Thursday, October 30th, 2008
我是先生。我不是老师。我是学生。 In my life I have written these sentences in English, French, Spanish, Greek and now Chinese. That is about a ~30 year time span. Unfortunately the only ones that stuck are English and Spanish. Humph. whoops and fixed.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
I recall the first time that I read this book. Learning of dread is what I brought away from that experience. I remember that reading page after page of what becomes of Lung and O-lan felt like a chore to me. The one character I truly liked to read about throughout the entire book was [...]
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
The challenge of verily comprehending Monkey; I don’t believe I was ready for this task when I started it. I usually read out loud to myself when I am able. Cadence and rhythm align themselves with our breathing and voice. Narrative needs vocal folds to come alive sometimes. The epic-folk-narrative Monkey, much like the character [...]