Greetings Citizens. Tonight I watched Dead Man.

Here are the Proverbs of Hell:

William Blake
from "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"

1. In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

2. Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.

3. The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

4. Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.

5. He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.

6. The cut worm forgives the plow.

7. Dip him in the river who loves water.

8. A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

9. He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

10. Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

11. The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

12. The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure.

13. All wholsom food is caught without a net or a trap.

14. Bring out number weight & measure in a year of dearth.

15. No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

16. A dead body, revenges not injuries.

17. The most sublime act is to set another before you.

18. If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

19. Folly is the cloke of knavery.

20. Shame is Prides cloke.

21. Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion.

22. The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

23. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.

24. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.

25. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

26. Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps.

27. The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the storymy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.

28. The fox condemns the trap, not himself.

29. Joyes impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.

30. Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.

31. The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

32. The selfish smiling fool, & the sullen frowning fool, shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.

33. What is now proved was once, only imagin'd.

34. The rat, the mouse, the fox, the rabbit: watch the roots; the lion, the tyger, the horse, the elephant, watch the fruits.

35. The cistern contains; the fountain overflows.

36. One thought, fills immensity.

37. Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

38. Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.

39. The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow.

40. The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.

41. Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

42. He who has suffer'd you to impose on him knows you.

43. As the plow follows words, so God rewards prayers.

44. The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

45. Expect poison from the standing water.

46. You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

47. Listen to the fools reproach! it is a kingly title!

48. The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of water, the beard of earth.

49. The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

50. The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.

51. The thankful reciever bears a plentiful harvest.

52. If others had not been foolish, we should be so.

53. The soul of sweet delight, can never be defil'd.

54. When thou seest an Eagle, thou seest a portion of Genius, lift up thy head!

55. As the catterpiller chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.

56. To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

57. Damn, braces: Bless relaxes.

58. The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.

59. Prayers plow not! Praises reap not!

60. Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!

61. The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion.

62. As the air to a bird of the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.

63. The crow wish'd every thing was black, the owl, that every thing was white.

64. Exuberance is Beauty.

65. If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.

66. Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

67. Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.

68. Where man is not nature is barren.

69. Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believ'd.

It was an engrossing film and Neil Young's soundtrack doesn't hurt the film none either.

Speaking of Hell....I give you this:

you can hide behind your syllabus mark, but you and i both know that
reality is quite different and i will always feel that you betrayed me.
you have lost my possible friendship and respect.
i will make sure that many students know what kind of teacher you are.
b.

[pinholeman] wrote:


>B,
>
>You were a long way away from either an A or B. As for the losing one
>grade for missing the final, read your syllabus. And read the syllabus
>to see what was expected of you and your final project.
>
>There are avenues for you to pursue if you feel you got an inferior
>grade to the one you deserved. I stand by what you received.
>
>Like I said before, you have talent but because of your leaving early,
>you were unable to put the time in that was necessary to receive the
>grade you expected.
>
>[pinholeman]
>
>
>B wrote:
>
>
>>
>>still, you did not tell me that i would lose a letter grade for missing
>>the final critique. when i met with you to discuss my leaving early,
>>that was the time you should have told me what i was up against. to be
>>perfectly honest, i did not take your suggestions for withdrawing early
>>seriously because you seemed to be joking.
>>you never fully explained to me what you expected from me and led me to
>>believe that i was doing ok. i even asked you how my grade was at one
>>point and i believe you said i was doing "pretty good," and i asked if
>>i had a B and you didn't dispute it.
>>you kept the truth to yourself and did not give me a fair idea of what
>>i had to do. what you did tell me to do, i turned in. contractually i
>>should get an A, or at least the B you led me to believe i was getting.
>>b.
>>
>>[pinholeman] wrote:
>>
>>
>>>B,
>>>
>>>If I recall correctly, I did seriously suggest that you withdraw from
>>>the class due to the abundant amount of work you needed to turn in for
>>>a good grade. At the time you were already two or three assignments
>>>behind. You insisted though that you could complete the work. While you
>>>did turn in most things, none of the work was adequately spotted and
>>>most of the work you turned in was very poorly printed. The last
>>>assignment was late and you were unable to attend the critique which
>>>affected your participation. You also missed a lot of class time prior
>>>to your leaving early. Also, one rule I never waiver on is that if you
>>>do not attend the final critique, you lose a letter grade.
>>>
>>>In reality, I think you have a lot of talent as a photographer. Your
>>>vision is excellent but you need to have good craftsmanship to
>>>highlight that vision. Which means you have to put in your time in the
>>>lab.
>>>
>>>I thought I was very upfront in telling you that the hurdles you were
>>>choosing to tackle were large. You received very low scores on the
>>>depth-of-field assignment, the portrait assignment, and the visual poem
>>>assignment.
>>>
>>>Don't think for a minute that I don't feel bad having to give out
>>>grades like the one you received. I do. I liked you as a person and, as
>>>I mentioned earlier, you have a lot of talent as a photographer. But
>>>remember this too: it was your choice to leave two weeks early. There
>>>was a considerable amount of time you were not present to be guided on
>>>how to make your prints more successful and to complete your
>>>assignments more thoroughly.
>>>
>>>For you to blame me for your grade on me is unfair. I evaluate your
>>>performance, your attendance, your test scores and your participation
>>>in the class. If you feel you were shortchanged, I am sorry. But in my
>>>mind and looking at all of your work and scores, you got the grade you
>>>deserved.
>>>
>>>[pinholeman]
>>>
>>>
>>>B wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>i cannot believe the grade you gave me mark. i feel very stabbed in
>>>>the back. i took your course very seriously and did the best i could
>>>>do under the circumstances i was under. i may not be the best artist
>>>>in the world, but i am a student and i turned in all of my completed
>>>>assignments two weeks early.
>>>>please reconsider the grade you gave me.
>>>>i don't know why you gave me a "D" but i think it is both unfair and
>>>>unprofessional; if you had been up front about the situation, i may
>>>>have reconsidered going on my trip.
>>>>what may have just been a bad day for you will affect my financial aid
>>>>in such a way that i may have to drop out of school.
>>>>you may not care, but for a poor kid like me you're taking away my only
>>>>chance.
>>>>i totally thought different of you.
>>>>b.

Lovely,huh? That's all for tonight.