Monthly Archives: October 2012

Proust brings up many instances pertaining to our recollection of time that I can easily relate to. For instance, he talks about the concept of déjà vu, though he does not use that name to describe his thoughts. He brings … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed reading the selections by Proust. While it was difficult to follow because of the author’s writing style, I thought that it was interesting to read and provided a couple key insights into the study of time. In … Continue reading →

Memories can always bring happiness to people, especially when the situation at this specific moment is worse than the one before. The worse of the situation now, the more expectation we feel to go back to the past. For example, … Continue reading →

When going into these readings, I did not know what to think.  But when only given the prelude, “It is nothing like you have ever read before”, this can be expected.  My initial reaction to the writers experience was simply … Continue reading →

When I was reading the excerpt from Marcel Proust’s Time Regained, one major point of his work stuck out to me. He stated that we essentially find satisfaction in getting back to where we started after some disadvantageous event occurs. … Continue reading →

I had a conversation with my mom about opera over the phone. She laughed at first but once I explained to her, she immediately thought of looney toons. My mom loves old cartoons and is a big kid at heart. She referenced … Continue reading →

The person I talked to about opera was my friend Garrett. I asked Garrett what he thought of opera, and he said that he has seen performances of the “Barber of Seville” and the “Magic Flute”. Garrett thought the “Magic … Continue reading →

A few days ago I asked my roommate what his thoughts were on opera.  He was immediately taken off-guard by the question, but was able to give me a few ideas of what opera was relative to him.  He said that … Continue reading →

So the person I ended up talking to about opera with was my brother. He and I were raised around the same time so you’d imagine we would have practically similar views on a lot of things and well opera … Continue reading →

I decided to ask my friend from high school what he thought of opera  when I called him on the phone over fall break. He initially was caught off guard and I had to explain my reason for asking but … Continue reading →