Treebeard Brown

  • Singing the Song of Narcissus: Slaves to Our Own Hearts

    Playing around with my banjo early this summer I came upon the chords and melody that would eventually become the first song I had composed since I finished my constellation series over a year ago. Here, I shift my attention to the myth of Narcissus and Echo. As Northrop Frye said in “The Keys to…

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  • Before June completely escapes me, let me share one of the many things rumbling about my brain over the past few weeks. I know that as a teacher, summer is supposed to start once school lets out in early June (at least here in Western Pennsylvania). But June brims over with national speech and debate…

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