My scary dream when I was young

I have really vague memories of this story, but I will do my best. I remember being in church and turning around to look at the people sitting behind me. I wasn't the kind of little girl that made faces at people; I just wanted to see who was behind me. Well, there was a redheaded boy behind me...I mean REALLY red headed and he started making faces at me. For some reason this was REALLY scary to me...maybe because I was about 5 and he was probably 13 years old (sorry its an old memory). Anyway, that night I had the scariest dream of my life. I dreamt that my family was on a bike ride (which we did a lot) and I was trailing far behind (like I always did because I am the youngest). The bike path was going through a forest and it veered over near a cliff. Off the side of the cliff there was nothing but fog and I couldn't tell how far down the cliff went...by this time my family was all out of my sight...then...out of the fog came the scariest thing EVER!!! There was a flying sleigh (like Santa's) and in the sleigh was the guy from church and his head was HUUUUUUUUGE!!! SO SCARY!!!!

Anyway...this picture from Alice reminds me of his huge head and how scary it was.

Good Alice Art

Walter Pater

For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake.

Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.

Momo - Paper topic

I think one of the reasons that I have always loved Momo so much is because I had only ever seen one copy of the book until this past summer. I saw another copy in a used bookstore in Duluth, MN and I bought it for about five dollars.

I am really excited to use what I have learned in this class to look deeper into Momo. It has already lost some of the magic it had when I was a child because I am not a child...and I read into it too much. But I will always remember how special it was when I was younger.

Wood Block Picture from Childrens' Books

This web site has tons and tons and TONS of wood block pictures like the ones in My Book and Heart.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19132/19132-h/19132-h.htm

The Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin

I had never heard the Cock Robin nursery rhyme before we saw My Book and Heat, but it was my favorite part of the film. I really liked how the body of cock robin was falling and growing larger during the film. The body of cock robin made me think of a paper doll.


Who killed Cock Robin?
"I," said the sparrow,"
With my little bow and arrow,
I killed Cock Robin."

...

Who'll toll the bell?
"I," said the bull,
"Because I can pull,
I'll toll the bell."

All the birds of the air
Fell sighing and sobbing,
When they heard the bell toll
For poor Cock Robin.

Exam

Archetypal Lady in Finnegan’s Wake: Prank Queen

Portmanteau – multilevel word – from Alice in Wonderland – Slithey = slimy and slithery

Privileged numbers in fairy tales: 3 and 7

What is misplaced concreteness: Can human hair really hold weight?

Type 333 – Little Red Riding Hood

How is the collective unconscious active in fairy tales? Archetypes

“if you’re crafty you’ll get them both” Little Red Riding Hood

What are the three parts of the universal quest according to Joseph Campbell: Separation, initiation, and return.

Triple goddess: Maiden, mother, crone

Why is there no original? All literature is displaces myth

I’m not history I’m mythology

Grimm version of Cinderella – Ashgirl

Motif Index: East/West, Beauty, and Hans – Missing husband/beats groom

Which story does not relate to parents wanting to conceive?

Mythical mother/daughter duo: Persephone and Demeter

Significance of blue in bluebeard’s beard: oriental, fear, and otherworldliness

Who was one of the first talking horses: The Golden Ass

Spoonerisms

Which romantic poet thought everybody knew everything: Wordsworth

Beauty and the Beast = Cupid and Psyche

Bluebeard – curious female/ anti-female moral

Which Grimm story has a witch in it? Hansel and Gretel