Structured Rambling
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Exploring literature and ideas. Inspired discussion on great or pertinent texts and the ideas that grow from them.
Structured Rambling
1w ago
Paul discusses the recent near-assissnation of Donald Trump but keeps that rambling structured.
Adler, Mortimer. Aristotle for Everybody. New York, Macmillan, 1978. ..read more
Structured Rambling
1M ago
Paul considers what generational technology usage and the advent of AI writing will do to reading, thinking, and writing. ..read more
Structured Rambling
2M ago
Paul chats about the mentor character, so significant to the Hero's Journey. ..read more
Structured Rambling
4M ago
Vedder, Eddie. "Man of the Hour," Big Fish: Music from the Motion Picture. Seattle, Pearl Jam, 2003. ..read more
Structured Rambling
5M ago
Inspired by one of his teaching lessons, Paul discusses the concept of "the better story" which forms a connection between Yann Martel's 2001 novel Life of Pi and Tim Burton's 2004 film, Big Fish.
Burton, Tim. Big Fish. United States, Sony Pictures, 2003.
Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. Toronto, Vintage, 2001 ..read more
Structured Rambling
5M ago
Paul continues his exploration of the Dark Tower series with this Master's Class of character building.
King, Stephen. The Drawing of the Three. New York, Plume, 2003. ..read more
Structured Rambling
5M ago
Paul starts an extended re-read and analysis of Stephen King's Dark Tower series. ..read more
Structured Rambling
6M ago
Paul compares the futuristic worlds presented in two classic novels of 20th century speculative fiction: Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Huxley, Aldous. Brace New World. Toronto, Vintage, 2007.
Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Toronto, Signet, 1977. ..read more