I just wanted to say Thank You to Dr. Sexson for being a great instructor. Good luck to my fellow classmates in the Oral Traditions class, thanks for reading, and we will see each other next semester!
Kelsey of the Free Rent
Kelsey Stavnes
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
my term paper- not quite edited
Music, Muses, and Oral Traditions
In ancient times, myths were used to tell stories of the gods and of human origins. Myths and stories were told by the fire or the hearth, allowing the entire tribe or clan to join in with the chorus, giving them the interpretation of their choice. A lot of these stories gave rise to the ideas of culture, survival, and the environment. Stories passed into songs about the gods and about personal reflection. People were able to express themselves in both the oral and the literate traditions through song. Ideas, thoughts and opinions were able to be demonstrated through song, music, words, actions, and gestures. “Music is existence- Gesang ist Dasein.”
Muses were called upon for inspiration before a poet or performer of a story began their tale. The muses served as almost religious figures- an idea and women to be revered and treated with utmost respect. Another woman who receives invocation and reverence is Mother Mary, the mother of Jesus. The purpose of this invocation is a little different however; it is more about personal salvation as opposed to performing as best as one can. For instance, the song “Let It Be” by the Beatles references Mother Mary several times:
In ancient times, myths were used to tell stories of the gods and of human origins. Myths and stories were told by the fire or the hearth, allowing the entire tribe or clan to join in with the chorus, giving them the interpretation of their choice. A lot of these stories gave rise to the ideas of culture, survival, and the environment. Stories passed into songs about the gods and about personal reflection. People were able to express themselves in both the oral and the literate traditions through song. Ideas, thoughts and opinions were able to be demonstrated through song, music, words, actions, and gestures. “Music is existence- Gesang ist Dasein.”
Muses were called upon for inspiration before a poet or performer of a story began their tale. The muses served as almost religious figures- an idea and women to be revered and treated with utmost respect. Another woman who receives invocation and reverence is Mother Mary, the mother of Jesus. The purpose of this invocation is a little different however; it is more about personal salvation as opposed to performing as best as one can. For instance, the song “Let It Be” by the Beatles references Mother Mary several times:
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.
And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer let it be
Let it be, let it be,
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on unto tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer let it be
Let it be, let it be,
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.
And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer let it be
Let it be, let it be,
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on unto tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer let it be
Let it be, let it be,
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.
By means of the song “Let It Be,” writers John Lennon and Paul McCartney could reflect on their experiences as humans in a crazy media world. Music and lyrics gave to them a sense of relief and a way to express their thoughts. With music, Lennon and McCartney did not have to spell anything out for their listeners. Music is up for interpretation and each word can mean something completely different from one person to the next. That is what makes music what it is now and how it can change lives. “Let It Be” is a reassurance of my faith and a reminder that things happen that I cannot change. Rather than try to change everything, especially things that are out of one's control, sometimes it is better to leave them alone. “Let It Be” also serves as a reminder that there is a higher power and that God or Mother Mary or the gods or even the muses are out there in the world. Sometimes life is better if left alone and given whole-heartedly up to fate and chance.
Myth, as well as music and song, also reflect on the past. Memories and past decisions give writers and song-writers alike ammunition for their arsenal of words. The “If only” motto is apparent in a lot of songs and it shows the regret and feeling of what might have been. Yesterday becomes an obsession of sorts, and gives a person a wish to go back and change events that happened.
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half of the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why'd she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half of the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why'd she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
“Yesterday” by the Beatles gives insight to the human world and mind. The human race, in general, desires what they do not have and wish for what might have been. Songwriters tend to focus on love because of the necessity of it for a full life. “Love, love, love is all you need...” Myth and other oral traditions focus on necessity but more so the primary necessity explained is survival. Lessons come about after the essentials are discussed and described. Beliefs and ideals are developed into the story and into the deeper meaning. Songs also have hidden meanings and one has to look inside of oneself to find the deeper meaning. The deeper meaning is something personal and something intrinsic. It is not easily explained and it can mean something different to each person that hears it or reads it.
Traditions, both in the oral and literate worlds, give the reader, the viewer, or the participant something different that they may not have experienced otherwise. The experience gives to the person time for reflection and introspection, thus giving him or her the chance to become a better person. Following in the steps of those around a person, he or she can reassess their life map and make a new path for themselves. They can choose to copy other writers and take “The Path Not Taken.” He or she can decide to carve their own way through life, experiencing everything for themselves and learning through mistakes and trials. Without the works of literature as a framework to guide us, we would be lost. Oral and literate traditions give the world something that we cannot give back. We have learned from them and we grow using the lessons they give us every day. Oral and literate (literacy) traditions give us the strength to step through the door but it is our own courage and conviction that we can greet the world and embrace it.
The Beatles. “All You Need is Love.” The Beatles 1. Martin, 2000.
The Beatles. “Let It Be.” The Beatles 1. Martin, 2000.
The Beatles. “Yesterday.” The Beatles 1. Martin, 2000.
Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken.” Mountain Interval. New York: Henry Holt and
Company, 1920.
In response to John Nay's blog/ our group wrap-up
JOHN NAY'S BLOG ENTRY:
So my group and I have just finished our project, and my, it is quite a relief. I would also like to compliment all the other groups on their work, and the entertainment they have provided. I look forward to seeing the final group’s perform on Monday. The purpose of me writing this blog today is to explicate the script our group performed for class. I am sure all our group’s presentations will be on the test, so I hope this blog will be of some service to you in the not too distant future. I will also provide a copy of the script in this blog; feel free to read it. I am going to primarily focus on my role in the presentation—we broke our group down to individual areas of expertise—so I will not soil what my other group members might have to say on their subject. As you learned from the brief explanation provided at the end of class on Friday, my role was a teacher who was completely stuck in the literate tradition—and very stubborn about outside opinions. In the word of Chris of the laughing rats: “Freytag would be proud”. But to give some more depth to my character in perhaps the best way I know how, I shall attempt to round him in the form of literacy. My character is a man that has just recently graduated college, and is at bit of a loss in terms of finding an appropriate, and successful means of teaching his students. Other than the few (perhaps in poor taste) joke’s I made about bestseller authors(John Grishram, Dan Brown), Kane in his chapter on context—which I drew a character from—makes interesting observations on how myth is taught, particularly by none the wiser English teacher’s, in a poor way that stays completely removed from the human life world. There a few things that I tried directly to allude to from the text, but other things I incorporated in, from contrasts that had arisen out of the other books we had been reading. I noticed there was some confusion on what I was exactly doing while I was stroking the binding of a book. I was doing it in a supposedly erotic way; poking fun at what Dr Sexson has explained is an obsession of the literary tradition. Which brings me to a key point into what my character was supposed to represent, which is, the safety that many modern teachers find in textbook studies of myth—and I suppose this is supposed to be ironic, the book is erotic, yet we shun sexuality, which I made a point of doing when addressing the students.Anyway, the reason that this is an inaccurate way to study myth, is that often times these textbooks will only give poor explanations about the meaning of the myth, with no sympathy towards the culture, and many of the contextual elements that made myths powerful and provocative when the oral poet spoke them. Instead as Kane demonstrates on the Myth of Demeter and Persephone, and the vague understanding textbooks provide, “[that] if these essentialist sentimentalities about human nature were all that mythtelling were about, myths would deserve their bad name”—which is a consequence perhaps, mostly of teachers not having any ability to expound upon anything other than that which the textbook provides.Another point I made about a teachers inadequacy on teaching myth was—teachers often have a very difficult time explaining truly what these myths are about, and they will often rely on the books graphics, as a means of supplementing any deeper meaning. This is why when I was sitting down at the desk in the middle of the room, rubbing an apple I said, “My…look at these pictures”.What I also tried to emphasis in this presentation was the political correctness that Kane explains has drawn out much of the meaning of these de-contextualized myths. For example, the myth of Demeter and Persephone is about fertility, and the contact between city dwelling cultures and rural cultures. Yet much of this context is absent in the text versions of these myths. Kane, in his research actually found this, “According to the sources of this myth (none of this in the high school anthology), she knows the secrets of the marriage-bed, and blesses couples on their wedding night.” Instead of including vital information such as he has provided, these anthology’s usually settle on abstract concepts such as compromise (which I wrote on the board)—which Kane explains is completely of myth a that should in fact “echo the knowledge of the agricultural seasonal cycles of the Mediterranean”. There is much more to this subject, and perhaps a bit more explanation into what my group did, but since it is Saturday, and I am a bit de-contextualized myself in the written word, I think I will go enjoy the rest of the day.
MY RESPONSE:
I agree whole-heartedly with what John said. Our group was trying to that literature and the appreciation of literature is not just within the content or the text, but also within the reader and what they experience (the context of how they read it). A lot of this appreciation can take place in activities that John, as the bad teacher, would not let us do. Writing and literature are to be experienced, to be challenged and to make meaning of it. I guess I am a little bit of a believer in the Reader Response theory but writing has whatever meaning you make it to mean. It can change based on personal experiences and from person to person. We were trying to show what not to do in order to establish the point that the context of the text is not easily decipherable.
So my group and I have just finished our project, and my, it is quite a relief. I would also like to compliment all the other groups on their work, and the entertainment they have provided. I look forward to seeing the final group’s perform on Monday. The purpose of me writing this blog today is to explicate the script our group performed for class. I am sure all our group’s presentations will be on the test, so I hope this blog will be of some service to you in the not too distant future. I will also provide a copy of the script in this blog; feel free to read it. I am going to primarily focus on my role in the presentation—we broke our group down to individual areas of expertise—so I will not soil what my other group members might have to say on their subject. As you learned from the brief explanation provided at the end of class on Friday, my role was a teacher who was completely stuck in the literate tradition—and very stubborn about outside opinions. In the word of Chris of the laughing rats: “Freytag would be proud”. But to give some more depth to my character in perhaps the best way I know how, I shall attempt to round him in the form of literacy. My character is a man that has just recently graduated college, and is at bit of a loss in terms of finding an appropriate, and successful means of teaching his students. Other than the few (perhaps in poor taste) joke’s I made about bestseller authors(John Grishram, Dan Brown), Kane in his chapter on context—which I drew a character from—makes interesting observations on how myth is taught, particularly by none the wiser English teacher’s, in a poor way that stays completely removed from the human life world. There a few things that I tried directly to allude to from the text, but other things I incorporated in, from contrasts that had arisen out of the other books we had been reading. I noticed there was some confusion on what I was exactly doing while I was stroking the binding of a book. I was doing it in a supposedly erotic way; poking fun at what Dr Sexson has explained is an obsession of the literary tradition. Which brings me to a key point into what my character was supposed to represent, which is, the safety that many modern teachers find in textbook studies of myth—and I suppose this is supposed to be ironic, the book is erotic, yet we shun sexuality, which I made a point of doing when addressing the students.Anyway, the reason that this is an inaccurate way to study myth, is that often times these textbooks will only give poor explanations about the meaning of the myth, with no sympathy towards the culture, and many of the contextual elements that made myths powerful and provocative when the oral poet spoke them. Instead as Kane demonstrates on the Myth of Demeter and Persephone, and the vague understanding textbooks provide, “[that] if these essentialist sentimentalities about human nature were all that mythtelling were about, myths would deserve their bad name”—which is a consequence perhaps, mostly of teachers not having any ability to expound upon anything other than that which the textbook provides.Another point I made about a teachers inadequacy on teaching myth was—teachers often have a very difficult time explaining truly what these myths are about, and they will often rely on the books graphics, as a means of supplementing any deeper meaning. This is why when I was sitting down at the desk in the middle of the room, rubbing an apple I said, “My…look at these pictures”.What I also tried to emphasis in this presentation was the political correctness that Kane explains has drawn out much of the meaning of these de-contextualized myths. For example, the myth of Demeter and Persephone is about fertility, and the contact between city dwelling cultures and rural cultures. Yet much of this context is absent in the text versions of these myths. Kane, in his research actually found this, “According to the sources of this myth (none of this in the high school anthology), she knows the secrets of the marriage-bed, and blesses couples on their wedding night.” Instead of including vital information such as he has provided, these anthology’s usually settle on abstract concepts such as compromise (which I wrote on the board)—which Kane explains is completely of myth a that should in fact “echo the knowledge of the agricultural seasonal cycles of the Mediterranean”. There is much more to this subject, and perhaps a bit more explanation into what my group did, but since it is Saturday, and I am a bit de-contextualized myself in the written word, I think I will go enjoy the rest of the day.
MY RESPONSE:
I agree whole-heartedly with what John said. Our group was trying to that literature and the appreciation of literature is not just within the content or the text, but also within the reader and what they experience (the context of how they read it). A lot of this appreciation can take place in activities that John, as the bad teacher, would not let us do. Writing and literature are to be experienced, to be challenged and to make meaning of it. I guess I am a little bit of a believer in the Reader Response theory but writing has whatever meaning you make it to mean. It can change based on personal experiences and from person to person. We were trying to show what not to do in order to establish the point that the context of the text is not easily decipherable.
group presentations
Muses and journeying- I really liked this presentation. The ideas expressed showed thought and concern for making sure the presentation made sense. I like that they included children's literature and things we have talked about in class. Very well done!
Story time: This was a good idea. It was entertaining and covered the Kane material well.
Dream sequence: I liked the idea of acting like we were all in a dream and that they worked with the material, as opposed to going against it.
Story time: This was a good idea. It was entertaining and covered the Kane material well.
Dream sequence: I liked the idea of acting like we were all in a dream and that they worked with the material, as opposed to going against it.
test review
The body is the medium for communication- Yates page 189
1. Nietzsche says we are all what? Ong page 104: walking dictionaries
2. Lull: motion, rotating memory system, no images, non-corporeal, ladder, tree
3. What shape does literature use to tell the story? the triangle, mis-en-enbyme (into the abyss)
4. Reformation not possible without the printing press
5. significance of mandela to Finnegans Wake- attempt to reconcile opposites
6. democratic alphabet, learn to read, out to the masses
7. Gesang ist Daseim. Song is existence Ong page 142
8. finality, closure. Ong page 130
9. Memory of divine man Yates page 224 (Bruno)
10. Alethiometer- truth measurer, alethia- unforgetting
11. Who built 7 pillars of Solomon's House of Wisdom? Camillo
12. Illiad: Such were the funeral rites of Hecktor, the tamer of horses
13. How many times was the alphabet invented? 1 Ong page 88
14. 1/3
15. What did Tae and Robert use instead of a typical memory theater? their bodies
16. Finnegans Wake article: writing to speech to gestures
17. Lull and Cabbela Yates page 188
18. hypertext-opening up into more (definitions, articles)
19. What is the ancient Hebrew alphabet lacking? vowels
20. LTRTR
NGLSH
21. Bruno rushes out of the convent Yates page 203
22. blank space portrays silence Tristram Shandy Ong page 126
23. Easter wings Ong page 126
24. notoriously unread book: Finnegans Wake
1. Nietzsche says we are all what? Ong page 104: walking dictionaries
2. Lull: motion, rotating memory system, no images, non-corporeal, ladder, tree
3. What shape does literature use to tell the story? the triangle, mis-en-enbyme (into the abyss)
4. Reformation not possible without the printing press
5. significance of mandela to Finnegans Wake- attempt to reconcile opposites
6. democratic alphabet, learn to read, out to the masses
7. Gesang ist Daseim. Song is existence Ong page 142
8. finality, closure. Ong page 130
9. Memory of divine man Yates page 224 (Bruno)
10. Alethiometer- truth measurer, alethia- unforgetting
11. Who built 7 pillars of Solomon's House of Wisdom? Camillo
12. Illiad: Such were the funeral rites of Hecktor, the tamer of horses
13. How many times was the alphabet invented? 1 Ong page 88
14. 1/3
15. What did Tae and Robert use instead of a typical memory theater? their bodies
16. Finnegans Wake article: writing to speech to gestures
17. Lull and Cabbela Yates page 188
18. hypertext-opening up into more (definitions, articles)
19. What is the ancient Hebrew alphabet lacking? vowels
20. LTRTR
NGLSH
21. Bruno rushes out of the convent Yates page 203
22. blank space portrays silence Tristram Shandy Ong page 126
23. Easter wings Ong page 126
24. notoriously unread book: Finnegans Wake
More notes for March 30, 2009
Reincarnated/reincarnation:
memory
related to the gods
related to religion and remembrance
Read "An Imaginary Life"
By David Malouf
Nothing is ever lost
If nothing is ever lost, why do we forget so much? Why does amnesia take place? How can psychology function (for instance in traumatic situations, victims or observers often "forget" what happened to them or what they saw as a coping mechanism)? I like the idea that one does not forget anything and it is just hidden away from sight, but if nothing is lost, where did it all go?
memory
related to the gods
related to religion and remembrance
Read "An Imaginary Life"
By David Malouf
Nothing is ever lost
If nothing is ever lost, why do we forget so much? Why does amnesia take place? How can psychology function (for instance in traumatic situations, victims or observers often "forget" what happened to them or what they saw as a coping mechanism)? I like the idea that one does not forget anything and it is just hidden away from sight, but if nothing is lost, where did it all go?
my memory theater
my memory theater is pretty basic:
I started at one end of the hall and walked past each person in order of their room to get my order. My memory system was not just the names but while I "walked" in the classroom through my hallways, I pictured the person and recited in my head what I know about them. Sone of those facts could not be shared and some were really personal but it was more than just the names of my "neighbors."
I started at one end of the hall and walked past each person in order of their room to get my order. My memory system was not just the names but while I "walked" in the classroom through my hallways, I pictured the person and recited in my head what I know about them. Sone of those facts could not be shared and some were really personal but it was more than just the names of my "neighbors."
notes for March 30, 2009
Freytag's pyramid versus the frame work of boxes in boxes
Freytag's Pyramid:
literature
clear beginning, middle, end
climax, denoument, exposition
Framework: Boxes within boxes
literate writers
frames within frames
discussion of novels and what to be expected
never ending
Page 144 to page 146
Become a BOOK ADDICT!- if you are not already!- most probably are in this class, just because we are English majors!
google Julio Camillo
Freytag's Pyramid:
organized
to the pointliterature
clear beginning, middle, end
climax, denoument, exposition
Framework: Boxes within boxes
literate writers
frames within frames
discussion of novels and what to be expected
never ending
Page 144 to page 146
Become a BOOK ADDICT!- if you are not already!- most probably are in this class, just because we are English majors!
google Julio Camillo
notes for March 27, 2009
Read the end of Chapter 5 in Ong
Does everything need to be organized and just so?
head and/or the introduction of the paper
Does everything need to be organized and just so?
head and/or the introduction of the paper
body of the paper
end/butt/tail/conclusion of the paper
prompts for beginning readers and writers to end with "in conclusion."
Everything is under construction
Thunderbolt: changer of things along with lightning
1. Zeus
2. Atmosphere
3. last but most important: Harry Potter
Museum: MUSE-ing room
check out Amazonkindle
Ong page 203
notes for March 25, 2009
term paper has to have these two words in the title: "Oral" and "Tradition"
start presenting after the April 10 holiday
By Monday, we should have our thesis thought out and the topic of our paper to tell Dr. Sexson
Describe memory theater online
Page 136 in Ong
The question was brought up in class on whether an outline can be a memory theater. I think that it is an unusual memory theater, but if it works for you, why not? It gives you a framework to work with and gives you memory prompters. I think it works for a memory theater and gives you the chance for a very organized memory palace. Didn't we talk about house-keeping?
start presenting after the April 10 holiday
By Monday, we should have our thesis thought out and the topic of our paper to tell Dr. Sexson
Describe memory theater online
Page 136 in Ong
The question was brought up in class on whether an outline can be a memory theater. I think that it is an unusual memory theater, but if it works for you, why not? It gives you a framework to work with and gives you memory prompters. I think it works for a memory theater and gives you the chance for a very organized memory palace. Didn't we talk about house-keeping?
notes for March 23, 2009
"Remembering Finnegan"- an essay that we should read!
Another memory theater presentation:
Chris McCann: people of the church (rabbi)
Sutter: first lines/ending lines of novels
WOW! that was incredible!
TIME TO BEGIN YOUR TERM PAPER AND GROUP WORK!
Watch "Synecdoche, New York"
ultimate memory theater is the universe
To try to encompass all (New York with a warehouse that has New York with a warehouse that has New York with a warehouse and so on) would be a task that would be never-ending and trivial. A person would be there for the rest of their life, trying to make something that is endless.
Intertextuality
Another memory theater presentation:
Chris McCann: people of the church (rabbi)
Sutter: first lines/ending lines of novels
WOW! that was incredible!
TIME TO BEGIN YOUR TERM PAPER AND GROUP WORK!
Watch "Synecdoche, New York"
ultimate memory theater is the universe
To try to encompass all (New York with a warehouse that has New York with a warehouse that has New York with a warehouse and so on) would be a task that would be never-ending and trivial. A person would be there for the rest of their life, trying to make something that is endless.
Intertextuality
notes for March 13, 2009
Continuation of Memory Theaters Day 3 blog:
the how of memory systems and theaters:
WHAT IS THE MAGIC? WHERE IS THE "MAGICAL HAT AND BUNNY?"
Touch:
actual object
body parts as memory theater
Sight:
around the house (walking- before to memorize and during to reinstill the memory)
places (going in a pattern- east to west)
people (using their images as a memory palace)
Categories:
using truth, food, ... as basis for memory system
the how of memory systems and theaters:
WHAT IS THE MAGIC? WHERE IS THE "MAGICAL HAT AND BUNNY?"
Touch:
actual object
body parts as memory theater
Sight:
around the house (walking- before to memorize and during to reinstill the memory)
places (going in a pattern- east to west)
people (using their images as a memory palace)
Categories:
using truth, food, ... as basis for memory system
memory theaters- day 3
Steve again: songs of the '90s
Kate: architecture sites and projects
Kari: films
The memory theaters were incredible to watch. Dr. Sexson mentioned that we would see the person presenting but they would not be there. That was very true. Watching a few people as they presented showed me that their minds were completely in another place. They were there but just physically. They were where their memory palace was- unfocused on anything but the task at hand of remembering.
Kate: architecture sites and projects
Kari: films
The memory theaters were incredible to watch. Dr. Sexson mentioned that we would see the person presenting but they would not be there. That was very true. Watching a few people as they presented showed me that their minds were completely in another place. They were there but just physically. They were where their memory palace was- unfocused on anything but the task at hand of remembering.
memory theaters- day 2
Shannon: Montana towns
Lisa: places to see before you die
William: people Dante meets in the Inferno
Erin: ski resorts
John: dog breeds
Melissa: places to see before you die
Carly: gods and goddesses
Nick: birds
Jeff: banks that failed- FDIC list
Zach: great things about life
Zach: top nonfiction novels
Brandon: bands/musical artists that he and his father love
Ben: Ben Franklin quotes
me: people who live around me in my "neighborhood"
comic book characters
Lisa: places to see before you die
William: people Dante meets in the Inferno
Erin: ski resorts
John: dog breeds
Melissa: places to see before you die
Carly: gods and goddesses
Nick: birds
Jeff: banks that failed- FDIC list
Zach: great things about life
Zach: top nonfiction novels
Brandon: bands/musical artists that he and his father love
Ben: Ben Franklin quotes
me: people who live around me in my "neighborhood"
comic book characters
memory theaters- day 1
Brianne: governors
Parker: independent films
Steve: songs of the '90s
Janna: spices
Rich: parts of the brain and nervous system
Joan: science fiction novels
Danielle: Children's books
Lisa: constellations
Charlie: books of the Bible
Tae: rules of grammar
Kyle: top guitarists
Kayla: Shakespeare characters
James: drinking games
Helena: composers
Robert: Japanese gods and goddesses
Parker: independent films
Steve: songs of the '90s
Janna: spices
Rich: parts of the brain and nervous system
Joan: science fiction novels
Danielle: Children's books
Lisa: constellations
Charlie: books of the Bible
Tae: rules of grammar
Kyle: top guitarists
Kayla: Shakespeare characters
James: drinking games
Helena: composers
Robert: Japanese gods and goddesses
notes for March 6, 2009
Helena's performance/presentation on prayer
passion, significance
call upon people to appear of/ on a scene or for their presence during prayer
very interesting to listen to because of the care, compassion, and tenderness that she spoke with. We do not know these people, but through her presentation, we can see that she loves them all and endears the people to us upon listening
The challenge: use orality during In-school experience for those of us who are teaching options. that could be really fun!...
passion, significance
call upon people to appear of/ on a scene or for their presence during prayer
very interesting to listen to because of the care, compassion, and tenderness that she spoke with. We do not know these people, but through her presentation, we can see that she loves them all and endears the people to us upon listening
The challenge: use orality during In-school experience for those of us who are teaching options. that could be really fun!...
notes for March 4, 2009
OUR GROUP: Chapter 7: Context
John Nay of the Striped Hat
Chris McCann of the Laughing Rats
Kate Beaudoin of the Beautiful Eyes
Deep Sea Fishing Jeff Shutt
Kelsey Stavnes of the Free Rent
John Nay of the Striped Hat
Chris McCann of the Laughing Rats
Kate Beaudoin of the Beautiful Eyes
Deep Sea Fishing Jeff Shutt
Kelsey Stavnes of the Free Rent
Notes for March 2, 2009
Sutter/Ramon Lull continued:
philosophical tradition
page 176: letter notation
grotesque as memory tool
movement of information into memory
memory as algebraic, formulistic- which stinks for those of us who are mathematically challenged
The nine attributses of god:
Bonitas- goodness
Magnitudo- greatness
Eternitas- eternity
Potestas- power
Sapienta- wisdom
Voluntas- will
Virtus- virtue
Veritas- truth
Gloria- glory
alethiometer- a measure of truth
leth- to forget
a- un/not
aleth- to unforget
philosophical tradition
page 176: letter notation
grotesque as memory tool
movement of information into memory
memory as algebraic, formulistic- which stinks for those of us who are mathematically challenged
The nine attributses of god:
Bonitas- goodness
Magnitudo- greatness
Eternitas- eternity
Potestas- power
Sapienta- wisdom
Voluntas- will
Virtus- virtue
Veritas- truth
Gloria- glory
alethiometer- a measure of truth
leth- to forget
a- un/not
aleth- to unforget
notes for February 27, 2009
google "images": orators
rosary is a memory system as each bead represents a person, place, thing or idea that needs comfort and help. Goes to show you that you can even carry your memory system around with you!
Can a book be a memory system/palace?
Juddhaism, Islam, and Christianity are based on books- are they too based on memory palaces?
signed on the dotted line
Sutter- presentation on Yates: page 173 and 183
Ramon Lull- Letters B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I, K
These letters represent the 9 virtues.
They are all together, in a cyclical pattern. neverending and never truly beginning
rosary is a memory system as each bead represents a person, place, thing or idea that needs comfort and help. Goes to show you that you can even carry your memory system around with you!
Can a book be a memory system/palace?
Juddhaism, Islam, and Christianity are based on books- are they too based on memory palaces?
signed on the dotted line
Sutter- presentation on Yates: page 173 and 183
Ramon Lull- Letters B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I, K
These letters represent the 9 virtues.
They are all together, in a cyclical pattern. neverending and never truly beginning
notes for February 25, 2009
alphabet song has been programmed into us- we have been brainwashed into an order of sorts. If you think about it, everything in life has a certain order. Even when everything is falling apart, don't they say "bad things happen in threes?"
notes for February 23, 2009
coffee shop- Carly's memory theater. the memory theater can be anywhere and somewhere that is personal. It could be a gas station, a coffee shop, a room, a hallway... we are not limited.
We also corrected tests today
We also corrected tests today
notes for February 18, 2009
Kane:
1. moon bone repetition
2. property?
3. Agriculture
4. practical
5. white berries
6. caribou and frogs
7. myth is the song on the earth to itself. we just overhear it!
Ong:
1. Primary orality
2. Secondary orality
3. chirographic (writing)
4. typographic (typed)
5. page 72- vision versus sound
6. Plato's argument page 79/Yates page 38
Yates:
1. Simonedes
2. rhetoric to ethics to cosmos
3. St. Augustan (page 47)
questions:
1. liberal arts (GGRAMAD)
2. neoplatonism- mysticism
3. John Nay's birthday
4. anamnesis- opening gates of recollection
5. 1600- Bruno burned at the stake- heresy
6. define parataxis
7. muses and Ong's 9 Things
8. bicameralism (Ong)
9. define esoteric
10. imagination is the one hour photo booth of memory
11. Who is Shazarade?
12. difference between natural and artificial memory
13. collective versus personal unconsciousness
14. Phaedrus- writing happens outside of the mind
15. instructor giving blood when?
16. memory, imagination and soul Kevin's 3 main topics
17. epithets- brave soldier, beautiful princess, sturdy oak
18. Ben and Kate's epithets
1. moon bone repetition
2. property?
3. Agriculture
4. practical
5. white berries
6. caribou and frogs
7. myth is the song on the earth to itself. we just overhear it!
Ong:
1. Primary orality
2. Secondary orality
3. chirographic (writing)
4. typographic (typed)
5. page 72- vision versus sound
6. Plato's argument page 79/Yates page 38
Yates:
1. Simonedes
2. rhetoric to ethics to cosmos
3. St. Augustan (page 47)
questions:
1. liberal arts (GGRAMAD)
2. neoplatonism- mysticism
3. John Nay's birthday
4. anamnesis- opening gates of recollection
5. 1600- Bruno burned at the stake- heresy
6. define parataxis
7. muses and Ong's 9 Things
8. bicameralism (Ong)
9. define esoteric
10. imagination is the one hour photo booth of memory
11. Who is Shazarade?
12. difference between natural and artificial memory
13. collective versus personal unconsciousness
14. Phaedrus- writing happens outside of the mind
15. instructor giving blood when?
16. memory, imagination and soul Kevin's 3 main topics
17. epithets- brave soldier, beautiful princess, sturdy oak
18. Ben and Kate's epithets
Sunday, February 22, 2009
The Test
I think that the test went well- hopefully. There were only like three questions I was unsure and I am kind of angry that I missed up on Ong's 9 Things. I did not remember one of the things. I am hoping for a good grade and I think I will get it!
Notes for February 13, 2009
Kevin on Yates: imagination is the one-hour photo booth of memory. Discussed soul, imagination, memory
can often remember imaginative acts in childhood better than what happened in real life
memory is the access to the divine world
check out the wikipedia outline of “The Art of Memory”
3 “Remember Me” speeches:
Hamlet
Jesus
Krishna
can often remember imaginative acts in childhood better than what happened in real life
memory is the access to the divine world
check out the wikipedia outline of “The Art of Memory”
3 “Remember Me” speeches:
Hamlet
Jesus
Krishna
Notes for February 11, 2009
Ong's 9 Things:
Additive
Aggregative
redundant
conservative
close to the human life word, information to life situations
Agonistic
empathetic and participatory
homeostatis
situational rather than abstract
Listen to the children and schoolyard flyting
Additive
Aggregative
redundant
conservative
close to the human life word, information to life situations
Agonistic
empathetic and participatory
homeostatis
situational rather than abstract
Listen to the children and schoolyard flyting
Notes for February 6, 2009
no clichés: just originality
epithets for everyone! Shaman Sexson, Kate of the Beautiful Eyes, Keen Kenning Ben, others
allegory of the cave (Zach): high school teacher made performance by turning off the lights
“Metaphors of Memory”
create epithets for everyone in your group
Not I think- I see
you close your eyes so you can see.
epithets for everyone! Shaman Sexson, Kate of the Beautiful Eyes, Keen Kenning Ben, others
allegory of the cave (Zach): high school teacher made performance by turning off the lights
“Metaphors of Memory”
create epithets for everyone in your group
Not I think- I see
you close your eyes so you can see.
Notes for February 4, 2009
Look at the pictures in the Yates book
to hear things incorrectly makes events and/or detaiks more interesting
emotion is what helps trigger more vivid memories as well as imagination
to hear things incorrectly makes events and/or detaiks more interesting
emotion is what helps trigger more vivid memories as well as imagination
My list of 50 Discrete Items/People
My list of 50 Discrete Items/People who live around me:
Sarah
Tiffany
Elizabeth
Jessi
Amanda
Jenny Sue
Lindsey
Rachael
Alex
Li Li
Bre
Megan
Rachel
Serena
Marly
Safia
Elizabeth
Katelynn
Anelya
Neilya
Shannon
Kelsey
Lisa
Ceran
Megan
Camille
Amber
Brooke
Angela
Jyoti
Lynlea
Shalaine
Eve
Mary
Li
Jenifer
Suhan
Kate
Heather
Laura
Clark
Katie
Sam
Sarah
Chuck
Julie
Whitney
Patrick
Jess
Sally
Sarah
Tiffany
Elizabeth
Jessi
Amanda
Jenny Sue
Lindsey
Rachael
Alex
Li Li
Bre
Megan
Rachel
Serena
Marly
Safia
Elizabeth
Katelynn
Anelya
Neilya
Shannon
Kelsey
Lisa
Ceran
Megan
Camille
Amber
Brooke
Angela
Jyoti
Lynlea
Shalaine
Eve
Mary
Li
Jenifer
Suhan
Kate
Heather
Laura
Clark
Katie
Sam
Sarah
Chuck
Julie
Whitney
Patrick
Jess
Sally
Notes for February 2, 2009
Groundhog Day!- each day is special and unique. Each day is to be lived.
I am reminded of “Stranger than Fiction” or “The Truman Show” because of the repetition of life. Each day at the beginning of both movies are redundant and not truly living. Only when the characters choose to live outside of the box (notice the cliché), do they truly live and flourish in their individuality.
Rituals and “the myth of the eternal return” endless repetition
recitation of lines/song lyrics/town as a memory theater
watch Groundhog Day: pay attention
Bloonsday: June 16, 1902
Ulysses out; the day that James Joyce met his future wife or exchanged intimacies
Muses and the classroom's memory theater:
Thermostat, Erato (heat), erotic poetry
chalkboard, Clio (old technology), history
screen, Urania (above us, look up at it), astronomy
“Quiet” desk, Thalia (class clown), comedy
overhead projector, Polyhymnia (hymns overhead in church), “many hymns”, sacred songs
old desk, Terpsichore (tiny dancer), dance
bulletin board, Calliope, epic poetry
snowman, Euturpe (“Let It Snow” or “Frosty the Snowman”), song
weird F, Melpomeme (swastika or Mel Gibson eating a pomegranate), tragedy
I am reminded of “Stranger than Fiction” or “The Truman Show” because of the repetition of life. Each day at the beginning of both movies are redundant and not truly living. Only when the characters choose to live outside of the box (notice the cliché), do they truly live and flourish in their individuality.
Rituals and “the myth of the eternal return” endless repetition
recitation of lines/song lyrics/town as a memory theater
watch Groundhog Day: pay attention
Bloonsday: June 16, 1902
Ulysses out; the day that James Joyce met his future wife or exchanged intimacies
Muses and the classroom's memory theater:
Thermostat, Erato (heat), erotic poetry
chalkboard, Clio (old technology), history
screen, Urania (above us, look up at it), astronomy
“Quiet” desk, Thalia (class clown), comedy
overhead projector, Polyhymnia (hymns overhead in church), “many hymns”, sacred songs
old desk, Terpsichore (tiny dancer), dance
bulletin board, Calliope, epic poetry
snowman, Euturpe (“Let It Snow” or “Frosty the Snowman”), song
weird F, Melpomeme (swastika or Mel Gibson eating a pomegranate), tragedy
Notes for January 30, 2009
Think about other people's blogs
Do not clutter your blog however
HOUSEKEEPING!
Come up with some examples of flyting: “The Christmas Story” which is full of insults and a different type of mob mentality. Shakespeare...
Poetry is everything including song lyrics, rap and stand-up comedy
Why not just memorize lines or objects? Why make it a memory system/palace/theater?
Senses trigger memories
NOTHING is ever lost
Do we have any memories before learning to talk? I think we do, just they are harder to remember and they are harder to fully explain when the memory is recalled
Do not clutter your blog however
HOUSEKEEPING!
Come up with some examples of flyting: “The Christmas Story” which is full of insults and a different type of mob mentality. Shakespeare...
Poetry is everything including song lyrics, rap and stand-up comedy
Why not just memorize lines or objects? Why make it a memory system/palace/theater?
Senses trigger memories
NOTHING is ever lost
Do we have any memories before learning to talk? I think we do, just they are harder to remember and they are harder to fully explain when the memory is recalled
Notes for January 28, 2009
If theaters are memory palaces, is the Globe Theater full of memories?
Know for the test on February 20:
Danielle's cooler
John Nay's birthday
Sutter's muse of tragedy: Melpomene is Mel Gibson eating a pomegranate
when Dr. Sexson has to give blood next at the Red Cross. It will be March 17 and he will give green blood. The last time was Inauguration Day.
The 100 Discrete Items has been moved to 50 Discrete Items- not the alphabet or numbers
Yates: cup-poison, Tablets-what happened, Testicles of a ram- testimony of witnesses.
Testify/test: referring to the body and male's anatomy; had to swear on male genitalia
memory theater within the extremely ordinary classroom:
thermostat
blackboard
screen
quiet desk
overhead projector
old desk
bulletin board
snowman
weird F
Kane: page 32- myth is poor remembrance.
Page 41: oak-ash
Sexson: IT IS ALL POETRY!
Yates: Page 4- heightened sight
Know for the test on February 20:
Danielle's cooler
John Nay's birthday
Sutter's muse of tragedy: Melpomene is Mel Gibson eating a pomegranate
when Dr. Sexson has to give blood next at the Red Cross. It will be March 17 and he will give green blood. The last time was Inauguration Day.
The 100 Discrete Items has been moved to 50 Discrete Items- not the alphabet or numbers
Yates: cup-poison, Tablets-what happened, Testicles of a ram- testimony of witnesses.
Testify/test: referring to the body and male's anatomy; had to swear on male genitalia
memory theater within the extremely ordinary classroom:
thermostat
blackboard
screen
quiet desk
overhead projector
old desk
bulletin board
snowman
weird F
Kane: page 32- myth is poor remembrance.
Page 41: oak-ash
Sexson: IT IS ALL POETRY!
Yates: Page 4- heightened sight
Notes for January 25, 2009
Do not ask instructors “what is it that you want?”
artificial art
technique for memorizing the muses: 2 C.E.T.M.U.P: Calliope, Clio, Euturpe, Erato, Thalia, Terpsichore, Melpomene,Urania, Polyhymnia
You could also use Sutter's or Tai's methods of going through a house or synagogue.
The liberal arts are: Grammar, Geometry, rhetoric, arithmetic, music, astronomy, dialect- a way of memorizing the liberal arts would be GGRAMAD. The stuttering grama and d
artificial art
technique for memorizing the muses: 2 C.E.T.M.U.P: Calliope, Clio, Euturpe, Erato, Thalia, Terpsichore, Melpomene,Urania, Polyhymnia
You could also use Sutter's or Tai's methods of going through a house or synagogue.
The liberal arts are: Grammar, Geometry, rhetoric, arithmetic, music, astronomy, dialect- a way of memorizing the liberal arts would be GGRAMAD. The stuttering grama and d
Notes for January 23, 2009
Alaskan cabin- reconstructed from Ben's memory and made by Legos.
Everyday should be remembered as if something happened. Hopefully it is not because of a disaster but something should be remembered for each day.
Shannon's blog on first memory: stranded in the backyard when two years old. She was crying when her father comes out with video camera, saying how cute she is.
My first memory is standing out in the front yard. It was a nice to hot day and my family was outside. Somehow I got a hold of the hose and was spraying my brother and sister. I was about two years old. I remember laughing hysterically. Looking through my mother's photo album, there is a picture of the incident. Ryan and Kim (my siblings) are bent over to make sure the water hits them and I have a big goofy grin on my face while I barely hold onto the hose.
Everyday should be remembered as if something happened. Hopefully it is not because of a disaster but something should be remembered for each day.
Shannon's blog on first memory: stranded in the backyard when two years old. She was crying when her father comes out with video camera, saying how cute she is.
My first memory is standing out in the front yard. It was a nice to hot day and my family was outside. Somehow I got a hold of the hose and was spraying my brother and sister. I was about two years old. I remember laughing hysterically. Looking through my mother's photo album, there is a picture of the incident. Ryan and Kim (my siblings) are bent over to make sure the water hits them and I have a big goofy grin on my face while I barely hold onto the hose.
Notes for January 21, 2009
go to Chris, Sutter, or Janna's blogs if you miss a class.
How do you go about thinking memorable thoughts? How do you remember?
You could start by eliminating cliches from your vocabulary.
Epic- definitely not cliché, and Dr. Sexson approves!
How do I know what I think until I see what I say?
To write is to make life and existence easier
Technology is not the villain; technology is inevitable.
Technology may not be the villain and technology is inevitable but it sure is annoying when it does not work. At the beginning of the semester, my computer contracted a virus of some sort. I was without my computer for about a week, and I felt lost. You do not realize how much you use something until it is gone.
Epistle generation: generation of writing letters
Society criticizes older technology but it has internalized and becomes second nature.
Dr. Sexson talked about the days of listening to a ventriloquist on the radio. TV came along, people complained that it would lead to a lack of imagination.
Referring to pictures instead of print.
What makes things memorable? If it is tragic, funny, historically or personally important, there is a carnal aspect, or not pleasant/grotesque.
Example of November 22, 1963 for Dr. Sexson, September 11, 2001 for us. Where were you?
I remember that it was early in the morning. My mother always dropped me off for school and we usually got ready for the day at the same time. She called me into her bedroom to watch the TV. As we watched together, we saw the towers fall after the planes hit. We saw people screaming and crying. We saw many emergencies vehicles. During the day at school, most of my classes involved watching TV and seeing the horrific events as they happened.
Do not use the words history or historic. Instead substitute mythology, mythological, or mythic
How do you go about thinking memorable thoughts? How do you remember?
You could start by eliminating cliches from your vocabulary.
Epic- definitely not cliché, and Dr. Sexson approves!
How do I know what I think until I see what I say?
To write is to make life and existence easier
Technology is not the villain; technology is inevitable.
Technology may not be the villain and technology is inevitable but it sure is annoying when it does not work. At the beginning of the semester, my computer contracted a virus of some sort. I was without my computer for about a week, and I felt lost. You do not realize how much you use something until it is gone.
Epistle generation: generation of writing letters
Society criticizes older technology but it has internalized and becomes second nature.
Dr. Sexson talked about the days of listening to a ventriloquist on the radio. TV came along, people complained that it would lead to a lack of imagination.
Referring to pictures instead of print.
What makes things memorable? If it is tragic, funny, historically or personally important, there is a carnal aspect, or not pleasant/grotesque.
Example of November 22, 1963 for Dr. Sexson, September 11, 2001 for us. Where were you?
I remember that it was early in the morning. My mother always dropped me off for school and we usually got ready for the day at the same time. She called me into her bedroom to watch the TV. As we watched together, we saw the towers fall after the planes hit. We saw people screaming and crying. We saw many emergencies vehicles. During the day at school, most of my classes involved watching TV and seeing the horrific events as they happened.
Do not use the words history or historic. Instead substitute mythology, mythological, or mythic
Notes from January 16, 2009
Why is memory a focus in a class such as this?
Writing is a TECHNOLOGY of memory
Listen to other people and their conversations-oral traditions and such
Danielle's conversation with her roommate about the water cooler:
“Have you emptied the cooler by the window yet?”
“No, because there is nothing really important in it.”
What do I know about that I did not know yesterday?
Page 7 in Ong: “Of the some 3000 + languages spoken that exist today (printed in 1982), only some 78 have a literature.”
Old people's terrible habits:
Repeating: If anyone has watched “The Mysterious Case of Benjamin Button,” think about the guy who was struck by lightning seven times...
Forgetting
Dying
Orality versus literacy debate!
Dr. Sexson likes the intimacy of literature as he fondles our textbooks- almost the equivalent of Playboy but not the same
Orality to written language, written to print, print to electronic and visual
Allusions to the movies “Back to the Future” and “The Wizard of Oz”
Writing is a TECHNOLOGY of memory
Listen to other people and their conversations-oral traditions and such
Danielle's conversation with her roommate about the water cooler:
“Have you emptied the cooler by the window yet?”
“No, because there is nothing really important in it.”
What do I know about that I did not know yesterday?
Page 7 in Ong: “Of the some 3000 + languages spoken that exist today (printed in 1982), only some 78 have a literature.”
Old people's terrible habits:
Repeating: If anyone has watched “The Mysterious Case of Benjamin Button,” think about the guy who was struck by lightning seven times...
Forgetting
Dying
Orality versus literacy debate!
Dr. Sexson likes the intimacy of literature as he fondles our textbooks- almost the equivalent of Playboy but not the same
Orality to written language, written to print, print to electronic and visual
Allusions to the movies “Back to the Future” and “The Wizard of Oz”
Thursday, February 19, 2009
To know for the test on Friday
from Kane:
moon bone (repetition0
property?
Agriculture
practical
white berries
caribou and frogs
definition of myth
from Ong:
primary orality
secondary orality
chirographic
typographic
page 72: vision versus sound
Plato's argument (page 79)/ also in Yates page 38
from Yates:
Simonedes
rhetoric to ethics to cosmos
St. Augustan (page 47)
Class Questions:
liberal arts (Stuttering Grama-GGRAMAD)
definition of neoplatonism (mysticism)
significance of February 20
what is anamnesis?
What happened in 1600?
definition of parataxis
muses and Ong's 9 things
bicameralism (Ong)
definition of esoteric
imagination is the one hour photo of what
Who is Shahir Azad?
The difference between the natural and artificial memory
collective versus personal unconsciousness
Phaedrus: writing happens outside of the mind
Instructor giving blood when?
What were Kevin's 3 main topics? Memory, imagination, and soul
epithets associated with the princess, the oak, and the soldier: beautiful princess, sturdy oak, brave soldier
Ben and Kate's epithets
moon bone (repetition0
property?
Agriculture
practical
white berries
caribou and frogs
definition of myth
from Ong:
primary orality
secondary orality
chirographic
typographic
page 72: vision versus sound
Plato's argument (page 79)/ also in Yates page 38
from Yates:
Simonedes
rhetoric to ethics to cosmos
St. Augustan (page 47)
Class Questions:
liberal arts (Stuttering Grama-GGRAMAD)
definition of neoplatonism (mysticism)
significance of February 20
what is anamnesis?
What happened in 1600?
definition of parataxis
muses and Ong's 9 things
bicameralism (Ong)
definition of esoteric
imagination is the one hour photo of what
Who is Shahir Azad?
The difference between the natural and artificial memory
collective versus personal unconsciousness
Phaedrus: writing happens outside of the mind
Instructor giving blood when?
What were Kevin's 3 main topics? Memory, imagination, and soul
epithets associated with the princess, the oak, and the soldier: beautiful princess, sturdy oak, brave soldier
Ben and Kate's epithets
Friday, January 23, 2009
More for January 14
My name, Kelsey Nicole Stavnes, means:
KELSEY
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEL-see
From an English surname which is of disputed meaning. It could be derived from the Old English given name Ceolsige meaning "ship victory". Alternatively it could be from a place name meaning "Cenel's island", from the Old English name Cenel "fierce" in combination with eg "island".
NICOLE
The girl's name Nicole \n(i)-co-le\ is pronounced ni-KOHL. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "victorious people". During the Middle Ages names that appear feminine today, like Nicolet and Nicol, were actually male names.
STAVNES
I (to probably no one's surprise) could not find an actual dictionary definition on the internet. nothing on wikipedia either! Luckily I know what my last name means. Family by the church. It is Scandinavian with Norwegian heritage.
The last thing that I see before going to bed is a handmade poster above my bed. I actually made it last semester because I liked the idea so much.
Life is not a problem to be solved. Life is a mystery to be explored.
The actual quote by Soren Kierkegaard is "Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."
KELSEY
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEL-see
From an English surname which is of disputed meaning. It could be derived from the Old English given name Ceolsige meaning "ship victory". Alternatively it could be from a place name meaning "Cenel's island", from the Old English name Cenel "fierce" in combination with eg "island".
NICOLE
The girl's name Nicole \n(i)-co-le\ is pronounced ni-KOHL. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "victorious people". During the Middle Ages names that appear feminine today, like Nicolet and Nicol, were actually male names.
STAVNES
I (to probably no one's surprise) could not find an actual dictionary definition on the internet. nothing on wikipedia either! Luckily I know what my last name means. Family by the church. It is Scandinavian with Norwegian heritage.
The last thing that I see before going to bed is a handmade poster above my bed. I actually made it last semester because I liked the idea so much.
Life is not a problem to be solved. Life is a mystery to be explored.
The actual quote by Soren Kierkegaard is "Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."
notes for January 14
Visit an unfrequented church-
allow your memory losai to flourish and allow yourself to remember things, events, names, people, places,...
Memories are formed as one journeys
3 keys to remember:
1. location (loci)
2. image (picture)
3. an interesting or grotesque fact
The person with the beautiful eyes is Kate Beaudoin.
The person with the funny story about his name is Tae.
Dr. Sexson is the mnemonic teacher, we are his students...
The nine muses are:
Calliope
the 'beautiful of speech'
chief of the Muses and Muse of epic or heroic poetry
Clio
the 'glorious one'
Muse of history
Erato
the 'amorous one'
Muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs
Euterpe
the 'well-pleasing'
Muse of music and lyric poetry
Melpomene
the 'chanting one'
Muse of tragedy
Polyhymnia or Polymnia
the '[singer] of many hymns
Muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing and rhetoric
Terpsichore
the '[one who] delights in dance'
Muse of choral song and dance
Thalia
The 'blossoming one'
Muse of comedy and bucolic poetry
Urania
the 'celestial one'
Muse of astronomy
The mother of the muses is Mnemosyne and the father is Zeus.
This is a great picture of the muses on http://caius-ebook.com/NineMuses.jpg
allow your memory losai to flourish and allow yourself to remember things, events, names, people, places,...
Memories are formed as one journeys
3 keys to remember:
1. location (loci)
2. image (picture)
3. an interesting or grotesque fact
The person with the beautiful eyes is Kate Beaudoin.
The person with the funny story about his name is Tae.
Dr. Sexson is the mnemonic teacher, we are his students...
The nine muses are:
Calliope
the 'beautiful of speech'
chief of the Muses and Muse of epic or heroic poetry
Clio
the 'glorious one'
Muse of history
Erato
the 'amorous one'
Muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs
Euterpe
the 'well-pleasing'
Muse of music and lyric poetry
Melpomene
the 'chanting one'
Muse of tragedy
Polyhymnia or Polymnia
the '[singer] of many hymns
Muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing and rhetoric
Terpsichore
the '[one who] delights in dance'
Muse of choral song and dance
Thalia
The 'blossoming one'
Muse of comedy and bucolic poetry
Urania
the 'celestial one'
Muse of astronomy
The mother of the muses is Mnemosyne and the father is Zeus.
This is a great picture of the muses on http://caius-ebook.com/NineMuses.jpg
Vocabulary
esoteric: keep it on the inside
Jesuit: Roman Catholic priest
ephemeral: short-lived, a short time
chirographic: writing
typographic: typing
epistle: letter
primary orality: no writing anywhere
secondary orality: literate society even if a person is illiterate
Polymaths: people who know a little bit of everything
luddism: hatred or strong dislike of technology; Luddites: haters of technology
para taxis: constructing sentences together using and, and, and, and, and and
neoplatonism: mysticism
anamnesis: memory, everything recollected
Jesuit: Roman Catholic priest
ephemeral: short-lived, a short time
chirographic: writing
typographic: typing
epistle: letter
primary orality: no writing anywhere
secondary orality: literate society even if a person is illiterate
Polymaths: people who know a little bit of everything
luddism: hatred or strong dislike of technology; Luddites: haters of technology
para taxis: constructing sentences together using and, and, and, and, and and
neoplatonism: mysticism
anamnesis: memory, everything recollected
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