"the elastic souls of human beings"

- Riders in the Chariot pg 315

What a beautiful description. So much depth in 6 small words. In my mind, White is describing the way that humans compromise...even if it detrimental to ourselves. White is using these words to describe a weakness that many of us suffer from. Certainly many characters in the novel ( Read more... )

The Four Riders

"One figure might have been done in marble, massive, white, inviolable. A second was conceived in wire, with a star inside the cage, and a crown of barbed wire. The wind was ruffling the harsh fox-coloured coat of the third, flattening the pig's snout, while the human eye reflected all that was ever likely to happen. The fourth was ( Read more... )

Review of the original Dr_Mindbender Post, and the subsequent petition by Mitch as well as other posts and all the responses that these posts have received ( Read more... )

Clare recently wrote a post about listening. She commented that

"I was thinking about "Listening" the other day and I think in general people pretend to listen. They are quiet while the other person is talking but really they are just waiting till they are finished so they can say what they think."

I think Clare has made a really good point. People ( Read more... )

Alf Dubbo & Nakedness

Within the Alf Dubbo sections of Riders in the Chariot, White presents a re-occurring theme of nakedness. Below are quotes regarding this theme found within the text.

“There would be the white people, of course, perpetually naked inside their flash clothes.” (Riders, pg 424)

“...Mr Calderon had snivelled a while, as he was, on ( Read more... )

The other day, Jess wrote about eyesight. Jess discussed the scientific viewpoint about why we 'see', but then she questions this.
Jess' post was written beautifully, in my mind it seemed almost poetic. She shows us her struggle of understanding. She has been given a scientific explanation for eyesight, but she knows that there is more to it then ( Read more... )

The Four Riders and their views on faith.

I am really glad that I read Riders in the Chariot. Initially I found it quite tedious, but as I ploughed my way through the novel, I found myself really enjoying the stories, the characters. White has a unique way of conveying his ideas and his visions to his readers.
I was particularly intrigued by the way ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make. Despite all the stress, the swearing, and the screaming...I really did enjoy writing the script for our drama performance. (See below for full script).


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The script for The Post Modern Plagerists performance - Untitled.

Original Concept by Danielle Young
Script written by Jen Sullivan (except scene three which was cowritten by Jen & Janine Cetin)
N.B. All lines in italics are taken from the poetry of William Blake.

Character List
Patient
Doctor
Priest
Child
Partner
1st Student doctor
2nd Student doctor
3rd ( Read more... )

Dictionary definition
flagellation: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.

Self-punishment. It's an interesting concept. We do something wrong, and we beat ourselves up for it. Most people do this metaphorically, we replay the event over and over in our minds, tormenting ourselves. Other people, however, take self-punishment a ( Read more... )