Doris Marlene's Home Page
Please Note:
This home page is still currently under construction. The following contents are sample lists composed of some personal items of interest which I have been currently explori
ng on the WWW. At this stage, these lists are by far incomplete. Undoubtedly, the home page will be reassembled countless times as I attempt to organize this labyrinth of ideas and interests. Please pardon the temporary state of disarray and feel free
to peruse any fields of interest you may come across at this domain.
Welcome to a journey through material both eclectic and ubiquitous, though more often the former. I would like to be able to offer an assortment of items that range from research I am pursuing to ideas about unique places to go, b
izarre things to see, globally & socially-oriented things to know, and most of all- a chance to simply explore. I am currently interested in non-mainstream media such as PAPER T
IGER television and media activism. Other current interests include the sociology of education- one aspect is Home Education a.k.a. Homeschooling and HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES -- PAULO FREIRE and Theatre of the Oppressed -- Grassroots Organizations & Non-Profit Organizations.
I am curious about practically everything that dwells under the Umbrella of Sociology. A few of the things I enjoy are painting, writing, films, camping, sailing, dance, long walks, deep forests, bookstores, outdoor cafes & small c
ozy ones, gallery browsing, museums (especially The Cloisters), photographs, music, and people. Things that are quirky, witty, old-fashioned, progressive, eccentric, avant-garde, relaxing, and sincere are endearing to me. I'd like to be able to do many
things some day, among them- write & illustrate children's books and learn sign language.
I am currently searching for items on the WWW pertaining to PHILIPPE STARCK, French contemporary architect and designer. I have located the following so far:
GET ACTIVE!
[ DSA Homepage ] [ Socialist Scholars Conference ]
- I'm in the process of searching for items regarding The Socialist Scholars Conference, which I have been attending for the past few years. I believe it is worthwhile attending as it addresses an array of paramount issues ranging from solidarit
y around the world, health care, labor & commmunity organizing, discussions on issues of class, race, ethnicity, gender, & culture, the future of work, technology, population, poverty, education, IMF/World Bank, European Social Democracies... the
list is endless. I encourage everyone to think about attending the annual conferences- it is a chance to participate among many panelists who are serious leaders and contributors in advocating for social change. Students are both welcomed and encouraged
to attend. The DSA Home Page <one of the panel sponsors> is informative for further information regarding these issues. Please note the elaborate page on the demographics of DSA membership (listed under "Miscellaneous Documents") complete with wo
nderful charts & graphs detailing the profile of its membership- it includes survey results composed of questions regarding how & why members joined, their occupations, geography, membership with other organizations, their priorities, and so forth
.
- For similar discussions & lectures regarding issues such as those from The Socialist Scholars Conference, you may try The Brecht Forum. At this point, I have only been able to locate Abstract:Br
echt Forum/Order progressive books, newsletters, tapes, etc. In addition, there is a brief abstract regarding The South End Press, which is noteworthy.
If you discovered that Paper Tiger was interesting and enlightening, the following would also be good sites to browse through: Community Television, Australia
HOME EDUCATION/HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES:
The following is a list-in-progress, which I have recently begun-
CINEMATIC INCLINATIONS:
JEAN-LUC GODARD
- My personal favorite,
ALPHAVILLE
<Synopsis: (1965, French) Lemmy Caution, private-eye is sent on a menacing mission to the futuristic city of Alphaville- a capital of computers, which is operated and control
led by electronic brain, to rescue a scientist and manages to teach the meaning of love to Natasha von Braun. It is visually both stunning and painful. Echoes of a totalitarian state with much bureaucratic settings. Filmed in Paris, known as Godard's
"Capital of Pain" - Imagine a city where all inhabitants live by the words of the Bible/Dictionary, where daily new editions are disseminated with a slew of words being eradicated along with each revised edition- erased from human memory and vocabulary.
Thus, meanings of words such as conscience, tears, tenderness, and love disappear into oblivion propagating a state of sheer self-destruction among its inhabitants.>
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT
THE WILD CHILD
<Synopsis: (1969, French) Based on the true story about a wild boy who was raised alone in French woods and the doctor who attempts to civilize him in 1700s. Raises thoughts about the socializ
ation process of children and linguistics.>
FRITZ LANG
METROPOLIS
<Synopsis: (1926, German) A silent-classic of a futuristic city with its mechanized society. The lower-class workers threaten to start a revolution while an upper-class man abandons his opulence t
o unite with the oppressed workers in the revolt. Unsurpassable special effects with stunning art design.>
Humphrey Bogart Classics...
Alfred Hitchcock Classics...
VITTORIO DE SICA
THE BICYCLE THIEF
<Synopsis: (1949, Italian) A beautiful, simple storyline about a working-man whose job depends solely upon his bicycle, which becomes stolen and the week he spends with his young son afterwa
rds.>
A FEW LITERARY PROVISIONS:
Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters To A Young Poet - Notes on Letters To A Young Poet
One Hundred Years Of Solitude <magic realism>
Milan Kundera <Note: Includes history of Prague & a virtual tour of Prague's history, sights, & sites>
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, 1978 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984 - Life Is Elsewhere, 1969
Against Interpretation - On Photography - Styles Of Radical Will - Sontag is noted for her series of critical essays, as well as her social commentary films - [ Sontag Outline ]
The Inspirational Poet, Artist, & Philosopher - Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet - The Broken Wing
Manufacturing Consent - Manufacturing Consent Review - Necessary Ill
usions
AESTHETIC (more or less) LANDSCAPES:
Henri Matisse (b.1869-1954, France) Impressionist and Fauvism - Reni Magritte (b.1898-1967) One of the most prominent Belgian Surre
alist painters - Edgar Degas (b.1834-1917, France) Impressionist, movement & expression of the human form - Marc Chagall (b.1887-1985, Russia)
- Paul Klee (b.1879-1940) Swiss artist, potpourri of primitive art, Surrealism, Cubism & children's art - Claude Monet (b.1840-1926
, France) Impressionist - Pablo Picasso (b.1881-1973, Spain) Cubism, The Blue (1901) & Rose (1905) Periods
When I run out of blue,
give me the red instead . . .
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Last updated: 10/4/95