Why do i think That Edna thought the way i portrade her? Well First off after i read the poem that was in my t ext book i didnt think that, when i first read it i thought, hmm she doesnt think much of love, Then i re read it, thought the same rereade it again and at the END of the poem i noticed something i hadnt before "I do not think i would" now for most of you your probably think "Would not what?!!?!?!?!? come on you wierd British man tell us what you are opening your face for?!!? Well ILL TELL YOU! Through out the Poem "Love is Not All" It is not Meat Nor Drink" she talks about love as if it were nothing more than physical stuff, nourishment for your "cravings" shall we say. She talks about all the things people think of love(talking about those who think its all physical shizz" Well Dang it she doesnt think that! So that was the first nudge i got from Edna! Then i read on Wikipedia her history, OOOOOHHH boy! That Woman had more lovers than a Lion.....But the worst part of that history of Edna was that she actully cared about MOST of the people she was with. She wrote peoms FOR them, and with them.
So there you have it, the reason why Squiggles thinks that Edna thought alot more of love than she led on...though it could be my Romantic inclinations that some how twisted something that was the complete opposite of what she actully thought into something i relate with more....But... Only Edna Knows.
~Squiggles out *hits chest twice then does peace sign*
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Love, i gotta Say, i dont know if i feel it
Edna, may i call you Edna?
Why of course Rob, if i may Call you rob
Sure, Edna, let us get started, when you think of love, what exactly does it mean to you?
Loves meaning, hmm ,for most people love is something other people can use to further their own gains, something to sell out as soon as life needs something new. What ever people think, I think love is more, it is above a sell out, it nourishes the soul more than the body but a happy soul can die happy and move on and be happier, an unhappy body just dies and ends right there. Some people think love is for the body, it is more.
very deep Edna, very Romantic. I like that, Now Edna What are the Positive things about love?
For me atleast love is something you cannot sell, its most positive attribute is that while it doesn't nourish some of the bodily needs it does nourish all of the souls.
hmm, Edna your being a Romantic again aren't you? Well What are some negative aspects to love?
the most negative things love has to offer are that most people don't know what it is,they use it for self gain. throw it away on a wimb if something of bodily need arises, but not me.
So the negative is most people don't understand it Edna? Edna, you have led a very full life with many people you have loved, you are an expert for this question i think...How do you know when you are in love?
How do i know when I'm in love? why i wont think of food! or drink! or any other bodily need, because to me love transcends that. of course to others, love only means a free meal ticket, or something else free that the body wants.
Edna, how Important is love to life or even Society in your mind?
Why, I think you put it in the right order, Love first, life second Society...dead last! What have i been saying this whole time? Love feeds the soul, but most people don't know it, they want to feed their lives, and Society feeds that SILLY notion!.
Ah yes of course how silly of me Edna How silly of me indeed, Edna, i have a few more questions for you, in your life, how many times HAVE you loved someone?
Oh why ROB! so many, love is not singular! five i believe, my first brief romance was with Thelma wood, oh dont be shocked rob even back then we hada few bisexual people!!! yes she wasa sculpture, beautiful woman! Then there was Edmund Wilson, poor chap thought he could tie me down with marriage, not to be I'm afraid, then there was Eugen Jan Boissevain, ah he was WONDERFUL! we had an open relationship, i loved that man, and he loved me, when he passed i simply was distraught but i kept sharing my love with other people as he would have wanted. there are others but, let us leave it as this.
Have you ever made any of your lovers a Poem?
Rob, what poet hasnt? really! ofcourse i have, when i was with Eugen, i had a lover George Dillon. I wrote many poems for that man, the most i had written any one i believe.
Did any of your lovers ever help you with your poems Edna?
Actually, George did, he helped me do the translation of "Les Fleurs Du Mal" which we called "Flowers of Evil" it was exhilarating to work with someone I loved, our relationship i would say was the most significant other than with Eugen ofcourse.
Edna i would like to thank you for coming back and talking to me, it has been a riveting experience! Farewell and Enjoy your rest
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Ever Song - Father Of mine. How this song relates to The BLUES!
The Song i chose was Father of mine By Everclear.
Well first lets sumerize this song. Its a great song, a very good song. The Lyrics talking about how a father left a wife and Son behind, just walked out on them. It talks about how it was so difficult without having his Father, how they had to leave their house, and move into a "Black Nieghbourhood" which back in those days you had black and white neighbourhoods and if you were of the other color in that nieghbourhood you were scorned, and treated like crap. He sings about all he managed to accomplish without his father, and how it could have been so much easiar, then at the end he talks about how he has grown up now, and he never wants his children to feel that anguish and pain that he had to suffer through, and how he will never been a walk out dad like his was, how he promises he will always be there for his kids
This song is like the blues in many respects
First: The Blues, always in blues songs the song is focused on the person singing it, and how life is difficult, or how they hope one day to break free of THEIR chains that are holding them down, Where as in modern day music, its always a people or someone far away, something not personall. In "Father of Mine" He sings about how HIS father left HIM, and HIS struggles that HE had to go through without HIS father....YOU get what I AM saying?
Second: It Starts off sorrowful, and Ends with hope, like Most Blues songs do.
Third: I cant remember, it was actully really good :(
The Image i made. I actully took Screen shots of a few scenes in the Music Video that goes with the song. The First Image is him with his father, and how his father was at the begining there forh im. The Second Image is him watching his father walk away from him same as the third. The fourth is him with his mother being all sad and Lonely And the finall picture is him as a man, keeping the promise he makes in the lyrics of never leaving his own kids as shown in this quote.
"Now Im a grown man With a child of my ownAnd
I swear Im not going to let her know
All the pain I have known"
I guess that the thing you could really improve upon with putting the image and the song together, is really only strengthening the idea that it is the Singer who this story is about, it isnt about some random person, it is actully the singer, and when he sings he is actully putting his heart and emotion into the song. I think the Lyrics are stronger than the picture, you get the idea behind the picture. Combining them both together just Strengthens the idea of it being a personall Ordeal, one many others go through, but still in this example it is a single person we are talking about not many others.
~Squiggles turns on youtube to listen to more music!
Well first lets sumerize this song. Its a great song, a very good song. The Lyrics talking about how a father left a wife and Son behind, just walked out on them. It talks about how it was so difficult without having his Father, how they had to leave their house, and move into a "Black Nieghbourhood" which back in those days you had black and white neighbourhoods and if you were of the other color in that nieghbourhood you were scorned, and treated like crap. He sings about all he managed to accomplish without his father, and how it could have been so much easiar, then at the end he talks about how he has grown up now, and he never wants his children to feel that anguish and pain that he had to suffer through, and how he will never been a walk out dad like his was, how he promises he will always be there for his kids
This song is like the blues in many respects
First: The Blues, always in blues songs the song is focused on the person singing it, and how life is difficult, or how they hope one day to break free of THEIR chains that are holding them down, Where as in modern day music, its always a people or someone far away, something not personall. In "Father of Mine" He sings about how HIS father left HIM, and HIS struggles that HE had to go through without HIS father....YOU get what I AM saying?
Second: It Starts off sorrowful, and Ends with hope, like Most Blues songs do.
Third: I cant remember, it was actully really good :(
The Image i made. I actully took Screen shots of a few scenes in the Music Video that goes with the song. The First Image is him with his father, and how his father was at the begining there forh im. The Second Image is him watching his father walk away from him same as the third. The fourth is him with his mother being all sad and Lonely And the finall picture is him as a man, keeping the promise he makes in the lyrics of never leaving his own kids as shown in this quote.
"Now Im a grown man With a child of my ownAnd
I swear Im not going to let her know
All the pain I have known"
I guess that the thing you could really improve upon with putting the image and the song together, is really only strengthening the idea that it is the Singer who this story is about, it isnt about some random person, it is actully the singer, and when he sings he is actully putting his heart and emotion into the song. I think the Lyrics are stronger than the picture, you get the idea behind the picture. Combining them both together just Strengthens the idea of it being a personall Ordeal, one many others go through, but still in this example it is a single person we are talking about not many others.
~Squiggles turns on youtube to listen to more music!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Emily Dickinson poems in review
In this reading assingment we had to read a section entirely devoted to Emily dickinson, the summary of her life was by far the longest one i have had to read since starting this class, even the summarys of the blues writers was nothing in comparison to Emily Dickinson. No one had seen her writing style then, and even now people dare not touch that style of writing, so well did she use it.
In almost all of her poems she has a reference to god, which further gives the reader the knowledge that though Emily dickinson didnt go out much, and didnt have much communincation, God was a very large part of her life, and one she based most of her lifes works on. You get the sense that god, in her life, was extremly instrumental.
The poem i found most appealing was " Those- Dying then"
in the poem you get the sense that she is talkign about believers in god, and them being in the minority "Knew where they went" So even though they were not wanted in places while they were alive they knew that because of their faith they would be going to a good place by the side of god "They went to gods right hand, The hand is amputated now" Which further gives me the idea that she thought of a world where most people shunned the idea of God "And god Cannot be found" So then even though these people believe in god they cannot find the correct religion or they no longer feel god is behind them, watching over them.
"The Abdicatioon of belief Makes the behavior small, Better Ignis Fatuus Than no Illume at all" So she is saying that even though they cannot feel the presence of god anymore, its better to do as god would like, because atleast you THINK you will ge given to the right hand of god, then life is worth living, because if you do not think there is anything after death, then whats the point? Better to belive than to not. This is actully something i can relate to, because i have someone in my life who does not believe in god and is terrified of the thought of death, while i myself, NOT a big fan of the idea of dieing, and i do enjoy living life, and would rather live. Know that atleast when i die, there is something else afterwards that isnt so bad.
I found this poem Appealing because out of all of them, this poem i was able to relate to in some sort of way, and also it made alot of sense to me while the others just seemed like words put together. The other factor of my liking this poem was ofcourse its length. Its short, sweet and to the point.
~Squiggles out!
In almost all of her poems she has a reference to god, which further gives the reader the knowledge that though Emily dickinson didnt go out much, and didnt have much communincation, God was a very large part of her life, and one she based most of her lifes works on. You get the sense that god, in her life, was extremly instrumental.
The poem i found most appealing was " Those- Dying then"
in the poem you get the sense that she is talkign about believers in god, and them being in the minority "Knew where they went" So even though they were not wanted in places while they were alive they knew that because of their faith they would be going to a good place by the side of god "They went to gods right hand, The hand is amputated now" Which further gives me the idea that she thought of a world where most people shunned the idea of God "And god Cannot be found" So then even though these people believe in god they cannot find the correct religion or they no longer feel god is behind them, watching over them.
"The Abdicatioon of belief Makes the behavior small, Better Ignis Fatuus Than no Illume at all" So she is saying that even though they cannot feel the presence of god anymore, its better to do as god would like, because atleast you THINK you will ge given to the right hand of god, then life is worth living, because if you do not think there is anything after death, then whats the point? Better to belive than to not. This is actully something i can relate to, because i have someone in my life who does not believe in god and is terrified of the thought of death, while i myself, NOT a big fan of the idea of dieing, and i do enjoy living life, and would rather live. Know that atleast when i die, there is something else afterwards that isnt so bad.
I found this poem Appealing because out of all of them, this poem i was able to relate to in some sort of way, and also it made alot of sense to me while the others just seemed like words put together. The other factor of my liking this poem was ofcourse its length. Its short, sweet and to the point.
~Squiggles out!
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