tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post6345584942514470734..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: SidewaysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-66992729236156288572012-02-28T06:43:02.767-08:002012-02-28T06:43:02.767-08:00Most definitely. And the inference of the weasely ...Most definitely. And the inference of the weasely talkshow guy re. the demeaning aspect of the balloon twisting indicated (to me) a deep misunderstanding of the nature of humility -- and of need.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-9833500660201746722012-02-28T06:35:05.609-08:002012-02-28T06:35:05.609-08:00Socrates: Shall I return to your old argument abou...Socrates: Shall I return to your old argument about the opinions of men, some of which are to be regarded, and others, as we were saying, are not to be regarded? Now were we right in maintaining this before I was condemned? And has the argument which was once good now proved to be talk for the sake of talking; in fact an amusement only, and altogether vanity? That is what I want to consider with your help, Crito: whether, under my present circumstances, the argument appears to be in any way different or not; and is to be allowed by me or disallowed. That argument, which, as I believe, is maintained by many who assume to be authorities, was to the effect, as I was saying, that the opinions of some men are to be regarded, and of other men not to be regarded. Now you, Crito, are a disinterested person who are not going to die to-morrow- at least, there is no human probability of this, and you are therefore not liable to be deceived by the circumstances in which you are placed. Tell me, then, whether I am right in saying that some opinions, and the opinions of some men only, are to be valued, and other opinions, and the opinions of other men, are not to be valued. I ask you whether I was right in maintaining this? <br /><br />Crito. Certainly.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214178206307289834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-51306612053975167212012-02-28T06:28:38.789-08:002012-02-28T06:28:38.789-08:00Headbutting the Buddha
no good
for earHeadbutting the Buddha<br /><br />no good<br /><br />for earTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-52139101188832638422012-02-27T22:18:55.840-08:002012-02-27T22:18:55.840-08:00Tom,
The fight is bigger than ever...and the dog i...Tom,<br />The fight is bigger than ever...and the dog in it at its weakest...<br /><br />wonderful post..manik sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055072451804840121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-38045083700262165292012-02-27T18:27:33.802-08:002012-02-27T18:27:33.802-08:00So much of his story embodies what I think of this...So much of his story embodies what I think of this country. That things have turned this way is a bit of a surprise, and a pleasant one. Could have turned down much darker alleys - and certainly did for a while. <br /><br />At his peak, there was nobody I'd rather have watched. Holyfield was headbutting him without penalty and got what he deserved!Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12312524900784740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-417676680198401292012-02-27T09:57:34.615-08:002012-02-27T09:57:34.615-08:00Very fine piece, ear for dialogue, great title.
...Very fine piece, ear for dialogue, great title. <br /><br />Reading Blyth at the moment on Zen and, it seems, I continue to read it here - or I should say feel it here - in Mike's not just generous words but his actions.<br /><br />Balloon-making - bless him of, more precisely, he has been blessed.<br /><br />thanks, Tom.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-10992447592263270942012-02-27T09:17:31.169-08:002012-02-27T09:17:31.169-08:00I wouldn't presume to say how Harrison does it...I wouldn't presume to say how Harrison does it, but the standard photographic technique for blurring the background in-camera is a combination of a long lens (telephoto) and a wide aperture. Camera to subject distance plays a part too. In these days of Photoshop magic, there must be other ways, but Photoshop is an ocean into which I've only dipped a tentative toe.Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-13618994185136113862012-02-27T09:13:13.905-08:002012-02-27T09:13:13.905-08:00Tom,
what you were doesn't exist
You are what...Tom,<br /><br />what you were doesn't exist<br />You are what you are<br />And I'm always going to be that person<br />I'm always that person that people thought I was<br />I feel like that person<br />I'm always that person<br /><br />--great stuff -- the film clip, "Tyson Savage God, and this. Yes, Hazen is right, "This moves the heart on a Monday morning."<br /><br />2.27<br /><br />light coming into sky above still black<br />ridge, bird standing on shadowed branch<br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> because the moment in place,<br /> the whole actual past<br /><br /> next to one, yet that which,<br /> experience of picture<br /><br />high thin white clouds in pale blue sky,<br />sunlit green of pine on tip of sandspitSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-36948075571956914942012-02-27T08:56:15.930-08:002012-02-27T08:56:15.930-08:00Yes, too bad about the balloons.Yes, too bad about the balloons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-3274491968807945282012-02-27T08:53:55.862-08:002012-02-27T08:53:55.862-08:00I love JJ's photographs. So sharply focused an...I love JJ's photographs. So sharply focused and such beautiful birds.<br /><br />In the Mike picture I was thinking of the motion blur. The only explanation I can think of is that the photographer must have swung his camera to the left a little bit to follow Mike, and thereby blurred everything but the horizontal ropes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-19071079048286879992012-02-27T08:03:40.097-08:002012-02-27T08:03:40.097-08:00"And if I die five minutes from now
I'm s..."And if I die five minutes from now<br />I'm still indebted to life<br />I still owe life<br />You know what I mean?"<br /><br />This moves the heart on a Monday morning. Mike Tyson clearly has something to give to the world . . . still . . . after everything. He’s one of those who’s going to be alive until the very last minute. Alive, as in muy vivo.Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-67199533999676808222012-02-27T06:17:26.276-08:002012-02-27T06:17:26.276-08:00Artur,
Yes, the James Toback film shows Tyson to ...Artur,<br /><br />Yes, the James Toback film shows Tyson to be a surprisingly articulate, unusually self-aware and disarmingly honest fellow.<br /><br />The exchange here is an approximate transcription (from a pocket radio) of an interview of quite recent vintage (i.e. some years subsequent to the film, dialogue-snatches of which I transcribed in the earlier Tyson post).<br /><br />I found the Vegas balloon-modelling bit, in this latest interview, rather affecting.<br /><br />We've been bandying about (without any actual knowledge) the technicalities of that photographic method of blurring out the backdrops. It is used to great effect by, for example, the terrific (and terrifically intrepid) young Tasmanian nature photographer JJ Harrison, who has generously put a great deal of his work in Creative Commons.<br /><br />And in consequence it has been appearing here at intervals...<br /><br />The Associate suggested you take a look, in regard to that blurred-backdrop effect, at this portfolio of Harrison's <a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/jj-harrison-birds-of-tasmania-and.html" rel="nofollow">Birds of Tasmania and Queensland</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-68703497154351689082012-02-27T05:39:16.832-08:002012-02-27T05:39:16.832-08:00This post is a sequel to Tyson: Savage God.
&quo...This post is a sequel to <a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/tyson-savage-god.html" rel="nofollow">Tyson: Savage God</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDCuiDxMpoo" rel="nofollow">"I don't have that ferocity, I'm not an animal any more"</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-66751868870967045222012-02-27T05:38:50.195-08:002012-02-27T05:38:50.195-08:00Well said, Mike Tyson. I like his face in the top...Well said, Mike Tyson. I like his face in the top photograph and I like the picture where everything is blurred except Mike (I don't know how you do that).<br /><br />Artur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com