Now I am a lake... tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2008:/englishblog/7 2008-06-09T16:18:08Z ... A woman bends over me, Searching my reaches for what she really is ..." by Sylvia Plath Movable Type 3.2 tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2008:/englishblog//7.1678 2008-06-09T16:16:08Z 2008-06-09T16:18:08Z writing is a physical act, and to keep in trim, you should practice daily. from a book called "practical guide to writing"... Maryam writing is a physical act, and to keep in trim, you should practice daily.

from a book called "practical guide to writing"

]]> tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2008:/englishblog//7.1598 2008-03-17T10:24:41Z 2008-03-17T10:33:38Z However, Rippert also said in the article that he could not be certain of the identity of the French pilot whose plane he shot down. He also hoped it was not the French author as he was a big fan... Maryam However, Rippert also said in the article that he could not be certain of the identity of the French pilot whose plane he shot down. He also hoped it was not the French author as he was a big fan of Saint-Exupery's works.


father_and_son.jpg

]]> Father and Son tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2008:/englishblog//7.1585 2008-03-04T22:23:42Z 2008-03-04T22:29:07Z _ Where are you now? _ I... I see trees, there's a path... _ Are you still over there? _ the sun... _ Where is it? _ It's beautiful. _ Am I over there? _ No, I'm all alone. a... Maryam _ Where are you now?
_ I...
I see trees,
there's a path...
_ Are you still over there?
_ the sun...
_ Where is it?
_ It's beautiful.
_ Am I over there?
_ No,
I'm all alone.

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a film by: Alexander Sokurov

]]> on Writing tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2008:/englishblog//7.1537 2008-01-25T19:06:35Z 2008-01-25T19:17:00Z "Read, read,read. Read everything-trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! you'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out.... Maryam "Read, read,read. Read everything-trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! you'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."(William Faulkner)

Imitation is one of the best ways of learning. Is it not by copying that most painters acquire their skill? In the field of writing too, a great deal can be learnt by following the style of certain writers. It forces you to study a model, and gives you the framework within which to write, whilst still allowing you to be fully imaginative and creative. It is therefore a first step on the way to free writing.

from Writing for Advanced Learners of English
by Francoise Grellet

]]> tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1488 2007-12-29T10:17:26Z 2007-12-29T10:21:52Z ...In a land of zero degree which is neither east nor west has neither day nor night which is neither cold nor warm I learned the feeling of exile "Wong Kar-wai"... Maryam ...In a land of zero degree
which is neither east nor west
has neither day nor night
which is neither cold nor warm
I learned the feeling of exile

"Wong Kar-wai"

]]> Harbinger tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1467 2007-12-15T11:13:50Z 2007-12-15T11:17:58Z a person or thing showing that something is going to happen or is on its way: Daffodils are a harbinger of spring. Cock is the harbinger of the dawn.... Maryam a person or thing showing that something is going to happen or is on its way:

Daffodils are a harbinger of spring.
Cock is the harbinger of the dawn.

]]> tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1409 2007-11-03T17:24:31Z 2007-11-03T17:27:28Z Some write to remember, some write to forget, Welcome to the hotel california ! such a lovely place ! such a lovely place !!... Maryam Some write to remember,
some write to forget,

Welcome to the hotel california !
such a lovely place !
such a lovely place !!

]]> tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1354 2007-10-07T21:28:21Z 2007-10-07T21:31:10Z " I waited on the corner for my blind date. When this girl walked by, I said, " Are you Linda?" She said " Are you Richard?" " I said,"yeah". She said," I'm not Linda." Richard Prince- 1991... Maryam " I waited on the corner for my blind date. When this girl walked by, I said, " Are you Linda?" She said " Are you Richard?" " I said,"yeah". She said," I'm not Linda."

Richard Prince- 1991

]]> Pierrot le fou tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1309 2007-09-11T13:21:42Z 2007-09-11T13:29:41Z Maryam --- I wonder what's keeping the cops. We should be in jail by now.

--- They're smart... They let people destroy themselves.


 

from the film : Pierrot Le Fou by Godard

]]> tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1279 2007-08-13T05:26:27Z 2007-08-13T05:29:24Z “We were sometimes seized by an urge to kill our love affair before it had reached its natural end, a murder committed not out of hatred, but out of an excess of love-- or rather, out of the fear that... Maryam “We were sometimes seized by an urge to kill our love affair before it had reached its natural end, a murder committed not out of hatred, but out of an excess of love-- or rather, out of the fear that an excess of love may bring. Lovers may kill their own love story only because they are unable to tolerate the uncertainty, the risk, that their experiment in happiness has delivered.”

from" On Love " by du Botton- page 163

]]> Prenom Carmen tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1271 2007-07-16T16:54:58Z 2007-07-16T16:59:18Z Maryam - When everything's been lost, but it's daybreak and yet we are still breathing....
- It's called sunrise, miss.

 

form the film "Prenom Carmen" by Godard

]]> Une femme est une femme tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1270 2007-07-15T09:48:08Z 2007-07-15T09:59:15Z Maryam - Is this a tragedy or a comedy?
- you never know with women.

 

from the film : Une femme est une femme

]]> tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1258 2007-07-04T18:55:48Z 2007-07-04T19:04:25Z " She really was adorable [thought the lover, at th pinnacle of subjective judgment]. But how could I tell her so in a way that would suggest the distinctive nature of my attraction? Words like love or devotion or infatuation... Maryam " She really was adorable [thought the lover, at th pinnacle of subjective judgment]. But how could I tell her so in a way that would suggest the distinctive nature of my attraction? Words like love or devotion or infatuation were exhausted by the weight of successive love stories, by the layers imposed on them through the uses of others. At the moment when I most wanted language to be original, personal, and completely private, I came up against the irrevocably public nature of the language of the heart."

Page 103- from On Love by Alain de Botton

]]> On Love tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1249 2007-06-29T09:53:08Z 2007-06-29T10:00:10Z " The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [ we soon feel ungreatful ] or those who never allow us to kiss them [ we soon forget them ] , but those who... Maryam " The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [ we soon feel ungreatful ] or those who never allow us to kiss them [ we soon forget them ] , but those who coyly lead us between the two extremes."

from : On Love by Alain de Botton
page 27.

 

]]> tag:www.maryammomeni.com,2007:/englishblog//7.1125 2007-04-15T20:34:39Z 2007-05-22T08:59:47Z I am so sorry, I didn't want to ping this blog. It was a mistake.... Maryam I am so sorry, I didn't want to ping this blog. It was a mistake.

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