Day: December 10, 2016
Surrealism explained
Miro from the article below by the Tate
http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/surrealism
Extract from above:
Surrealism was a movement which began in the 1920s of writers and artists (including Salvador Dalí and René Magritte), who experimented with ways of unleashing the subconscious imagination
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Some think love’s a letter we can’t type.
A symbol is a well where we must dig
To find the deeper meaning hid below
On our human knees we need to beg
To gain admittance to the daily show.
Life is but an apple we must bite
Our teeth may break and so we suffer pain
But from our human ills we cannot fly
But suffer learning,digging, once again
Love’s a cherry with a lively stone
Which desires to live itself when time is ripe
Some see love as meat gnawed from a bone
Some think love’s a letter we can’t type.
Love or hate ,a fruit will have its pips
Which choke us while its flesh is on our lips
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So look not into God or you shall die.
Poetic justice found in Shakespeare’s play
Dictates that those who sin must be rebuked
The good rewarded in remaining days
The bad must suffer,ills not overlooked.
In real life there is no simple match
The evil may succeed in violent theft
The good ask why God let their child be snatched
The bad may trample those who are bereft.
We cannot understand the human state
God is not a kindly father here
He is force and fire and strength and fate
We not children on his lap in tears.
The redness of the sun can burn our eyes
So look not into God or you shall die.
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With my mistress, Annie fair.
Stan and Mary went in town
To buy Stan a new dressing gown.
But he wanted a woollen one
In March that is not on.
To buy Stan a new dressing gown.
But he wanted a woollen one
In March that is not on.
The shops are full of summer clothes
But Stan’s not warm enough for those.
Mary likes to look around
But see how old Stan frowns.
So Mary says,I’ll go online
I’m sure I’ll find some fully lined
Made of wool and acrylic…
Them you can make your pick.
Thank you,Mary,you are kind
despite that brilliant,anxious mind.
I am the best dressed man in town
And soon I’ll have my gown.
Would you like cafe au lait?
I have my pension,I shall pay.
Very nice,dear Mary said…
I’d like a piece of bread.
Won’t you have a slice of cake?
I know it’s not quite what I make.
No,just plain bread,sweet Mary said
She then turned very red.
Mary,you look very hot
Is it healthy in this spot.
The central heating is too high.
She gave a weary sigh.
They drank their coffee and made jokes
About old folk who never spoke…
They bought some fresh fish for Emile..
They alway shop with zeal.
..
When they got home.Stan dialled Dave
Who told him he was very brave
and not to stand near a bus door.
Or he’d fall on the floor.
.
Oh,how I’d like to lie down there
With my mistress Annie fair.
but Mary is at home today
So i’ll just have to pray.
If you’re in pain and can’t have sex,
They say that prayer is second best
Morphine is so hard to get…
and it makes me feel sick.
So tomorrow Mary works
Stan and Annie have their perks
Dave calls round to bath the cat…
How obscene is that?
If you would like your cat washed
Or if your shopping has got squashed
Just dial 99999
The service is divine.
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Symbolism in poetry and other literature
Example #1
We find symbolic value in Shakespeare’s famous monologue in his play As you Like It:
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
they have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,”
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The CIA determined that individuals linked to Moscow stole Democratic party emails, according to the Washington Post.[From the Guardian Facebook page]
US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia interfered in last month’s presidential election to boost Donald Trump’s bid for the White House, according to reports.
A secret CIA assessment found that Russian operatives covertly interfered in the election campaign in an attempt to ensure the Republican candidate’s victory, the Washington Post reported, citing officials briefed on the matter.
A separate report in the New York Times said intelligence officials had a “high confidence” that Russia was involved in hacking related to the election.
The revelations came after the US president, Barack Obama, ordered a review of all cyberattacks that took place during the 2016 election cycle, amid growing calls from Congress for more information on the extent of Russian interference in the campaign.
How my heart sings 