URN't you glad to see me?

*pun*

Due to mandatory theatre workshops this week, I haven't been able to come to class. However, I did get a chance to actually read the material beforehand this week! Yay for doing things that are expected of you? Anyway, I digress.

I want to talk about the 'Ode to a Grecian Urn' in this blog. After the initial read-through I said to myself, "What did I just read?", so I read it again. After the second read through I was slightly confused, as my brain wanted to interpret the poem in two different ways.

The first of which is that all of the artwork represents eternal things. The love of the youth under the tree, the growth of the tree, etc. are all memories that symbolize the different aspects of the deceased person inside the urn so that they can be remembered, and will last forever.

The second of which is that all of the artwork on the urn is frozen in time. The lovers are close, but can never kiss. The tree will never grow fruit, the instruments will never play and the sacrifice will never take place. All of this could represent how no matter what is going on when a person dies, everything stops. You can't kiss your lover when you're dead, just like you cannot sacrifice a cow when you're dead. When your life ends, so does your possibility of action.

I'm not sure which meaning was intended, or if any of this was discussed in class, but I thought I'd share my thoughts.

So, what did we learn today? Always make a fanfare out of doing the work that's expected of you? Always read poetry at least twice? Urns are cool? All good answers. Tune in next week for your regularly scheduled broadcast of 'The Procrastinator' ...eventually….

P.S. I commented on Nick's