Morning started with a useful discussion of Ngugi's A Grain of Wheat with my Year 13 class where the recurring image of 'barbed wire' plagued the post-colonial character Gikonyo so much so that he pricked himself to make sure he was alive and swooned when he became so overwhelmed with the pain and grief of his predicament.
Devoted some time to thinking what it would be like to tell the story of a walk in the park from the point of view of a dog. The excitement of the wide open spaces to run about free and boundless, following the sounds of rustling movements of little creatures like squirrels and lizards, nosing through the smells of bones and leftovers in bins and littered containers, a black and white view of the world. With mainly smells and sounds to lead me though this ecperience I imagine it would be quite a unique experience to become involved in. It certainly lends itself to a different view of the world, a view that I have never thought of before.
Late return home after snack dinner of Falafel at Belsize Park and animated discussion of the new kitchen, Kate Mosse's France in 'Labyrinth' and 'Sepulchre', particularly the persecution and destruction of the Cathars in Southern France and the seizing of their lands by the Northern French as sanctioned by the Pope in the Thirteenth Century. More on this next week after a reading at Wanstead Library on Monday.
Ironic though as the day started with the seeking out of a poetry Anthology first thing this morning and ended with us attending a poetry reading this evening.
Devoted some time to thinking what it would be like to tell the story of a walk in the park from the point of view of a dog. The excitement of the wide open spaces to run about free and boundless, following the sounds of rustling movements of little creatures like squirrels and lizards, nosing through the smells of bones and leftovers in bins and littered containers, a black and white view of the world. With mainly smells and sounds to lead me though this ecperience I imagine it would be quite a unique experience to become involved in. It certainly lends itself to a different view of the world, a view that I have never thought of before.
Late return home after snack dinner of Falafel at Belsize Park and animated discussion of the new kitchen, Kate Mosse's France in 'Labyrinth' and 'Sepulchre', particularly the persecution and destruction of the Cathars in Southern France and the seizing of their lands by the Northern French as sanctioned by the Pope in the Thirteenth Century. More on this next week after a reading at Wanstead Library on Monday.
Ironic though as the day started with the seeking out of a poetry Anthology first thing this morning and ended with us attending a poetry reading this evening.
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