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Tue, Jan 25 2011 10:49:48

Teaching William Blake

Tweets from my students and other thinkers working through the bizzare but beautiful work of William Blake.

  1. Blake2_0
    Blake2_0@Blake2_0
    Blake qotd: the Babe is born in joy That was begotten in dire woe Just as we Reap in joy the fruit Which we in bitter tears did sow
    Tue, Jan 25 2011 05:20:24
  2. LChakoian
    LChakoian@LChakoian
    Of course William Blake was cracked but that is how the light came in bit.ly/e5xNlG v @blake2_0 @mhsteger @katelaity @davidbmetcalfe
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 12:43:16
  3. 1World1Change
    1World1Change@1World1Change
    "Lover of wild rebellion, and transgresser of Gods Law; Why dost thou come to Angels eyes in this terrific form?" #wb1102 #williamblake
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 20:18:28
  4. DinoDoople
    DinoDoople@DinoDoople
    rephrased: God=all. We=all, so we=God. We perceive the collective consc. of existence, which makes sense only under the guise of god.#wb1102
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 18:40:36
  5. ksofinowski
    ksofinowski@ksofinowski
    All Religions Are One-1st principle sounds like part of Hegel's master-slave dialectic. Master needs slave to perceive him to exist #wb1102
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 09:33:47
  6. Blake2_0
    Blake2_0@Blake2_0
    Blake quote of the day: Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 01:07:15
  7. Oh_rain
    Oh_rain@Oh_rain
    Blake wants things to be so much deeper than they probably are. Beyond my sensory organs? Really? #wb1102
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 11:39:42
  8. crape3
    crape3@crape3
    At the moment I think I begin to understand Blake, so many different views are offered, and I am confused once more. #wb1102
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 11:47:00
  9. ssheppard3
    ssheppard3@ssheppard3
    Irrelevant side note. Wasn't Heideggar a Final Fantasy VII character? #wb1102
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 11:55:10
  10. mahmoudj
    mahmoudj@mahmoudj
    wait... so did Blake oppose Locke's beliefs or not? #wb1102
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 12:28:24
  11. nflswxay
    nflswxay@nflswxay
    @HyungSuCheong are you saying the heart perceives more than organs perceive or otherwise? #wb1102
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 12:47:40
  12. Elbaz90
    Elbaz90@Elbaz90
    Did he who made the lamb make thee? #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 14:13:31
  13. sohanchatterjee
    sohanchatterjee@sohanchatterjee
    the church walls are blackened because they ignore children. glad im living in 2010 #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 12:25:16
  14. jwu74
    jwu74@jwu74
    Epic poem, Jeursalem: If men would become loving and self-sacrificing, what they would "see" would be loving, giving world. #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 12:40:08
  15. jlee483
    jlee483@jlee483
    Infant Joy/Sorrow really got me thinking; who would know a cute baby actually suffers this much since the second he/she was born. #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 12:47:07
  16. lstauss3
    lstauss3@lstauss3
    @crape3 Songs of Innocence is definitely better, the world is depressing enough I like to read about happy go lucky not down and out #wb1102
    Sun, Jan 23 2011 07:43:24
  17. BoweiDangerOki
    BoweiDangerOki@BoweiDangerOki
    Was blown back by the descriptiveness of the angel and how John fell in awe " and his face was like the sun shinning at full force" #wb1102
    Sun, Jan 23 2011 18:59:21
  18. Oh_rain
    Oh_rain@Oh_rain
    I wonder if Blake saw a little bit of God in us just as he saw angels in trees. Haha, this man has beyond x-ray glasses! #wb1102
    Mon, Jan 24 2011 17:46:50
  19. kayleveay
    kayleveay@kayleveay
    The Tiger - Blake's most candid poem when it comes to religion? Or his most confusing? #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 11:42:22
  20. josepalexan
    josepalexan@josepalexan
    I think the root of Blake's cynicism is his realization that few people, if any, can prevent their desires from causing suffering. #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 09:50:33
  21. jgoff91
    jgoff91@jgoff91
    I'll try not to write a twitter novel here. Concerning The Tyger/The Lamb. In the lamb, the speaker establishes God as the creator #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 08:39:04
  22. lstauss3
    lstauss3@lstauss3
    I'm having a huge problem trying to tweet and listen to class, I'm being completely absorbed by one or the other! #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 09:43:16
  23. mlginn15
    mlginn15@mlginn15
    I love how Blake's poetry is so beautiful but so controversial and almost satirical in ways #wb1102
    Fri, Jan 21 2011 12:11:29

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An Andrew Mellon fellow at Emory U's Digital Scholarship Commons (DiSC). I'm co-writing a book on how social media is changing the teaching and scholarship of William Blake.

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