Thursday, January 14, 2010

Day one of Class

The first day of class was intriguing to say the least. Beginning class with T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets was the best way to begin...time present and time past. The words or passages that stuck in my head while Dr. Sexson was reading are as folows:
~ time present, time past
~what could have been
~the door we never opened
~Dust
~First world
~Deception of Thrush
~Human kind cannot bear much reality
~Always present

I love this list and as I type it the recitation of this poem comes back to me and places even more thoughts in my head...good thing the room for thoughts is endless! There is so much to be said about time past and present and the time we have not yet had where could we possibly begin?!

EPIPHANY!
I was discussing this class with one of my French Professors and I said that the subject matter was "epiphanies" and her response was "Oh Lisa, that is just what you need!" I don't know if I should laugh or take a deep breath and realize...she is so very right about this! Perhaps both...

A sudden manifestation of the divine.

And now i must sadly admit I do not think my T.S. Eliot thought in class about the first world was an epiphany at all....simply a thought. It did not take over my thoughts!

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