LITERATURE-CULTURE-LIFE

George Orwell

hershjas — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:31:11 +0000

The following is the 1st part of a video biography on George Orwell- the rest of the bio can be found on youtube

Conceptual Art in the real world

hershjas — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:52:38 +0000

IS THIS ART?

Elliot Smith

hershjas — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:26:01 +0000

Have you listened to Elliot Smith before? When i Lived in Portland i used to see him out singing karoake or sitting in the back of the same bus on the way downtown. Check out this video. There are interviews with him on Youtube. What do you think of his music? The story of his life/death?

MAGNUM PHOTO ARCHIVES

hershjas — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:01:34 +0000

Click on the link below and check out the photo archives. Look at the war photos section. What is the most impacting photo to you? Why?

http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/

what about this poem?

hershjas — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:17:43 +0000

Read Your Fate

A world’s disappearing.
Little street,
You were too narrow,
Too much in the shade already.

You had only one dog,
One lone child.
You hid your biggest mirror,
Your undressed lovers.

Someone carted them off
In an open truck.
They were still naked, travelling
On their sofa

Over a darkening plain,
Some unknown Kansas or Nebraska
With a storm brewing.
The woman opening a red umbrella

In the truck. The boy
And the dog running after them,
As if after a rooster
With its head chopped off.

Charles Simic

WHAT IS THIS POEM SAYING ABOUT THE DIASAPPEARING WORLD AND/OR YOUR FATE?