As an artist, the passage starting on page 88 of The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh spoke to me. As he expresses how the writing began to develop a life of its own and was almost composing itself. I thought to my experiences writing and how natural it feels. I have written some poetry […]
Although here in the US we are beginning to see more political action, these seem to be small and short term in scale. Even the Occupy movement seems to have all but disappeared from the media. As cold-hearted as it may sound the citizens here are just not desperate enough to be able to affect […]
Tom Melling Artistic Changes Source footnotes: 4 “Kim Hong-do.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. 6 Kim, Won-Yong. “Modern Period.” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. 1,2,9 Kim, Won-Yong. “Painting.” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. 10 “Lee Jung-seob.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 13 […]
Well it has been a while since I have posted, I have been busy with scholastic kudos and producing art for my senior show. Since I missed commenting last week and am still unable to get the foot binding imagery as described in “Wild Swans” by Jung Chang. One would think that the idea of […]
In the Western adapted Manga book “Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, Volume 1” by Keiji Nakazawa, the one theme that stands out as crucial to understanding the context of the book and the war, is that of nationalism as a result of propaganda. Above I have included a few examples of US wartime […]
I was struck by the chapter entitled “Lost Names” in Richard E. Kim’s novel of the same name. Could you imagine suffering the indignity of losing your given name, arguably your IDENTITY, at the insistence of an occupying force? The scene immediately struck a cord with me as strikingly similar to the way the Nazi […]
I can easily put myself in the shoes of a family trying to cross a river in the middle of the night. Although I haven’t had the unfortunate need to do so, my overactive imagination, Hollywood historical upbringing and the currently developing police state bring vivid imagery to my mind when I read through Richard […]
I would like to take a moment to reflect on the Junichiro Tanizaki writing samples from Naomi, and In Praise of Shadows we were provided with. My first thoughts concern the eager western-wannabe Naomi, who I was struck by her desire to be seen in a western light. Initially I dismissed her western fascination as […]
As I mentioned in class I was a bit sentimental about finishing the book. Three chapters from the end I was struck with the realization that I would in fact miss the story when I finally finished it. While this is the first time I have experienced it in recent memory while reading a book, […]
As I wondered, YES wondered not wandered although wandered may be a fitting description as well, my mind was naturally inclined to think in poetic form about the visual imagery I was experiencing as a result of the description of events. The experience of visual, for lack of a better term, “daydreams” while reading is […]