Noises

NOISES

Screech Honk Punk Clunk

Vroom Vroom Crash

Ping Pong

Bark Meow Roar and Chirp

Oowiu oowui oowiu

Peep peep

Scratch, Scrape, Sweep and Swish

Bang Crack Crunch and Bleep

Drip Drip

Plop Clap Clank and Pop

Ring Ring

TWO

Do Not Remove Label

Do not remove label

Do not freeze. Do not reheat. Do not place bellow 7* C. Do not expose to extreme heat.

Do not stack. Do not store in humid place. Do not refrigerate. Do not microwave. Do not store in humid area.

Do not swallow. Do not leave children unattended with product. Do not consume under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Do not inflate in enclosed areas. Do not record. Do not duplicate. Do not rebottle. Do not exceed 40 mph. Do not overtake truck.

Do not cross. Do not enter. Do not step. Do not sit. Do not open. Do not operate heavy machinery. Do not consume while pregnant.

Do not use if pregnant or suspect you are pregnant or are breast-feeding. Do not place in contact with skin. Do not dry clean. Do not bleach.

Do not dye. Do not disturb. Do not try this at home. Do not reply. Do not lift. Do not run. Do not sign in black ink. Do not touch. Do not climb. Do not litter.

Do not smoke. Do not feed alpacas. Do not feed the wildlife. Do not block driveway. Do not drink this water. Do not scream. Do not throw rocks. Do not operate without help.

TWO

Ozymandias Modification

Oh

I mourn a time for all around love


Why sing: Try violins at times low of sound

Shadows in the dark. Night time, of the silence,

Hum softly, amid silk vines l, wish forgiveness


A wish, among simple order comes colorfull


Try truth in spirit with to pray ranting

With your soft, soft outer touch lighting tenderness,


This has the mattress that any theatre has to find.

Adopt our tone please to wake alex:

"My new instrument Order, k o k:


Love our mom with, your Mind, add diligence!"


Never buy rubber. Retarded teams do


Once the cow wakes, bring a bat


This long and lazy story satisfies future arguments.

Flaaaaaaarf!

Poetry Daily

I walk into a room

I say

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size

They send me to eat in the kitchen

They'll see how beautiful I am

Then they swarm around me,

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black,

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,

I hear the bright bee hum

Ever serene and fair,

And all this is folly to the world

A Soothing Enigma

While listening to Tony Morrison’s a lot of ideas came to mind. The first thing was the importance of context. Morrison tells the viewers that in order to write her book she had to study about the time period. By study I thought she meant get to know the historical context, I was clearly wrong. She states that she sat down with botanists in order to find out how tall the trees were. Her dedication impacted me. Writing a good book is so much more than the idea, it is the notion of the essence, feeling what the smells were like, the air, the noise, the view, and so many more factors that make a book unique.

The second aspect that caught my attention was race. The entire interview was based on the discrimination and exclusion of certain groups. Not only does Morrison mention black segregation but white rejection. Rose focuses on the different types of racial movements that take place in the US. The election of Obama, which had happened a few days ago, marked a pivotal moment for Rose. When the issue of whether or not his election marked a point in the movement against segregation, Morrison did not feel strongly about it. She was not enthusiastic, much like the tone in her books. If you take a look at the video in minute 24:50 you will notice how Rose is surprised at her lack of expression.

In order to conclude I must mention Morrison’s comment about readers and their perceptions. She mentions that a reader should not look at other forms of the characters he will or has read because it will change his own opinion. Each character is different for each person and it should remain they way. Maybe that is why she gave the characters in her book such strange names, names that every reader must decipher.

A Cultural Calling

With names in the back of my head I continued my journey into The Song Of Solomon. The story developed into the story of Milkman, a character that has a lot to do with his name. If I were called Milkman because my mother breast-fed me past the appropriate age I would probably try to loose the nickname. Not only does this strange fellow accept his name it does not bother him. When you go a little deeper and look at his last name, Dead, you realize that there is definitely something very special about the way Morrison portrays her characters. At a given point Milkman travels to his aunts house. Seen as the family bookkeeper Milkman’s aunt begins to tell him the story about the Dead family. At a slight sardonic tone leads the main character to become defensive: “as though having the name was a matter of deep personal pride, as though she had tried to expel him from a very special group, in which he not only belonged, but had exclusive rights” (Morrison, 38-39). He is proud about his name and will fight anyone who sais otherwise. Although this surprised me at first I soon realized that it was to be expected from someone who wants to feel as if he were a part of something.

Furthermore, Milkman’s obsession with the past begins to grow incessantly. After questing his aunt he asks his father for his recollection of the past. His eagerness to find the meaning behind the Dead name has made him forget the present. After finding out as a reader that the reason why the name Dead was born was because someone had misspelled it, I reached my own conclusion. Most characters had a ridiculous name that tried to forget the past. In the special Dead case “Mama liked it. Liked the name. Said it was new and would wipe out the past. Wipe it all out” (Morrison, 54). When I tried to make out a reason for waning to forget your name I embarked on slavery. The Song Of Solomon deals with a black family’s struggle to become a white family. It was a painful process that leads to the birth of a different and new culture.

What Is Your Special Name?

As I ventured into the Song of Solomon during a rainy Bogotá afternoon, I was on the look out for first impressions. I have recently noticed that my reading has become somewhat, blog oriented. If I have to write about my first impression I begin to think of what my first impression is while I am experiencing it. This has proven to be counterproductive. It would be ideal if I could simply read and then reflect upon what caught my attention. In my attempt to do this I fall back unto the characters. In my Pre-AP Spanish class we are reading Ensayo Sobre La Ceguera. Although this book is very different from the Song Of Solomon it shares a very important trait. Both texts give the characters names and call signs a special importance, an air of description.

Since the beginning, the reader begins to notice that Morrison does not want to use traditional names. It appears as if they were to dull and can’t represent the true meaning of a name. The first character to be introduced, “North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance agent”, is the first hint at what is to come. As the story develops so do the characters. The informal register helps the reader immerse himself in the comedy-based descriptions: “Yeah. He talk. Say something. Guitar shoved an elbow at Milkman without taking his eyes off Pilate” (37). Notice how the author included three different names that serve as descriptions of each person’s profession. There is no simple way to call a character and the way Morrison choose to present her story is definitely creative.