Literary Narrative for class: I got a 95! Stories are my life. I breathe in stories as if they were my oxygen, and exhale words of my own to express the feelings and emotions I get from taking them in. Stories help me relate to the world in a way that’s not totally inside the … Continue reading Living Stories
Sherlock Holmes
The Problem of Thor Bridge
Reading: The Problem of Thor Bridge by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Originally Published: "When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth." -SH "It is easy to be wise after the event." -SH "Some of you rich men have to be taught that … Continue reading The Problem of Thor Bridge
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Assignment for Rhetoric class: Choose a space that is significant to you and how it has shaped you as an individual. For others to understand who I am, I needed to figure out who I was first, a process which can be the most challenging aspect of self-discovery, go figure... As I perused the dusty … Continue reading www.mentalexaltation.wordpress.com
Literature Evaluation- Sherlock Vs. Spock
Assignment for class: Choose two "mystery busters"; compare and contrast and explain their methods and how the lives of the people involved were changed. Sherlock Holmes Vs. Mr. Spock Compare Both Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Mr. Spock from Star Trek, are mathematical in their dealings with the world and the people … Continue reading Literature Evaluation- Sherlock Vs. Spock
Sherlock Holmes and Violins
“We had a pleasant little meal together, during which Holmes would talk about nothing but violins, narrating with great exultation how he had purchased his own Stradivarius, which was worth at least five hundred guineas, at a Jewelry broker’s in Tottenham Court Road for fifty-five shillings. This led to Paganini, and we sat for an … Continue reading Sherlock Holmes and Violins
The Adventure of The Red Circle
Reading: The Adventure of the Red Circle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Originally Published: March 1911 Art for Art's sake. SH Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last. The Adventure of the Red Circle Candlelight warning in Italian: Attenta Pericolo--- Beware Danger Well, Watson, you have one … Continue reading The Adventure of The Red Circle
The Cardboard Box
Reading: The Cardboard Box by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Originally Published: January 1893 “What is the meaning of it, Watson? What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is … Continue reading The Cardboard Box
The Brain and Heart
Only when the brain and heart stop competing for attention and commune as one can the soul emerge and be able to roam free. "I and the Father are one heart and mind." John 10: 30 The Father the Son and the Holy Spirit.
The alternative
"We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative." Sherlock Holmes
The Valley of Fear
Reading: The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (4th and final Novel) Originally published: February 27, 1915 "Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius." Sherlock Holmes "It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?" Sherlock Holmes "The interplay of ideas and the oblique … Continue reading The Valley of Fear
