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Category Archives: LITERATURE
LITERATURE, READING, WRITING, IF, ALL of it!!!
So here’s the plan: In the weeks before Christmas, we’re going to put on a big push for reading, writing and interacting as gift-giving ideas. When I was a kid (and I have plenty of pictures of my sisters and … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Meditations
Okay folks, I dug around the house through the piles of books in every room and found the original antique version of the weblog. Its blogger is no less than the long dead Marcus Aurelius. Kept this one handy from … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: And More Philosophy
Time to admit it’s going to be a mind-expanding weekend. Creativity builds wonder and doubt and insight and passion. Unfortunately, it also means that trimming the bushes is gonna hafta wait. This, from Watchmen, Chapter IX, p. 6: Dr. Manhattan: … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Philosophy
There’s currently some hot topics on the Great Lettuce Head site. But beware, it’s akin to “How to screw up your weekend by planting a seed that grows to overtake all other rational thought.” And here I thought I was … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Space and Place
Just got in a copy of Space and Place by Yi-Fu Tuan as recommended. With a bit of pushing, I may be able to dig into it this weekend as soon as I finish Blood Meridian which I’m bound to … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Loodbay Eridianmay
An unusual aspect of McCarthy’s Blood Meridian and one that is noticed immediately is the lack of proper punctuation–commas, quotation marks, and semi-colons are all missing or sparsely used. Once you get used to it, you find that it is … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Loodbay Eridianmay
Forgot my pigeon English or whatever it was called, but have learned to avoid the Great Google and Yahoo Search gods by not entering the proper names of stories, so you’ll have to figure it out. Am now grateful for … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Eureka!
One last remark before I go, because this was really very exciting. In class today, discussing Watchmen, A. brings up a point of the blood on Rorschach’s shirt reminding him of the lance’s mark on Jesus on the cross. Instantly … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Watchmen & Perception
I wondered why my busy brain this morning swirled around politics, human rights, society–things I am not willing to go into on Spinning because that is not its purpose and would only invite arguments instead of comments about reading and … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen
This afternoon I finished reading Watchmen. Slight bit of a letdown, but mostly because I was really getting into the stories–all of them. It actually ended well, and not that much of a surprise as far as traditional endings go. … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen
Finished Chapter IX last night, and find I am still mystified by what will happen, and interested in finding out. That’s a good sign. In my lifetime I’ve probably only let a half dozen books remain unfinished, being polite enough … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Watchmen
I realized this morning that I have even more in common with Dr. Manhattan. I am in a state of conflicting (or concurrent) time. My watch says today is the 10th. It could be the past, or it could be … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: A Quote Question
Who said, “There is a touch of madness in us all,” ? I must have read it somewhere, for I cannot be the first one to have noticed it. Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Watchmen
Strange how old habits return. Reading Watchmen feels familiar to me now. I stop and wonder if I haven’t read it before, knowing full well I haven’t. But the characters, the text balloons, the grimaces, the prevalence of red and … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: The Stone
We wouldn’t know each other at all if you didn’t at least know that The Stone by Gibson is one of my all time favorites (Edgar adds, “Second to The Raven, of course…” and I must agree–hell, he’s sitting above … Continue reading Continue reading
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