Friday, January 16, 2009

notes 01.16.2009


Why is memory important?
Why is writing important?

Mnemonics

Jesuits ( Jesuits.org )

Ephemera
"Have you emptied the cooler by the window yet?"

Ong ..............................
p.7 the percentage of languages which are also written
p.9 apprenticeship
orality and literacy debate

Yates ............................
the Centerfold -- Giulio Camillo: The Memory Theatre
gathering, storage and retrieval of information

Kane ..............................
existential
myth

storytellers die
music/amuse/museum


"The totality of the Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979 passed only through the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota. Many visitors traveled to the Pacific Northwest to view the eclipse, since it would be the last chance to view a total solar eclipse in the United States for almost four decades [next one August 21, 2017]" -- Walter Ong was visiting at MSU during the '79 eclipse ... little did I know ... I was on a hill outside of Livingston ... when it got dark, the horses began running in a large circle with their manes and tails flying, flowing, rippling ... the hawks wheeled in the air ... when the light returned, everything became still ...

Corona, Corona (disambiguation)
Gutenberg

Arts & Letters Daily : Veritas odit moras "Truth hates delay" ~Seneca
audible.com

the paradox of the oral tradition syllabus

Corinna, Corinna...

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