Nicholas Economos

Nicholas Economos commented on the post, The Rising Sun, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 1 week ago

Hi Madeline,
I found the Ryounkaku tower to be an effective symbol as well, especially when Prof. Inouye mention how the horizon was visible (this wasn’t the case for the other shorter Japanese buildings […]

Nicholas Economos wrote a new post, A New Perspective (Week 7), on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 1 week ago

While procrastinating in my room Wednesday night I stared at the dying houseplant in my bedroom for an extended period of time.

Thirsty plant

fading colors

death in the month of spring

This week we […]

Nicholas Economos commented on the post, Evanescence and Form via Basho, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hi Nina,
I have to disagree with you. I found Busho’s poetry to be very impersonal, similar to Ueda. I used the poem about the concubines under one roof on page 132 as an example of this in my essay, and I see […]

Nicholas Economos wrote a new post, Busho and the order of here and now (Week 6), on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 2 weeks ago

I tried to delay my posting as long as I could to have a last minute poetic moment, but it just didn’t happen this week.

To be honest, when this week’s lesson began I was a bit confused. The concept of the […]

Nicholas Economos commented on the post, Week 5: Hedonism, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hi Adrienne,
I enjoy your mentioning of the delicate balance that a pleasure seeking lifestyle needs to be wary of. In class our discussions of hedonist ideology were kind of extreme. If we all lived this way we […]

Nicholas Economos wrote a new post, Morning Saplings (Week 5), on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 2 months, 3 weeks ago

I was sitting on my upstairs porch with a cup of coffee Saturday morning and noticed a tree beginning to bud.

Winter sapling

sprouts beneath snow

Awakened

This week’s discussions on Hedonism were […]

Nicholas Economos commented on the post, Empty, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months ago

I found the zen garden to be a very interesting concept as well. The way it can form a bridge between here-and-now and the metaphysical, and as you said embodies the changing boundaries between evanescence and […]

Nicholas Economos wrote a new post, The Zen Garden (Week 4), on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months ago

I was walking down Boston ave late Tuesday night in the rainy dark and was not properly dressed for the weather.

wet steps

white noise

headlights race by

After completing this weeks drawing I […]

Nicholas Economos wrote a new post, Snow day mornings, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 1 week ago

I woke up Saturday morning after two feet of snow had just fallen and took a few minutes to lie silently in bed.

Window glows

A clock ticks

louder

I found the coupling of success and failure, or […]

Nicholas Economos commented on the post, Is the house burning?, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 1 week ago

I’ve come up with a lot of the same questions as you. I’m also perplexed about why strive for goals if they are fleeting. Are their no Buddhist professional athletes, or lawyers, or any other occupation that […]

Nicholas Economos commented on the post, Week 2, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 2 weeks ago

I enjoyed your poem here, its a refreshing concept (70% of posters seems to get excited about nature). This is nice and approaches that “sad beautiful” idea. Last line is unnecessary though. I find the first three […]

Nicholas Economos wrote a new post, Snowbanks, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 2 weeks ago

I was walking up Winthrop Street during a particularly warm day last week when I noticed a single snowbank on the sidewalk.

Sun shines—

One snowbank left

Peers melted away

During this week’s […]

Nicholas Economos commented on the post, Evanescence, Form, and the Form of Evanescence, on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Enjoyed this poem. It’s the word “silhouettes” that does it for me. It’s says so much with one word, almost haunting.

Nicholas Economos wrote a new post, Week 1 – The Cicada (Nicholas Economos), on the site Japanese 061: Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 months, 3 weeks ago

I wasn’t able to write a poem about an experience this week.

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I had a surprisingly difficult time finding subject material for my brief poem this week. This is surprising […]

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