Pete’s Projects from the Shire
Poor Things – Critique – Legend
This is a modern allegory – in two worlds: one of metaphor; and one of stark reality. Every word and image and sound in this movie means something. Who are the Poor Things? We, humans, are the Poor Things. The epoque is turn of the last century (1890s to 1920s) — Religion (God) has given way to Scientific Materialism at the top of the pecking order – but all ideologies…
Cope and Avis — Endless Circles
Memories from Military College in Kingston in 1975-79 The Class of 79 had started their recruit camp experience in late-August of 1975 – lunch was at the Cadet Mess, a kilometer march each way every mealtime. Fort Henry flight jogs were de rigeur at 5:30 every morning! Once the varsity teams had started up, rugby was a mental escape! But not a physical one! Some guys caught on to the…
Actaeon’s Last Stand
Respect: Nature. Community. Empathy. Context. Metaphor. Women.
Beatles, Jackson, and Tolkein!
You must be joking! Moi — have I seen Get Back? I am on my fourth run through — but stuck on four vignettes in particular: (It is Peter Jackson – so I have entitled the three parts of Get Back to parallel the three books of Lord of the Rings!) The Fellowship of the Ring (Boromir goes astray, temporarily): The piece in which Paul is strumming his bass like a…
Jupiter, Saturn … Away!
An uplifting piano piece by Pete Avis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI4Krxepsjk Pete Avis Jupiter, Saturn … Away! Two Novembers ago, I observed the planets Jupiter and Saturn come into alignment in the autumn sky. It was the first time in my life that I could discern Distance between heavenly bodies — the event inspired this piano piece. If COVID is getting you down, watch this video. Wonder. Splendor. Joy. Definite Blues-breaker! http://www.youtube.com
Primer for Ezra Pound’s The Cantos
INTRODUCTION This is a 33-page primer presented in seven stand-alone chapters and two appendices which has been written to assist those readers who would like help to climb the poetic mountain which is The Cantos. The Cantos by Ezra Pound (EP) – Enthusiast’s Primer – 2021 Imagine that you and I have been in an exchange of emails in which we have been discussing reading the modern classics in literature. …
Waterfalls of Love
This is a music composition for piano composed over ten years and completed during the COVID 19 period in 2020. For Peace and Tranquility. It is a journey down a mountainous waterway that climaxes in a deep dive over a waterfall and ends in mists rising to their origin. Click the image above to listen to the audio recording on YouTube.
Primer for Ezra Pound’s Cantos — Chapter One
Losing oneself in History – Giving up Authority – Becoming part of all History –Then singing songs about it From his youth, EP always wanted to be the author of a “long poem” – an “epic.” But at the same time, he was interested in “true history” – so not the analysis of history scholars, but the writings and letters of the men and women who created history as time…
Primer for Ezra Pound’s Cantos — Chapter Two
Canto I – The Seafarer – Across the Universe – Hymn to Aphrodite EP has stated that the structure of The Cantos could be analysed as follows: “Live man goes down into world of dead. The repeat in history. The ‘magic moment’ or moment of metamorphosis, bursts through from quotidian into ‘divine or permanent world.’ Gods, etc.” Uhhh… OK. It’s a start. Odysseus tied to the mast – Sirens beckoning!…
Primer for Ezra Pound’s Cantos — Chapter Three
Chapter 3 — Canto II — Dead Poets — Change Agents — Metamorphosis — Ode to Dionysus It is true that in my exuberance for my favorite Canto, I revealed much of Canto II in the Introduction to this primer. However, looking deeper always reveals more meaning when it comes to the poetry in The Cantos. EP opens Canto II by talking to the shade of Robert Browning about his…
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