Jul
21
Foreshadowings, etc.
July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
So today’s talk of typology was hugely interesting and now I sort of feel like I should go read the Bible through a couple times and try and catch some of this stuff myself. But seeing as I am, like everyone else I think, being swallowed up by a paper at the moment, that doesn’t [...]
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
4
Epics and smaller stories.
July 4, 2008 | 3 Comments
I’m interested in the way we tell stories, not just in the specific language and creation of those stories, but the changes in how we tell them. Next semester I’m taking a class that deals with this specifically–Forms of Narrative–and I’m pretty excited about it, actually.
It seems strange and sad in some ways–Milton [...]