Saturday, April 7, 2007

March 30

We spent the first part of the class discussing blogs, specifically those of Dustin, Elizabeth, and mostly Carly.
-She wrote about some ideas she had while reading a book by Roberto Callaso including thoughts on ate, infatuation to the point of ruining one's life.

"He turned his mind to unknown arts."

The Wind in the Willows-in the chapter titled "Pipers at the Gates of Dawn," the characters see the god of nature: Pan
-Pan's Labyrinth is a movie that deals with this too

We need to train our ears as well as our eyes
-We need to hear the music of the spheres (the music of the planets moving)

After Ovid: modern poets retell the stories of The Metamorphoses of Ovid
-only art matters

The last part of the class was devoted to the sharing of each person's favorite five lines from Ovid
-Many chose lines from Pythagoras, but there were choices ranging between pages 25-549, almost everyone picked something unique.

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