11.9.09

Second Entry, Additional Information

Due to my current case of writer's block, I've decided that it may be possible for one to offer additional information other than what sorts of music one enjoys and one's love of 19th to 20th century literature and culture.

However, I must first address a question that has been proposed to me indirectly: why the 19th and 20th centuries? This is an extremely easy question for me to answer. The late 19th to early 20th century was the true age of enlightenment, in my opinion. First, literature began to dabble in the metaphysical and surrealistic realism (which is truly a monumental idea, such known contradictions being used constructively can be described as nothing short of genius), politics began being based on reality (such things as spectral evidence were completely dismissed in courts, women were granted suffrage [note: 1920s are about as close modern as I'd wish to go]and such) and philosophy began paralleling with some of the more realistic ideas suggest in both literature and politics, thus reducing the amount of mysticism tolerated in legitimate discussion.

Many apologies if this seemed more like an opinion based history lecture instead of a blog.

3 comments:

  1. Blake,
    This is Rachel from the World Wide Workshop. I love your blog! Opinion based history lecture? Bring it on.

    Do you read Arts and Letters Daily? (http://www.aldaily.com/) It's a good resource for people who share your interests. If you scroll down along the left-hand side and look at the Weblogs listed, you might be able to find some communities as invested in art, culture and history as you. I read http://www.thevalve.org/go and http://crookedtimber.org/

    Anyway, please keep writing! I'm a big fan.

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  2. History is a great thing to enjoy my friend. If one does not know his history, he is assuredly doomed to repeat it. you will be the one that changes the course of history.

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  3. Looking at my old posts makes laugh a little bit. I had no idea what "metaphysics" truly meant and how much it has always altered literature, I guess.

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