Group Presentations

As usual the group presentations in a Sexson class are amazing and always revealing of those we have class with and yet rarely talk to. From the first day I was enthralled and amazed by what emerged from the minds of my fellow classmates.

Group Four was great with their imagined journey into the world as myth and dream. I loved that with in the journey that Jon follows the "war" that is meant to be stopped was only a play. It made the skit more interesting in that Jon's journey was a dream and the play was all an illusion as well. Plus Jon's and Bizz's "walking" on their journey and all the images was amazing as well. I enjoyed this group and felt the idea of a play within a dream was a great demonstration of theme and what we had seen in class from others works. I also enjoyed that they drew from many of the novels and films we saw in class.

Group Two and their film about the 20 minute lifetime was AMAZING! I think we all were intellectually intimidated. First of all Zach's impression of Dr. Sexson was great, and set the mood for the entire presentation. As Bizz said in her blog you really cannot get the image of a pregnant image of Kyle out of your mind. I like that the 20 minute lifetime was not only established for "student 1" but as a class we experienced it as well through Zach's role as the professor. Also Thomas did an amazing job on the film structure as well. It was beautifully done, funny and educational all that Sexson requires for a successful presentation. Out of all the novels and films we had in class for the idea of the 20 minute lifetime, this did a great job of tying them all together.

Group Three was life as fiction and language and was another film. I loved the idea of the support group for the characters in out novels and their realization as their lives as fiction. Each person did a great job of portraying their character and making each of their own realizations of their life individual and interesting. It was nice to have a presentation that took the characters and let them realize their roles in another realm of reality. In most of the works we read we as the reader see this but rarely does the character themselves mention it. It was also great to see a support group for these people so that they can ultimately find help. Also a great cameo appearance by Dr. Sexson.

Group One had the myth of the eternal return and their relation of the idea to "natural processes" also know as farting was intriguing. Also I must say educational since I did not know all those facts about methane gas, although I am not sure I will ever need all those facts and formulas. Also Jennylynn's outfit was amazing! I think I have those glasses as well, but I try not to wear them in public! I like the application of a high brow theme throughout literature and film that returns as low brow in out everyday lives. It was interesting to see the low brow emerge in something other then literature or film. Very enlightening.

Group Five was us and the theme was dolce domum. We were taking lines from The Four Quartets (high brow) and matching them with clips from films we knew (low brow). It was meant to be a continuous reading of the Four Quartets with examples of more modern connections. There will be a blog to follow this that will explain the connections between my clips, quotes and the theme our group was to focus on.

Group Six was the myth of the eternal return as well. I liked the idea of connecting the power and cycles of the sun to the stages of Vico and how each group views the sun as different in relations to themselves. I was also amazed like the rest of the class that they wrote all their own lines. It came out really well and their speeches seemed to me to be a mixture of both low and high brow. Everyone seemed to enjoy their part and the idea came across really well I thought. Also James return as the sun out of the bags was great as well.

So it must be stated once again that every time I take a Sexson class I am amazed by the projects that emerge from the minds of my fellow students. Also I am excited to hear about papers starting today, because after the group presentations things just seem to get better. More than any other class I always take more away from both Sexson's classes, both from the students and the professor. It truly is a complete learning experience!