“How do we let go? How do we move forward? The past is comfortable The past is familiar” ~Philip Chbeeb Island Iceland, fortunate isle! Our beautiful, bountiful mother! Where are your fortune and fame, freedom[…]
Tag: Culture Seminar
When Fame Falters
The following text is Ísland, an 1835 poem written by the Icelandic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson in an effort to rouse the hearts of his compatriots in the centuries-long struggle preceding Icelandic independence. Just beneath the[…]
Culture Seminar-Imperial Russia
Link to power point: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HK5KDgWfiBYha4Hjj8ckCVVBW9uQBEYVDStFJp9TUrM/edit?usp=sharing Background Information: The Russian Empire lasted from 1721-1917. It was established during the reign of Peter the Great after Russia emerged victorious from the Great Northern War in which they fought[…]
Blood Poppies
Memory is an imperfect thing. But every year, they ask us to Remember something that doesn’t like to be looked at, something we close our eyes and try to see something that we can’t Remember[…]
the women that we are
The following poem was my response to the Nazi Germany Seminar that Ziyana and I did. It was an emulation of sorts to the poem ‘The Jews That We Are” by Richard Michelson. i.) this[…]
Cultural Seminar – The Mexican Revolution and Frida Kahlo
The following is my emulation of the aforementioned speech, “Mexican: Your Best Friend is a Gun.” This is in response to the Personal prompt: what do these texts suggest to you about the forces that[…]
A Literary Analysis of Ísland in relation to Icelandic Independence
This is my personal response to the cultural seminar my group did (or will present in January) on Icelandic Independence. I chose to analyze the poem we had used in our presentation under the lens[…]
WW2 Japan (Culture Seminar)
Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/a/ffca-calgary.com/presentation/d/19YDlqqwXS1IriGO9dgUNmUeq0H29p02p3aNAW9YE2X4/edit?usp=sharing Emperor by Ryuichi Tamura There are eyes in the stone, the eyes closed in grief and fatigue. The man in black passes my door – You, the Emperor of Winter, my lonely[…]
World War II Japan Personal Response
“Emperor” by Ryuichi Tamura There are eyes in the stone, the eyes closed in grief and fatigue. The man in black passes my door – You, the Emperor of Winter, my lonely Emperor, walking to[…]
WORLD WAR II JAPAN
Emperor – Ryuichi Tamura There are eyes in the stone, the eyes closed in grief and fatigue. The man in black passes my door – You, the Emperor of Winter, my lonely Emperor, walking to[…]