Hi all- don’t miss out on this amazing artistic feast that is sitting temporarily right next to the doors of the NSW Art Gallery. Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi has converted the two statues that sit boringly and unrecognizably next to the doors of the gallery into something that reflects astonishingly on the place of War…
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Journey to the Art Gallery with Clemente Mission Australia Students
Hi all- don’t miss out on this amazing artistic feast that is sitting temporarily right next to the doors of the NSW Art Gallery. Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi has converted the two statues that sit boringly and unrecognizably next to the doors of the gallery into something that reflects astonishingly on the place of War…
Sacred Australia Week 5
Your topic for this week is on page 8 of your main workbook. Please do a draft in your workbook and then upload this to your WordPress (Studentblog) Literature Journal. Remember a requirement for completing this unit is to upload one entry each week and also to post a comment on someone else’s entry in…
On Campus Literature Bloggers
Hi all: you may have noticed that I have posted a couple of entries in relation to the group of disadvantaged Clemente students completing the unit “Sacred Australia” through Mission Australia. These students, when they complete four Clemente units have completed a Certificate that allows them to enter university and complete a full degree. Many…
To All My Trusted On-Campus WordPress Literature Bloggers
Hi all: you may have noticed that I have posted a couple of entries in relation to the group of disadvantaged Clemente students completing the unit “Sacred Australia” through Mission Australia. These students, when they complete four Clemente units have completed a Certificate that allows them to enter university and complete a full degree. Many…
Sacred Australia Week 4
Thank you all for your hearty participation in today’s discussion. You can see that landscape plays an important part in our thinking. In Australia landscape was initially something that people found very difficult to relate to. Gradually artists, writers, musicians began to celebrate aspects of our landscape. People were especially drawn to things in our…
Blake’s Illustrations of The Book of Job
We had an extraordinary visit to this amazing collection of Blake’s engravings, owned by the NSW Art Gallery, but only put on display very rarely. They depict Blake’s unique interpretation of the timeless story. It is an interpretation that brings Job’s predicament very much into the 21st Century. It was our task to try to…
Blake's Illustrations of The Book of Job
We had an extraordinary visit to this amazing collection of Blake’s engravings, owned by the NSW Art Gallery, but only put on display very rarely. They depict Blake’s unique interpretation of the timeless story. It is an interpretation that brings Job’s predicament very much into the 21st Century. It was our task to try to…
Blake's Illustrations of The Book of Job
We had an extraordinary visit to this amazing collection of Blake’s engravings, owned by the NSW Art Gallery, but only put on display very rarely. They depict Blake’s unique interpretation of the timeless story. It is an interpretation that brings Job’s predicament very much into the 21st Century. It was our task to try to…
Suggestions for Entries Week 9
Suggestions for Week 9. All have until 11.59 on Saturday to complete these entries- remember these are just suggestions, you are encouraged to write from your own experience in response to the literature we have been studying and/or your own life experience OzLiteans Can you think of a moment in your own life which was…
Sacred Australia at Mission Australia
I am having such a great time working with this group of Clemente students at Mission Australia. They are such a lively, interested and passionate group of students who really have a need to connect with the core meanings of the literature we are studying. So far we have looked at poetry by Judith Wright-…
Suggestions for Entries Week 8
Blakeans- can you begin to speculate why Blake wants a marriage between Heaven and Hell? How can he dare to yoke these opposites together. Did he have a death wish? Was he determined to be burned at the stake?! Can you write an entry which gives voice to your confusion or your understanding of this…
Suggestions for Entries Week 7
Hi Folks- remember that you now have time extended to 11.59pm Saturday to get your entries for each week up and tidied. For this week our Blakeans could dramatize Earth’s answer to the summons given to it by the Bard. Use your own words and your own language. How does Earth feel? What does Earth…
Suggestions for Entries Week 6
Blakeans have entered the complex and paradoxical world of Innocence and Experience. How can Experience, that sullying of the purity of innocence, actually be the gateway to the innocence that the human spirit desires? Can you write a short prose piece or even a poem that captures this paradox…. and do we have any artists…
Suggestions for Entries Week 5
HI all- this has been a busy week for us all. Now how to bring real focus into your experience of literature this week. For Blakeans I believe it is time for you to write a short piece on Blake’s sexual radicalism. Do you think he is still challenging in today’s society? Or perhaps you…
Vale John Van Gulik
It is with great sadness that I have to write of John Van Gulik’s passing. He was a brilliant, gifted student with great insight and enthusiasm for the things that really mattered in literature. He had a tough life but he brought his hard-won insights to every class that he participated in. I/we will miss…
Blogging Suggestions for Week of 17th August
Blakeans: Write a letter to Samuel Palmer commending him for his insight into Blake but also asking him two other questions about Blake that you would really like to know. Respond to someone’s letter in the Blake group, pretending that you are Palmer and offering answers to the questions you have received. Write an entry…
Art Gallery Visit 2009
Fabulous visit to the Art Gallery of NSW yesterday exploring links between Australian painting and Australian Literature. The tour started down in the aboriginal exhibition “The Dreamers” where the focus was on Ronnie Tjampitjnpa, especially his “Tingari Story at Walungura” 1981. He was one of a number of artists who went to settle at Papunya…
J.K. Rowling’s Favourite poem
I was intrigued to discover that this deeply reflective poem by Walt Whitman- from his "Leaves of Grass" was/is Rowling’s favourite poem: Of the terrible doubt of appearances, Of the uncertainty after all—that we may be deluded, That may-be reliance and hope are but speculations after all, That may-be identity beyond the grave is a…
J.K. Rowling's Favourite poem
I was intrigued to discover that this deeply reflective poem by Walt Whitman- from his "Leaves of Grass" was/is Rowling’s favourite poem: Of the terrible doubt of appearances, Of the uncertainty after all—that we may be deluded, That may-be reliance and hope are but speculations after all, That may-be identity beyond the grave is a…
J.K. Rowling's Favourite poem
I was intrigued to discover that this deeply reflective poem by Walt Whitman- from his "Leaves of Grass" was/is Rowling’s favourite poem: Of the terrible doubt of appearances, Of the uncertainty after all—that we may be deluded, That may-be reliance and hope are but speculations after all, That may-be identity beyond the grave is a…
STOP PRESS- The Effectiveness of LiveJournal in the ClassRoom
Former ACU Student Justine Zarebski has given a lecture to ACU Third Year Students sharing with them the challenges of her current teaching, but also the creative power that was given her by being introduced to LiveJournal while a student at ACU. Here is the Article in ACU Update:http://www.acu.edu.au/191426And here is a link to two…
Teaching Week 3
William Blake and Henry Lawson! What an amazing feast to have these two radically different authors on my teaching diet this week. Lawson so earthed, so in touch with the immediate feelings and aspirations of his bedevilled Australian characters, Blake so in touch with the cosmic import with the contrary living forces around him, for…
Ideas for your Literature Journal for Week 3
Please go to either of the following two addresses to see a list of ideas for your Literature Journal (whether you are doing Australian Literature or William Blake: The Visionary Imagination): http://michaelgriffith.livejournal.com or https://michaelgriffith1.wordpress.com Enjoy…… when I work out how to import seamlessly from either of these two sites the content should appear here as…
Former Student Turned Poet
Young Jang who completed Literature at ACU a few years ago now is still a very active on-line poet, writing in both LiveJournal http://youngjang.livejournal.com/ AND in WordPress http://youngjoon.wordpress.com. It is well worth checking out his poetry: he has come a huge distance since finishing uni and seems to write something almost every day. MG http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/85420229/6243147
Happy Birthday
Let’s hope you can really study welll this semester and make a good meal of Mr Blake….many happy returns for your B’day! MG
The beginning of Multi-Blogging
I am experimenting with a number of Blogging options, one here suggested by one of the wise bloggers in our community: post to LiveJournal then import to ACU WordPressMU (as well as to WordPress.com)… an interesting palette of purple possibilities opening up here….
The beginning of Multi-Blogging
I am experimenting with a number of Blogging options, one here suggested by one of the wise bloggers in our community: post to LiveJournal then import to ACU WordPressMU (as well as to WordPress.com)… an interesting palette of purple possibilities opening up here….
OZ LIT Families
Hi all- so I have created a dummy OZ Lit Family Group for you to have a look at. If each Group Leader creates one of these (calling it OZ Lit Family 1, OZ Lit Family 2, OZ Lit Family 3…. etc) and then INVITES each member of their family into the group then this…
Entry Suggestions for Writing
William Blake and AssociatesCritical and/or Creative Describe an experience that you have had that picks up some of the miraculous quality that Ginsberg describes in his essay on Blake.orImagine an experience that a character (in your next novel) might have that mirrors something of the quality that Malouf is able to present in his depictions…
Home is where the heART is
What an amazing, extraordinary event that was last night at the Belvoir Street Theatre with the Sydney Street Choir performing their version of the Orpheus and Eurydice story. I took some of my William Blake students with the intention of connecting them with immediate Blakean issues. These are still deeply part of our own society,…
http://michaelgriffith.livejournal.com
Just for the record I am continuing to post into my LJ account so that I can keep a public face and keep open to other friends and colleagues at other unis around the world. From time to time I will be posting stuff up into my LJ that is of wider interest than our…
Home is Where the heArt is
What an amazing, extraordinary event that was last night at the Belvoir Street Theatre with the Sydney Street Choir performing their version of the Orpheus and Eurydice story. I took some of my William Blake students with the intention of connecting them with immediate Blakean issues. These are still deeply part of our own society,…
Billy Blake- Ideas for first Literature Journal Entries- Week 2
lj-embed>Here are some ideas for your Literature Journal for Week 2. Remember that you will be marked on entries titled Literature Journal Week 1, 2 etc… but you are free to write as much as you want in other entries. I hope to see this space continuing as a free-wheeling creative space where you can…
Ideas for your Literature Journal for Week 2
Australian Literature Here are some ideas for your Literature Blog for week 2. Of course you don’t have to use these ideas. You are at liberty to write about whatever aspect of literature has taken your fancy. You are also at liberty to write about your own life experiences, sparked off perhaps by your reading…
WordPress Details
WordPress.com account MichaelG mjdgrg1@# michaelgriffith1 Username: michaelgriffith1 Password: 19ancNOI*(Fu https://wordpress.c om/ https://michaelgriffith1.wordpress.com/ -login.php Your WordPress.com API key is: 3d785b34827d. Don’t share your API key, it’s like a password. NEW PASSWORD: D^s4J$cc6hL0 THIS IS IT: michaelgriffith1 NEW mjdgrg1@#$%
Spring 2009
Spring is in the air and I have been out doing some serious bush-walking in and around where I live. A few days ago I plunged down to the base of Lyre-Bird Gully behind my place and caught the morning mist rising off the confluence of fresh water and sea down near Berowra waters. This…
Hello All
This is the beginning of the next stage of our venture into using a Blogging tool to extend our experience of literature together. I feel optimistic that WordPress is going to provide all that LiveJournal did and more. Please explore all its functions and let me know if you have any problems. It is a…
e-Portfolio
Hi all- I am the proud completer of my very first e-Portfolio. Having set so many of you the task of producing the same I thought it high time that I should follow suit- especially since we are all migrating to Word-Press next semester and I thought I should get my hands dirty. The experience…
Happy Birthday Pablo
Hi Pablo- hope all is going well out at UWS… keep in touch when you have time. I will be teaching down at MIssion Australia from September Michael
First WordPress Test Post for MG Literature and Life
So this is where i am going to experiment with the pros and cons of WordPress. Really interested to see how it stacks up with LiveJournal.
Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!
Third Year Trawl- the best of the bunch (and there are more!):
http://john-mahoney.livejournal.com/ http://elisriture.livejournal.com http://aussielatina.livejournal.com/ http://reilly88.livejournal.com/ http://stever1.livejournal.com http://geebusd.livejournal.com/ http://rebeccabragg.livejournal.com http://katdaly.livejournal.com/ http://callie-acu.livejournal.com/ ENJOY MG
Nominate Me to the LiveJournal Advisory Board
Hi all- I am looking for support in my nomination to the LiveJournal Advisory Board. If you want to give me this support then please click on: http://community.livejournal.com/lj_election_en/30022.html and simply make a supportive comment about the benefits of using LJ under my guidance.
Second Year Trawl Completed
Check out some of these extraordinary contributions to LJ Autumn 2009 (PS that’s me 3rd from the right before I had my beard shaved recently!) : http://8-tigerlily-8.livejournal.com/24334.htmlhttp://manubis-alfonzo.livejournal.com/11906.htmlhttp://bomsaii.livejournal.com/17349.html http://beckyluvsty.livejournal.com/ http://bubb26.livejournal.com/ http://melissacalleja.livejournal.com/ http://ndelmas.livejournal.com/ http://emilygray33.livejournal.com http://mathsnerd.livejournal.com/ http://lucy2311.livejournal.com/ http://kellyscutts.livejournal.com/ http://hallatia.livejournal.com/ http://nickwhittard.livejournal.com/ http://naffs.livejournal.com/ Enjoy MG… and thank you all for your creative efforts!
First Year Trawl Completed
Here are the top 6 first year LJs for the first half of 2009: http://agoodventure.livejournal.com/ http://clopez-87.livejournal.com/ http://summi91.livejournal.com http://chrisoneill.livejournal.com/ http://moniquea289.livejournal.com/ http://nspells.livejournal.com/ http://ashlee-stevens.livejournal.com I would just like to share with you also this reflection from one of you (who I will leave as anonymous –unless he or she wants to be publicized- ). I thought this…
Great Entries from Autumn 2009
I am doing my grand T R A W L through LJ Autumn/Winter 2009. Here is a growing stock pile of some fabulous, thought-provoking entries. I am so pleased that "Blogging" has paid off so handsomely for most of the the literature students engaged in this activity. Next semester (for good or ill) we are all…
Past student visits her home Uni with her (LiveJournal Proficient)students from St Agnes Catholic
justine 1985, former literature student at our uni has just visited her campus with her students from St Agnes Catholic. She was so excited to tell me that she has been using LiveJournal with immense success in her literature classes at school where she -as a direct result of her LiveJournal experience- has become a…
Unsolicited Support for LiveJournal from Third Year Student
Our third year GenY students have had five semesters of LiveJournal in their literature units. This has been an amazing opportunity for students to extend their experience of literature through open source technology. It is directly in line with their own use of such technologies and has enabled them to discover how this technology can…
LIVE JOURNAL MUST STAY- COMMENT FROM LAST YEAR’S 3RD YEAR
This comment has just been posted below by one of our most creative users of LiveJournal. A student of literature for six semesters ghettoman’s LJ is a work of art in its own right. Be sure to havea browse through this amazing LJ . Here is Ghettoman’s reflections on six semesters of LJ: "Live journal…
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