Tuesday, February 11

Today is Tuesday of Week 5. Here is a link to Week 5, and I hope you will enjoy the new readings this week! It's a new take on the Ramayana in Indian Epics, and a switch to the Middle East and India in the Myth-Folklore class.

Class Procedures and Reminders

My comments on Intro posts. As I mentioned last week, I think I've commented on all the Introduction posts, but if I missed someone, please let me know! I keep track of that manually, and it's easy for me to accidentally miss an Intro. Meanwhile, I hope you will enjoy meeting new people in class every week this semester. :-)

Project Stack. As always at the start of the week, the stack is HUGE. If you turned in something on Friday, you should have comments back from me now, and I'll be working on the Saturday assignments today. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. It has been great to see so many people playing with the microfiction and biographical writing; this is a biographical piece from Ida: An Ethiopian Wedding.

Twitter Stream. Another brilliant comic from Tom Gauld, this time about storytelling (larger version):

Indian Epics Today. The character of the day is MANDODARI, who was Ravana's chief wife. More about Mandodari here, and you can also learn more in this Epified video:

Storybooks. Here's a Mandodari Storybook from Indian Epics last year: The Untold Tale of Mandodari.

Myth-Folklore Video. Egypt is coming up in Myth-Folklore this week, so here's a King Tut / "Walking on the Sun" (by Smash Mouth) mash-up from Amy Burvall:

Myth-Folklore. And here's OU's very own Sphinx, a sculpture by Fernando Botero:

100-Word Stories. Today's story is a fable from India: The Guru's Two Disciples (click title for more info).

H.E.A.R.T.. For those of you who are doing some reading today, maybe you will want to do that in the Library! This is a Library:

Mindset Cats. Today's mindset cat is on a curiosity quest.

Mindset Video. And here are some tips on staying creative.

Event on Campus. The History Club Movie Night tonight is at 7PM in Ellison Hall 132... with popcorn bar too: it's Black Panther (details).

February 11: Frank Herbert. Today marks the anniversary of the death of the science fiction writer Frank Herbert in 1986 (he was born in 1920). His novel, Dune, published in 1965, is one of the most popular science fiction novels ever written. Below is a cover for a paperback edition of Dune, showing one of the mighty sandworms.

And here's an interview with Frank Hebert in 1982, a few years before his death:

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