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i'm still on lolita, damn this book is hard to read. every page i literally have a discomfort on the way he speaks about lolita. it's so sickening! but the writing is so good, i don't even know what to say. *Fiodora thinks so too!
on the other hand i'm gonna start 'pop song' and 'a peste' today! it's gonna be i guess my forth or fifth camus. i love him sm. also, i need to finish it soon cause my uni library doesn't accept us to keep the books on vacation and semester is ending. soooo... 🤸🏻♀️
it's nice day today, very cloudy. i love it, it puts me in a great mood! 🤍🌧
i made this for a literary magazine, do you like it ?
Openly - a photo-poetry book.
This is my first book ever in collaboration with Roshni Riar, a Vancouver based poet. All the poems have been translated to Punjabi by me.
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“The moral man is a lower species than the immoral, a weaker species; indeed—he is a type in regard to morality, but not a type in himself; a copy, a good copy at best—the measure of his value lies outside him. I assess a man by the quantum of power and abundance of his will: not by its enfeeblement and extinction; I regard a philosophy which teaches denial of the will as a teaching of defamation and slander— I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power
Tweet Analyeezis
Every now and then, Kanye breaks the metaphysical boundaries set by tweeting standards, and this is a prime example of his craft.
Kanye calls his tweet “contemporary art.” Much of contemporary art has the hallmark of being self-referential and metaphysical. Here, Kanye is demonstrating that very attribute in his tweet. It is this mastery of demonstrating a modern art concept in 140 characters that makes Kanye the visionary he is today.
In this specific tweet, he references the critics and others, as is a recurrent theme in many of his tweets. Here he calls them the “people telling [him] what to tweet and not to tweet.” The parallelism here is striking as the “people” are not only trying to stifle his creativity by keeping him silent, but they are also attempting to manipulate him. They are telling him to say things that he may not really mean.
Kanye is portraying the burden of the artist. The same people that are trying to keep him quiet are those that are also attempting to use him as a mouthpiece. In one tweet, Kanye has illustrated the dichotomy of the artist’s dilemma.
Sough ||
"The soughing of the wind in the branches of the trees"
"I love it when the night sky makes me feel insignificant."
Colleen Hoover | It Ends With Us
[Text ID : "I love it when the night sky makes me feel insignificant."]
2020 Reading Challenge
I have read 5 of 10 books for the 2020 Reading Challenge! What should I read next? http://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/21334848
I believe that this is the essence of academia. This is just so beautifully written. My heart fluttered as I read through the page.
We think we are alone. We think we are so special. We are deeply mistaken.
-Bunny by Mona Awad
Eres como esa canción bonita que me hace cerrar los ojos.
Little Women (2019) v. Book: the Timelines
I knew before seeing Little Women (2019) that it was going to have a start in the middle approach, something like Jane Eyre (2011) did. Writer/Director Greta Gerwig said (in “A New Generation of Little Women”, the first special feature on the dvd) that she wanted to feature the characters as adults, that in the second part of the book, the chapters are "the adult answer to what happened in childhood", and the film flashes back and forth to line up the storylines, although in this interview, at 1:50 she describes it as two timelines that are both moving forward.
When is Little Women set?
Published 1868 (Book/Part 1, Chapters 1-23) & 1869 (Book/Part 2, Chapters 24-47)
Civil War took place April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865
Here's a proposed book timeline for the whole series concerning the Marches.
For my book to movie comparison I watched the dvd with subtitles, and text searched lines in the Ebook on Project Gutenberg. You can also search the text in Apple Books and Kindle (and I assume whatever other ebook formats exist) which also have free editions.
I did not make notes of where changes to character or plot were made, just tracking the movie timelines in comparison to book timeline
Timeline 1 (because that's where the film starts) is the later years (Book Part 2)
Timeline 2 is the earlier years (mostly Book Part 1, but towards the ends it catches up with the beginning of Timeline 1, including content from Book Part 2)
Movie: the dvd "scenes" seem to cut in the middle of story scenes, so I've tried to indicate where there's overlap
Scene/Chapter 1 (00:00:00)
Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 34, 33 Jo
Scene/Chapter 2 (00:06:03)
Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 31 (references), 37 (quotes), 26 (references) Amy
00:08:40 -Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 28 Meg
00:09:40 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 (no particular reference except her sisters living away - home, Beth playing piano, .
00:10:11 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 33-34 (but no particular reference) Jo and Bhaer at theater and a dance.
Scene/Chapter 3 (00:12:05)
Timeline 2: "7 years earlier, Concord, Massachusetts" - Book Part 1 Chapters 4 (references), 3 (quotes), 1
00:17:53 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 33 (quotes), Jo (New York)
00:19:18 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 37 (ball), 39 (quoted) Amy (Paris)
00:21:26 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34 (references) Jo (New York)
Scene/Chapter 4 (00:24:24)
Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34 (references) Jo on her way home
Scene/Chapter 4, Scene/Chapter 5 (00:30:18)
00:25:10 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 2 (quotes), 1 (quotes), 13 (quotes), 6 (references), Part 2 - Ch 29 (references painting boots blue), Part 1 - Ch 7 (references), 5
Scene/Chapter 5
00:33:24 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34 (references) Jo on her way home
Scene/Chapter 5, Scene/Chapter 6 (00:38:40)
00:34:04 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 Chapters 4 (quotes), 7 (quotes), 1 (references), 5 (quotes)
Scene/Chapter 6
Scene/Chapter: 6 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34, Jo on her way home, post office/mail box
00:40:59 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 10 (quotes)
00:43:12 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 36
Scene/Chapter 6, Scene/Chapter 7 (00:47:07)
00:44:41 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 8
00:53:21 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 36
Scene/Chapter 7, Scene/Chapter 8 (00:57:36)
00:54:23 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 9 (quotes) Meg, 6 Beth (quotes)
01:01:24 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 28 Meg
Scene/Chapter 8, Scene/Chapter 9 (01:07:18)
01:03:15 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 39, Book Part 1 - Chapter 15 (references: making fortune, marrying for money) Amy
01:07:28 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 12 (references), 14 (quotes)
01:09:07 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 36, Jo and Beth
Scene/Chapter 9
01:10:05 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 4 (quotes), 15 (quotes)
01:13:36 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 39 (quotes), 41 (references)
Scene/Chapter 10 (01:16:25)
01:16:25 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapter 26 (cast of Amy's foot), Book Part 1 - Chapters 16, 6 (quoted, Beth's slippers for Mr. Laurence, piano), 17 (quotes, scarlet fever)
Scene/Chapter 11 (01:20:08)
01:20:08 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 36 (quotes), Book Part 1 - Chapter 10 (quotes, Jo writing it), Book Part 2 - Chapters 42 (references) *costume trivia, I think Beth is wearing the same plaid top that Jo wore in the past and is wearing in the following flashback
01:24:34 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 18, Beth and Jo
01:22:03 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapters 19, 23 (referencing marrying well) Amy
01:23:39 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 41, Amy
01:24:29 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 40, 28
Scene/Chapter 12 (01:25:46)
01:25:46 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 18
01:26:02 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 40
01:26:09 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 20
01:26:40 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 40
01:28:00 - Timeline 2: Book Part 1 - Chapter 22
Scene/Chapter 13 (01:29:37)
01:29:37 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 40
01:31:22 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapters 25 (Meg's wedding), 23 (quotes), 29 (references), 30 (quotes)- *Amy still with her young hair and short dress, "free spinster and paddle my own canoe.” quote from an LMA journal.
01:36:04 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapter 35 (quotes)
Scene/Chapter 14 (01:39:53)
01:39:54 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 42 (quotes), "all a woman is fit for" quote is from other LMA book, Rose in Bloom Jo
01:43:03 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 41, Amy
01:44:46 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2, Jo
01:45:12 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapter 33, Jo (arrival in NY)
01:45:42 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 43
Scene/Chapter 15 (01:49:37)
01:49:38 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 43
01:50:47 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 42, 27 (writing)
01:54:23 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 47
01:56:04 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 34 (writing)
01:56:40 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 43
01:57:06 - Timeline 2: Book Part 2 - Chapter 33
01:57:39 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapters 43, 46, 44, mixed in with material drawn from Alcott's experience writing and publishing
Scene/Chapter 16 (02:06:22)
02:06:22 - Timeline 1: Book Part 2 - Chapter 47, mixed in with material drawn from Alcott's experience writing and publishing
For reference, book chapter list:
PART 1 1 PLAYING PILGRIMS 2 A MERRY CHRISTMAS 3 THE LAURENCE BOY 4 BURDENS 5 BEING NEIGHBORLY 6 BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL 7 AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION 8 JO MEETS APOLLYON 9 MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR 10 THE P.C. AND P.O. 11 EXPERIMENTS 12 CAMP LAURENCE 13 CASTLES IN THE AIR 14 SECRETS 15 A TELEGRAM 16 LETTERS 17 LITTLE FAITHFUL 18 DARK DAYS 19 AMY'S WILL 20 CONFIDENTIAL 21 LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE 22 PLEASANT MEADOWS 23 AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION PART 2 24 GOSSIP 25 THE FIRST WEDDING 26 ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS 27 LITERARY LESSONS 28 DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES 29 CALLS 30 CONSEQUENCES 31 OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT 32 TENDER TROUBLES 33 JO'S JOURNAL 34 FRIEND 35 HEARTACHE 36 BETH'S SECRET 37 NEW IMPRESSIONS 38 ON THE SHELF 39 LAZY LAURENCE 40 THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW 41 LEARNING TO FORGET 42 ALL ALONE 43 SURPRISES 44 MY LORD AND LADY 45 DAISY AND DEMI 46 UNDER THE UMBRELLA 47 HARVEST TIME
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“take me oh muse to the madness within and let us sink into the thought that perhaps one day I shall find you in the oblivion”
“Let be not a tragedy worse than that of mine own nature/For woe shall thy heart beat only for thine affection/Oh cursed beauty thou art the artist of my pain/Love lives not in thy body but in mine soul for shall I devote my every breath to thee”
“i will live a hundred lifetimes if it means that in one of them i can sit beside you and- even if just for a moment- know that you are mine.”
“then let this be the hundredth one and no more- for there is no life of mine where you are not beside me.”
“there must be another way, another ending to this madness.”
“but oh how I’ve dreamt of it this way.”
everyday my mind spirals more and more with my passion for greek mythology, ancient history, and literature <3
“We men are wretched things”
- Homer, The Iliad
- a glimpse into my writing google docs
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