Is the book a series of impossible but inevitable choices? The Odyssey, a 3000-year-old epic poem, belonging to an epoch unimaginable by us today, is a story that conveys a certain truth about life that somehow holds true today. Even with the frequent appearances of gods, sirens, cyclops and the likes, Odysseus’s journey is filled […]
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Book 23-24
Book 24 Summary: Hermes guides suitors to fields of asphodel Achilles and Agamemnon simp for each other Meets Laertes, tortures father Ithacan’s plot against him (suitors Fathers) Gods interfere Notes: Finally, Penelope gets some recognition by Agamemnon, even though it was completely fueled by the fact her actions were opposite to his own wife. Odysseus’s […]
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Book 17-18
One of the main ideas that I feel was repeatedly introduced in these two books was the idea of hospitality, and how it is important to treat people with respect regardless of their material wealth and appearance, as you never know their true nature. It reminds me of the age old saying, ‘never judge a […]
On first looking into CAT 3
This is my renewed rewritten and reviewed rendition of CAT 3, ‘On first looking into Chapman’s Homer” On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer BY JOHN KEATS Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold,And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;Round many western islands have I beenWhich bards in fealty to Apollo hold.Oft of one wide […]
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Wild Geese (Mary Oliver, 2004)
You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the desert repenting.You only have to let the soft animal of your bodylove what it loves.Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.Meanwhile the world goes on.Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles […]
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Shimmerwise
on new year’s eve BY EVIE SHOCKLEY we make midnight a maquette of the year:frostlight glinting off snow to solemnize the vows we offer to ourselves in nearsilence: the competition shimmerwise of champagne and chandeliers to attractlaughter and cheers: the glow from the fireplace reflecting the burning intra-red pactbetween beloveds: we cosset the space […]
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Kahaani Initial Reflection (CAS)
Brief: Kahaani is an Indian Dance show which supports the NGO Voice of World in Kolkata. This show aims to raise awareness and funds to support this NGO. Kolkata GC works with an organisation called ‘Voice of World,’ which is located in the city of Kolkata, India. Voice of World takes care of mentally and […]
(Sappho) Paper one practice : Feedback/Reflection
The word CAT had been prowling around the crevices of my mind for a week, but, as one does, I left my ‘preparation’ for the last day. Unfortunately, this was not a result of bad time management, but rather a result of no time left to manage. As I sat in my seat staring at […]
Tumbling through time: Sappho and the accuracy of her translations
A game of broken telephone that started in 600 BCE has given us the translations of Sappho that we can hold in our hands today. While one can’t help but marvel at the idea we are capable of reading literature that is many millennia older than us, we also have to remember that every round […]
Silat workshop (theatre)
Background: Silat is a type of martial art, practised in the Malay peninsula. There are many types of Silat, different schools teach different types, tiger, eagle, etc. There is actual combat, and also a performance aspect. Weapons used include the parang (a farming tool with a sharp edge) and Keris (dagger with jagged edges […]