Media Analyses SMiLE (2/?) The Men Behind the Music 11 Jun 2019 This multi-part essay is my attempt to thoroughly examine various aspects of Brian Wilson’s unfinished masterpiece, SMiLE. This essay is written with the assumption that readers already have a basic understanding of the album’s goals…
Media Analyses Vertigo: The Story (& Differences from Script) 1 Jun 2019 The plot of Vertigo is in many ways an implausible mess. The script has elements of paranormal, film noir, psychological thriller and romantic melodrama, but somehow it all comes together…
Media Analyses Scattered Thoughts on Alice in Wonderland 19 May 2019May 19, 2019 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are such beloved and timeless stories that there's really not much for me to say that hasn't been discussed already. Not…
Media Analyses… Jungian Archetypes in Media 17 May 2019May 17, 2019 According to psychologist Carl Jung there are several archetypes that are burned into the collective unconscious of all humanity. This then got turned into the commonly cited “Twelve Archetypes” that…
Thoughts & Memories Women of Ancient Carthage 11 May 2019May 11, 2019 As a companion piece to my list of influential Roman women, here are some contemporaries from Carthage and Egypt whom I find interesting. The Mother of an Empire Despite being…
Media Analyses… My Favorite Artist, Syd Barrett 5 May 2019May 16, 2019 When it comes to the realm of music, my two biggest heroes are Brian Wilson and Syd Barrett. Both men created (or were working towards creating) two of the greatest…
Media Analyses Oliver! Observation About Dodger 21 Apr 2019May 2, 2019 My girlfriend and I were watching Oliver! tonight and we noticed an adorable detail I wanted to share. It happens in the scene where Bill Sykes and Nancy have kidnapped…
Media Analyses… 1984 Thoughts I Haven’t Seen Anyone Else Say 17 Apr 2019April 17, 2019 This header image is my original work. They are my actual eyes, digitally altered of course :P In my experience whenever anyone discuss George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, it's always in…
Thoughts & Memories Tribute to an Old Friend 13 Apr 2019May 13, 2019 My childhood best friend was someone I met in my first year of preschool. Though he moved away after that, he remained an ongoing confidant whom I visited regularly through…
Media Analyses… Thoughts on the Tolkien Wizards 3 Apr 2019April 4, 2019 When the wizards came into the world, they all chose to focus on different aspects of the canvas called Arda. And that decision defined their personalities just as it determined…
Media Analyses The Greatest Romance of All Time (Literally, I Guess) 29 Mar 2019May 25, 2019 Recently I watched what has come to be my all-time favorite episode of any TV show: Star Trek's "The City on the Edge of Forever." In the first place, I'm…
Media Analyses Queens of the Loud House (My Sister Leni Review) 29 Mar 2019May 16, 2019 Source for the Header Image. Artist is TheFreshKnight Usually, I enjoy a dark gritty TV drama like Mad Men, Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones. (I may share my thoughts…
Media Analyses The Mask of Ice: A Collection in 9 Poetic Forms 27 Mar 2019May 13, 2019 Most of you reading this would have probably seen the header below and wondered how Blue could be considered forgotten when he was the rival in the first generation Pokemon…
Media Analyses… Door to the Abyss (My 3 Attempts at Visual Poetry) 26 Mar 2019April 11, 2019 The first two poems I wrote in my sophomore year of college for a writing class. They're meant to be companion pieces, hence the way the second looks as though…
Media Analyses The Most Depressing Story I’ve Ever Read 25 Mar 2019 I read Steven Saylor's Roma the summer after my freshman year in college. This novel tells the story of the Roman Republic through a series of chapters where each follows…
Media Analyses Quick Thoughts on The Great Gatsby 25 Mar 2019April 3, 2019 In high school, I was a fanatic of The Great Gatsby, to the point where I even wrote my college admissions essay about it. Besides the magnificent prose of F…
Media Analyses (My Translation of) Wulf and Eadwacer 23 Mar 2019March 31, 2019 To my pack he is but a blood-gift. They would devour him if he appeared, but it is different than that for us. Wulf on one island, myself on another.…
