tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post3811808266049511226..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Vigilant: Least WeaselUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-11934696298245726062010-02-16T04:20:35.520-08:002010-02-16T04:20:35.520-08:00Arguably the most complete example of mammalian ev...Arguably the most complete example of mammalian evolution. Such elegance and beauty in its purposeful honesty..https://www.blogger.com/profile/00532376301529981186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-58623367621338492262010-02-15T07:52:53.765-08:002010-02-15T07:52:53.765-08:00Ray,
Yes the human repertoire is much more... wou...Ray,<br /><br />Yes the human repertoire is much more... would panoramic be the word?<br /><br />(Thanks for the inspiration with this one, by the way.)<br /><br /><br />Curtis,<br /><br />Awfully nice of you that, balancing the scales a bit. I fear I've risked making this creature seem unattractive, when in fact it's quite lovely in its way. <br /><br />I think. <br /><br />And indeed it is a formidable survivor, in almost every imaginable place and clime, never resting. It is one of the least endangered of species. It always keeps an eye out and is hard to slip a trick past. <br /><br />Just don't try to barge into its two acre territory, if you're another least weasel, thank you very much.<br /><br /><br />Steve,<br /><br />Beneath the shadowed green of the ridge, out of the whiteness of the fog, there emerges the image of two small creatures locked in a terrifying embrace.<br /><br />Who KNEW??TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-56834177208537734842010-02-15T07:27:12.415-08:002010-02-15T07:27:12.415-08:00Tom,
Who KNEW all of this-- that such a beautiful,...Tom,<br />Who KNEW all of this-- that such a beautiful, well-named creature ("least") is the smallest of carnivores, "always vigilant, always alert, always on the lookout" . . . . thank you for this, this morning ---<br /><br />2.15<br /><br />grey whiteness of fog against invisible<br />ridge, motion of green leaves on branch<br />in foreground, sound of wave in channel<br /><br /> more than formal expression,<br /> almost to be tangible<br /><br /> a certain depth, as spatial<br /> difference, after all<br /><br />blue-white of sky to the left of point,<br />shadowed green of ridge across from itSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-64085223305615809972010-02-15T07:16:28.482-08:002010-02-15T07:16:28.482-08:00There's much more to say than this, but the Le...There's much more to say than this, but the Least Weasel is indeed very handsome and will probably occupy my computer desktop as "background" (replacing the current image of Tristan Tzara posed in an amazing sort of uni-costume with Jean Cocteau) for a while and then intermittently for the foreseeable future.ACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-30474239913921081982010-02-15T06:51:12.491-08:002010-02-15T06:51:12.491-08:00The human animal, of course, being the most viciou...The human animal, of course, being the most vicious animal on the planet. <br /><br />I enjoyed the comparisons in this narrative, Tom.<br /><br />I always remember John Morlar (Richard Burton) in the film, The Medusa Touch, when he observes:<br /><br />"Man is inherently evil; we discover what powers the sun and we make bombs with it."<br /><br />The difference being that, in the case of man, it isn't a question of needs must. It is pure hatred and greed. <br /><br />Though speaking personally, I would posit that hatred and greed are just two of the natural inclinations of the human animal.u.v.ray.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02866397025200956617noreply@blogger.com