Is it really the end?
I honestly didn’t know how to start this post, much like how I didn’t know what the seminar will be like. The …
“Nibbling, nibbling, little mouse! Who’s nibbling on my little house?”
The opera of Hansel and Gretel was a great way of ending the class. I think the storyline was completely changed from …
Metropolitan Wonderland
Frankly, I adored the Met. The section on the roman and greek culture and the marble carved statues are gorgeous. I imagined the …
What is Modern Art? (MOMA)
This museum has got be one of the most confusing. There were literally blank canvas on the wall and display as “art”. …
Botanical Gardens
Honestly, I completely forgot about the three trips that we were supposed to post about. This was the very first one that …
Finding the “right” opera
There was a part in article where Patchett said that if there is an opera available, always give it a chance. I …
Optimistic future for the world and us
The article by Al Gore paints a very positive image for renewable energy. His most memorable quote from the article was “enough …
Is this the end? Or not?
At the very ending of the book, Squarzoni talks about the three things he knows ; How there is a way of …
Twisted, Hypnotic Darkness
Birds with Skymirrors was different from all the other performances that we had so far. In comparison, this was more urging/symbolic than the …
Limits vs. Freedom
One the last page of the section , there was a quote by Cornelius Castoriadis which said “A truly free society should …
Replacing with alternatives – not a chance?
The whole idea about alternative energy is more positive/encouraging to me than the rest of the book. Sure, it doesn’t really meet …
Where I’m From and Reflection ~(>.<)~
I am from the summer year round, from the cool ceramic tiles of the floor and open fans of the ceiling and …
Peace of Time
Rushing to Urasenke after class to make sure we were there on time and the hustle and bustle of things throughout the …
Stuck at the End
Is Squarzoni trying to shift to his point of view on endings? I believe so. The little end story is a little …
What are we even doing?
This chapter is definitely filled with contradictions, but what amuses me is the differences in actions that America makes. On pages 268 …
Beyond the end
This whole novel endorses the following quote – “History has no beginning and no end, there are just events that people give …
Memory of NYC
When I started this section, I was taken away by the images of New York that Squarzoni has drawn. Especially the pages …
In Love with Dance
Falling for Dance was an amazing experience. Although it started quite dizzy with the Lucinda Child Performance Troop, it was still better than …
Mortality, Hopes, and Secrets
“Dry and dead things becomes earth. Earth becomes dry and dead things….. The only thing that separates us from dust is water …
