Like last time, I decided to do an unessay. While reading the Faerie Queene, my mind latched onto the creatures of the story as they seemed far more interesting to me than the others of the story such as the knight. Not to be mistaken as complete disinterest in the story, merely just the lack of interest in human characters when in opposition to mythical beings or animals. I like lamias, like Errour technically is, as they interest me from the times that I read about them or saw films with characters like Medusa, who, while not the same as Errour, is half woman and half snake. I wanted to make something more physical than what I did for the first project and chose to use clay as my medium of creation.
I suspect that my explanation of “why does literature matter?” will get very repetitive for each of the unessays. I think it matters because it passes along history and myths and ideals of times past. It allows us to relate to the story being told, either by pointing out that it matches something in your life or by pointing out something that you’ve never experienced. It allows you to see into the mind of at least one person whose opinion and knowledge of that time were strong enough or well composed to the point that their work didn’t vanish into the ether but instead made its way to your eyes and ears. Literature matters because it is history, opinion, and determination of a person that made itself to you.
Sorry about the video. I was having mild anxiety filming it so I was breathing weird. If there are strange sounds in the background, it was my dog. I’m also not entirely sure that I knew where I was going with my descriptions so that’s why I said, “um” and “uh” and nothing at times. I had to upload the video to Youtube to put it here….It took over two hours for it to upload.
Sprockets and Springes 