Vertigo Blocking
I know its been a while since we talked about Hitchcock, but one of my youtube idols: the nerdwriter, has just uploaded a really insightful video on Vertigo’s blocking. Its one of the scenes that we analysed in class…really interesting.
Lack of Detective/Reader Relationship
Yeah, this book definitely messed with my mind, but I still enjoy it in a way. The narrator was definitely what made this experience more interesting for me as the mystery of their existence intrigues me. Actually, it’s more a mix of intrigue and yet confusion. As a matter of fact, this is actually the…
Jazz
Toni Morrison is actually one of the authors I am somewhat familiar with – I had read and analyzed Sula, another one of her works, back in highschool. While Sula was much different than Jazz in terms of writing style and narrative form, it dealt with many of the same themes: the urbanization of the country, the radical […]
Visual Language in Tezuka’s Buddha Vol. 1
In Arts One this week we read Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha: Kapilavastu, which is the first volume in Tezuka’s Buddha series. As usual for Arts One, there was so much to talk about and I wanted to raise some issues and questions that we didn’t get time to discuss. The problem is that I left my […]
The power of castes
Hi all, For today’s presentation I wanted to focus on castes in the book. Throughout the whole book most of the characters suffer from their caste and the way the have to live because of it. Chapra’s main goal is to escape his slave condition and become a general, or a king. I was a bit surprised […]
Visual context
The context in which art in placed can completely change the meaning that we interpret from it. When reading and examining Buddha we are more concerned with the relationship between each image than with than we are with each image alone. This then brings attention to the traditions and shots being used on each page […]
Tatta: Comic Relief or Substance?
In Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha (Volume 1) involves the character of Tatta, a boy of the lowest class in society to the point of being barely considered apart of it. It is revealed throughout the story that Tatta has some extraordinary powers and morals. His ability to transfer his soul into the bodies of animals, and his […]
“Sons and Lovers”? No, “[Mothers] and Sons”
Hello all! Further to our discussion last day, I’d like to summarize and flesh out my points a little bit regarding the relationship between Chapra and his mother – I think my discussion was a bit too hasty, and I apologize. The three main points I had wanted to discuss were: The suggested nature of […]
Reading Buddha = Oedipus Flashbacks
I don’t know if it was just me, but didn’t some concepts in Tezuka’s Buddha remind anyone of anything? Because for me, I got little glimpses of flashbacks back to Oedipus Rex. Yeah, THAT far back. The main aspect I picked up on was that both texts explore the themes of fate in a sense.…
Mirror Images
Looking at the picture of the manga-filled bookshelf that Dr. Lieblang featured in his lecture slides, I laughed a quiet and somewhat embarrassed laugh, for my bookshelf at home was very similar in appearance. Sandwiched between a battered copy of Katherine Stockett’s The Help and Margret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake sits volumes 54 to 72 of Masashi Kishimoto’s ninja manga Naruto. … Continue reading “Mirror Images”