tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post4133293060918449062..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: CurveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-9758646380177590232010-03-09T03:39:11.061-08:002010-03-09T03:39:11.061-08:00ahhh...
this is the sad formula of balancing the b...ahhh...<br />this is the sad formula of balancing the business...human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-18690208036739655442010-01-29T01:59:59.229-08:002010-01-29T01:59:59.229-08:00Comment latterly and gratefully received from non-...Comment latterly and gratefully received from non-blogger poet Bill Berkson:<br /><br />__________<br /><br />Dear Tom,<br /><br />A little garnish to go with yours above?<br /><br /><br />Critics should wear<br />white jackets like<br />lab technicians;<br />curators, zoo<br />keepers caps;<br />and art historians,<br />lead aprons<br />to protect them from<br />impending<br />radiant fact.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Bill<br /><br />________<br /><br /><br />(Apologies, Bill, for losing the original serpentine linear "curve" of this quite pertinent poem. Blogger categorically refuses indentations. Evidently sinuousness is one of those several organic qualities for which they have not yet duplicated the code. Still I am able to slide through the night with it... and you. For which, many humble thanks.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-62685390552463444472010-01-27T03:25:27.858-08:002010-01-27T03:25:27.858-08:00Yes, and all in their name.
Without the gods men ...Yes, and all in their name.<br /><br />Without the gods men will have to come up with someone/something else to blame for the residual upwelling of their irrational aggressions.<br /><br />Perhaps any mirror would do the trick.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-70830262158268325492010-01-27T00:24:14.345-08:002010-01-27T00:24:14.345-08:00Yea it is better the gods do not resurrect. Lest a...Yea it is better the gods do not resurrect. Lest another realm of morality, immorality, good and evil shall dawn upon us. And more men are condemned. Judged. And killed.adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-21894287223739854272010-01-25T02:41:06.579-08:002010-01-25T02:41:06.579-08:00Mariana,
I echo your sentiments. On this subject ...Mariana,<br /><br />I echo your sentiments. On this subject nescience will probably take us as far as science.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-80616492373176136742010-01-24T20:29:13.970-08:002010-01-24T20:29:13.970-08:00Very Interesting point. You know that nowadays I f...Very Interesting point. You know that nowadays I feel I dont understand anything about money, I am lost. I think I do not even wanna know.<br />Take care TC,Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-54767722237567738062010-01-24T17:47:09.180-08:002010-01-24T17:47:09.180-08:00"Imagine now, if you can, the state of nerves..."Imagine now, if you can, the state of nerves, the excitement with which Senhor José opened the forbidden door for the first time, the shiver that made him pause before going in, as if he had placed his foot on the threshold of a room in which was buried a god whose power, contrary to tradition, came not from his resurrection, but from his having refused to be resurrected. Only dead gods are forever."<br /><br />--José Saramago, "All the Names"<br /><br /><br />Aditya, <br /><br />I don't believe there is a God "up there", no.<br /><br />But I do believe in all the buried gods.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-55652611675774303722010-01-24T11:16:25.230-08:002010-01-24T11:16:25.230-08:00You reminded me of a lot of things Tom. The 1/22 p...You reminded me of a lot of things Tom. The 1/22 post came as a slow reaction to your recent posts. <br /><br />Amalgam of tears, sorrow, clocks, winds of inescapable human desires and what not !! <br /><br />Very nice to read your words. Always. <br /><br />Do you believe there is a God up there??adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-10526511772847920152010-01-24T07:14:24.089-08:002010-01-24T07:14:24.089-08:00Aditya,
"You feel so good afterward...it'...Aditya,<br /><br />"You feel so good afterward...it's awesome".<br /><br />Indeed, is it not amazing the things men will do <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/God+Is+an+Astronaut/_/All+Is+Violent%2C+All+Is+Bright?autostart" rel="nofollow">for the love of their gods</a>?TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-8358713107876667792010-01-24T06:53:45.816-08:002010-01-24T06:53:45.816-08:00"Any bit of plate glass on the rainy night st..."Any bit of plate glass on the rainy night street will do it."<br /><br />This must a strange feeling. To know all of a sudden that you've been a witness to such enormous acts of the God and Humans alike. To know you have felt and forgotten. It is good to be reminded once in a while. Innit??<br /><br />I was watching this <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/God+Is+an+Astronaut/All+Is+Violent%2C+All+Is+Bright/All+Is+Violent%2C+All+Is+Bright" rel="nofollow">video</a>. The end reminded of u.v. ray's comment and I dropped here straightway. Pretty creepy.<br /><br />A very intriguing thought you have captured in the poem.adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-26648431520431699412010-01-24T00:59:56.866-08:002010-01-24T00:59:56.866-08:00Thanks Otto.
Lately I'm being reminded all th...Thanks Otto.<br /><br />Lately I'm being reminded all the time. Any bit of plate glass on the rainy night street will do it.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-7005339168650790202010-01-23T21:39:58.481-08:002010-01-23T21:39:58.481-08:00Tom, I love this. Great to be reminded.Tom, I love this. Great to be reminded.~otto~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08859835662556335529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-86885251997058135782010-01-23T09:15:40.016-08:002010-01-23T09:15:40.016-08:00In view of the human skull encrusted with
‘projec...In view of the human skull encrusted with<br /><br />‘project of memories’, that design<br /><br />might cover their face, this fact remains: <br /><br />vanity will keep rising;<br /><br />the work is very precious<br /><br />in this respect, apart from<br /><br />the value of art, because the value<br /><br />of human life, and even more of perception,<br /><br />would seem an inescapable conclusion;<br /><br />still, handle it with care, each<br /><br />block cut smooth, given one would not wish<br /><br />to pull down, keep fallingTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-18168111116406773562010-01-23T08:14:02.294-08:002010-01-23T08:14:02.294-08:00Ah, "good stone/ each block cut smooth and we...Ah, "good stone/ each block cut smooth and well fitting/ that design might cover their face" . . . . "pull down thy vanity, Paquin, pull down"<br /><br />1.23<br /><br />white cloud in pale blue sky above still<br />black ridge, silver of drops on branches<br />in foreground, sound of waves in channel<br /><br /> and even more of perception,<br /> ‘project of memories’<br /><br /> in this respect, apart from<br /> it, this fact remains<br /><br />grey rain cloud on horizon next to point,<br />tree-lined green of ridge across channelSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-34112143578199308072010-01-23T06:13:26.541-08:002010-01-23T06:13:26.541-08:00Still, given the work is so very precious, one wou...Still, given the work is so very precious, one would not wish to fail to <a href="http://www.woostercollective.com/2007/07/fucking_with_perception_hirsts_for_the_l.html" rel="nofollow">handle it with care</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-70481254057017906532010-01-23T06:02:22.971-08:002010-01-23T06:02:22.971-08:00Ray,
Yes, this would seem an inescapable conclusi...Ray,<br /><br />Yes, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/feb/18/damien-hirst-suicide-sculpture-eugenio-moreno" rel="nofollow">this would seem an inescapable conclusion</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-9699036636616375162010-01-23T05:43:06.648-08:002010-01-23T05:43:06.648-08:00In view of the human skull encrusted with diamonds...In view of the human skull encrusted with diamonds, one could also say the value of art will keep rising because the value of human life keeps falling.u.v.ray.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02866397025200956617noreply@blogger.com