tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post8920466907314348420..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: RefractionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-32993032594079841442011-01-08T10:03:06.568-08:002011-01-08T10:03:06.568-08:00I keep coming back to this with great pleasure on ...I keep coming back to this with great pleasure on all levels in every way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-34302421947023108372011-01-08T08:43:29.996-08:002011-01-08T08:43:29.996-08:00Tom and Curtis,
what an arrangement of beautiful ...Tom and Curtis,<br /><br />what an arrangement of beautiful visions (Johnny and I have just been looking, and looking, and iyes -- <br /><br />here is the crest<br />here the refraction<br /><br />it turns, you can have the moment<br />again, but not the sameSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-1711029331535581772011-01-08T08:14:27.960-08:002011-01-08T08:14:27.960-08:00I certainly don't mind your saying so, Curtis....I certainly don't mind your saying so, Curtis. That's an honour.<br /><br />The waves keep coming in, turning, breaking back.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-13944885097550572052011-01-07T15:42:01.778-08:002011-01-07T15:42:01.778-08:00This is terrific in so many ways -- poetically, vi...This is terrific in so many ways -- poetically, visually, as a reflection of what I think I've learned in life and believe to be true -- that I can hardly find the words to respond. It reminds me a little, if you don't mind me saying so, of the Gene Clark song Full Circle, which may be his best (which is saying a lot).<br /><br />"you can have the moment, but then<br />it turns<br /><br />here is the crest<br />here the refraction<br /><br />it turns, you can have the moment<br />again, but not the same"<br /><br />No extra words, no missing words, full of feeling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-39504372896984790302011-01-07T10:49:31.515-08:002011-01-07T10:49:31.515-08:00For those who may fancy the spooky Kohada Koheiji,...For those who may fancy the spooky Kohada Koheiji, seen here in one of the Hokusai prints: he is the main character of a famous Edo-period novel by Santo Kyoden, published in 1803.<br /><br />In the story, after Koheiji is killed by his wife and her lover, his gangly ghost returns to haunt them by peeking through the mosquito netting surrounding their bed.<br /><br />He is, one might say, a classic Peeping Koheiji.<br /><br />Here's another Hokusai view of <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hokusai_The_Ghost_Kohada_Koheiji.jpg" rel="nofollow">The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji</a>.<br /><br />(I thought the mosquito netting looked a bit like seaweed, so...)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com