Jul
15
Book eiiiiiight!
July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Gearing up for presentation; checking stuff over, making sure I’m not putting my foot in my mouth, etc.
If there’s a moment of enfolded sublimity for my presentation, it’s definitely “sweet reluctant amorous delay.” But more about that later. Hopefully. For no reason, here is a poem–
“To Me He Seems Like a God”
Sappho (610-580BC)
To me [...]
Jul
14
Meaning, responsibility, ???
July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
First off: I really loved today’s class. I feel sort of like I derailed the topic of discussion, but the things we ended up talking about have been weighing much on my mind these days so I’m hugely glad we got a chance to discuss them.
I’m hung up on authenticity in a big way. [...]
Jul
8
Ira Glass Interview
July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment
I added this to our class Delicious feed, but I think it’s worth bringing up again (or in a more obvious way). Ira Glass conducted an interview largely about storytelling. The whole thing is worth watching, but what I want to highlight is in part three. I actually followed Emma’s lead from [...]
Jul
7
Satan, God, & Responsibility (again).
July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is what’s been weighing on my mind recently and has only been exacerbated by today’s class–if it doesn’t relate enough to be counted as a Milton post, let me know and I’ll write on another subject, but this is what is urgent to me today.
There seems, throughout Milton’s works, to be a recurrent [...]
Jun
30
Self-doubt & Responsibility
June 30, 2008 | 3 Comments
The discussion today about Milton’s consideration of self-doubt and self-esteem really caught my attention. Milton knows he has a gift, and he knows that God has given him this gift in order for him to use it; he sees that there’s no point in denying this. Denying it would, in fact, be a refutation of [...]