Grand Theft Auto "Vice City"
For this week, I dusted off my playstation 2 and pulled out my favorite game from middle school."Vice City" was a game based off of the stories from a couple movies such as "Scarface" and "Carlito's Way". If you are a fan of shoots outs, mob bosses, gang wars and dealing drugs, then this is a game for you. Its based in a city called Vice City but it is a direct copy of Miami beach during the 1980's.
I really enjoy this game because of its narrative and how interesting the story is. Its a lot like watching a film where you can control the outcome, which may or may not be good. You also get to interact with other characters and they some times take you along for a wild ride and this can really get you invloved into the story.
Im not but much of a gamer but it was fun to go back and play something that I spent so much time playing back in middle school.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Broach School
Service Learning Outcome
I feel like my service learning at the Broach school was a great experience. I learned so much about the children and I really feel like I had a great impact on there day, maybe even their lives. I wasn't expecting to be working with so many students but I think that it enhanced the experience even more. We created a very nice ocean scene using all the images that the children had drawn, which consisted of fishing boats, clown fish, turtles, sharks and crabs. I thought that it was amazing to see the final product that had been created by the hands of almost 20 different students. I also found that some of the students were amazing artist and had really enjoyed this project. I am very fortunate to have been able to contribute to this service learning project and I look forward to doing something like this again in my future. I have always enjoyed teaching art and someday would love to become a teacher, so I feel that this experience gave me a good taste of what that life would be like.
I feel like my service learning at the Broach school was a great experience. I learned so much about the children and I really feel like I had a great impact on there day, maybe even their lives. I wasn't expecting to be working with so many students but I think that it enhanced the experience even more. We created a very nice ocean scene using all the images that the children had drawn, which consisted of fishing boats, clown fish, turtles, sharks and crabs. I thought that it was amazing to see the final product that had been created by the hands of almost 20 different students. I also found that some of the students were amazing artist and had really enjoyed this project. I am very fortunate to have been able to contribute to this service learning project and I look forward to doing something like this again in my future. I have always enjoyed teaching art and someday would love to become a teacher, so I feel that this experience gave me a good taste of what that life would be like.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Service Learning Project
My project is going to be more drawing based. I will bring materials for the kids to use (paper, pencils, marker, pastels). I will have the students pull names of animals out of a hat, they will then need to draw the animal that they pulled out of the hat. While the students are drawing, I will draw settings for the animals (farm, African plain, ocean floor). Once they are done drawing we will cut out their animals and place them in the correct setting.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Media in the body
After going to a presentation about voices of hip hop in art, I learned about Kehinde Wiley who uses this image to describe the status of the hip-hop world. The image communicates the current styles and attitudes of the hip hop world by using the male figure. Kehinde has a very different process of creating portrait art, he goes out and finds African Americans who visually represent the culture of hip hop and then paints them in the same style as Renaissance painters. This process is different because he is looking for a specific look instead of someone finding him and paying him to paint their portrait. This specific look (apparel)is a main focus of the hip hop lifestyle.
The Next Cool Thing
Pattern Recognition and Coolness
Go to school, do what you love, get rich and die. This has become a common occurrence in today's society, this has also become a very popular idea amongst the youth in America and other countries. Your status as a person plays a big role in determining how "cool" you are. Another big factor in determining coolness, is how new or edgy something can be. Because I am an art student(no cable and a ton of work), I definitely feel that I am missing out on all the new "cool" things happening in pop culture, such as Charlie Sheens outbursts and the latest on Mel Gibsons rants. I feel fortunate for not having to deal with this crap, I think its more important to live in my own life. There are however, a few patterns of coolness that i do get to pick up on here at art school. It could be anything from the latest in the illustration world to the most recent styles in the hipster community.
I believe the next cool thing is letting go of things that we've been trying to control or buy our whole lives. Let go of things that you don't need. You don't need your iphone or your urban outfitters clothes, you don't need your craft beers or your expensive fixed gear bike. I am one of these people who cant let go of my internet connection or my new pair of nikes. Try and live a life where you buy what you need to live, but not what you want to improve your social status. To do this you have to have the "i don't care attitude", which has become a popular idea in the youth of America.
Go to school, do what you love, get rich and die. This has become a common occurrence in today's society, this has also become a very popular idea amongst the youth in America and other countries. Your status as a person plays a big role in determining how "cool" you are. Another big factor in determining coolness, is how new or edgy something can be. Because I am an art student(no cable and a ton of work), I definitely feel that I am missing out on all the new "cool" things happening in pop culture, such as Charlie Sheens outbursts and the latest on Mel Gibsons rants. I feel fortunate for not having to deal with this crap, I think its more important to live in my own life. There are however, a few patterns of coolness that i do get to pick up on here at art school. It could be anything from the latest in the illustration world to the most recent styles in the hipster community.
I believe the next cool thing is letting go of things that we've been trying to control or buy our whole lives. Let go of things that you don't need. You don't need your iphone or your urban outfitters clothes, you don't need your craft beers or your expensive fixed gear bike. I am one of these people who cant let go of my internet connection or my new pair of nikes. Try and live a life where you buy what you need to live, but not what you want to improve your social status. To do this you have to have the "i don't care attitude", which has become a popular idea in the youth of America.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Screenplay
Screenplay: Jackie Brown Directors Notes
Jackie Brown is a blaxploitation based in the mid 90's. It is film that is about a middle aged stewardess who is caught running money across the border for a black market guns salesmen. She is then forced to give of her employer for her freedom, she knows that if she does this, she will also be signing her own death warrant. So with the help from local bail bondsman, Jackie Brown comes up with a plan to trick the police and the gun runner. The result of the trick is Jackie getting rich, the police solving the case and the gun salesman dead.
This film is based around corruption, drugs, guns and money. It is a dirty film that will carry a lasting impression on viewers and you will never look at a flight attendant the same way again. The main character “Jackie Brown” is a very stern woman who demands a lot and get gets what she wants in the long run, she is a two timer and will take advantage of you if she has too.
I would want the character's to work around “Jackie” and she will run the show as if it were her own. She would also be the smartest person in the film and would make fools out of all the other characters especially “Ordell” and his gang. The film would also be two sided, one side would display a sense of class and the other side would display a dirty reputation, then at the end of the film these two sides would converge to form the final conflict of Ordell getting his money back from Jackie.
Jackie Brown is a very attractive black woman in her mid forties, though she looks like she is in her mid thirties. I think that an aged Halle Berry would play the part very well because of her strong personality and very attractive looks. She is also a good actress and would need to play the role of a powerful black woman a not so powerful situation, which would be similar to Berry's style in the film Swordfish.
Ordell is a black business man who is not making his money in a honest way, he is actually a black market gun salesman. He is a very clean cut cut man with a good sense of style, he looks classy but his he has a very classless personality. When I think of this character it really reminds me of Denzel Washington's character in Training Day. So feel that Washington would be perfect for this role in the film.
I think that these two entertainers would work very well together on screen and would bring forth the energy and emotions needed to convey the message of this film. The film would be a direct representation of criminal life in southern california during the 1990's, so all the filming would take place on location. This would help create a very authentic feel.
Jackie Brown is a blaxploitation based in the mid 90's. It is film that is about a middle aged stewardess who is caught running money across the border for a black market guns salesmen. She is then forced to give of her employer for her freedom, she knows that if she does this, she will also be signing her own death warrant. So with the help from local bail bondsman, Jackie Brown comes up with a plan to trick the police and the gun runner. The result of the trick is Jackie getting rich, the police solving the case and the gun salesman dead.
This film is based around corruption, drugs, guns and money. It is a dirty film that will carry a lasting impression on viewers and you will never look at a flight attendant the same way again. The main character “Jackie Brown” is a very stern woman who demands a lot and get gets what she wants in the long run, she is a two timer and will take advantage of you if she has too.
I would want the character's to work around “Jackie” and she will run the show as if it were her own. She would also be the smartest person in the film and would make fools out of all the other characters especially “Ordell” and his gang. The film would also be two sided, one side would display a sense of class and the other side would display a dirty reputation, then at the end of the film these two sides would converge to form the final conflict of Ordell getting his money back from Jackie.
Jackie Brown is a very attractive black woman in her mid forties, though she looks like she is in her mid thirties. I think that an aged Halle Berry would play the part very well because of her strong personality and very attractive looks. She is also a good actress and would need to play the role of a powerful black woman a not so powerful situation, which would be similar to Berry's style in the film Swordfish.
Ordell is a black business man who is not making his money in a honest way, he is actually a black market gun salesman. He is a very clean cut cut man with a good sense of style, he looks classy but his he has a very classless personality. When I think of this character it really reminds me of Denzel Washington's character in Training Day. So feel that Washington would be perfect for this role in the film.
I think that these two entertainers would work very well together on screen and would bring forth the energy and emotions needed to convey the message of this film. The film would be a direct representation of criminal life in southern california during the 1990's, so all the filming would take place on location. This would help create a very authentic feel.
Lolita
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
I feel guilty for saying I liked this book, but I really thought it was interesting in a sick and twisted way. I thought it had a very original plot that can really get a rise out of readers or “Humbert's Jury”. I felt dirty reading this book and it really made me think about Humberts lack of morals and how he thinks its okay to fall in love with his little nyphets.
At first I couldn't understand why a successful, wealthy and attractive young man would have such a odd obsession with nine to fourteen year old girls, but as I read on I discovered that Humbert doesnt think he has a problem and he finds it unfair that a man can sleep with a seventeen year old but not with a twelve year old. I also found it very disturbing that he married his wife because she had features that reminded him of a young girl.
“Although I told myself I was looking merely for a soothing presence, a glorified pot-au-feu, an animated merkin, what really attracted me to Valeria was the imitation she gave of a little girl. She gave it not because she had divined something about me; it was just her style—and I fell for it.” In this passage you get a good sense of his problem and how morally degrading this novel is. You aslo learn how professional he is at keeping his problem a secret.
I feel as if Humbert represents everything that is wrong, but you cant blame him because he is sick in the head and this really reminds me of the mentally ill child killer in Fritz Langs “M”. After sometime I begin to feel disturbed by the reading and its lack of moral fiber.
Another segment of the reading that got to me was in chapter nine, where Humbert describes Lolitas nymphet qualities and his plans to lure her in. At this point was when I began to grow angry with the character's sickness and I began to wonder if it was more like an obsession.
I feel guilty for saying I liked this book, but I really thought it was interesting in a sick and twisted way. I thought it had a very original plot that can really get a rise out of readers or “Humbert's Jury”. I felt dirty reading this book and it really made me think about Humberts lack of morals and how he thinks its okay to fall in love with his little nyphets.
At first I couldn't understand why a successful, wealthy and attractive young man would have such a odd obsession with nine to fourteen year old girls, but as I read on I discovered that Humbert doesnt think he has a problem and he finds it unfair that a man can sleep with a seventeen year old but not with a twelve year old. I also found it very disturbing that he married his wife because she had features that reminded him of a young girl.
“Although I told myself I was looking merely for a soothing presence, a glorified pot-au-feu, an animated merkin, what really attracted me to Valeria was the imitation she gave of a little girl. She gave it not because she had divined something about me; it was just her style—and I fell for it.” In this passage you get a good sense of his problem and how morally degrading this novel is. You aslo learn how professional he is at keeping his problem a secret.
I feel as if Humbert represents everything that is wrong, but you cant blame him because he is sick in the head and this really reminds me of the mentally ill child killer in Fritz Langs “M”. After sometime I begin to feel disturbed by the reading and its lack of moral fiber.
Another segment of the reading that got to me was in chapter nine, where Humbert describes Lolitas nymphet qualities and his plans to lure her in. At this point was when I began to grow angry with the character's sickness and I began to wonder if it was more like an obsession.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Pulp Fiction Novel
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
This book was the first novel written by flemming about James Bond and it paved the way for eleven other novels. I was really excited to read this book because I had seen the film a while ago and really liked it. I had seen the newer version of the film and thought it was one of my favorite bond films. So I was very surprised at how different the book was from the film, I feel that you get a lot more from the book. I also really enjoyed Flemings ability to describe a setting or situation so that the reader can get a detailed image in their head.
The plot is straight forward Cold War cloak and dagger and can be part of the spy mystery genre of pulp fiction because it is about a spy (James Bond) who encounters problems with foreign enemies and love relations. There is also a romantic aspect of the book and that involves Bonds love for beautiful women, more specifically Vesper Lynd. She is the character who is responsible for stealing bonds heart. In the book, James Bond is responsible for beating Lechiffre in baccarat and scandalize the Soviet-backed union. Fighting communism seemed to be a very common trend for the Genre during this time period and I feel that Casino Royale really nails it on the head.
I was really surprised how different the villains were in the book and how they replaced the soviet backed Lechiffre with the terrorist backed Lechiffre. I felt that this was such an important part of the book and I cant believe they changed the story for the 2006 screenplay.
I have not read many pulp novels so it is hard for me to compare this book to another but I really feel that it is a very successful book in this genre. I wish I could have read this book before I saw the movie because I would have been more surprised with the book.
This book was the first novel written by flemming about James Bond and it paved the way for eleven other novels. I was really excited to read this book because I had seen the film a while ago and really liked it. I had seen the newer version of the film and thought it was one of my favorite bond films. So I was very surprised at how different the book was from the film, I feel that you get a lot more from the book. I also really enjoyed Flemings ability to describe a setting or situation so that the reader can get a detailed image in their head.
The plot is straight forward Cold War cloak and dagger and can be part of the spy mystery genre of pulp fiction because it is about a spy (James Bond) who encounters problems with foreign enemies and love relations. There is also a romantic aspect of the book and that involves Bonds love for beautiful women, more specifically Vesper Lynd. She is the character who is responsible for stealing bonds heart. In the book, James Bond is responsible for beating Lechiffre in baccarat and scandalize the Soviet-backed union. Fighting communism seemed to be a very common trend for the Genre during this time period and I feel that Casino Royale really nails it on the head.
I was really surprised how different the villains were in the book and how they replaced the soviet backed Lechiffre with the terrorist backed Lechiffre. I felt that this was such an important part of the book and I cant believe they changed the story for the 2006 screenplay.
I have not read many pulp novels so it is hard for me to compare this book to another but I really feel that it is a very successful book in this genre. I wish I could have read this book before I saw the movie because I would have been more surprised with the book.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Dead Man
The film that i chose to write about is called "Dead Man" and was released in 1995. Its stars Johnny Depp, Lance Henriksen and Billy Bob Thornton. The story is about a man (Depp)on the run after committing a murder, while on the run the accountant encounters a strange Indian named "Nobody" who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
It is a very interesting and unique film mostly because it has such great visuals but is filmed all in black and white. It is an American western film directed by Jim Jarmusch. Some critics have described it as oe of the best postmodern western films ever created and is compared to post modern literature by Cormac McCarthy. The main character is a quit and gentle man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, I feel that this differs from other traditional western films because the main character is usually a badass cowboy gunslinger who takes care of business.
The soundtrack of this film is also has a modern characteristic with a little western feel to it, which is Neil Young making ominous sounds on a guitar. I really appreciate this film because the visual quality is like a venture into the past with the black and white film, but the ideas and plot are like no other film ive ever seen. It is a very gritty film that will make you wonder what the "what the hell did I just watch?".
It is a very interesting and unique film mostly because it has such great visuals but is filmed all in black and white. It is an American western film directed by Jim Jarmusch. Some critics have described it as oe of the best postmodern western films ever created and is compared to post modern literature by Cormac McCarthy. The main character is a quit and gentle man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, I feel that this differs from other traditional western films because the main character is usually a badass cowboy gunslinger who takes care of business.
The soundtrack of this film is also has a modern characteristic with a little western feel to it, which is Neil Young making ominous sounds on a guitar. I really appreciate this film because the visual quality is like a venture into the past with the black and white film, but the ideas and plot are like no other film ive ever seen. It is a very gritty film that will make you wonder what the "what the hell did I just watch?".
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Modern Fairy Tale
Moon in The Closet
by Bud Cato
In a small farming community outside of Sarasota lived the Smith family. They were a very hard working group of characters who only knew how to raise cattle and play football. Leon was the youngest, at eleven years old he was just beginning middle school. His older brother Ray was about to graduate high school and had just received a scholarship to play football at the University of Florida. The boys father (a single parent), Glenn was a very hard working and strict man who felt football was the only way his sons could go anywhere in life. Leon felt different about this, he was a dreamer and wast much of an athlete.
Leon's biggest secret was his second life in an alternate universe. Every night before bed he would enter his closet and instantly be teleported to the moon world of Neutraz. This moon world was amazing in every way, it was most beautiful and all your dreams are meant to come true in Neutraz. This moon was made out of the best foods known to man, at any moment you could lay down and stuff your face with anything that popped into your head. You could be eating pumpkin pie then be eating a t-bone steak the next minute. It was inhabited by the food elves who called themselves "The Lelums".
One night, Leon and his father got into a big argument about his future as a football star. Leon knew this was not what he wanted and decided to got to Neutraz forever and never return. He backed all that he had and left for his moon fantasy land.
Once he had arrived on the moon he knew he would have to establish himself as the leader of the Lelum elves. To do so, he had to enter a eating contest against the biggest Lelum who called himself Allban. They would have to eat deviled eggs until they couldn't anymore or exploded. This contest was to take place on Cinnamon Roll Mountain. Once the two competitors climbed through all the gooey icing to the top of the mountain they would begin the contest. Leon and Allban had went through their first two dozen eggs with no hesitation. After 38 deviled eggs Allban could not continue and had to declare Leon the ruler of Neutraz.
Once Leon became ruler he lived his life in peace, not having to worry about football or his family. After a year in Neutraz he had weighed almost 323 lbs and was as happy as ever.
by Bud Cato
In a small farming community outside of Sarasota lived the Smith family. They were a very hard working group of characters who only knew how to raise cattle and play football. Leon was the youngest, at eleven years old he was just beginning middle school. His older brother Ray was about to graduate high school and had just received a scholarship to play football at the University of Florida. The boys father (a single parent), Glenn was a very hard working and strict man who felt football was the only way his sons could go anywhere in life. Leon felt different about this, he was a dreamer and wast much of an athlete.
Leon's biggest secret was his second life in an alternate universe. Every night before bed he would enter his closet and instantly be teleported to the moon world of Neutraz. This moon world was amazing in every way, it was most beautiful and all your dreams are meant to come true in Neutraz. This moon was made out of the best foods known to man, at any moment you could lay down and stuff your face with anything that popped into your head. You could be eating pumpkin pie then be eating a t-bone steak the next minute. It was inhabited by the food elves who called themselves "The Lelums".
One night, Leon and his father got into a big argument about his future as a football star. Leon knew this was not what he wanted and decided to got to Neutraz forever and never return. He backed all that he had and left for his moon fantasy land.
Once he had arrived on the moon he knew he would have to establish himself as the leader of the Lelum elves. To do so, he had to enter a eating contest against the biggest Lelum who called himself Allban. They would have to eat deviled eggs until they couldn't anymore or exploded. This contest was to take place on Cinnamon Roll Mountain. Once the two competitors climbed through all the gooey icing to the top of the mountain they would begin the contest. Leon and Allban had went through their first two dozen eggs with no hesitation. After 38 deviled eggs Allban could not continue and had to declare Leon the ruler of Neutraz.
Once Leon became ruler he lived his life in peace, not having to worry about football or his family. After a year in Neutraz he had weighed almost 323 lbs and was as happy as ever.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Platonic Dialogue About Media
Dialogue between Laylor and Augy
Augy: "Hey, Laylor what brings you around these parts."
Laylor: "Oh, im just looking for a new tv to put in my trailor so i can keep up with the news and nascar."
Augy: "Wooohooo! I tell you what, there aint nothing better than learning from the TV. Ive been watching that Discovery channel and learning all sorts of things about animals, dirty jobs and pawn shops."
Laylor: "I tell you what, I havent watched TV in almost six years. Im so excited to just sit down and relax for while after a long day of putting up drywall."
Augy: "The television set is a good source of media, its pretty much the only thing i got since i cant read."
Laylor: "MEDIA!!! What in tar-nation does that word mean? Is that some kind of food."
Augy: "Come on Man, Media is a mass means of communication. Listen up you dummy, its a way that people use to communicate ideas alot like that Discovery channel."
Laylor: "Ok, I think I understand that. So things like Newspapers, Drive-in Theaters, Televisons and Radios are a good source of media."
Augy: "You got it buddy, i was starting to think you were dumber than a door nail."
Laylor: "Ah shoot, I was born at night but not last night. Thanks for the info, i feel like I'm starting to use you as a media source."
Augy: "I dont know about all that little buddy but you go and enjoy that television."
Laylor: "I sure will and I'll have to call you up next time the family goes four wheeling."
Augy: "Hey, Laylor what brings you around these parts."
Laylor: "Oh, im just looking for a new tv to put in my trailor so i can keep up with the news and nascar."
Augy: "Wooohooo! I tell you what, there aint nothing better than learning from the TV. Ive been watching that Discovery channel and learning all sorts of things about animals, dirty jobs and pawn shops."
Laylor: "I tell you what, I havent watched TV in almost six years. Im so excited to just sit down and relax for while after a long day of putting up drywall."
Augy: "The television set is a good source of media, its pretty much the only thing i got since i cant read."
Laylor: "MEDIA!!! What in tar-nation does that word mean? Is that some kind of food."
Augy: "Come on Man, Media is a mass means of communication. Listen up you dummy, its a way that people use to communicate ideas alot like that Discovery channel."
Laylor: "Ok, I think I understand that. So things like Newspapers, Drive-in Theaters, Televisons and Radios are a good source of media."
Augy: "You got it buddy, i was starting to think you were dumber than a door nail."
Laylor: "Ah shoot, I was born at night but not last night. Thanks for the info, i feel like I'm starting to use you as a media source."
Augy: "I dont know about all that little buddy but you go and enjoy that television."
Laylor: "I sure will and I'll have to call you up next time the family goes four wheeling."
Monday, January 17, 2011
How am I situated as a reader?
I am not a big fan of academic or "hard" reading, but I do enjoy to use reading as a means to gain valuable information, such as current events or subjects that i can apply to my life or career. I don't like to be forced to read things that do not interest me and I feel that this is a common occurrence with readings assigned by teachers. I haven't read many books in my life and I'm pretty embarrassed about about my minimal library, but I feel that fantasy/scifi books interest me the most ( Star Wars Saga). My mind is constantly racing and imagining new things, and this challenges me because I can barely remember a passage of reading that I read a few days ago. I am a huge fan of film and feel that this draws me away from reading because I can just watch a movie and gain the same information, I feel horrible saying this but its just how I am, and hope to change some day.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Plato's Phaedrus
The following are some main points that were made during the dialogue:
-Socrates is a lover of knowledge and believes that he can learn more in the city from his teachers than learn outside the city amongst trees. Phaedrus asks Socrates to join him for a conversation.
-Once the two are settled by a tree, Phaedrus begins to discuss the difference between the lover and the non-lover.
- They come with the question of whether the lover or non–lover is to be preferred. Socrates then explains that there are two principles in people, rational desire and irrational and the irrational is the power of love.
- Socrates then harshly describes the lover a one who takes charge of the relationship and wants the beloved to become more obedient. He also says that the lover will take away things that the beloved cares about, like family, friends and kinsmen. Socrates then decribes the lover of having all the "advantages in which the lover is accused of being deficient."
- Socrates describes their speeches as a spit in the face to the god of love. "Our ideas of love were taken from some haunt of sailors to which good manners were unknown."
- The divine madness was subdivided into four kinds, prophetic, initiatory, poetic, erotic. "In reality, our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness, which indeed is a divine gift”
- Oratory is the art of enchanting the soul, and the orator must learn the differences of human souls by reflection and experience.
- A person must have knowledge and be able to define the topics of what he is talking about, and to discern the natures of the people he is talking to.
- Most people believe that love is a desire, and we know also that non–lovers desire the good and the beautiful.
-Socrates is a lover of knowledge and believes that he can learn more in the city from his teachers than learn outside the city amongst trees. Phaedrus asks Socrates to join him for a conversation.
-Once the two are settled by a tree, Phaedrus begins to discuss the difference between the lover and the non-lover.
- They come with the question of whether the lover or non–lover is to be preferred. Socrates then explains that there are two principles in people, rational desire and irrational and the irrational is the power of love.
- Socrates then harshly describes the lover a one who takes charge of the relationship and wants the beloved to become more obedient. He also says that the lover will take away things that the beloved cares about, like family, friends and kinsmen. Socrates then decribes the lover of having all the "advantages in which the lover is accused of being deficient."
- Socrates describes their speeches as a spit in the face to the god of love. "Our ideas of love were taken from some haunt of sailors to which good manners were unknown."
- The divine madness was subdivided into four kinds, prophetic, initiatory, poetic, erotic. "In reality, our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness, which indeed is a divine gift”
- Oratory is the art of enchanting the soul, and the orator must learn the differences of human souls by reflection and experience.
- A person must have knowledge and be able to define the topics of what he is talking about, and to discern the natures of the people he is talking to.
- Most people believe that love is a desire, and we know also that non–lovers desire the good and the beautiful.
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