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4/25 Dahu/Forest Church

Bunun peopleMilletmountainssearch and rescue teamAnd there were still other moths with eyespots on their wings, like innumerable eyes staring at him.Every thread of rain was glowing, as if the moon itself had turned to rain, like the moon was falling all...

4/23 Hafay/Seventh Sisid

The best part about talking to Hafay was that she would never judge the sudden sadness that overcomes people after they've imbibed. She never got involved, but those long-lashed eyes of hers made you feel nobody could understand your private sorrow better...

4/18 Alice/Seaside House

an empty house that didn't even have windowsfake farmhouses and fake B&Bsan amusement parkher house by the seaearthquakea remote islandSummer Housethe City Library of Stockholmsealed the doors and windowsFor the past year the sea had been like a random...

Mountains and the Ocean – 2

A key theme permeating the poems of Yang Mu is that of time. InThe Flames of War, Yang Mu describes life in Hualien during the Pacific War, but notably, the war exists only as a distant even, never truly affecting Hualien. In this poem there are three key examples...

4/16 Atile’i/Island

islandSea Sage & Earth Sagefacing the sea vs. facing awaythe fate of a second sonRasula (Ursula Kroeber Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle)the True Islesperm whaleimprisoned in a world [of being forgotten]The Vortex on the Sea (Chapter 11 title)Panai's song...

Mountains and the Ocean-2

Classroom Discussion The East Asia for all podcast talks about the movie we watched in class called Warriors of the Rainbow. We discussed topics from the podcast, as well as some of the topics that interested us. These topics included gender, tatoos, female voice,...

Mountains and the Ocean – 1 (Dorie and Evy)

Three main aboriginal groups are mentioned in the readings. The Atayal in Walis Nokan’s “Atayal,” the Amis in Yang Mu’s “Close to Xiuguluan” and “Their World,” and the Paiwan in Zhong Lihe’s “My Grandma from the Mountains.”    WALIS Nokan, “Atayal”   ...

4/11 Mountains and the Ocean-2

When the sun rose from the sea, shining through the windowpanes onto the clean floor, the room was filled with a fresh and delicate fragrance.At the far end of the streets running west to east you could see the deep blue sea, which was smooth and gentle...

Mountains and the Ocean

Walis Nokan, "Atayal" The Atayal tribe lived by the Taroko Gorge mentioned in the heading of the section 1 of the poem. This poem is rich with symbolism and imagery. The sun rises over the Pacific Ocean, but the sun also symbolizes the arrival of the Japanese, as it...

4/2 Mountains and the Ocean-1

Tarokothe Pacific Oceanthe sunmilleta national flagsaltthe glory of the menthe rainbow bridgeGovernor-General Sakuma SamataWhen the stele finally came to an open wasteland, it cleaned the tattoos off its body until it became a child of the earth.an arrow...