OVSC: Follow Up

Well, I definitely enjoyed my first conference. It was the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference at the University of Akron in Ohio. While the regional plane from Atlanta to Akron was none too pleasant, the conference itself was very nice. There were plenty of friendly folks, many were graduate students, who discussed various [...]

A Poem by Constantine Cavafy

Οἱ ἄνθρωποι γνωρίζου τἀ γινόμενα.Τὰ μέλλοντα γνωρίζουν οἱ θεοί,πλήρεις καὶ μόνοι κάτοχοι παντῶν τῶν φώτων.Ἐκ τῶν μελλόντων οἱ σοφοὶ τὰ προσερχόμεναἀντιλαμβάνονται. Ἡ ἀκοὴ
αὐτων κἄποτε ἐν ὥραις σοβαρῶν σπουδῶν ταράττεται. Ἡ μυστικὴ βοήτοὺς ἔρχεται τῶν πλησιαζόντων γεγονότων.Καὶ τὴν προσέχουν εὐλαβεῖς. Ἐνῷ εἰς ὁδόνἔξω, οὐδὲν ἀκούουν οἱ λαοί.
Men know the things that are.Gods know [...]

From Camus: The Fall

Covered with ashes, tearing my hair, my face scored by clawing, but with piercing eyes, I stand before all humanity recapitulating my shames without losing sight of the effect I am producing, and saying: “I was the lowest of the low.” Then imperceptibly I pass from the “I” to the “we.” When I [...]