I never beleived I would be discussing Blake and virginity in Burwood on a Friday night. No don't think I've gone all Michael Griffith and am now preaching the good news, but a girlfriend and I were having dinner and all the conversation turned Blakean. I mean I was for this brilliant Blake fellow and she is now reading Blake. She rings me up today ( Read more... )

I'm not one to feel sorry for any man, but I must stand up in defence of poor Theotormon. I mean come on give the guy a chance to explain hinself. He still can't see reason because the reasoning he has been briught up with doesn't allow men to accept that women are smarter, more powerful or psychologically superior to men!!!!! I don't mean that ( Read more... )

I also Like The Garden of Love yet I don't just see it as an attack by Blake on the Church as an istitution, but also as the suppressor of man's true desires and inspiration. The analogy Blake has use, the Church, says much about his views, as Pete has explained, but I also feel Blake is showing how the experience of love gone wrong can have the ( Read more... )

I really like Blake's etchings. You don't need to read the written work to appreciate the messages conveyed by the images. There is so much detail and so many different ways to interpret the images. They are truly very good works of art. It is great to see the written work alsso as it just allows one to appreciate the etchings on a deeper level.
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I'd like to review pete tucker's entry for this weeek. I like the way pete brings  Blake's poems and letters into perspective. He has really taken the time to visualise as well as critique Blake's poetry and material. Pete uses great stories from his own daily life to show his understanding of Blake's words. I honestly think Pete is a deep and ( Read more... )

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I honestly love Blake. He really knows how to confuse the Biblical order of life and death and mix it up with his vision of a new utopia that it makes one even more confused about the Bible and its content!!! He does nothing but give more confusion to an already confused wiorld. I mean 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience' are enough to ( Read more... )

This literature for young adults essay is really bothering me. Not because of the essay writing thing but the research. I then decided to analyse this research business ( Read more... )

I really enjoyed the plays today. All the groups did such a terrific job. The originality in ideas and the plays tailored to modern scenarios was highly effective, a job well done by all. I really enjoy the drama components of the literature course. It provides for some new ideas to filter through from varied and original minds. I think students in ( Read more... )

i realise now that i'm not meant to be a shakesperean actress. I mean for one the words sre so difficult to memorise and the sounds are all wrong!!!!!! what is that that stops me from memorising my lines? The list of things i must do today before i sleep? like study for my grammar test? read with my children? say hello to my husband. I forgot to ( Read more... )