Good example of a bad lecture

Not only is the content obvious but trying to state 'what not to do' to take up literature as vocation has been written in a very unreadable way.
The lecture has just been a way to vent out his frustration at having tor ead innumerable manuscripts. This lecture would have been an effective medium of communication had the lecturer just listed ten bullets of 'to do' or 'not to do' if thats what is convenient for him to write on like:
1. Have a style and one that is appropriate to the subject.
2. Stick to simplicity

Jun 4, 2006

Yesterday I read Andrew Lang's story from the Olive Fairy book.

Disappointed

When I read 'The Artist of the Floating World'.. I was so taken by his style .. that I next read 'The remains of the day'.. and felt so rewarded for trying out new authors. 'Never Let me go' is definitely a disappointment with so highly built expectations. But with his style of taking events along without much dialogues makes him an artist of another world..

Nov 11, 2005

Must read for art lovers

This is an excellent book. I am thoroughly enjoying it.
This book compares great painters 'Henri Matisse' and 'Pablo Picasso' works and the influence of each other and their works on the others art.
Henri Matisse with his keeping the painting simple and lively and Picasso with his cubism, drawing from imagination are 'artists of different worlds'. They have different painting styles and they paint at exactly opposite times.
The book goes through the works of each in the order one was done as a reacton to the other, sometimes one trying to beat the other at their own style.

CITES:
Baudelaire's essay- 'The Painter of Modern Life'.
Apollinaire's essay on Picasso's work.(also his 'La Poete assasine')
Picasso's play - 'Desire caught by the tail'.
Matisse - 'Notes of a Painter'.

May 23, 2006

Biological diversity

The authors job description is funny.
If teachers want students to ask questions, then this should be your workbook. Something or the other is sure to catch one's fancy and out will come the questions like 'If you were a creator, where would you place the second jaw?' 'Following owl monkeys do nocturnal men take more care of their babies?'

Nov 24, 2009

Sportswriting

If theres a book in the Best Am series that I might not be related by 6 or more degrees, that would have to be the sports one. But looks like it might not be so, after having read 2 very influential essays - Bill Plaschke's Fowled Away, Elizabeth Gilbert's Lucky Jim.

Jun6, 2010

Ask and you shall receive

atleast information.

One morning, I was wondering why not give a person insurance worth what he/she paid for, once they are not covered for any reason. Listening about Yeshaswini, I learn thats not possible.

I was wondering on Friday if philosophy, opinion falls under fiction or non-ficton.

Philosophical Novel

Word talk

Yesterday, while on a walk, I saw a car with 'WHATEVER' as its nameplate. In The way we talk now book, the chapter An Interjection for the age starts with a bit on the W word and moves on to identify the slang of each decade. He ends with a good word for wahtever that it opens the way to newer possibilities.

In Yadda yadda doo chapter, explaining how and why we catch and use phrases from TV and movies, he wrote about It seemed like a good idea at that time being picked from a 1931 movie The Last Flight. I was reminded of a book I read with the phrase as its title.