Comments for ExtraSimile http://extrasimile.wordpress.com Sequence. Experience. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:17:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Pictures He Paints by JimmyBean http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/the-pictures-he-paints/#comment-22 JimmyBean Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:17:39 +0000 http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-22 I don't know If I said it already but ...Cool site, love the info. I do a lot of research online on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I'm glad I found your blog. Thanks, :) A definite great read..Jim Bean I don’t know If I said it already but …Cool site, love the info. I do a lot of research online on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks, :)

A definite great read..Jim Bean

]]> Comment on A Saturday Afternoon on the Moon by Extenze http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/a-saturday-afternoon-on-the-moon/#comment-21 Extenze Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:20:03 +0000 http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-21 There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also. There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also.

]]> Comment on A Saturday Afternoon on the Moon by john armstrong http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/a-saturday-afternoon-on-the-moon/#comment-19 john armstrong Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:04:04 +0000 http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-19 Isn't 'just messing around' what we all should be doing? I'm coming to realise that the best stuff comes from a mixture of improvisation and a kind of purposeful playfulness. My problem at the moment is allowing my ear to be sufficiently open to the surprising stuff that comes my way. With regard to the other versions, I thought I'd seen one with more extensive allusions to Hollywood- this must have been wishful thinking on my part. Isn’t ‘just messing around’ what we all should be doing? I’m coming to realise that the best stuff comes from a mixture of improvisation and a kind of purposeful playfulness. My problem at the moment is allowing my ear to be sufficiently open to the surprising stuff that comes my way.
With regard to the other versions, I thought I’d seen one with more extensive allusions to Hollywood- this must have been wishful thinking on my part.

]]> Comment on A Saturday Afternoon on the Moon by extrasimile http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/a-saturday-afternoon-on-the-moon/#comment-18 extrasimile Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:00:07 +0000 http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-18 Thank you, John. I know you have strong opinions on poetry, and are far better read than I will ever be, so I take this as a complement indeed. I was struck by the interesting confluence in 1939 of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hopper’s New York Movie and that Hunchback could be on the screen the day of the painting—though it could have been the Laurel and Hardy—and how even the most perceptive could not see into the future sitting in that theater that day, especially on the micro level. One might have grasped the political ramifications of the situation in Europe…but where is Shulamith? She writes every month. She’s disappeared off the face of the earth. Anyway, I made up a little story. Todesfugue/ Death Fugue: I don’t know German, but it has to be a different poem in English. One imagines Celan writing in the language of the ‘meister’. The translation I linked to is interesting, because it lets the German leak back in to the text. And of course I had reservations about borrowing from one of the great poems, but… I guess what I see myself doing here is using the words as little vehicles to explore with and experiment with, just let them whisper in my ear a little, suggest something…and great poetry does do that, doesn’t it? Bottom line: I’m just messing around here, but I’m glad you liked this particular mess. This is the only version I’ve put on the web. Thank you, John. I know you have strong opinions on poetry, and are far better read than I will ever be, so I take this as a complement indeed. I was struck by the interesting confluence in 1939 of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hopper’s New York Movie and that Hunchback could be on the screen the day of the painting—though it could have been the Laurel and Hardy—and how even the most perceptive could not see into the future sitting in that theater that day, especially on the micro level. One might have grasped the political ramifications of the situation in Europe…but where is Shulamith? She writes every month. She’s disappeared off the face of the earth. Anyway, I made up a little story.
Todesfugue/ Death Fugue: I don’t know German, but it has to be a different poem in English. One imagines Celan writing in the language of the ‘meister’. The translation I linked to is interesting, because it lets the German leak back in to the text. And of course I had reservations about borrowing from one of the great poems, but… I guess what I see myself doing here is using the words as little vehicles to explore with and experiment with, just let them whisper in my ear a little, suggest something…and great poetry does do that, doesn’t it? Bottom line: I’m just messing around here, but I’m glad you liked this particular mess.
This is the only version I’ve put on the web.

]]> Comment on A Saturday Afternoon on the Moon by john armstrong http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/a-saturday-afternoon-on-the-moon/#comment-17 john armstrong Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:08:12 +0000 http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-17 I really like this, I especially like the use of Todesfugue and the way that it's juxtaposed with the movie stuff. So many of us make a mess of alluding/quoting Celan and I think you've done it appropriately and to good 'effect'. I also think the first line is brilliant. Is this the second or the third draft that you've posted or am I hallucinating? I really like this, I especially like the use of Todesfugue and the way that it’s juxtaposed with the movie stuff. So many of us make a mess of alluding/quoting Celan and I think you’ve done it appropriately and to good ‘effect’. I also think the first line is brilliant. Is this the second or the third draft that you’ve posted or am I hallucinating?

]]> Comment on Bird in Space by Sarah http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/bird-in-space/#comment-15 Sarah Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:01:14 +0000 http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/?p=157#comment-15 Hi I think this is a fantastic blog, keep up the good work... Hi I think this is a fantastic blog, keep up the good work…

]]> Comment on Chapter XIV by Immabsarema http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/chapter-xiv/#comment-14 Immabsarema Tue, 12 May 2009 19:13:20 +0000 http://extrasimile.wordpress.com/?p=146#comment-14 I hope you enjoyed the party. --------------------------------------- signature: http://www.ead.facaparte.org.br/curso/user/view.php?id=71&course=1 I hope you enjoyed the party.
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