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Week 1 | Questions of Canon

Mantoan et. al, suggest that the very nature of the "Canon" with a concerted effort to establish a point of permeance in a changing landscape. “Obsessed with this fraught past, we speak of new work as if it were something novel, but the canon is composed of new works grown old. Valuing longevity over innovation, we fail to recognize that one thing that made those works great was their departure from the past (4)”. Michele Foucault  (1969) suggests similarly in introduction of "Archelogy of Knowledge" that scholars and thinkers of his time wants to have unified period of time, but fails to consider how these periods starts and stops, and how other moments can easily fracture that idyllic whole. Likewise, Gulliroy (1992) contends with how establishing what is a practice and isn't reflects similarly to how the Christian religion chose was it is and isn't and grounds of orthodoxy and control.  With these tests, I'm reminded of the challenge that major religi...
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God's Pavilion - The Early Morning

Darkness peels away with the sound of a door creak. Light slowly peers into the room with a bright intensity, burning a brown color into the wooden table at the center of the room. A figure's silhouette at the door stands forebodingly, their mere presence swallowing any excess light into a void at the center of the universe.   ‘Wake up, Henry. It’s past sunrise already’. A voice calls out to us. The voice is firm. The timbre is low and demanding. A totalitarian unison. No other object dare make another noise. Blinking away the drowsiness, the form moves from a shade of black and purple into a familiar face. The features slide into the calm yet furrowing brow. The dim shine of dark hazel eyes. The faux golden pin name tying the the hotel inn’s uniform together with an unimaginative approach towards professionalism, a white button up with accompanying black slacks. ‘You have ten minutes or that’ll be your 3 rd strike’, the voice affirms. “Yes, Ms. Alford”. Our voice is soft, but...
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