BLAKEAN STORIES
This was perhaps the most creative component of all the blogs: those many stories about strangers or family members who provided a trigger for seeing the world in a totally new way.
Here is Jamie’s wonderful story about his sister from Vietnam in which he “describes a totally ordinary person in such a way that you reveal their inner humanity, totally different from what their exterior appearance might suggest”:
https://jamievoblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/blog-3-her/– thank you Jamie!
Here is Claudia’s amazing meeting with a total stranger with the same topic as Jamie’s: CLICK.
And here is Alexandra’s story again on this topic:
https://alexpoederengl329.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/blog-four/comment-page-1
And here is Rachelle’s wonderful Blakean story about a situation where you have either seen or experienced a dramatic difference in the state of a human being and its impact on the world around. Thank you Rachelle: https://rachelle358095736.wordpress.com/2018/08/26/week-5-1st-blog-creative/
And here is Felicity’s equally extraordinary story on the same subject- but a different person… so well described. Thank you Felicity!
https://felicitymcmanus.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/first-blog-2/
The most creative life-changing response to the unit: thank you Tara!
https://taramichellebriggs.wordpress.com/2018/10/19/summative-entry-4/
The most inspiring Blakean visionary moment- thank you again Tara!
https://taramichellebriggs.wordpress.com/2018/10/19/blog-4/
BLAKE AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Blake and the Doors with Tara:
https://taramichellebriggs.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/blog-3/
Fabulous reflections on Patti Smith’s song My Blakean Year (2004) written as a response to Rachelle’s inspiration and understanding of William Blake and his ideologies.
https://rachelle358095736.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/week-7-3rd-blog-critical/
THE BRETT WHITELEY STUDIO
Biancah’s wonderful piece on how the journey to Brett Whiteley’s studio mirrored the actual painting Alchemy itself:
https://biancahnasrblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/alchemy/
Brendon’s amazing reflections on the Brett Whiteley Gallery visit. Thank you Brendon! https://brendonjohnsonblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/23/a-visit-to-brett-whiteleys-studio/
The Best Blog on Brett Whiteley’s Alchemy by Victoria Zullo:
https://vzengl200.wordpress.com/2018/09/16/brett-whitelys-alchemy/
POEMS INSPIRED BY BLAKE AND WHITELEY
A Blakean poem inspired by Patti Smith. Thank you Brendon!
https://brendonjohnsonblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/my-blakean-poem-kind-of/
Jessica’s poem inspired by Brett Whiteley’s “Alchemy”. Thank you Jessica!
https://jessicaandliterature.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/visionary-imagination-5/
Tom’s fabulous poem inspired by Brett. Thank you Tom!
Joey’s powerful poem inspired by Brett. Thank you Joey!
https://joeyoreilly.wordpress.com/2018/09/16/set-apart-for-art/comment-page-1/
Naomi’s poem about a Blakean devil
https://naomizaki.wordpress.com/category/visionary-imagination/creative-blogs-vis/
PATRICK WHITE
Victoria Zullo’s reflections on Patrick White’s Religious Stance:
https://vzengl200.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/whites-religious-stance/
Suzanne’s great reflections on Patrick White’s artistic imagination. https://suzannes2016.wordpress.com/category/summative-entry-visionary/
Here is Alexandra’s reflections on Patrick White’s complex religious position:
https://alexpoederengl329.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/blog-five/
SUMMATIVE ENTRIES
The Best Summative Entry of all: https://brendonjohnsonblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/19/visionary-imagination-summative-entry/ Thank you Brendon!
Alexandra Poeder sense of the value of the iconoclastic point of view of all the authors and writers in the unit. Thank you Alexandra! https://alexpoederengl329.wordpress.com/2018/10/19/summative-entry/
Victoria Zullo’s comprehensive Summative Entry on Blake, Whitely and White:
https://vzengl200.wordpress.com/category/visionary-imagination-engl329/summative-entry-vi/
Claudia’s Summative Entry expressing how Visionary Imagination, as expressed in the work of William Blake, Patrick White and Brett Whiteley “has given me a new way of seeing and understanding the world”. Thank you Claudia!
https://claudiaenglishliterature.wordpress.com/category/summative-entry/
And last but not least, here is the only youtube offering in this batch, Marija’s dramatic reading of the Nurse’s Song….
https://marijasimonovska.wordpress.com/2018/10/16/voiceover-of-the-nurses-song-experience/
Thank you All!!
MG
