Hello everyone, glorious morning here.
In today's Age A2 section there is, as always, some wonderful weekend reading.
Peter Craven writes about the Bell Shakespeare company, and how it has grown - Craven is always articulate, and strongly opinionated. Then there is a double spread on a new book about "Who wrote Shakespeare" - sounds very interesting.
The Age A2 section should be mandatory reading, or flicking through, if you are interested in what's happening in the world of books, writing and film. It's not high-brow, it's very accessible.
Kate Holden and Robert Drewe write very beautiful, often funny, vignettes on alternate weekends, and they are really pleasant to read - and the writing is very finely crafted. Anson Cameron's TV review pieces on the back page ( under the Leunig) are always worth reading.
I am having a very "cultural" 24 hours, having been to the MSO last night at Costa Hall to listen to Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky ( saw lots of familiar student and staff faces in the audience!), and then off to the Rupert Bunny exhibition at Ian Potter Gallery in Melbourne this afternoon. Lovely!
That will be followed by the more mundane (but still enjoyable) activities such as ironing, baking, and many many hours of marking.
Bon weekend. Those of you out there in the Blogosphere who have not posted for the last week, we are all expecting some evidence of your existance by the end of the weekend.
JC
hey class,
ReplyDeletedue to technical reasons rosie cannot post a comment using her user thing. so over the phone, she would just like to say, hey there everyone yes she still is alive and reading the blog.hooray. (evidence of existence) c u all 2moro.
I DO EXIST!
ReplyDeleteand i should definitely not be awake any longer, just enough time for a quick post. This weekend I have been at the recording studio, BUT during the times when i was unneeded writing down some quotes from King Lear on palm-sized que-cards, while also refining my poetry piece. How very exciting... Quite.
However today, i watched my footy team, thrash Carlton, in a game i thought would end tragically, just like all those before them. and finished it off with an episode of the new doctor in another adventure. Plus read through some more of The Great Gatsby. Contrary to what i have previously told you, IT IS NOT BORING, in fact it is now starting to pick up, and i am actually quite enjoying it.
I shall see you all tomorrow,
have a good night's rest,
elisha xx
Hey everyone.
ReplyDeleteI am currently finishing off Fahrenhiet 451 but am also reading the Sookie Stakehouse series. Perhaps some of you know them as the True Blood series, its also a TV series. I am really loving them.
Hope everyone is having fun studying...
Georgia. xoxo
Falling Stars
ReplyDeleteBy R. M. Rilke
do you remember the falling stars
that like swift horses through the heavens raced
and suddenly leapt across the hurdles
of our wishes - do you recall? And we
did make so many! For there were countless numbers
of stars: each time we looked above we were
astounded by the swiftness of their daring play,
while in our hearts we felt safe and secure
watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate,
knowing somehow we had survived their fall.
sorry, I am in love with this guy, but i'm not biased on his poetry. this one is amazing. hope you enjoy it as much as i do.
Sarah
Thanks Sarah. A poet friend of mine has told me that Stephanie Dowrick, the Age writer, is writing a biography of Rilke, so you may want to look into that.
ReplyDeleteI exist!! my blog has been playing up and not letting me post comments and such but hopefully it is fixed now :)
ReplyDeleteI have been reading a wide variety of novels lately, ranging from The Horse Whisperer (again!) to the House of Night series and I began a new book today which I purchased on impulse when I ever so accidentally ended up in Dymocks in the city. Can't wait to go and see Lear on Tuesday!
Hello hello :) I am currently reading Glen Gerreyn's 'get your hopes up' book for motivation for the coming week of exams! ha ha. I am also reading Oliver Twist for my journal. I am so very excited for the King Lear production tomorrow! See you all in the mornin
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to comment about the King Lear performance today, what an incredible job they all did. and thankyou so much JC for taking us! A great experience.
ReplyDeleteelisha
xx
Yes Elisha I too was going to comment on the performance.
ReplyDeleteIt was amazing and I really believe it helped my understanding of the text.
Thanks again to JC for taking us, I know they can be big things to organise but thankyou for putting in the time and giving us an opportunity otherLliterature classes haven't had.
Happy studying guys,
not long to go now!
xx JR
Hello everybody!
ReplyDeleteJust on today's class, it has been wonderful fun and very insightful. There is so much you can learn over a cup of hot chocolate on a lovely day! Just quickly i would like to say how lovely this semester of literature has been, how much fun, and what a great learning experience it has been. It has been lovely, especially all of the many conversations in and out of class. Thankyou to all!!
Finally, what I cannot leave without, a poem by Rilke. sorry... :) This one is beautiful
In Celebration of Me
Rainer Maria Rilke
I am so afraid of people's words.
They describe so distinctly everything:
And this they call dog and that they call house,
here the start and there the end.
I worry about their mockery with words,
they know everything, what will be, what was;
no mountain is still miraculous;
and their house and yard lead right up to God.
I want to warn and object: Let the things be!
I enjoy listening to the sound they are making.
But you always touch: and they hush and stand still.
That's how you kill.
I do enjoy the magic of words, and Rilke must have, too, given his life seemed devoted to them, but I must agree with him that sometimes, words cannot describe memories, or feelings, or sights and objects around us.
Sarah
:)