first I chose the description of how the earth felt when Cesar was murdered.
(Pg 545)
"They say the hideous crime was presaged by
the clash of arms among dark clouds, and horns
and trumpets blaring horribly. The sun's
own orb was sorrowing; the light it shed
on frightened earth was lurid. Firebrands
would often flash beneath the stars; and gusts
of rain would often carry drops of blood.
The Morning Star was blue-gray, and his face
showed russet-colored blotches; and blood stained
the chariot of Luna. ....."
~I loved these lines because of the descriptive language it presents. Yes, the horrendous affects Cesar's' death created were terrible, but the way Ovid writes the situation is beautiful.
In the end, I chose lines from Book I, in the story of Apollo and Daphne.
(pg 25)
"And even as my head is ever young,
and my hair ever long, may you, unshorn,
wear your leaves, too, forever: never lose
that loveliness, o laurel, which is yours!"
~(Much shorter, really only four lines! :)) These lines should mean something to everyone. It describes undying beauty in everyone. No matter who you are, what you look like, etc... EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
Redemptive Power of Art
Daedalus and Icarus pg 254
-Set his mind in the quest of unknown art
"But Daedalus was weary; by this time
he'd been exiled in Crete too long; he pined
for his own land; but he was blocked - the sea
stood in his way. "Through Minos bars escape
by land our waves," he said, "I still can take
the sky - there lies my path. Though he owns all,
he does not own the air!" At once he starts
to work on unknown arts, to alter nature." Metamorphoses of Ovid
M.C. Escher
What is the path to unknown art? What is unknown art for that matter? The picture above is a piece by M.C. Escher. Escher was an artist that produced pieces that created optical illusions. I think this "optical illusion" greatly represents the idea of unknown art.
Buddha as a baby say:
-people who kept from getting old
-People who kept from getting sick
-people who kept from dieing
Ovid Influenced Shakespeare!
Well, I guess by this time in the semester, we all know that...But the fact of the matter is, Ovid influenced ALL major writers after his time!
Imagination needs an open mind!
-Set his mind in the quest of unknown art
"But Daedalus was weary; by this time
he'd been exiled in Crete too long; he pined
for his own land; but he was blocked - the sea
stood in his way. "Through Minos bars escape
by land our waves," he said, "I still can take
the sky - there lies my path. Though he owns all,
he does not own the air!" At once he starts
to work on unknown arts, to alter nature." Metamorphoses of Ovid
M.C. EscherWhat is the path to unknown art? What is unknown art for that matter? The picture above is a piece by M.C. Escher. Escher was an artist that produced pieces that created optical illusions. I think this "optical illusion" greatly represents the idea of unknown art.
Buddha as a baby say:
-people who kept from getting old
-People who kept from getting sick
-people who kept from dieing
Ovid Influenced Shakespeare!
Well, I guess by this time in the semester, we all know that...But the fact of the matter is, Ovid influenced ALL major writers after his time!
Imagination needs an open mind!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
March 8, 2007
Well I wasn't in class today, so I would like to talk about comedy. To me comedy is anything and everything that makes me laugh. I am a very amusable person, so it doesn't take much. Man, what would this world be like with out it or more importantly if the past didn't have comedy in it, what would possess the future? Here are some laughable quotes on comedy and hopefully some that will just get you to laugh!
"I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about if you try hard enough." ~Red Skelton (1913-1997)
"The whole object of comedy is to be yourself and the closer you get to that, the funnier you will be." ~Jerry Seinfeld American comedian, entertainer
*This quote is totally me!!! "Any time an idea hits you, write it down. Don’t trust your memory no matter how good you think it is." ~ W.C. Fields
"When humor goes, there goes civilization." ~Erma Bombeck
"Comedy keeps the heart sweet..." ~Mark Twain
Check out this site for some fun facts on laughing: http://www.drstandley.com/facts_laughing.shtml
Have a good day!!!!!!
"I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about if you try hard enough." ~Red Skelton (1913-1997)
"The whole object of comedy is to be yourself and the closer you get to that, the funnier you will be." ~Jerry Seinfeld American comedian, entertainer
*This quote is totally me!!! "Any time an idea hits you, write it down. Don’t trust your memory no matter how good you think it is." ~ W.C. Fields
"When humor goes, there goes civilization." ~Erma Bombeck
"Comedy keeps the heart sweet..." ~Mark Twain
Check out this site for some fun facts on laughing: http://www.drstandley.com/facts_laughing.shtml
Have a good day!!!!!!
March 6, 2007
Since reading Lysistrata, I have been overwhelmed with the power of women in Classical Literature. It seems that they are the back bone of every piece that we have covered in class. Some words that I feel describe Lysistrata are: beautiful but dirty, comical, powerful and empowering, graphic, action, and cunning. It is very amazing to see that in the "history" books, hardly any mention of women's achievements are made. However, in Classical Literature there are tons of women who have generated great amounts of power in their individual society's. This then makes me think, whoa, if the women of classical times could accomplish so much, then why can't I in the futuristic times of today. (Ha, listen to me, I am going a little feministic, watch out!) So who are some Lysistrata's of today? Some on the top of my head include Oprah, Princess Di (God bless), Queen Elizabeth II, Diane Sawyer, and millions more. (Oh yeah, and ME! lol)
March 5, 2007
3 levels of belief:
-Believing without questions
-A stage of terror- afraid to believe, but afraid not to
- truth and story work together
In most people's lives they all go through phases like the idea of Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy, mermaids, genies, and many more things. When I first found out that Santa was not real it was DEVI STATING. I was on the bus going to school during my Kindergarten year. There was a boy by the name of Danny Matovich who always sat in the front of the bus. It was Danny who yelled, "Hey Emily, you do know that Santa isn't real?" I didn't want to believe it, but when I got to school and asked my classmates about it, they confirmed that Santa was not real. Also in kindergarten, I found out that Barney was not real and wasn't cool. I sure had a rough start in school.
On the next level of belief, there have been many times where I am afraid to believe something and also afraid not to. For example, when my grandpa died, I didn't want to believe it. He seemed like the healthiest 90 year old man I had ever known. In fact, he traveled back from Montana to Illinois only a week before he died. He was also playing a game of 13 when his body went into shock. After he died, the doctors couldn't believe what could have gone wrong, so they did an autopsy. When the autopsy results came back we found out that grandpa had cancer in many parts of his body. This made me believe that it was Grandpa Ray's time to go. If he would have survived the shock, he would have had a long road of health problems ahead. God bless.
Finally, truth and story. When I think of truth and story, the only thing that comes to mind are all those "dad's fishing tales." You know, those stories where the fish's head was the size of a boulder, they were longer than the arm span of Big Foot, and weighed more than a semi-truck....(We've all heard them!!!!)
-Believing without questions
-A stage of terror- afraid to believe, but afraid not to
- truth and story work together
In most people's lives they all go through phases like the idea of Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy, mermaids, genies, and many more things. When I first found out that Santa was not real it was DEVI STATING. I was on the bus going to school during my Kindergarten year. There was a boy by the name of Danny Matovich who always sat in the front of the bus. It was Danny who yelled, "Hey Emily, you do know that Santa isn't real?" I didn't want to believe it, but when I got to school and asked my classmates about it, they confirmed that Santa was not real. Also in kindergarten, I found out that Barney was not real and wasn't cool. I sure had a rough start in school.
On the next level of belief, there have been many times where I am afraid to believe something and also afraid not to. For example, when my grandpa died, I didn't want to believe it. He seemed like the healthiest 90 year old man I had ever known. In fact, he traveled back from Montana to Illinois only a week before he died. He was also playing a game of 13 when his body went into shock. After he died, the doctors couldn't believe what could have gone wrong, so they did an autopsy. When the autopsy results came back we found out that grandpa had cancer in many parts of his body. This made me believe that it was Grandpa Ray's time to go. If he would have survived the shock, he would have had a long road of health problems ahead. God bless.
Finally, truth and story. When I think of truth and story, the only thing that comes to mind are all those "dad's fishing tales." You know, those stories where the fish's head was the size of a boulder, they were longer than the arm span of Big Foot, and weighed more than a semi-truck....(We've all heard them!!!!)
Mar. 5, 2007
Below is a picture of Aristophanes, the "new Lysistrata" and the "old Lysistrata."
(The Old) Aristophanes (The New)
After the Pelopennasian War, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War) the women withheld sex from their husbands in efforts to regain peace. Lysistrata was the main leader. This play was first performed in the Festival of Dionysus. This play is a comedy because when it was acted out, the women would imitate the men with a phallus under their costumes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus : enter at your own risk)
(The Old) Aristophanes (The New)
After the Pelopennasian War, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War) the women withheld sex from their husbands in efforts to regain peace. Lysistrata was the main leader. This play was first performed in the Festival of Dionysus. This play is a comedy because when it was acted out, the women would imitate the men with a phallus under their costumes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus : enter at your own risk)
March 2, 2007
Lysistrata...when I hear that name all I can think about is the idea of soulmates. What is a soulmate? Soulmate (or soul mate) is a term sometimes used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, friendship, love, intimacy, sexuality, and/or compatibility. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulmate) In today's society, many movies are based on the notion of Soulmates. (All that is in the past possess the future.)
Some examples are:
-Ghost
-Just Like Heaven
-The Lake House
-What Dreams May Come
Some examples are:
-Ghost
-Just Like Heaven
-The Lake House
-What Dreams May Come
Mar.1, 2007
My favorite stories within stories:
1) In the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is The Reeve's Tale. Check out a brief summary at this URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reeve%27s_Prologue_and_Tale.
(He sure would look good on a dollar bill! haha)
2) The Wizard of Oz. Dorthy takes the fall that sends her to the land of Oz. There of course is two stories going on in this. The story of Dorthy's life in Kansas, and her mysterious action filled life in Oz.
3) The story of creation in The Metamorphoses of Ovid.
1) In the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is The Reeve's Tale. Check out a brief summary at this URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reeve%27s_Prologue_and_Tale.
(He sure would look good on a dollar bill! haha)2) The Wizard of Oz. Dorthy takes the fall that sends her to the land of Oz. There of course is two stories going on in this. The story of Dorthy's life in Kansas, and her mysterious action filled life in Oz.
3) The story of creation in The Metamorphoses of Ovid.
Michelangelo "The Creation of Adam"
Feb. 28, 2007
Frame: stories within stories. Such works like the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, and new examples are works such as Star Wars and Star Trek.
-Socratic irony: discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. This goes back to the notion of story telling. What is the "art" of storytelling?" In the Symposium, there is a nature of love, but what kind of love is it? Sometimes people go through many stages to find what they believe is real love.
sophia=wisdom
phila=love
phila+sophia= philosophy
In Symposium, there are many different kinds of love displayed. "Homoerotic" love which is older males loving younger males, or pedophilia love. This is not to be taken in any weird way, it is mean to say that, "the people who can most relate to each other are most in love. They also don't have to worry about having children. And their intellectual behavior is the same." For example, Socrates and Alich had a type of this love, but it would be easier to say that it was a PLUTONIC love. (I love you, but I am not in love with you.) Nothing more, nothing less. I think that the most important thing to understand about this situation is to see all the beauty in life. Like the notion of "life is but a dream." Your dreams and goals make your life's dream come true. It is up to oneself to create the perfect life that he/she wants.
On that note, we are supposed to go and make someone else's life interesting. Good luck to all!
Godspeed!
-Socratic irony: discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. This goes back to the notion of story telling. What is the "art" of storytelling?" In the Symposium, there is a nature of love, but what kind of love is it? Sometimes people go through many stages to find what they believe is real love.
sophia=wisdom
phila=love
phila+sophia= philosophy
In Symposium, there are many different kinds of love displayed. "Homoerotic" love which is older males loving younger males, or pedophilia love. This is not to be taken in any weird way, it is mean to say that, "the people who can most relate to each other are most in love. They also don't have to worry about having children. And their intellectual behavior is the same." For example, Socrates and Alich had a type of this love, but it would be easier to say that it was a PLUTONIC love. (I love you, but I am not in love with you.) Nothing more, nothing less. I think that the most important thing to understand about this situation is to see all the beauty in life. Like the notion of "life is but a dream." Your dreams and goals make your life's dream come true. It is up to oneself to create the perfect life that he/she wants.
On that note, we are supposed to go and make someone else's life interesting. Good luck to all!
Godspeed!
Feb 26, 2007
A new book...very exciting!!!!!
Symposium:
-Patriarchal because there is only men allowed.
-The girls who were entertainers, the flute girls, were even kicked out.
This book is very interesting to me because it just seems so modern to me for its time. For example, in the beginning it is explained that there is a group of men sitting around drinking together. ("sympotein" meaning "to drink together") This is very much like many men of today who get together on Sundays to drink beer and watch football, or "Poker Night." Interesting....
Plato, the author of Symposium forms a very imaginative philosophy. This philosophy in class was compared to the "Matrix" theme. Explained in class, "dialectic philosophy" is "us sitting in a cave and what we see is life on the projections on the cave wall." This in turn started the idea of modern day movies.
"The film describes a future in which the world is actually the Matrix, a simulated reality created by sentient machines in order to pacify, subdue and make use of the human population as an energy source by growing them and connecting them to the Matrix with cybernetic implants. It contains numerous references to the cyberpunk and hacker subcultures; philosophical and religious ideas, including Vedanta, messianism and Socratic, Cartesian, and Platonic idealism; and homages to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hong Kong action movies and Japanese animation." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix)
Raconteur: story teller
Today we also heard the story of the woman who told stories in a Nazi Concentration Camp to save he life and the life of her sister. Although the woman kind of "yanked Mr. Sexson's chain" she still made a good point and also told a great story of "The Beggar King."
Symposium:
-Patriarchal because there is only men allowed.
-The girls who were entertainers, the flute girls, were even kicked out.
This book is very interesting to me because it just seems so modern to me for its time. For example, in the beginning it is explained that there is a group of men sitting around drinking together. ("sympotein" meaning "to drink together") This is very much like many men of today who get together on Sundays to drink beer and watch football, or "Poker Night." Interesting....
Plato, the author of Symposium forms a very imaginative philosophy. This philosophy in class was compared to the "Matrix" theme. Explained in class, "dialectic philosophy" is "us sitting in a cave and what we see is life on the projections on the cave wall." This in turn started the idea of modern day movies.
"The film describes a future in which the world is actually the Matrix, a simulated reality created by sentient machines in order to pacify, subdue and make use of the human population as an energy source by growing them and connecting them to the Matrix with cybernetic implants. It contains numerous references to the cyberpunk and hacker subcultures; philosophical and religious ideas, including Vedanta, messianism and Socratic, Cartesian, and Platonic idealism; and homages to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hong Kong action movies and Japanese animation." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix)
Raconteur: story teller
Today we also heard the story of the woman who told stories in a Nazi Concentration Camp to save he life and the life of her sister. Although the woman kind of "yanked Mr. Sexson's chain" she still made a good point and also told a great story of "The Beggar King."
Feb. 19-23, 2007
Well we didn't have class on Monday, and the rest of the week we will be studying for the first Quiz. I used Brittini Reid's and Elizabeth's blog to study because I just don't take as good of notes as they do! Anyways, good luck on the test everyone! Oh...the suffering. I guess, we all must suffer in life. Without suffering we wouldn't have much Classical Literature to study. Most Classical Literature is based on the suffereing of someone.
"Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state." ~George Eliot
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved." ~Hellen Keller
"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." ~John Milton
"And taste The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know." ~Homer in the Odyssesy
"To percieve is to suffer." ~Aristotle
"Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state." ~George Eliot
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved." ~Hellen Keller
"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." ~John Milton
"And taste The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know." ~Homer in the Odyssesy
"To percieve is to suffer." ~Aristotle
Feb. 16, 2007
Well, I am getting anxious for the holiday and am even more anxious for the upcoming test. Instead of writing anything on this blog I am going to give you some more ideas on how I "imitate art."
Last year, I was in CLS. In that class we were lucky enough to go on a field trip to the Museum of the Rockies. During this time, in the main art Gallery there was a collection of artwork by Paul R. Jones. Paul R. Jones is a collecton of 20th century African American artwork. During our field trip, our assignment was to pick out our favorite piece and write about it. In terms of "imitating art", I ended up writing a poem about the piece that I chose. Below is a picture by Roy DeCarava entitled "Graduation Day 1949". This piece is a gelatin silver print. (It is not a very good transfer so for a clearer picture click on this website: http://mis043.mis.udel.edu:8888/cgi-bin/navigator/navigator.cgi?fedora_pid=udel:434&type=&host=mis043.mis.udel.edu%3A8210
Anyways here is my poem.
Black and White
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Walking back through the ghetto's of Harlem,
Such a mess.
It was her day to shine,
Graduation...a day, she thought to herself,
"This day is mine."
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Her stride so prideful, but the time she was living in...
Was very much doubtful.
Black and white...it didn't matter,
She walked through all that trash
And clatter.
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Strong enough to face the crazy world,
And she came out with her chin up, being the best.
(Yeah, the rhyming is a little dull, but I a sure that you get the point.)
Last year, I was in CLS. In that class we were lucky enough to go on a field trip to the Museum of the Rockies. During this time, in the main art Gallery there was a collection of artwork by Paul R. Jones. Paul R. Jones is a collecton of 20th century African American artwork. During our field trip, our assignment was to pick out our favorite piece and write about it. In terms of "imitating art", I ended up writing a poem about the piece that I chose. Below is a picture by Roy DeCarava entitled "Graduation Day 1949". This piece is a gelatin silver print. (It is not a very good transfer so for a clearer picture click on this website: http://mis043.mis.udel.edu:8888/cgi-bin/navigator/navigator.cgi?fedora_pid=udel:434&type=&host=mis043.mis.udel.edu%3A8210
Anyways here is my poem.
Black and White
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Walking back through the ghetto's of Harlem,
Such a mess.
It was her day to shine,
Graduation...a day, she thought to herself,
"This day is mine."
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Her stride so prideful, but the time she was living in...
Was very much doubtful.
Black and white...it didn't matter,
She walked through all that trash
And clatter.
Beautiful girl in a long white dress,
Strong enough to face the crazy world,
And she came out with her chin up, being the best.
(Yeah, the rhyming is a little dull, but I a sure that you get the point.)
Feb. 15, 2007
I found a really hilarious spoof on YouTube for a Barbie version of Antigones. It is kind of dumb, but just bare with it. It has some funny little twists to the story! Here is the url:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvYh_qk9byY
Feb. 14th 2007
Yeah!!! It is Valentines Day!!!! But where does Valentines Day come from??? Well, of course, it comes from the classical people such as Cupid/Eros and Aphrodite/Venus. Once again, all that is in the past posses the future! Cupid to the Romans usually meant the god of erotic love. (Eros is the Greek name for Cupid and another name from him is Amor.) Cupid is often dipicted as a baby with wings shooting his bow and arrow to spike romanticism. Cupid has a lot of the time been blame for the feeling of "being weak at the knees." But what does that mean? MOst people think that "being weak at the knees" is when a significant other says, or does something so extravagent for someone else, that it makes that person feel sooo good that they are completly overjoyed. This sudden rush of "feel good" hormones in the body then causes a cataclismic reflex that well, leaves one "weak at the knees." Aphrodite, the goddess of luv, lust, and beauty. Aphrodite Unania is the goddes of pure or plutonic love and Aphrodite Pandemos is the goddess of physical love. Valentines Day is definitely a holiday of the past and everyday life. All types of love a shared between people everyday, whether it is plutonic love between friends, or lust and physical love between lovers...Love happens everyday! So thank you Cupid and Aphrodite for gracing all mankind with this enchanting feeling.
Shakespeare Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest;
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
William Shakepeare
(1564 - 1616)
Shakespeare Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest;
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
William Shakepeare
(1564 - 1616)
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