I love animie, especially anything Hayao Miyazaki.
I found a cement chunk on the side of the road and just knew I had to make something out of it!
Monday 20 February 2012
Saturday 18 February 2012
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Recently, I did a bit of book
shopping (seriously don't let me into a book shop with too much money; I will
buy out the store!). I bought "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland &
Other Stories" by Lewis Carroll. Besides Alice in Wonderland it has all of
Carroll's other work. Aside from it having a pink leather bound hard cover with
gold pages! It's a simply beautiful story.
I've got to say, in this day of tablet technology, NOTHING beats a real book. Just the smell and the texture of the pages just immerses you, wraps you up in the actually "reading" part.
While reading the introduction of the book, I found that Carroll received much criticism for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." The book was written in 1865. In the period of the 20's when Freud's writings on sexual repression where in the spot light, some people assumed the author had a sick fascination with young girls. If that's true or not, I don't know (I'll leave that up to you all to make up your minds); but I have a completely different approach. [I'd just like to make clear these are just my own observations and opinions] I think it’s about a child’s introduction to the adult / grown up world. You're finally comfortable as a child (going through school, making friends and learning new things), then you're sudden thrown into a new world again. Like Alice, you don't really know who you are anymore, and the world around you has morphed into a strange, unfamiliar place.
I haven't read the whole book yet but I have picked up on a few things that are symbolic or meaningful:
In the beginning, Alice chases the little white bunny into the rabbit hole. I think this, in a way, symbolises the terrifyingly brief period of innocence of your life as a child. She doesn't know where she's going, or what will happen; she just has the thrill of the chase and the thought of the endless possibilities when she stops.
Also, there are no other children in the story (so far) that have played any role - just Alice. All are adults or creatures of some description that don't have a definable age.
Everything in the book is very proper and adult. For example: the rabbit in the waist-coat with a pocket watch, the mad hatter and the hare having "Tea," and the Queen playing croquet.
I'll leave it at that for now. But it's a little bit of food for thought. The more I read the stronger I seem to be feeling about the story.
I've got to say, in this day of tablet technology, NOTHING beats a real book. Just the smell and the texture of the pages just immerses you, wraps you up in the actually "reading" part.
While reading the introduction of the book, I found that Carroll received much criticism for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." The book was written in 1865. In the period of the 20's when Freud's writings on sexual repression where in the spot light, some people assumed the author had a sick fascination with young girls. If that's true or not, I don't know (I'll leave that up to you all to make up your minds); but I have a completely different approach. [I'd just like to make clear these are just my own observations and opinions] I think it’s about a child’s introduction to the adult / grown up world. You're finally comfortable as a child (going through school, making friends and learning new things), then you're sudden thrown into a new world again. Like Alice, you don't really know who you are anymore, and the world around you has morphed into a strange, unfamiliar place.
I haven't read the whole book yet but I have picked up on a few things that are symbolic or meaningful:
In the beginning, Alice chases the little white bunny into the rabbit hole. I think this, in a way, symbolises the terrifyingly brief period of innocence of your life as a child. She doesn't know where she's going, or what will happen; she just has the thrill of the chase and the thought of the endless possibilities when she stops.
Also, there are no other children in the story (so far) that have played any role - just Alice. All are adults or creatures of some description that don't have a definable age.
Everything in the book is very proper and adult. For example: the rabbit in the waist-coat with a pocket watch, the mad hatter and the hare having "Tea," and the Queen playing croquet.
I'll leave it at that for now. But it's a little bit of food for thought. The more I read the stronger I seem to be feeling about the story.
Well... I've got to say that I'm new to this. I have been really interested in starting a blog so here it is!
I am going to write about a few different topics but my overall theme is that of our association and relationships with texts (e.g. music, books/stories, poems etc.). We all listen to music, no matter what style or genre, and I'd really like to think we all read books and/or poems. It's just our nature to like or enjoy texts we feel a strong connection with. Whether that be from an experience, an idea, a feeling, or a special person.
I'm really going to be looking at texts I feel a connection with and why, but I'm also going to look at it in general as well.
I hope someone out there see what I've got and I hope they enjoy what I've got to say!
I am going to write about a few different topics but my overall theme is that of our association and relationships with texts (e.g. music, books/stories, poems etc.). We all listen to music, no matter what style or genre, and I'd really like to think we all read books and/or poems. It's just our nature to like or enjoy texts we feel a strong connection with. Whether that be from an experience, an idea, a feeling, or a special person.
I'm really going to be looking at texts I feel a connection with and why, but I'm also going to look at it in general as well.
I hope someone out there see what I've got and I hope they enjoy what I've got to say!
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