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Possum Symbolism

July 27th, 2024

Exploring the realm of possum symbolism unveils a complex tapestry of meanings and insights that have captivated human interest for generations. Often misunderstood, the possum holds profound spiritual significance and symbolic value across various cultures. This nocturnal marsupial, emblematic of survival and adaptability, serves as a powerful symbol in the spiritual and symbolic world. Its unique behaviors and attributes offer rich symbolism, from the act of playing dead as a means of self-...

REVIEW of - THE KEY - 1958

July 21st, 2024

By Lee Pfeiffer A year after their Oscar-winning triumph, The Bridge on the River Kwai, William Holden and writer/producer Carl Foreman teamed again for another drama set in WWII, The Key. The 1958 drama is primarily a love story but there is plenty of action on the high seas, all superbly photographed in B&W by the great Oswald Morris. The offbeat story is set in England in the early days of the war before America entered the conflict. Britain stands alone against the seemingly unstoppab...

Symbolism

June 26th, 2024

My favorite part of watching films and TV shows is picking out the hidden things the filmmakers have layered in for us to pick up on. Film and TV are visual mediums and thus, lend themselves to tangible symbols that drive home the theme of the story. Symbolism is a powerful device used across various forms of art, including literature, paintings, and music. In the world of film and television, symbolism has the potential to make a significant impact on the audience's understanding and interp...

Jonah and genre

April 5th, 2024

Jonah and genre - OUPReading a piece of writing—from instruction manual, to sports page, to Op-Ed piece—according to its genre is something we do so naturally that it seems odd to even talk about it. Indeed, the very phrase "reading according to genre" sounds odd itself, entirely too formal, perhaps suitable for some English or Comparative Literature class, but hardly something that normal people do when reading normal things on an everyday basis. While that is true, to some degree at least, ...

Phoenix and Phoenices

April 1st, 2024

Phoenix and Phoenices Copilot answers zas inquiry about "Phoenix" in mythology The oldest referent of the name "Phoenix" in mythology is associated with the ancient Egyptian Bennu bird. The name "Bennu" relates to the verb "weben," meaning "to rise brilliantly" or "to shine"⁴. This bird is often linked to the sun, creation, and rebirth. The Greek word "phoenix" could have been derived from the Mycenaean Greek "po-ni-ke," which may have meant "griffin" or "palm tree" and is believed to be a...

Light and Heat - Shakespeare

March 7th, 2024

Download PDF1994Qs: Light and Heat; CordeliaShakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 5, No. 0471. Saturday, 28 May 1994. (1) From: David Evett <R0870%TAONODE@VMCMS.CSUOHIO.EDU> Date: Thursday, 26 May 1994 16:25 ET Subj: Light and Heat (2) From: Pamela Bunn <BUNN@HWS.BITNET> Date: Friday, 27 May 1994 17:35:51 -0500 (EST) Subj: Re: Cordelia (1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ...

Blade Runner - meaning of the unicorn

February 8th, 2024

(Credits: Far Out / Warner Bros.)‘Blade Runner’ explained: What is the meaning of the unicorn? Thu 8 February 2024 9:00, UKLike most of the best science fiction movies, Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic Blade Runner is littered with hidden meanings and profound symbolism. In Blade Runner, Rick Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, slowly retires the rogue replicants as per his orders and descends into a state of existential anxiety while encountering a series of symbols which point to his potential bio...

Penelope - Review - A Beautifully Straightforward Adventure Pilot

January 30th, 2024

The idea of youth escaping into a large section of woods so as to start life anew is a plot device not at all unexplored prior, seen in films as recently as 2013’s "The Kings of Summer," while literature will always have "My Side of the Mountain. "In "Penelope, "the concept gets the episodic treatment, but if the premiere is any indicator, this is one project with the potential to captivate in its own unique way. Mel Eslyn ("Biosphere"), head of Duplass Brothers Productions and frequent colla...

Lazarus Long

January 23rd, 2024

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Lazarus Long (person) See all of Lazarus Long, no other writeups in this node. (person) by Alixtii Wed Jan 22 2003 at 1:36:09 A fictional character by Robert A. Heinlein. Lazarus Long was born Woodrow Wilson Smith (after American President Woodrow Wilson) in 1912 to Maureen Johnson (then Maureen Smith) and Brian Smith. He was the fifth of many Smith children. "Woodie," as he was then affectionately called, was Maureen’s favorite, ...

The Kitchen

January 20th, 2024

A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares, "The Kitchen" is a tale set in a near-future dystopian London. Tackling the inaccessibility of affordable housing while turning the volume up to eleven, "The Kitchen" almost reads like a damning premonition of what’s to come as the gap between rich and poor widens to even more damning degrees. Izi (Kane Robinson) lives in the Kitchen, a take on a futuristic housing project that has truly become...

Epstein’s Volcanoes, Public Domain, Peaches, and Santa’s Clause

December 24th, 2023

Maxwell BOOM = Volcano BOOM, Public Domain, Balls of Fire: Lewis & Lewis, PEACHES: The First Millionaire + Child Scandal, Santa’s ClauseWhen I say BOOM! BOOMI’m not always just speaking in symbols!12/18/2023 Federal Judge rules Epstein associate list and victims must be unsealed and go public!12/18/2023 Iceland Volcano Erupts: "Amongst the most spectacular ever seen".BOOM! = BOOM!A symbolic BOOM is marked with a literal BOOM!Symbolism comms are remarkably simple at times.Not the first tim...

Titanomachy - Fiercest Battle in Greek Mythology

December 10th, 2023

The Fall of the Titans, by Dutch painter Cornelis van Haarlem, 1596–1598. Source: Wikimedia Commons Different interpretations exist regarding the creation of the world in Greek mythology. Historians and poets have differing accounts of how the universe, along with its gods and deities, came into existence. However, there is consensus on the existence of three generations of gods: the first generation comprising Uranus and Gaia, the second consisting of Cronus and Rhea, and the thir...

Joe Biden Donkey - Joe Burro Donkey - Tiger King - Joe Exotic

November 17th, 2023

Billy Cannon -> Joe Burrow, Burro = Donkey = Democrat, tigers -> TIGERS , Boxing: Jack Dempsey, Charlottes Web = Animal Farm Reaction, Giving Tree, Witcher 3: Understanding Context, Burro Part 2: Biden & Trump, Heisman Decoding, Birdwatching Spycraft James Bond, Green Hornet Bruce Lee, Burro Part 3: Joe Burrow & Joe Exotic, El Chapo & SnatchJoe Burrow is the biggest name in sports right now. What might he be coordinating as a comm?Record breaking news is always worth a dig! 09/07/...

Super Chicken

November 6th, 2023

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Super Chicken (person) See all of Super Chicken, no other writeups in this node. (person) by Gritchka Fri Feb 02 2001 at 17:01:08 Mild-mannered Henry Cabot Henhaus III is the world's richest chicken and an amateur scientist to boot. When he drinks the Secret Sauce he invented he turns into Superchicken. With his faithful butler Fred he goes on around solving mysteries. The catchphrase is "You knew the job was dangerous when you too...

Cruel Frederick

October 24th, 2023

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 The Story of Cruel Frederick (thing) See all of The Story of Cruel Frederick, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by e2reneta Thu Aug 17 2000 at 0:56:09 The first story in Hoffman's Struwwelpeter. This Frederick! this Frederick! A naughty, wicked boy was he; He caught the flies, poor little things, And then tore off their tiny wings; He killed the birds, and broke the chairs, And threw the kitten...

Containing Russia

October 16th, 2023

Alexander Kluge, Russia Container, trans. Alexander Booth (Chicago: Seagull Books, 2022). 392pp., £27.50 hb., 978 1 80309 065 8Russia Container is not a book about Russia. It’s about the images and stories that East Germans had of Soviet Russia before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and after. Alexander Kluge wrote it ‘on commission’ by his sister Alexandra Kluge, who, unlike her brother, lived in the German Democratic Republic after the separation of their parents. There Alexandra learnt...

On Peter Pan

October 2nd, 2023

Scene from Mabou Mines Peter and Wendy with Karen Kandel. Photograph taken by Richard Termine.I remember reading Peter Pan as a kid, a version based on the 1953 Disney movie—based on J. M. Barrie’s story. It turned me on. I’m six or seven, and I’m flipping through the pages, and there’s a picture of Peter with his arms crossed and his back to Wendy. He’s angry with her for some reason, and it turned me on. The words, the image, the anger? All of it, some kind of thrill-ball a kid has no words...

Stealing Reason from God - Theft in Time Bandits and The Fisher King

August 31st, 2023

Time Bandits (1981) | Avco Embassy Pictures> Theft as metaphor/metaphor as theftWho is the God of the white man of the midwestern United States? And once we know who God is, we have to ask: does he have anything worth nicking? Former American Terry Gilliam has directed 12½ feature films, all of them fantastical reflections of our society and its foibles. Gilliam is the most cynical fantasist in cinema, and his surreal, misty films often put our own bad behavior on display. Gilliam crafts a sh...

Symbolism in Film and Television

July 1st, 2023

What are some of your favorite symbols in movies and TV? My favorite part of watching films and TV shows is picking out the hidden things the filmmakers have layered in for us to pick up on. Film and TV are visual mediums and thus, lend themselves to tangible symbols that drive home the theme of the story. Symbolism is a powerful device used across various forms of art, including literature, paintings, and music. In the world of film and television, symbolism has the potential to make a s...

The Influence of Ancient Graeco-Roman Mystery Cults on Early Christianity

April 28th, 2023

Funerary stele of Licinia Amias on marble. One of the earliest Christian inscriptions found, it comes from the early 3rd century Vatican necropolis area in Rome. It contains the text ΙΧΘΥϹ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ ("fish of the living"), a predecessor of the Ichthys symbol. / Photo courtesy National Roman Museum, Wikimedia CommonsDid what initiates once heard and saw in the Mysteries transform into the historical Jesus?By Dr. Jan N. BremmerVisiting Research ScholarInstitute for the Study of the Ancient WorldNe...

I’ll Sleep When I’m Undead - Sleep in Contemporary Horror Media

March 25th, 2023

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTSI’ll Sleep When I’m Undead: Sleep in Contemporary Horror Media July 2-7, 2023 in MontrealDEADLINE March 31, 2023CORERISC: the Collective for Research on Epistemologies of Embodied Risk, and The Sociability of Sleep seek participants for a week-long writing workshop (July 2-7, 2023) centered on sleep in 21st century horror media. We aim to explore how horror media–from films to television to social media–responds to the conditions of sleep as a site of embodied risk today....

Symbolism Behind the Hairstyles in House of the Dragon

March 6th, 2023

House of the Dragon: Symbolism in the Hairstyles The Symbolism Behind the Hairstyles in "House of the Dragon" October 24, 2022 by Jessica Harrington First Published: September 15, 2022 Watch out! This post contains spoilers. Image Source: HBO The first season of "House of the Dragon," HBO's prequel to "Game of Thrones," dives into the tumultuous past of the House Targaryen almost 200 years before Daene...

The Symbolism of ‘A Rose for Emily’ Explained

February 4th, 2023

‘A Rose for Emily’ is one of the most widely studied American short stories of the twentieth century, but the subtle narrative style and William Faulkner’s use of symbolism are often difficult to interpret. Starting with the ‘rose’ in the story’s title, the text is rich with symbols whose significance can only be determined through careful analysis. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most prominent symbols and images in ‘A Rose for Emily’ and explore how – and why – Faulkner uses t...

A science-fictional idea for a geo-scale, lacework power plant (Interconnected)

February 3rd, 2023

Interconnected A blog by Matt Webb About Archive Subscribe for $0 Email Feed (What is a feed?) Unoffice Hours Book a call (What is this?) Follow me on Twitter @genmon @intrcnnctd A science-fictional idea for a geo-scale, lacework power plant20.48, Tuesday 24 Jan 2023 Link to this postThe temperature difference across the U.K. yesterday (600 miles) goes from 11C in Scotland to -8C in the south east of England – a gap of 19C (34F). Which seems like a lot? Anyway I was wondering, if you could so...

My Cat and Odysseus Dog

January 22nd, 2023

Open in appSign In Published inIn Medias ResThe note you're looking for was deletedMark BuchanJun 21, 2022· 10 min read · The Truth About My Cat and Odysseus’ Dog Ulysses and Argus, from Alfred Church’s "The Odyssey for Boys and Girls" (source)I have an aging cat called Thisbe. Still a street cat at heart, she is very affectionate toward me, but tends to be wary of other humans, and gets nervous when more than one is around her. I’m about to travel to Europe for a few weeks without her, an...