Walker Percy - THE SEARCHboyinthebadlands2021-04-03 | Excerpts from THE MOVIEGOER by WALKER PERCY, published in 1961. Read by Levi Shiach.
Music used in this video: "The Dancer's Silhouette" by August Aghast soundcloud.com/augustaghast/tracksWilliam Gaddis The Recognitions; A Review (Sort Of)boyinthebadlands2020-09-22 | William Gaddis' The Recognitions is an invisible titan of American post-war fiction; invisible for its unpopularity, and titanic for its undeniable influence on the future generation(s) of writers in America. In this video I examine Gaddis' criticisms of forgery in The Recognitions via his depictions of (a) Art, (b) the Self, and (c) Faith.
Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:53 Art 5:56 the Self 8:19 Faith 11:26 Conclusion
"13" by Lex Villena youtube.com/watch?v=k9Cfbwb3fXI&ab_channel=Carnival%26LentThe Seventh Seal - Kierkegaards Knight of Faithboyinthebadlands2020-04-06 | With Antonius Block, Bergman has crafted a near-perfect existential hero. Using a (hyper-summarized) Kierkegaardian framework, I suggest that Antonius Block exemplifies how a person ought to approach faith in a world increasingly devoid of God.
This video is, without doubt, aesthetically indebted to the work of Lex Villena (twitter.com/lexville_).
Music used in this video:
"Nocturne in F Minor–Op. 55, No. 1 (Variation)" By Chad Lawson Licensed through Musicbed.