From Abortion to Icelandic Music and Back
So Jason decides that he would rather blog about abortion than Iceland Paganism, which leads me to follow the Icelandic Paganism link, as I have read all the usual blather that followed the murder of Dr. Tiller.
Thus I am lead to the documentary Screaming Masterpiece, about Icelandic music, which is now in my Netflix queue.
Must get back to work now -- I have to finish my paper for the CESNUR conference.
Back when I had to teach first-year composition, the joke was that students in search of a topic tended to fall into well-worn ruts: abortion, gun control, the drinking age, etc.
Dealing with the first one was easy, after a while. I just issued a classroom fatwa that only people who had had an abortion could write about the topic.
The real purpose, of course, was to segue into a discussion of pathos and how hard it was to write convincingly about a topic with which one has no emotional connection.
Thus I am lead to the documentary Screaming Masterpiece, about Icelandic music, which is now in my Netflix queue.
Must get back to work now -- I have to finish my paper for the CESNUR conference.
Back when I had to teach first-year composition, the joke was that students in search of a topic tended to fall into well-worn ruts: abortion, gun control, the drinking age, etc.
Dealing with the first one was easy, after a while. I just issued a classroom fatwa that only people who had had an abortion could write about the topic.
The real purpose, of course, was to segue into a discussion of pathos and how hard it was to write convincingly about a topic with which one has no emotional connection.
posted by Chas S. Clifton at 10:52 AM Permalink
4 Comments:
Screaming Masterpiece is a great documentary, and the soundtrack is also well worth picking up too.
Chas, a fatwa is an opinion or an interpretation, not a decree.
Great idea though!
Point taken. But in class, my opinion is law. ;-)
Thank you for the post about Screaming Masterpiece. I remember when it came out reading about Sigur Ros performing Odin's Raven Magic and wishing I could have seen it. I've popped it in my netflix queue as well...Thanks!
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