Ren speaks about his song Hi-Ren
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 11:38 PM
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Gypsy Scholar
Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
About Me
- Name: Horace Jeffery Hodges
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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7 Comments:
His message might be a positive one, but his music videos seem to tend toward horror-movie scenarios! I guess the videos are meant to grab your attention.
Oddly enough, I didn't make the horror-film connection till you pointed it out. Moreover, I must have watched over a hundred reaction videos, and none of them noticed that horror connection, either. Most connected to mental health issues.
But I think that you're also right.
Jeffery Hodges
I review a lot of movies, so I guess I'm just in a cinematic frame of mind. I see hospitals and asylums and immediately think those are horror-movie tropes. His songs do seem to be more about mental health and self-affirmation, though, so he's probably not trying deliberately for a horror vibe.
Look at this world we live in. Isn’t it all a horror movie?
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