The notes from today's class are available here –and will always be in the downloads section in the future. In general, if you are trying to find something, the course information page is the best bet to find it. I will post your essay assignment this evening. It will be located here . […]
Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the earth,
let's not speak in any language;
let's stop for a second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines;
we would all be together in a sudden strangeness.
Fisherman in the cold sea would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt would not look at his hurt hands.
Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victories with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.
Quiz Makeup 3 entries in the Literapedia 2 thoughtful forum posts about a poem from the poetry of the week or a novel we are reading 1 insightful contribution to the Top 10 book lists (You can do this once) 1 very thoughtful (2+ paragraphs) analysis of a poem from one of the poems of […]
Week One To a Cat by Jorge Luis Borges Mirrors are not more wrapt in silences nor the arriving dawn more secretive ; you, in the moonlight, are that panther figure which we can only spy at from a distance. By the mysterious functioning of some divine decree, we seek you out in vain ; […]
Resources Downloadable Three Page Handout Review Web Site (Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Complete Set) Week One Aesthetics-“Philosophical investigation into the nature of beauty and the perception of beauty, especially in the arts; the theory of art or artistic taste.” Allegory-“A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden […]
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Mr. Pogreba
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." --Socrates
Deep Thoughts
“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.”
“No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence–that which makes its truth, its meaning–its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream–alone.”
“so I wait for you like a lonely house
till you will see me again and live in me.
Till then my windows ache.”
“He couldn’t even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.”
