For over forty-three years I have been pushing a rock called Chicana/o Studies, ... At some point, Sisyphus has to accept the absurdity of his faith.

Pleasure: Sisyphus's activity—pushing a big rock uphill—seems unpleasant and painful. But many of the activities we are engaged in are far more pleasant. Variety : Sisyphus has to repeat ...

For 35 years, John Van Alstine's muscular granite and steel sculptures have returned time and again to the myth of Sisyphus pushing a rock up a hill only to be doomed to repeat the task for ...

Sisyphus stumbles on a loose rock and slips down the hill. He catches himself, then keeps going. The weekend comes and goes; of course there are tasks that remain unfinished.

We all know who Sisyphus is: the guy in Greek mythology who was sentenced by the gods to spend eternity pushing a boulder up a mountain. Each time he reached the summit, the boulder would roll back ...

If Sisyphus were Canadian, he would not be eternally damned to push a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down before he can reach the top. That would be too easy.