Marly Youmans's Blog, page 89
May 8, 2013
Glass-paper work--
The first recorded instance of sandpaper was in 13th century China when crushed shells, seeds, and sand were bonded to parchment using natural gum.
Shark skin was also used as a sandpaper. The rough scales of the living fossil Coelacanth are used by the natives of Comoros as sandpaper. Boiled and dried, the rough horsetail is used in Japan as a traditional polishing material, finer than
Shark skin was also used as a sandpaper. The rough scales of the living fossil Coelacanth are used by the natives of Comoros as sandpaper. Boiled and dried, the rough horsetail is used in Japan as a traditional polishing material, finer than
May 7, 2013
On "the value of art"
Tranquil scene with fish, colored pencil, from the sketchbooks of Laura Murphy Frankstone at Laurelines
Yesterday I read Michael W. Clune's article, "Bernhard's Way," and have been thinking about his summation of art (in part borrowed from Pierre Bourdieu and his ideas on language as a mechanism of power, reflective of one's position in a social space) as viewed by "the tradition," "the
Yesterday I read Michael W. Clune's article, "Bernhard's Way," and have been thinking about his summation of art (in part borrowed from Pierre Bourdieu and his ideas on language as a mechanism of power, reflective of one's position in a social space) as viewed by "the tradition," "the
May 4, 2013
Master Jug and Lady Candlestick
The Blue Jug (2006) by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
from Marly Youmans, The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press, 2012),
and also anthologized in The Book of Ystwyth: six poets on the art of Clive Hicks-Jenkins (Wales/US: Grey Mare Press and Carolina Wren Press, 2010)
Master Jug and Lady Candle Stick
With hands on hips and foliate attire,
The candlestick is all umbrageousness,
A shady lady who has
from Marly Youmans, The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press, 2012),
and also anthologized in The Book of Ystwyth: six poets on the art of Clive Hicks-Jenkins (Wales/US: Grey Mare Press and Carolina Wren Press, 2010)
Master Jug and Lady Candle Stick
With hands on hips and foliate attire,
The candlestick is all umbrageousness,
A shady lady who has
Dear diary,
One of many collage decorations for Thaliad by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Being a post for inquisitive souls eager to know the secrets of a writer's Saturday...
Rose up entirely too early in order to let out Susquehanna the dog, who was the mighty source of a river of barks. So I stayed up and made dozens of cookies for the track meet sale.
On the agenda for this bright Saturday: choir practice;
Being a post for inquisitive souls eager to know the secrets of a writer's Saturday...
Rose up entirely too early in order to let out Susquehanna the dog, who was the mighty source of a river of barks. So I stayed up and made dozens of cookies for the track meet sale.
On the agenda for this bright Saturday: choir practice;
May 3, 2013
The Seven Deadly Sins » (trailer) by Antoine Roegiers, 2011
Marvelous share from youtube. Click bottom right for large screen view.
Antoine Roegiers animates Breughel drawings (1559) of the seven deadly sins.
See the Antoine Roegiers website
Storyboard and details here
Antoine Roegiers animates Breughel drawings (1559) of the seven deadly sins.
See the Antoine Roegiers website
Storyboard and details here
for @DeathZen of the Twitterlands--
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Name: Youmans
Pronunciation: as Yeomans: Yo-munz (rhymes with "no puns")
A certain party of four brothers who came to this counry before the Revolution were all "Yeomans." As spelling reform did not yet exist, their descendants tended to spell their names in various ways at various times--Yeomans, Yeamans, Youmans. However, the pronunciation often remained the same for
Name: Youmans
Pronunciation: as Yeomans: Yo-munz (rhymes with "no puns")
A certain party of four brothers who came to this counry before the Revolution were all "Yeomans." As spelling reform did not yet exist, their descendants tended to spell their names in various ways at various times--Yeomans, Yeamans, Youmans. However, the pronunciation often remained the same for
The uncanny ordinary--
Life, what a strange substance, and all woven on the loom of time, which many say does not exist . . .
Take tomorrow, as that should be pleasant enough, being a Saturday. In the morning, be awakened entirely too early by small, demanding animals. That's a constant. Feel cotton-headed and dense. Drink tea and stare at the birds. Bake for the track meet sale later in the day. Tumble three children
Take tomorrow, as that should be pleasant enough, being a Saturday. In the morning, be awakened entirely too early by small, demanding animals. That's a constant. Feel cotton-headed and dense. Drink tea and stare at the birds. Bake for the track meet sale later in the day. Tumble three children
May 2, 2013
Wikipedia's woman-wrangle
Credit to Rutgers art history major Nicole of Bendomolina.
John Singer Sargent, "Apollo and the Muses," Boston MFA
The ongoing Wikipedia flap over the removal of women from "American novelists" and their placement in "American women novelists" continues. Here's a pretty good summation from The New York Review of Books. Out of curiosity I have peeked from time to time; yes, I was plunked into
John Singer Sargent, "Apollo and the Muses," Boston MFA
The ongoing Wikipedia flap over the removal of women from "American novelists" and their placement in "American women novelists" continues. Here's a pretty good summation from The New York Review of Books. Out of curiosity I have peeked from time to time; yes, I was plunked into
May 1, 2013
The Fool at Pirene's Fountain
Morgan-Greet Tarot fool card
Two fool poems from The Book of the Red King are online at Pirene's Fountain. Here's a nibble from each. You may have the whole meal here.
WATER BURIAL OF THE FOOL
The water let him down. It took him in.
The water waved his hair as if with love;
THE FOOL IS SEALED IN DARK
The light is a moth light,
The sky a raven’s wing—
Two fool poems from The Book of the Red King are online at Pirene's Fountain. Here's a nibble from each. You may have the whole meal here.
WATER BURIAL OF THE FOOL
The water let him down. It took him in.
The water waved his hair as if with love;
THE FOOL IS SEALED IN DARK
The light is a moth light,
The sky a raven’s wing—
April 30, 2013
Dream schooling
Here's Auden by way of Alan Jacobs. It has been a very long time since I read The Dyer's Hand, and this excerpt is wonderful and rather impossible, given how our schools are structured. I like the focus on memorization, language, and finding a job that has little to do with writing. And I might just consider what my dream schooling would be, given the constraints of current education and times.
