Silence.
I speak. The very act of speaking, the moment in which utterance occurs, signals the silence at hand. I speak. Silence can only be conveyed. Silence can never be experienced. Silence is the absence of all, even the void. This is silence. This, the blank space between the signs, the page on which the text […]Continue reading →
Silence and Speech
This week, I’d like to talk about a chant–a little ear-worm, if you will–that has been embedded in my mind for decades. It’s an unpleasant puzzle why, when I’ve forgotten other arguably more useful and less damaging things, somehow I … Continue reading →Continue reading →
I found the morals!
“Morality began to be introduced into human actions…” (Rousseau 115)
Where are the morals?
Berlioz and … Berlioz…
I apologize in advance for the music geekiness that is about to happen here… I will try to keep my fan-girling to a minimum I noticed that there are quite a few composers mentioned in The Master and Margarita … but I want to talk about BERLIOZ. Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer who […]Continue reading →
Faustus, Freedom, Knowledge and Distraction
Continuing with my theme of alliterative titles, today I want to explore one of the tensions between the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. The introduction to our text tells us that there are two broad versions of … Continue reading →Continue reading →
Doctor Faustus acted out!
Not satisfied with just READING Doctor Faustus?Sometimes, reading a play is just not the same as seeing it acted out.If you’re interested, here’s a link! It is quite well acted out, so check it out!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cPT-HH198g Continue reading →
Wade Davis Dreams from endangered cultures Ted Talks
This is Wade Davis whom I was talking about in class. The entire talk is phenomenal but if you want to skip to the part about language it’s at 3:20ish. Apparently Wade Davis is going to be teaching at UBC … Continue reading →Continue reading →
Marcel Proust and Antigone
Greg – Antigone’s Claim reminded me of the French Author Marcel Proust (1871-1922) who wrote In Search of Lost Time. In that novel, Proust discussed gender roles. He is famous for saying that his favourite characteristic of a man is feminine characteristics, and his favourite characteristics of a female is male characteristics. As a “closet”-homosexual in a […]Continue reading →