tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post9181644974705712642..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Issa: Forty nine years / Hiroshige: Fourteen views of the full moonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-77356959864592784932012-06-07T07:51:20.058-07:002012-06-07T07:51:20.058-07:00I too broached this wasted-life method
-ology
a cp...I too broached this wasted-life method<br />-ology<br />a cpl years ago. Now that I am passed<br />71 I can tell y'all<br />from x perience (as in a 'shortie' that I wrote:<br /><br />so<br />much<br />time<br />spent<br />getting<br />ready<br /><br />well... now back out into the back yard to<br />watch the weeds grow :Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-84417678570885044082012-06-07T05:55:43.878-07:002012-06-07T05:55:43.878-07:00Don, I believe Issa had it right (as always). It t...Don, I believe Issa had it right (as always). It takes an entire wasted life to "achieve" the slightest iota of Anything. But it's probably all down to the quality of the wasting. The more complete, the more perfect.<br /><br />Easier said than done of course!TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-85756146403528000182012-06-07T05:07:17.670-07:002012-06-07T05:07:17.670-07:00Wonderful Blyth translation, stunning assemblage ....Wonderful Blyth translation, stunning assemblage ...<br /><br />and, of course, it took Issa's lifetime to write such a "simple" poem, as you say.<br /><br />Beautiful.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-39764405974196600462012-06-06T09:58:15.961-07:002012-06-06T09:58:15.961-07:00Thanks, barkstry and Brad.
My wife too has the be...Thanks, barkstry and Brad.<br /><br />My wife too has the better interior decorating instincts.<br /><br />(Though a raucous three-cat trainwreck in her gallery but a moment ago seems to have temporarily rearranged her permanent collection.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-12471555103208436412012-06-05T21:20:39.804-07:002012-06-05T21:20:39.804-07:00Four of these prints adorn one of the walls of my ...Four of these prints adorn one of the walls of my bedroom -- a Christmas gift to my wife several years ago -- and I've never tired of any of them. My wife has infinitely better taste than I re: visual arts. On this I'm sure and glad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-516648301285577062012-06-05T13:55:33.303-07:002012-06-05T13:55:33.303-07:00so beautiful/ thank you.so beautiful/ thank you.barkstryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802148418666645365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-90665170315728713932012-06-05T11:06:18.056-07:002012-06-05T11:06:18.056-07:00It's the specialty of the house.It's the specialty of the house.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-71914486029677504762012-06-05T11:00:47.402-07:002012-06-05T11:00:47.402-07:00Reflecting and commenting
On what Nin says—
C’mon...Reflecting and commenting<br />On what Nin says—<br /><br />C’mon, Tom, keep<br />Wasting our time!vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-5618949905410250542012-06-05T10:02:05.922-07:002012-06-05T10:02:05.922-07:00Hazen,
You've caught me making twelve equal f...Hazen,<br /><br />You've caught me making twelve equal fourteen. Should have known I'd never sneak that past the closest looker.<br /><br />I too like the variations in tone in the different versions of the prints.<br /><br />Different moods.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-19769595274412338192012-06-05T09:51:07.661-07:002012-06-05T09:51:07.661-07:00Every one of these is my favorite! Even the repeat...Every one of these is my favorite! Even the repeats where the inking is different. <br /><br />Last night the moon got rained out. Hoping for clear weather here tonight.Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-45068118880217634612012-06-05T09:29:26.769-07:002012-06-05T09:29:26.769-07:00Making a poem that so perfectly projects purposele...Making a poem that so perfectly projects purposelessness must have taken a lifetime of resolve. <br /><br />But the moon's in no hurry.<br /><br />And the sun has actually just come out. And someone says, "See my purple geraniums". Must be the transit of Venus. Here and then gone.<br /><br />The cats are fighting over the spot of sun.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-32587604788996890642012-06-05T09:19:26.834-07:002012-06-05T09:19:26.834-07:00Tom,
"walking about and wasting time"
...Tom,<br /><br />"walking about and wasting time"<br /><br />Just beautiful -- I wonder how many full moons there have been since Hiroshige's "moonlit views"?<br /><br />6.5<br /><br />light coming into sky above still black<br />ridge, white circle of moon by branches<br />in foreground, sound of wave in channel<br /><br /> added an inscription, after<br /> that “blue and yellow”<br /><br /> here and there, before this<br /> somewhere else, think<br /><br />grey rain cloud against plane of ridge,<br />silver of drops splashing into channelSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-59170506562611882222012-06-05T09:16:22.318-07:002012-06-05T09:16:22.318-07:00So busy under that moon. Nature is bigger than bu...So busy under that moon. Nature is bigger than busy humans and larger, still nature is side by side and the moon another part but not a part. Moon's empire is night and darkness. Try ignoring that different light. Working there is slower, distracting, crisp.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-84847885647618160052012-06-05T09:14:03.923-07:002012-06-05T09:14:03.923-07:00Beautiful! If walking about the moon and the flow...Beautiful! If walking about the moon and the flowers is wasting time, I'm all for it.Nin Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-88528229263338784962012-06-05T08:08:23.348-07:002012-06-05T08:08:23.348-07:00Ed,
Sorry I missed that one (hid under a google m...Ed,<br /><br />Sorry I missed that one (hid under a google moon rock).TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-90702402597080604502012-06-05T08:04:12.079-07:002012-06-05T08:04:12.079-07:00Curtis,
Forgive the lacuna there. (You see I am m...Curtis,<br /><br />Forgive the lacuna there. (You see I am meant to be forgetting that I keep not remembering things.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-52777385744707014952012-06-05T08:00:09.534-07:002012-06-05T08:00:09.534-07:00"84"
"49"
same full moon
but..."84" <br />"49"<br />same full moon<br /><br />but<br />who is counting<br /><br />the "full moon"<br />some Stone, eh<br /><br />maybe y'all can un<br />cover about 1,427<br />more of<br />Hiroshige's wood-block<br />prints to ride-along w my<br />"full moon" 'shorties'<br /><br />full moon<br />I think I'm in love<br />with a rock<br /><br />(y'all mademyday TC<br />thanks)Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-34154624898222050672012-06-05T07:37:53.479-07:002012-06-05T07:37:53.479-07:00Curtis,
I did enjoy the fun with numerology, espe...Curtis,<br /><br />I did enjoy the fun with numerology, especially in concocting the idea of a Hiroshige series which never existed save here and now... and what with 84 being the new 49, as I have read somewhere (but of course forget where).TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-89479399313524362652012-06-05T07:25:32.388-07:002012-06-05T07:25:32.388-07:00I think Hiroshige would be pleased with your work....I think Hiroshige would be pleased with your work. Regarding the memory issue and our feelings about work completed, I'm reminded of something Ian Fleming wrote in one of the James Bond novels about the body not being able to remember physical pain. I think Fleming was mistaken there; we remember all sorts of pain. Viewing this terrific pocket museum makes me recall our visit last weekend to the new home of the Barnes Collection on the Parkway in Philadelphia. The Barnes used to be a sort of pocket museum in Merion, a close suburb, and was a lovely, unique place, but now the city grafters have turned the collection into just an "another painting, another wall" experience. (Of course the art is still wonderful.) 84 as the new 49 is an uplifting thought. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-27341511697444342762012-06-05T06:24:42.146-07:002012-06-05T06:24:42.146-07:00I'm assuming that assembling and arranging thi...I'm assuming that assembling and arranging this made you as happy as it has made me viewing it. Thank you. Just splendid. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.com