I have a lot of books that played a role in my literacy voyage. These include Roald Dahl’s Young Adult/Adult novels to R.L. Stine’s Goosebump series and others. But there are a few that really got me rolling on loving horror and the occult. One of which was Strange Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Alex Hamer.
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Living or Acting? The Search for Meaning in ‘My Dinner with Andre’
How do we approach life in the modern era with our eyes wide open? In My Dinner with Andre, two men sit and have a conversation about this very thing over dinner. It is a long conversation, and they cover many topics, but the theme stays the same: we are all living in a dream. I suppose the film can be construed as dull, but I believe it has important artistic value, and it’s a movie that has the power to change one’s life.
Continue reading Living or Acting? The Search for Meaning in ‘My Dinner with Andre’Poetry on Aging: Exploring Life’s Challenges Through Verse
In completing poetry research about aging, we find that many poems can be bitter or sad. Poets try to pull at our heartstrings and affect us if they can. Yet, within the shuddering darkness, we can find a few optimistic relics from time to time. In this post, we are going to analyze a few poems about aging that give us some insight into the matter.
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If you have ever seen The Hills Have Eyes (1977) or Wrong Turn (2003) then you have some background knowledge as it relates to the contents of this post. Why? Because it features a deranged family, murder, and cannibalism in the form of the Sawney Bean Family.
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