February 12

Courtesan: a high-class prostitute or mistress; a tragic, and sometimes mysterious figure, who is linked to powerful, rich influential men; these women are often ostracized and made to be a comedic figure
-a figure that is being lost in today's world

Some famous courtesans:

-Manon

-Violetta

-Odette

-Cleopatra

-Marilyn Monroe

-Anna Nicole Smith

Why should we be so possessed by these people?

-What is it that makes an icon?

The failure of understanding between men and women is older than drama.

-The Pinchie Scorner was acted out by Elizabeth and Sutter

--"Life has imitated art."

-Fogs do not actually exist, they only exist because the artists created them.

Our assignment: Imitate art. (preferably legally)

Two blogs about a Steiner page to look at are Amy's and Brittany's.

-Screed: a long discourse or essay

-Genius: a spirit inside of you; when you invoke your own genius, it brings out the best in you

--Therefore, I'm a genius (and so are you!)

Error in Steiner's Antigones, page 235: Cleopatra did not say "mortal coil" (that was Hamlet) she said "knot intrinsicate."

-Yea! Steiner actually makes mistakes too!

Antigones, page 109: "the Antigone gesture is made"

Our assignment: Make an Antigone gesture.

Archaic: exceedingly old; page 36 of Antigone references the story of Niobe (see page 188 of Metamorphoses)

-Niobe was turned to stone, and that stone still weeps today.