CUNY Academic Commons | Jhanaiya Smith-Butler | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/jhay/activity/ Activity feed for Jhanaiya Smith-Butler. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 24c88bd18bd45c8671ad8f8ecdb93bde Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site The Social Artist https://smithbutlersoc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=274 Wed, 22 May 2019 05:36:34 -0400 Locked.

Both her her hair and gaze.

Eyes that held more stories than a village elder of an ancient tribe. Hair, kinked and coiled from the crown of her head,

She wore crowns in her dreads,

As […]

]]> 80d149abc4b6b1057b9e025c25449ca3 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=130 Thu, 16 May 2019 02:25:11 -0400 Sundiata as amazing. Both as a character and as a piece of writing.

The Griot is the best character in my honest opinion. I love a good narrator. The Griot sounds like a wise and bitter older sibling. The way […]

]]> 503a5a05d0fd30c4f717d3646d8b78ce Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=128 Thu, 16 May 2019 02:08:53 -0400 Sundiata is one of my favorite reads of the semester. I enjoy when I can connect to a text (although it is not necessary for me to connect to a text in order to enjoy it), and I had none of that all semester. I […]

]]> 0b9c6975fdae78a851a2f44e8c08cfc2 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=126 Thu, 16 May 2019 01:56:38 -0400 As I mentioned in previous posts, I very much enjoyed Dante’s The Inferno along side analyzing it with modern recreations or work that was inspired by it.

In Canto 15, Dante meets Brunetto Latini and Ser […]

]]> e3e3b79ef817413ad8c8fc2a76cc7070 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=124 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:36:44 -0400 Reading the inferno was a very interesting experience, as I had played the PS4 game, Dante’s Inferno, where you play as the crusader who is on a journey to rescue his lover in paradise.

I have also watched […]

]]> 872e0aead60ad7d639ced98aa2ca69c8 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=118 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:17:30 -0400 As mentioned in my last entry,the witches are agents that spur Macbeth into action.

Lady Macbeth, is interesting. While primarily viewed as an agent for encouraging Macbeth to kill the king, she plays a […]

]]> e6ff91c7b5d3e81d6f75860dd60bf43d Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=116 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:05:09 -0400 I have always loved Shakespeare. growing up, I had watched and read several renditions of his works. Naturally, I was excited to read Macbeth, a play I had never got the chance to get my prepubescent hands […]

]]> 68feb5086542042e0f611882f6be2d18 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=114 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:53:58 -0400 I did not enjoy Oedipus the kind very much.Although i am both a self proclaimed writer (poetry mainly) and an avid reader, I do not like the olden styles of writing. This almost ancient story and writing style […]

]]> 53524c39f5be458e168f7b0293764d82 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler created the site The Social Artist https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/570951/ Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:15:09 -0400 df0f57d81c8887f9e53aa6bc63e08226 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=112 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:20:29 -0400 In the Odyssey, women play a completely different role than is commonly seen in literature. Although this was written at a time where women were seen as objects and means of sex. They were dominated and held to […]

]]> b2c8c4ae223f54f81573241120557857 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=110 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:53:32 -0400 In the first few books of the Odyssey, it is clear the that Gods are more like intelligent meddlers. The God’s depict the future of humans as well as how their lives will play out. Gods have the ability to  […]

]]> 08421a0c9050249aba22c551eb10f6fe Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=108 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:52:52 -0400 John the Baptist, as his name depicts, is a Baptist. He preaches in the wilderness of Judea (Matt. 3:1) and speaks the word of the kingdom of heaven. He travels around Jerusalem, baptisting people as they c […]

]]> 8a953d73e877172a71c85bd53ada8c5a Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=106 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:52:04 -0400 In the narrative, dreams are used as a medium between God and man as a form of communication. In the beginning of man, God would speak directly to Adam, the first man, to give him the information he needed. Now, […]

]]> 2f3baba001bf2fa9d4ff06ad2358fe03 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=102 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:32:48 -0500 In “Hymn of Man”, the narrator tells us that the world was created from a thousand headed and legged man. That when he eats, he grows. Three quarters of the man rose up, spreading in all directions to create […]

]]> bd512d495ed4e73584e2d0720d71966b Jhanaiya Smith-Butler wrote a new post on the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://whumasmithb.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=100 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:17:57 -0500 According to the narrator, the universe was created through thoughts and desire. In the beginning, there was only water and darkness, then, the first aspects of life, desire and passion, gave way to existence. […]

]]> 51281d6e2e9d65918bc26a6ae98e4f54 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler created the site Reading Journal Smith-Butler https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/556458/ Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:11:56 -0500 9a43c8bc3a6e0056302e2bb9759fd755 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler created the doc Portfolio and Cover Letter in the group CUNY Academic Commons https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/547076/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:04:04 -0500 114832f56b46d48a355924261234120c Jhanaiya Smith-Butler joined the group CUNY Academic Commons https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/547066/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 04:55:15 -0500 2444720945be2a87fb509bfd1d7c9559 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/538119/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 23:54:08 -0500 8a5b3b51bccba78d5628be07f4dff182 Jhanaiya Smith-Butler became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/517287/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 22:05:13 -0400