Monthly Archives: November 2012

The beginning of Debussy’s piece, “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” at the beginning, was very peaceful and sounded almost recognizable. However, then with the change of pace, the high pitched, sharp notes, makes me feel as if I … Continue reading →

I thought Debussy’s piece, “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” was a very beautiful piece of music. Like with a lot of the music we have listened to this semester, I noticed how the tempo of the piece affected … Continue reading →

When I was reading the Proust reading, I feel like I was able to understand it much easier than the other readings. One of the reasons is because the language was much more common. Another reason is because I think … Continue reading →

My first reaction to reading the Proust excerpts was that the ideas that he attempts to talk about are very bold and abstract.  His ideas sometimes do not really flow one after the other and they are very sporadic in where … Continue reading →

After reading the excerpt, I began to think about dreams and how we seem to only remember them from a specific time in the dream. Then, once we awake, we are in a completely different atmosphere than our dream. Reality … Continue reading →

While reading these excerpts I started to think about my perception of time. See how I view it or I should say viewed was just a track that with everything that happens being a stop along the track. And with … Continue reading →

I really don’t feel any special way in reaction to reading the Proust excerpts. Some of the bits and pieces reminded me of things we’ve discussed or things I’ve thought about in relation to this class, but the writing style … Continue reading →

I particularly enjoyed the Proust reading.  It was interesting how he found himself waking up in random places and how this made him lose track of past and present.  This made me think of Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five.  SH-5 is all about a … Continue reading →

There were two sections that particularly caught my attention. First, Proust offers a question for us to think about. Phrased as i understood it: is the immobility through time of both objects and thoughts in our life created by our … Continue reading →