All entries for September 2006

Personal Writing Project.

“How do poets, and artists of all kinds, use mythology as a way of prjecting their self into their work?”

A piece of personal invesigative poetry/prose:

why do I personally find it difficult to write directy about myself?

- does writing through a medium such as myth make this easier? Why? And what effect does this have on the “poetic persona”?

= DOES THE ACT OF WRITING PETRY THROUGH A MEDIUM SUCH AS MYTHOLOGY CAUSE THE ISOLATION OF THE EMOTIONAL SELF AT THE COST OF THE DEVEOPMENT OF THE POETIC PERSONA?

Texts of interest:

Ovid’s Metamorphosis
Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid
etc…

Possible points of reference between myself and mythology:

Viking Myths – Northern, earthy.
Tales of Medusa – conflicting personality etc.

Any thoughts?

: 23 Sep 2006 15:17 |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Back home…

Well, I’ve now been back in England for abut 10 days and I still can’t believe I’ve done it, that it’s over, and hw amazing that is…

I have travelled around the world! And both of us survived, we managed it, and we had a great time!!!!

I can’t believe it…

But it’s good to be home, to see England again, to be with family again… Now, I just can’t wait to see you all, move into our house in Leam, and let uni term begin…

Roll on year three… :)

: 01 Sep 2006 11:10 |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem