tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post6589851416975418140..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Rumi: The Diver's Clothes Lying Empty (A Poetry Comic by Nora Sawyer)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-74699844737224304232015-02-19T17:51:50.733-08:002015-02-19T17:51:50.733-08:00I'm going to have to read 'Offshore'. ...I'm going to have to read 'Offshore'. i've ejoyed other books byPenelope Fitzgerals, but haven'tread that one. Thanks, Tom, biloo, Erin and Nin!Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439557611640319928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-84848295348853461862015-02-18T20:38:04.277-08:002015-02-18T20:38:04.277-08:00Then she must be a free spirit! Why does that make...Then she must be a free spirit! Why does that make me think of P. Fitzgerald's 'Offshore'?<br /><br />I sometimes wonder if my ancestors from Kashmir were also boat people..certainly can't get over the feeling that lots of us are stranded-just a bit-here on earth.billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-28086302099675692412015-02-18T07:13:30.022-08:002015-02-18T07:13:30.022-08:00i think you put it rightly when you say the work (...i think you put it rightly when you say the work (and the authors of the work) beg for her illustrations. breathing and breath indistinguishable. <br /><br />and breath taking. (this post and the next.)erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-16520338395986368892015-02-18T03:58:20.834-08:002015-02-18T03:58:20.834-08:00Nin, sorry I missed that till this moment; as you ...Nin, sorry I missed that till this moment; as you know, I agree completely.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-78763791105695070982015-02-18T03:55:31.164-08:002015-02-18T03:55:31.164-08:00Yes, the woman's definitely a genius, I bow do...Yes, the woman's definitely a genius, I bow down before her several abilities, especially her contact with the ineffable -- indeed it was that latter quality in her work which moved Rumi to beg her to address this poem, for he knew full well that no one else could handle the matter so delicately, if for no other reason than the fact that no one else would live upon the sea, and do such a thing. <br /><br />And I wasn't kidding, billoo. Nora really lives on a boat.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-71950384984596679472015-02-18T03:33:22.892-08:002015-02-18T03:33:22.892-08:00She's brilliant!She's brilliant!Nin Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-31815009622749850822015-02-18T02:54:34.759-08:002015-02-18T02:54:34.759-08:00Wonderful cartoons!
'I am a fish without th...Wonderful cartoons!<br /><br /><br /><br />'I am a fish without the Tigris<br /> I am the Tigris without a fish'billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-59420752171787395802015-02-18T02:19:01.419-08:002015-02-18T02:19:01.419-08:00A person who did not live upon the sea could never...A person who did not live upon the sea could never have made this great poetry comic, I don't think.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com