Blake Carpenter

Picking from the two, my most recent project, Objection! and Objectification, is my favorite! I’m new to poetry, only recently being exposed to the art a few semesters ago. Nevertheless, I’ve become fairly enthralled by the medium at large – with these unessay projects being a great opportunity to hone my own poetic creativity. This… Read more Translating Form: ‘Finals’ Post 5/5

In scene 2 of The Love Suicide at Amijima, O-San discovers her husband crying and accurately acuses him of still having feelings for Koharu. After O-San had been crying over this revelation, Jihei belts out quite the incredible paragraph comprised of mansplaining, deceit, manipulation and a flurry of other toxic traits/actions: “Don’t cry, O-San dear… Read more Pity, Deceit, and Destined Death: 4/21Q

In the film Double Suicide, it’s heavily implied that all the actors are the puppets from Chikamatsu’s The Love Suicide at Amijima with literal puppet masters that come in and out of frame guiding the main actions of the actors. A great example of this is when the samurai implores Koharu to get some fresh… Read more Puppet Master’s Threads: 4/19Q

In Episode XXVII of The Tale of Kiều, Kiều is told that her bad karma had been restored. To her response: “Such a story of yore why still mention now! Though there was between us wedding commitment, I think myself heavily weather-beaten. I’m ashamed to tell the whole story of mine, Just want to let… Read more Ebb & Flow: 4/14Q