: About Me

Mike Scallan has taught history, art and English for eighteen years. He has always been writing but has only recently decided to explore writing through Helium,which looks like a fascinating and rewarding opportunity. He has decided to tackle subjects close to his heart and looks forward to engaging with other writers and readers out there.He lives in Benoni, South Africa, and is passionate about Africa. He loves travelling and has visited Egypt, India, Morocco, Dubai, Turkey, Spain and England. He is married with three children, three budgies, seven dogs, two ex-fish and a tortoise.

My passion is ...

Literature, art, engaging with ideas that enthrall me

I know too much about ...

I don't know enough of anything yet to fill this part in.

My parents always told me ...

Don't procrastinate!

My childhood ambition ...

Live in a wooden hut in a forest near a lake.

My favorite memory ...

Walking through the streets of Mumbai with my wife

Why I write ...

I write to find out what I think.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

J.M. Coetzee's "Diary of a bad year", Milan Kundera's "The Art of the Novel", listening to groups like 'Greenday', 'The Killers' and 'old rock'

My first job ...

Stocktaking in the maintenance department of an electricity power station

My best moment ...

sunrise

My inspiration ...

the thought that it's only beginning ...

Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Is Shakespeare's writing incomprehensible?

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Yes Shakespeare's writing is incomprehensible, if you have not been taught how to access it. His incomprehensibility is, however, not a good enough reason to discard him. That his writing has enthralled generations of humans for nearly six hundred years would suggest that more effort be made to access his work. As a South African I found the American electoral system incomprehensible, and so I decided to find out more. Access to the Internet can transform the incomprehensible to the understandable.I disagree with Tanu Bhandari that language has become more structured and is therefore more ...

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