Marly Youmans's Blog, page 64
May 21, 2014
Dear people,
Mailbox courtesy of y0s1a and sxc.hu
Today I will be frantically packing up all my overdue packages (including promised books--and that includes the great poetry giveaway going to Guy in Israel, as I am nothing if not a true-to-my-word procrastinator) because Obama is going to be hanging out and pronouncing on issues a mere one block away tomorrow, and that, people tell me, will be a
Today I will be frantically packing up all my overdue packages (including promised books--and that includes the great poetry giveaway going to Guy in Israel, as I am nothing if not a true-to-my-word procrastinator) because Obama is going to be hanging out and pronouncing on issues a mere one block away tomorrow, and that, people tell me, will be a
May 20, 2014
On art, artists, and Bergman
German poster for The Silence (1963)Art by Dorothea Fischer-Nobisch
I want very much to tell, to talk about, the wholeness inside every human being. It's a strange thing that every human being has a sort of dignity or wholeness in him, and out of that develops relationships to other human beings, tensions, misunderstandings, tenderness, coming in contact, touching and being touched, the
I want very much to tell, to talk about, the wholeness inside every human being. It's a strange thing that every human being has a sort of dignity or wholeness in him, and out of that develops relationships to other human beings, tensions, misunderstandings, tenderness, coming in contact, touching and being touched, the
May 18, 2014
"Industrial pictures are not art"
Poster for the new Jodorowsky movie...
I like this Alejandro Jodorowsky quote about forgetfulness and remembering in the movies. I think it applies to other art forms as well. After all, remembering the self goes on in all art. And what is "industrial" and "not art" is frequently hailed as art in other areas of the arts as well.
I don’t want you to forget yourself for two hours seeing a
I like this Alejandro Jodorowsky quote about forgetfulness and remembering in the movies. I think it applies to other art forms as well. After all, remembering the self goes on in all art. And what is "industrial" and "not art" is frequently hailed as art in other areas of the arts as well.
I don’t want you to forget yourself for two hours seeing a
May 16, 2014
Catherwood update / in-print books
Small vignette for Glimmerglass
by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Catherwood
After the Entertainment Weekly tip-of-the-hat to "heartstopping" Catherwood, used book dealers sold a good many copies of the book--this, of course, was both lovely and a little frustrating, as I have in-print books that need homes and am planning on a new edition of Catherwood. I've decided to turn down (with many thanks, and
by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Catherwood
After the Entertainment Weekly tip-of-the-hat to "heartstopping" Catherwood, used book dealers sold a good many copies of the book--this, of course, was both lovely and a little frustrating, as I have in-print books that need homes and am planning on a new edition of Catherwood. I've decided to turn down (with many thanks, and
May 14, 2014
Beam on Glimmerglass
Clive!
I'm releasing all
of Jeffery Beam's
long, marvelous blurb
for Glimmerglass
here today.
And if you wish to leave
a comment, scroll
to the foot of that page...
I'm releasing all
of Jeffery Beam's
long, marvelous blurb
for Glimmerglass
here today.
And if you wish to leave
a comment, scroll
to the foot of that page...
May 12, 2014
Dreaming better dreams--
Minotaur study by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
for Glimmerglass
BOOKHOOKERY
Writer bounces out of bed at 6:30 and scurried about making lunch for her third child, packing track-snack in a sack (can I toss in another rhyme?), fixing breakfast, and tossing books in the backpack (there you go.) Mid-way, the writer turns on NPR and hears that 45% of teens read no more than 1-2 books a year. Or did they
for Glimmerglass
BOOKHOOKERY
Writer bounces out of bed at 6:30 and scurried about making lunch for her third child, packing track-snack in a sack (can I toss in another rhyme?), fixing breakfast, and tossing books in the backpack (there you go.) Mid-way, the writer turns on NPR and hears that 45% of teens read no more than 1-2 books a year. Or did they
May 11, 2014
On Mother's Day--
Raphael, Sistine Madonna detail via Wikipedia, public domain
Remember the bereft Nigerian mothers--their girls stolen--and all mothers who mourn.
There is little enough we can do for any of them; Amnesty International petition here.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me.They have clung to me all my life. --Abraham Lincoln
Remember the bereft Nigerian mothers--their girls stolen--and all mothers who mourn.
There is little enough we can do for any of them; Amnesty International petition here.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me.They have clung to me all my life. --Abraham Lincoln
May 9, 2014
Kraken2
P. S. to the Kraken! post: Be sure and read Scott Bailey's clerihews at Six Words for a Hat (post and comments.) I'm afraid that I challenged him to a Chernyshevsky clerihew. This came about because his posts about Henrik Pontoppidan seeped into my head, and so I wrote a clerihew about Henrik Pontoppidan the novelist's ancestor (I suppose), Erik Pontoppidan the bishop, who had an interesting
May 8, 2014
Kraken!
Octopus courtesy of Gisela Royo
of Barcelona, Spain and sxc.hu
I have been having fun yesterday and today with my cephalopod stories, mentioned in the last post--there are seven tiny fictions plus an eighth piece, a clerihew for Erik Pontoppidan. And all that goes to show that blog visitors and bloggers can influence my mind because I'm not sure if I would have gone for eight (although so very
of Barcelona, Spain and sxc.hu
I have been having fun yesterday and today with my cephalopod stories, mentioned in the last post--there are seven tiny fictions plus an eighth piece, a clerihew for Erik Pontoppidan. And all that goes to show that blog visitors and bloggers can influence my mind because I'm not sure if I would have gone for eight (although so very
May 7, 2014
Cephalopodish
Photograph courtesy of merchant mariner John Boyer,who is sometimes based in Kuwait, and sxc.hu
The octopus is so intelligent that it is considered an Honorary Vertebrate for legal purposes in the UK. I wonder if octopi are insulted by this. Perhaps they haven't been told.
I've been writing tiny stories lately, and the thought of one involving a cuttlefish or octopus has crept into a crevice
The octopus is so intelligent that it is considered an Honorary Vertebrate for legal purposes in the UK. I wonder if octopi are insulted by this. Perhaps they haven't been told.
I've been writing tiny stories lately, and the thought of one involving a cuttlefish or octopus has crept into a crevice
