Coming to consciousness in the yellow wall-paper
Another post on readings we’re doing in Arts One: this week we discussed a couple of works by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Our Androcentric Culture and “The Yellow Wall-Paper.” I gave a lecture on these works this week, and you can see the slides here if you’re interested: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and related […]
Names in The Yellow Wallpaper
There’s so much ambiguity surrounding The Yellow Wallpaper; so many possible interpretations of this work that is steeped in symbolism….
Self-Repression in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’
An element of the (female) gothic that is very evident in The Yellow Wallpaper is the recurring theme of repression. In one sense, the main character, through her confinement to the room with the yellow wallpaper, is being forced to repress … Continue reading →
Remaining Men Together
In Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, the narrator is afflicted by a rare form of insomnia which prevents him from getting any sort of sleep unless he experiences an extreme rush of emotion. At first, he frequents various support groups to get this rush, including one for testicular cancer survivors called “Remaining Men Together.” As part of […]
Gilman and Mental Illness
“The Yellow Wallpaper” is praised for accurately describing one woman’s terrifying and slow descent into madness from her own perspective, no less. She unknowingly describes her unusual symptoms, too distracted by the ugly wallpaper around her to reflect what’s actually happening to her. But what actually is happening to her? Gilman writes with such conviction that … Continue reading Gilman and Mental Illness →
Life of Galileo
After reading the play Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, it made me question how we as humans come to the idea of truth and what is part of a discourse. Anything and everything can be brought into question of how valid it is and whether if it is deemed worthy of being knowledge by […]
A Not-So-Silent Review of the Silent Movies
So, I’m a nice person, right? I see Berlin: Symphony of A Great City begin with a speeding train. Okay, seems…
God. Guts. Glory.
Disclaimer: This blog post is essentially an extension of my essay (haha). Some nights I just can’t help looking up at the moon, admiring it and all its beauty, and thinking to myself, “what in the world was Galileo thinking as he looked into the exact same moon in front of me.” I believe that Galileo’s greatest asset was not his intelligence, but his courage and audacity. It was through his courage did he dare to question centuries of teachings and knowledge. He firmly believed that through enough evidence and…read more
The Cinematic Genius of Vertov
One element that stood out for me from Vertov’s Man With A Movie Camera was the sheer creativity he demonstrates with the camera. The camera isn’t just a window into the world of film but a character itself; Vertov uses it in different ways, not only to communicate literary meaning but also to show what was possible … Continue reading The Cinematic Genius of Vertov
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
So here are some things I’ve noticed from watching this film that really caught my eye… In ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’, there is this huge use of jagged landscapes, spiky objects, tilted walls and windows, blades, things looking sharp like knives, crooked asymmetry etc. I mean, even the title sequences’ font is jagged and […]