Reading List 2014

The Wasp Factory Iain Banks
Songs of Innocence and Experience William Blake 
The Power of Myth Joseph Campbell 
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 
Trainspotting Irvine Welsh 
Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning Edward Carpenter
English Myths and Legends Henry Bett 
The Goldfinch Donna Tartt
The Complete Works of Shakespeare 
The Complete Works of Dickens 
The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell
The Masks of God  Joseph Campbell 
Me Stories of My life by Katherine Hepburn  
Lauren Becall By Myself By Lauren Becall
Complete Works of Graham Greene 
A World of My own Graham Greene  
 

What to watch: Oprah interviews J.K. Rowling Full Video

"Politics is show business for ugly people."
- Paul Begala

An Ode to K

I'm so deep,

I'm drowning,

People look up to me so much, hater's be frown-ing.

O, O, O- OH.

I'm seeing flashing,

Stop, pout, free-frame,

later I'll be ca-ca-ca-ca-ca cashing.

Uh, ye-ah.

Rip another tag off,

I don't think I'll ever have enough.

Till enoughs, enough,

No. Honey keep it tight,

Later Ken and barbie be having lunch late tonight.

Life looks bright-er, under the lights.

No longer burn under the sun, as I rise high-er.

Yeah, I'm so deep,

I'm drowning,

I swallow more than life, baby its a circus.

But baby I'll still be clowning.

Me and you forever,

Till I get older and you find better.

But its all good,

I won't cut any strings,

Baby, I'm still collecting things.

That's the meaning of this life,

just take, t-t-take what it brings.

I'm so deep,

I'm drowning,

People look up to me so much, hater's be frown-ing.

Look at you as you look at me looking at me,

baby its the new circle of life,

mimiking the cashflow.

So Love, life, coz you only get one xo, xo.

Write it down, snap, shot, thats a tweet,

I'm so profound.

Yeah baby I'm so deep.

Move to the left, baby there's your selfie.

I'm so deep, I'm drowning.

I'm so deep, I'm drowning.

I'm so deep. I'm drowning.

What to watch: Whoopi Goldberg Direct From Broadway 1985 YouTube

What to Watch Recommendation: Jane Eyre (2006) 

 Starring Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens.

What to Watch Recommendation: Breathe In (2013) 

 

Genesis

End/Beginning                                                                        Beginning/End 

Darkness/Light                                                                       Light/Darkness

Black/White                                                                            White/Black

Water/Air                                                                                Air/Water 

Death/Life                                                                               Life/Death

Man/God                                                                                 God/Man

Male/Female                                                                           Female/Male

Sun/Moon                                                                               Moon/Sun

Bad/Good                                                                               Good/Bad

Heaven/Hell                                                                           Hell/Heaven

Wrong/Right                                                                          Right/Wrong 

Hate/Love                                                                              Love/Hate

Old/New                                                                                New/Old  

Pain/Joy                                                                                 Joy/Pain

End/Beginning                                                                      Beginning/End

      

 

The Fallen Woman in 19th Century England

 

The Angel vs. The Whore

 

The Social Outcast, The"Other"

 

"The best mothers, wives,
and managers of households, know little or nothing of sexual indulgences.
Love of home, children, and domestic duties, are the only passions they
feel." 

 "As a general rule, a modest woman seldom desires any sexual gratifi-
cation for herself. She submits to her husband, but only to please him; and,
but for the desire of maternity, would far rather be relieved from his
attentions."

  

 "In men, in general, the sexual desire is inherent and spontaneous, and
belongs to the condition of puberty. In the other sex, the desire is dormant,
if not non-existent..."

"Clement Scott, writing in 1894, can argue that men are 'born
animals' and women 'angels', so that it is in effect only 'natural'
for men to indulge their sexual appetites and, hence, perverse -
'unnatural' - for women to act in the same way."