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I really enjoyed reading through both Mariah's and Kate's posts. I found that they had some of the same thoughts about love as I did. I enjoyed reading about what other people had to say about certain topics and I will continue to keep reading classmates blogs. To look at these blogs just go to this website, http://121-12.blogspot.com/, and look for their link on the right.

Love Poem

(I am a terrible poem writer)

Love
It's the feeling people get
deep within their heart and soul
Its a wild roller coaster
that will tie your emotions in a knot
some people thrive on it
while other seem not to care
everyone seeks love
whether it be from some else
or perhaps a passion
everyone feels love

Love Free-Write

Love. Its a very difficult question for most. I personally take it very seriously when using the word, while others throw it around freely with no meaning. It aggravates me when I hear people who are dating say "I love you" to each other when they have only been dating for 2 or 3 months. I mean come on, don't tell me that you truly love them after such a short amount of time. I don't know maybe i am just being cold hearted and stubborn, but people just use the word to freely. And I'm not talking about when people say it just kidding around, but when people use it in a serious way but don't truly mean it.

"Lost Book Found"

I found the video "Lost Book Found" by Jem Cohen to be a very interesting portrayal of what the city streets in New York are really like. After searching the web I found that after using only a 16mm camera, Cohen created a video based on a notebook that was filled with all kinds of listings of places, objects, and incidents. Cohen said that the notebook suggests that there is a hidden city with unconsidered geography. In an unusual way, it seems like the creator of this notebook may have been using it as an escape.

"Its beauty is quite ineffable. It's the sort of visual experience that transforms everything seen by the viewer for several hours afterward. . . What it actually does is capture the subconscious of the city itself, the dream state of the whole past existing in simultaneous disarray."—Luc Sante, Low Life and Evidence

This quote from the website, describes how the notebook captures images in the cities dream state. This would directly relate to Borges's thoughts about the world being made up of dreams.

The website I used was http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$tapedetail?LOSTBOOKFO

Borges vs. Stevens

Although these two authors seem very different, they both seek for an escape. Stevens uses the mountain as his escape from reality, while Borges uses dreams.

Metaphor's From Borges

"the world is a mental activity, a dream of souls" - "Break of Day"

"the sky the pinkish color of a leopard's gums" - "The Circular Ruins"

"Break of Day" and "The Circular Ruins"

I found both of these pieces, by Jorge Luis Borges, to be both interesting and unusual. The idea of dreams actually creating what surrounds us is very unusual. Although it is an unusual idea, I find it to be very fascinating and interesting. I like to think that dreams are very symbolic and have a much deeper meaning, but I have never thought about it in such a way that Borges does. Although we know that this life is not created by dreams, it is interesting to think about what it would actually be like if it were. Overall i enjoyed both pieces.