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I found a video of Morgan Freeman reading T.S. Eliot--sadly, it wasn't ''The Waste Land''... it was ''Rhapsody on a Windy Night''.  Rebekah -09/10/2012 7:18pm

I'm a little concerned about the number of videos we've got... it may make loading an absolute bugger for people.  Considering making this main page into more of a table of contents, with links to everything rather than the actual content itself.  What do you think?  Rebekah -09/10/2012 9:09pm

==Notes==
What are some of the unifying aspects of the multimedia we've gathered so far?  What ties together the readings of the poem, the derivative works, the visualizations?  
* The focus on emotional impact rather than objective interpretation
** Might bring in Manjola Nasi's article on the "objective correlative" in the Waste Land
* This is really interesting in light of Eliot's theory of the "objective correlative," which suggests that there is a verbal formula for any given emotion—that a subjective emotion can be produced by objective means.
* Are we dealing with objective formulae for the emotional impact of the poem, only with different mediums, or is The Waste Land really only imitated in an emotional manner?  Does the primally emotional nature of its derivatives indicate a success in its ability to evoke emotion?  Can we tell at all whether we are carrying away the "right" or "intended" emotions of the poem?  
* Should the derivative works be viewed as further layers on a palimpsest or as something new?  How profitable is the palimpsest approach?
[Rebekah -09/11/2012 5:28pm]

[http://dodge-gallery.com/cgi-bin/DODGE?s=exhibitions&v=20107231670799676536303116 Unreal City: Dave Cole]: THIS IS FANTASTIC!!  Still trying to figure out how to incorporate it (and generally how to organize our whole darn page).  That is all.  Rebekah -09/12/2012 10:20am

There is no place that appreciates TS Eliot’s poem The Waste Land more than London. This remarkable city has created a Multi-media Walk through Eliot’s Poem. Walkers start at West Ham and follow a route through the East London Cemetery to the Greenway Path and beyond. Through this walk visitors will see and hear different aspects of Eliot’s poem in a different way. Through meaningful landmarks and history people will see things that relate to The Wasteland, i.e. the rose garden at the cemetery where roses grow from cremated ashes and listening to Madame Sosostris turning her Tarot cards. As people continue through this walk there are many different things to see. The walk ends just like the poem past the Saint Mary Woolnoth to the London Bridge. In the middle of the bridge there is a pause and the final lines should be read aloud, “Sweet Thames run softly, til I end my song…  Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. Shantih shantih shantih”.  

Multi-media Walk [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/30/eliot-waste-land-multimedia-walk multi-media walk]
Michelle -9/12/12 11:35 

Martin Rowson’s comic “Seen” is more than just a comic. It is an interactive piece that is based on The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot. People can simply read through this comic portrayed as a film noir murder mystery or they can click on the screen and interact in other ways. The Reader’s Guide allows the reader to relate the comic to the poem with notes that inform which section of the poem the comic is corresponding with. The comic brings forth different themes and allusions derived from Eliot’s poem. Through this app people can find puns, games and jokes related to the work. This app is a gateway to learning about poetry, modernism, film noir and art history. The downside to this comic is that it is only offered as an app on the iPad.  

[http://itunes.apple.com/app/martin-rowsons-the-waste-land/id438535843?mt=8 Martin Rowson's Comic and iPad app] Michelle -09/12/2012 12:06pm