Through writing from Renata’s perspective and trying to understand events as they were felt at the time gave me a much deeper understanding of the what was on the conscious of the people at the time of these events. One the reasons why I love history is because it is… Read more“Final Reflection”
Category: Group 4
Posts submitted by authors in Group 4
Looking back over 40 years
The course of my life has been defined in many ways by the history that I have lived through. I have experienced some of Argentina’s most dramatic, most hopeful, and most fearful moments. I remember dates often by their proximity to political events. It is difficult for me to fathom… Read more“Looking back over 40 years”
Final Reflection in My Own Voice
Final Reflection as Myself Doing the avatar project was a very interesting experience for me. I am obsessed with history, but have done virtually no creative writing. Therefore it was hard for me try to embody a different character for the entire semester. Furthermore I was almost entirely ignorant of… Read more“Final Reflection in My Own Voice”
Getting Ready for Christmas and Looking back at decades of Living in Chile
December 13th, 2015 Christmas is less than two weeks away; I cannot believe another year has gone by. I am 70 years old now, I have certainly lived a full life. Diego is now 13 while his younger sister Justina is 10. Watching them grow up has been the single… Read more“Getting Ready for Christmas and Looking back at decades of Living in Chile”
My Relfections
The avatar project was the most difficult part of this course. Each posting forced me to assess my distance from my avatar. I was initially interested in the narrative aspect of the project, hoping that creativity would direct the narrative. This approach yielded postings that are hugely disconnected or overtly… Read more“My Relfections”
Looking back at 40 years
I have decided to blog again as I look back on the last 40 years and the life I will soon be leaving behind. I sit here now writing from my bed. Martina is resting next to me. She has been experience heart failure recently. The doctor was unable to… Read more“Looking back at 40 years”
March 3, 2000: You’re not the Victim Pinochet
You’re not the victim Pinochet. You do not feel the pain that Chileans have felt for the past two decades. You are not a misunderstood confused old man. Unfortunately you are just as capable now to avoid culpability as you were when you systematically tore apart Chile’s communities. In your… Read more“March 3, 2000: You’re not the Victim Pinochet”
Reflection
December 14, 2015 I will admit that I am skeptical about the Avatar Project, because it feels like I am appropriating someone else’s history. And yet it is no different than any other historical fiction: though the characters and their stories are fabricated, their creation leads to empathy. Empathy is the most… Read more“Reflection”
Reflexión
December 14, 2015 I wonder why I did not read any books for so many years. Well, I did read a little. But during the dictatorship and twenty years that followed I did not finish more than a handful of novels. Reading used to be my escape, but I was too… Read more“Reflexión”
La justicia
April 19, 2005 I used to come to my parents’ apartment for Sunday dinner. Now I live here. My parents sold it to me a few years ago, and I sold my own apartment, so that could come and take care of them. My mother passed away early last year,… Read more“La justicia”
