This Bukowski quote you've chosen is my favorite of the three. Although I'm not a fan of the writer, it is concise and colorful, and speaks to the non-conformist experience (as well as to those who only wish they could think and live so). It appeals to the inner anarchist of many of us who get stultified by the daily grind as well, I imagine.
If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say the common thread among the three quotes you've chosen is freedom. Week One's quote by Sagan deals with liberating society from the bonds of ignorance and acquiring self-knowledge, thereby reducing the general misery quotient, while the quote in Week Two concerns the freedom of an individual to transcend the limits of gender identity and/or experience, no matter the objections raised, and Week Three's quote has to do with the liberty of an individual to be mad (whether that madness is expressed in the classic, clinically-defined sense, or perhaps just as a radically unconventional sentiment is unclear, but the ambiguity is intriguing).
Great blog-- I look forward to reading more of it in the future!
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ReplyDeleteChaya (or Kai as you prefer :),
ReplyDeleteThis Bukowski quote you've chosen is my favorite of the three. Although I'm not a fan of the writer, it is concise and colorful, and speaks to the non-conformist experience (as well as to those who only wish they could think and live so). It appeals to the inner anarchist of many of us who get stultified by the daily grind as well, I imagine.
If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say the common thread among the three quotes you've chosen is freedom. Week One's quote by Sagan deals with liberating society from the bonds of ignorance and acquiring self-knowledge, thereby reducing the general misery quotient, while the quote in Week Two concerns the freedom of an individual to transcend the limits of gender identity and/or experience, no matter the objections raised, and Week Three's quote has to do with the liberty of an individual to be mad (whether that madness is expressed in the classic, clinically-defined sense, or perhaps just as a radically unconventional sentiment is unclear, but the ambiguity is intriguing).
Great blog-- I look forward to reading more of it in the future!
--DS
PS Obviously this is my "Second Student Response."
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