July 2010
4 posts
An Education (Part III)
He told us about seeing the bulls in Spain. How they were bred for belligerence, then watched in pens as they played to select again for that profitable trait. How Americans could never understand that bullfighting was an art — yeah, an art. Americans with their narrow-mindedness, sterile humaneness, squeamishness at the first drop of blood or whiff of sex (even mere metaphorical sex). I...
Jul 31st
Jul 9th
An Education (Part II)
Structuralism and Poststructuralism For Beginners by Donald D. Palmer - $10.17 on Amazon.com.
Jul 6th
An Education (Part I)
If I get to University, I’m going to read what I want and think about what I want and listen to what I want. And I’m going to look at paintings and go to French films and talk to people who know lots about lots. - Jenny, An Education *** I hesitated before the half-opened door and double-checked the slip taped over its surface. The slip confirmed what I already knew: I was right on time....
Jul 2nd