Introduction: Compass
This month, we feature a series of short memoir posts centered on the theme Compass. James Wood ’14 describes our vision for this theme below. Illustration to Dante’s Inferno, Plate I, Gustave Doré,...
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Protractors and compasses were sold in sets at Office Depot, and I always wished I could mix and match the colors. I wanted a blue protractor and a green compass but I had to pick one so green it...
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The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer, 1899. Image courtesy of metmuseum.org Hesiod’s Theogony starts off by telling where the story itself comes from: the muses teach Hesiod a song while he shepherds his...
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Luncheon in the Grasses, Sally Mann, 1991. Image courtesy of houkgallery.com Take I-66 from the Beltway and stay on it. It goes for an hour. Then take Exit 1 to I-81 and watch for the junction;...
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