http://caimartlew.choseit.com It's just a blog about interesting stuff. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:49:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the first occasion that I have found myself on the road for an extended period of time. Today I am in Chichester and today I auditioned for their university. My scepticism of this place seems to have been completely removed by Ben Hill the music lecturer. It’s a ... http://caimartlew.choseit.com/2009/02/04/on-the-road-listening-to-pat-condell/ Here are some very simple notes on Sonnet form: Sonnet Form The word Sonnet is derived from the Italian word Sonnete which means song. The Sonnet form has 10 syllabus per line, this is otherwise know as Iambic Pentameter. Sonnets are also always 14 lines long. Petrach invented the Sonnet form hence ... http://caimartlew.choseit.com/2008/11/18/sonnet-form/ Deixis or Deictics is a term used in linguistics that refers to a specific time; place, person or thing within a rubbish text, withouth actually using the noun. We typically use deictics in speech because we rely on context in natural conversation. An example: Come here and look at this mess. Go ... http://caimartlew.choseit.com/2008/11/10/deixis-deictic-words-what-are-they/ Impressionism General: The impressionist movement that took place mainly in European Classical Music largely occurred in France. The impressionist movement occurred in the late 19th century and carried on roughly to the middle of the 20th century. Theoretically; the aim of impressionism is to convey the emotional impact of the ... http://caimartlew.choseit.com/2008/11/04/on-impressionist-music/ The latest challenge that I've been set is to explore the stream of consciousness form of writing. Stream of consciousness ( SOC ) is a literary technique in the form of a narrative mode. It's been around a while and is generally attributed to May Sinclair. It is worth noting that ... http://caimartlew.choseit.com/2008/10/21/english-creative-writing-the-stream-of-consciousness/ Most people who read this are not interested in my life. They don't wish to read silly little things about someone that they have never met. However for my close friends and anybody kind enough to show interest in how I think. I'm going to share with you a very ... http://caimartlew.choseit.com/2008/10/16/i-met-a-little-boy/ Good morning people! Recently watching a documentary on ancient China has set me about thinking. The program focused on the traditional Chinese philosophical concept of the mandate of heaven. The mandate of heaven was concept that was used to decide the legitimacy of ancient Chinese emperors. The ancient Chinese believed that ... http://caimartlew.choseit.com/2008/10/11/the-development-of-ancient-china-versus-the-development-of-britain-mandate-of-heaven/ So why I am I here you ask? Well in all honesty I don't really know... Recently my A level English teacher has spoken about the wonders of blogging and how it give authours a chance to publish (nearly) anything they like. So here I amexploring what this is all about. http://caimartlew.choseit.com/2008/10/10/about-me/