Untold Untruths
Mike Wozowski is gobsmacked for good reason.
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Saturday, August 26
Education
The first time I read The Bell Jar, I didn't like it. The setting was depressing, the protaganist came across as some overly PMS-ed depression junkie, and the plot was the sort that made you wonder when the book would end.
But now that we're actually studying it for English, I'm beginning to see it in a completely different light. The beauty of the book lies in the writing, and the depiction of depression. If you think about it, if you gaze long enough at every line and savour the different moods and flavours it slowly fills you with - the depression actually becomes quite beautiful. Depression being beautiful? Krys must be completely off her rocker - but it's true.
Learnt some really interesting things here in ISKL. You know how I've always grumbled about how I didn't get why some books were considered literature? And why some art were considered masterpieces? How do you KNOW? How should I be looking at this book, or painting? What is it that you see in this creation that's so great?
Can't say I know yet. But I feel as though I'm on the way there :) It's a beautiful, wonderful feeling to be able to look at a piece of writing and slowly discover why it is good, and to look at a painting and be able to formulate some opinion.
After 17 years of so-called education - I finally feel like I'm learning how to see.
But now that we're actually studying it for English, I'm beginning to see it in a completely different light. The beauty of the book lies in the writing, and the depiction of depression. If you think about it, if you gaze long enough at every line and savour the different moods and flavours it slowly fills you with - the depression actually becomes quite beautiful. Depression being beautiful? Krys must be completely off her rocker - but it's true.
Learnt some really interesting things here in ISKL. You know how I've always grumbled about how I didn't get why some books were considered literature? And why some art were considered masterpieces? How do you KNOW? How should I be looking at this book, or painting? What is it that you see in this creation that's so great?
Can't say I know yet. But I feel as though I'm on the way there :) It's a beautiful, wonderful feeling to be able to look at a piece of writing and slowly discover why it is good, and to look at a painting and be able to formulate some opinion.
After 17 years of so-called education - I finally feel like I'm learning how to see.