Thursday, March 24, 2011

Poetry...English Class

Poetry is an odd thing, especially to me. I never really got what all of those seemingly random word, lines, and stanzas meant or why they had been written. I hated having to read poetry and then analyze it to try and find invisible and non-existent meanings. So when I heard that a professor from a local college was going to come and teach us about poetry I was not particularly excited. When he arrived (his name is Jim Ott, he also has a blog jimott.blogspot.com) he started to recite things that were complete jiberish to me, but after he broke it down and started to explain it to me I almost got it. I still don't like poetry, but now I can almost write it thinking that it doesn't have to have any rhyme, have any relevant meaning, or rhythm. Ha, poetry...

Monday, January 24, 2011

Second Wind


Second Wind - from Liam Hornby on Vimeo.

       I actually liked this video. Usually I don’t like this kind of video; there is no action, comedy, or adventure. Instead there are just a couple of seemingly unlikely friends who have a unexpected encounter. The large cat didn’t like having his friend “stolen’ by the light creature. This video reminds me of other classic adventures and story lines, I just don’t know which ones. The animation of this video was very good and clean. I loved the way he portrayed the giant cat, it looks just like the cat from the old cartoon Tom and Jerry. This video was good and had a happy ending.