Category: Inkling Thought
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 6 ~ Fin)
In part five, we wrestled through the problems of interpreting symbolism in film. This shorter conclusion to the Film Analyst ATE works through the idea of the new American hero in film. (We also praise demolition engineers who get paid to blow $#!! up). Doug Welch: “See? You didn’t bring anything to the movie, did…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 5)
In part four, Doug Welch and I talked through the appropriate times to notice figures/symbols of Christ in characters and the inappropriate evanglistic uses of film by Christians. We also showed two pictures connecting Wall-E and the Pieta, but that’s neither here nor there… LS: Two quick ones. We just saw The Help, and it…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 4)
Last week, The Boy Wonder and that other schmuck in the black suit talked on voiceover, visual show-don’t-tell and the power of good dialog. This week, we dig into the meat: SYMBOLISM! LS: Something we were talking about, symbolism in general, there’s a picture that was posted of Rothfuss’ Facebook page. This guy said, “I…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 3)
Last time, the film hero Doug Welch (and your Daily Bugle rep here) talked through show-don’t-tell, the evil of voice-over and the benefit of imagery when used in voice over’s stead. They also read some comics aloud… LS: That might be a really terrific exercise to sift through [Shawshank] and say what does that show…
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Kingkiller Alchemy: Refining Kvothe
I read the opening lines of Wise Man’s Fear: “dawn was coming.” At first, seeing that WMF’s prologue read as a one-page metaphor of a three-part silence, I thought he actually copied and pasted the thing. I didn’t mind it, in fact it set the tone well for WMF. But then, halfway through the reading,…
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What I’m Reading Now…
The time to write reviews for all of these turned up missing somewhere in the jumble of wrapping paper, noisemakers, and new years resolutions. I tend to keep roughly five books going at any given time from my need to start something new every five seconds (I’m a better sower than tender), AND from valuing…
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Joseph Campbell Religion :: Did Joseph Campbell Believe in God?
Someone found their way to Literating asking this question: Did Joseph Campbell believe in God?
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The New Hero: Tolkien and Subversion
We have this innate hunger for heros. Every culture has them, and every hero has a sort of journey. Joseph Campbell made this concept famous with his “Hero with 1,000 Faces”. In fact, being freinds with George Lucas, he inspired Lucas to create Star Wars. Along this line of thought, meditating the various heroes of…
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Ancient Prison Escapes
To the right sits a picture of Bacchus/Dionysius, from whose section in Bulfinch’s mythology I draw the following comparison. First the quote: Pentheus here exclaimed, “We have wasted time enough on this silly story. Take him away and have him executed without delay.” Acetes was led away by the attendants and shut up fast in…
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The Power of Myth: Reflections on Campbell
Ever wonder why Star Wars did what it did? We have Joseph Campbell to thank. Back a couple of decades, this dinosaur taught concepts from a lectern that would shape, and still shapes, the generations. Recently, thanks to a proper introduction via brother Doug Welch, I dove headfirst into The Power of Myth.