tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619974859742853534.post752679018270108304..comments2023-07-11T08:11:25.508-07:00Comments on Coursera Fantasy: Laughing and Grief: My Alice EssayLaura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619974859742853534.post-839021196501300912012-08-05T17:51:28.817-07:002012-08-05T17:51:28.817-07:00WONDERFUL - thank you so much! I don't have ph...WONDERFUL - thank you so much! I don't have photoshop, but I use the gimp, which is almost always able to imitate what photoshop does with different names for some of the commands. During this week I am preparing for my classes by doing "tech tips" and things for my students... and I will try to learn some new technology myself. I would have a lot of fun being able to make these, too. THANK YOU!Laura Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619974859742853534.post-59640643829903676772012-08-05T17:47:17.145-07:002012-08-05T17:47:17.145-07:00Hey Laura
You asked, and I wrote! Here is a guide...Hey Laura<br /><br />You asked, and I wrote! Here is a guide to making a rotating image: http://therabkinsbride.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/making-rotating-image-in-photoshop-cs4_5.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619974859742853534.post-64819838831840203882012-08-04T09:16:48.191-07:002012-08-04T09:16:48.191-07:00Ah! I didn't think of searching. Thanks for do...Ah! I didn't think of searching. Thanks for doing that! I'll go back and modify my blog because it's inaccurate. If she laughed at the frog footman than I was totally wrong!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619974859742853534.post-64343879199577069122012-08-04T09:10:40.507-07:002012-08-04T09:10:40.507-07:00Oh, now you have got me curious, Rachel - let me c...Oh, now you have got me curious, Rachel - let me check the Gutenberg text since it is searchable. Let's see:<br />During the prize-giving after the Caucus Race she WANTS to laugh, but can't let herself ("Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but they all looked so grave that she did not dare to laugh").<br />She laughs at the Frog Footman and the Fish Footman getting their curls entangled (I would laugh at that too, ha ha: "Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into the wood for fear of their hearing her")<br />She laughs a mean little laugh when she hears about the Queen getting her ears boxed ("'She boxed the Queen's ears—' the Rabbit began. Alice gave a little scream of laughter."<br />She laughs at her flamingo ("it WOULD twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing")<br />That looks like all the laughing she does in Wonderland (god I absolutely LOVE digital texts for searching)... I bet that if I counted up the crying, there would be more crying than laughing.<br />I was just about to go watch Soylent Green (ha ha, for that, see my other post)... but I might play around searching the texts for examples of laughing and crying to see what I can come up with. It would never fit in the essay, but I do like to count things! Thanks so much for the idea of comparing the sheer amount of laughing and crying. A whole POOL of tears makes a bigger impression than the occasional laughing, that's for sure! :-)Laura Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619974859742853534.post-51031117412432794712012-08-04T09:05:24.157-07:002012-08-04T09:05:24.157-07:00Thanks for your comment, Theresa - I am glad you c...Thanks for your comment, Theresa - I am glad you connected with it! There are some people I've seen at the discussion boards who don't feel any kind of personal connection with Alice and they are not enjoying the books... if the essays by people who love these books (as I do) can help people to make a personal connection, esp. people who did not enjoy reading the books, that would be worth it! When I was a kid, I loved these books and now, grown up, I find even more connections... for example, "Laughing and Grief," which is a mangled reference to "Latin and Greek" (from when the Mock Turtle is talking about school) - since I teach both Latin and Greek myself, of course I can connect with that personally, ha ha. :-)Laura Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619974859742853534.post-17046599089373747822012-08-04T09:02:41.354-07:002012-08-04T09:02:41.354-07:00I haven't finished reading Through the Looking...I haven't finished reading Through the Looking Glass yet, but something I noticed when reading Wonderland was that she never actually laughed until the END of the book. (Unless I missed something?) I mentioned this in my most recent blog post, of course...I'm pretty certain she only started laughing once she had become more comfortable with herself (at the end of the book). Am I wrong?<br /><br />Good essay, though! Mine's going to be about her passage through the tiny door into the Queen's croquet ground. She passes through twice--once in the pool of tears and once with great self-assurance. I think that's a transformative moment. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619974859742853534.post-65305435253695220542012-08-04T08:21:32.261-07:002012-08-04T08:21:32.261-07:00Laughing and crying is what keeps us grounded no m...Laughing and crying is what keeps us grounded no matter what realm of reality we find ourselves exploring. The crisis of identity has always fascinated me, and I'm drawn to those works of art that explore it. How we project ourselves through time and space is a puzzle, maybe The Big Mystery we take up entire lifetimes to solve. "It is very provoking" as the line goes in both of Carroll's books. The theme you selected for this week's essay truly resonates with me. Thank you for igniting my imagination this morning. Cheers!Theresa Largusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09390645986346586358noreply@blogger.com