Blog Post Three

Blog Post Three
The New York Times article on William Faulkner is thus far the reading that has most interested me. Faulkner is a huge, thoroughly studied figure in literature. It feels miraculous when information comes out, something new, like the Mississippi Plantation Diary. So many people have looked into so many aspects of Faulkner’s work that finding a new artifact is quite the coup. I bet Professor Wolff-King feels honored to be taking such an important place in Faulkner scholarship. Wolff-King’s discovery inspires me to be more of an archaeologist. I wish I lived closer to the Harry Ransom Center because I am currently interested in Frida Kahlo’s painting and three of her paintings are included in the Ransom Center’s Nickolas Muray collection. Many of Kahlo’s paintings are surreal and I enjoy incorporating the surreal into my poetry. I’ve looked at her work (online) many times for inspiration. In "The Little Deer" painting she has the head of Frida Kahlo with the body of a deer shot many times with many arrows. "Henry Ford Hospital" is another of Kahlo's surreal disturbing paintings. For more information on Frida Kahlo, I would like to check out the PBS documentary. Our past lessons on how to find our way around the Virginia Tech library will be useful if I decide to seek out the documentary.