tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post922231515529464355..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Panoramas, Dioramas, Arcades: Water WorldsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-69155767266832169632012-01-10T03:29:44.170-08:002012-01-10T03:29:44.170-08:00Robb,
Wasn't there a movie in which Raquel We...Robb,<br /><br />Wasn't there a movie in which Raquel Welch went down those waterslides, and only later was informed that they were actually the internal organs of Godzilla?TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-8757529623441322832012-01-09T08:30:22.859-08:002012-01-09T08:30:22.859-08:00I'd love to go down those slides in my brand n...I'd love to go down those slides in my brand new reles.Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12312524900784740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-4798931597945539622012-01-06T19:06:07.426-08:002012-01-06T19:06:07.426-08:00Nin,
Vertigo, yes, not to mention fear of drownin...Nin,<br /><br />Vertigo, yes, not to mention fear of drowning. (Where did I leave my water wings?) I neglected to represent the rollercoaster inside the mall. Three fatalities famously occurred on that amusing feature of the amazing Kanadian Kitsch-o-rama... but, as they say, the shlock-and-awe must go on.<br /><br />About Susan's poem, me too. I'm afraid to bring it back down to earth by saying anything too specific about it -- like blowing on fairy dust, or picking the petals off a flower in hopes of finding its name.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-30561253819670114822012-01-06T17:02:15.753-08:002012-01-06T17:02:15.753-08:00Just getting over a bout of vertigo, these images ...Just getting over a bout of vertigo, these images are spinning a little . . .<br /><br />I love Susan's words!Nin Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-39691391476486526542012-01-06T05:46:47.853-08:002012-01-06T05:46:47.853-08:00I can't stave off the image of little Wally B....I can't stave off the image of little Wally B., in small baggy swimsuit, encircled by inflated plastic float, being flushed down the Tropical Typhoon.<br /><br />Whoooosh!TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-82718058009777915702012-01-06T04:00:17.386-08:002012-01-06T04:00:17.386-08:00I'm going to print this out and carry it throu...I'm going to print this out and carry it through my travels today. The photos evoke vivid thoughts. I would love to hear Benjamin speak about the Edmonton facility. I love the shopping arcades and walking in them really does get the mind and imagination going, although I think the top Benjamin quote is possibly a little too exercised. Possibly not, though; if I ever possessed the "shopping gene," I've lost it, although I can easily journey in my imagination to the Burlington Arcade in London and select some new shirts and sweaters. I really could use some. As you probably remember, the most direct path to the underworld in Manhattan is through the Port Authority Bus Terminal. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-63090378583946994882012-01-05T11:55:24.328-08:002012-01-05T11:55:24.328-08:00Diorama
In the safety of the diorama there i...Diorama <br /><br />In the safety of the diorama there is never<br />any trouble. Across from the Hope Diamond<br />(reproduction) I’ll get married. To myself.<br />Lay naked on the crushed velvet and slowly<br />paint tattoos of leaves all over my shoulders.<br />My new married hair. My eyes will never leave<br />the Hope Diamond in its case. I crouch by the stream<br />in the High Plains Diorama and take a bath<br />lick the lint off my back. Turn this way<br />and that. In the safety of the diorama<br />there is no wind. After hours I will close my eyes<br />like a bat’s. Sleep like a baby. The air is the same air<br />night and day. For food, my friends will help.<br />The Jaguar With His Prey. The European Hedgehog.<br />The Fish Eagle.<br /><br />Out in the middle of nowhere near Nome,<br />out in an acre of wind, there was an old cabin <br />with a greenhouse out back. Dirt in the small boxes<br />but no glass on the roof. Just the frame.<br />The wind was like a person with frozen mossy fingers<br />who brushed and crushed the dirt. Sent it over<br />the rolling tundra. The dirt ended up<br />in the Nome Public Library in the form of a huge gold nugget.<br />It had its own case. Right next to the Nancy Drews.<br />I consider it to be the first diorama I saw<br />and also the last. Because I took the gold<br />and never looked back. I have been safe ever since.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-9739919668124790322012-01-05T11:00:34.953-08:002012-01-05T11:00:34.953-08:00Tom,
The Blue Thunder Wave Pool is great stuff no...Tom,<br /><br />The Blue Thunder Wave Pool is great stuff no doubt, but I'll take the channel, thanks ---<br /><br />1.5<br /><br />light coming into sky above still black<br />ridge, pink line of jet trail by branch<br />in foreground, sound of wave in channel<br /><br /> “being driven” toward being,<br /> being there concealed<br /><br /> in its place, the picture’s<br /> matter of fact, scene<br /><br />orange circle of sun rising above ridge,<br />white clouds in pale blue sky on horizonSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-88619528370361825002012-01-05T09:08:39.369-08:002012-01-05T09:08:39.369-08:00And for those who've been waiting patiently al...And for those who've been waiting patiently all these years for this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW4o8YgHmX8&feature=related" rel="nofollow">"me" going down the toilet bowl</a>TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-32072019949860733742012-01-05T08:53:16.366-08:002012-01-05T08:53:16.366-08:00For a dreamed water world with no pipes or slides ...For a dreamed water world with no pipes or slides and no artificial ceiling (equal time for the "natural"?): <br /><br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-water-world.html" rel="nofollow">In Water World</a>TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com