tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post3615915497604621440..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: More loveRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-3917420606476357892008-07-19T09:25:00.000+01:002008-07-19T09:25:00.000+01:00My beloved has a few bad jokes but nothing more de...My beloved has a few bad jokes but nothing more deadly. Likewise Small Girl may break your heart with her cuteness (biased? Me?) but apart from that she's harmless.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-54508868539109195052008-07-18T23:44:00.000+01:002008-07-18T23:44:00.000+01:00And when you do I will open my home to you and you...And when you do I will open my home to you and yours...as long as you can vouch for your Beloved and Small Girl as being non-serial killers as well. :)<BR/><BR/>And no, I haven't read the book you mentioned in my blog...so many things to do, not enough hours in the day!hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-86213020282121166862008-07-18T17:06:00.000+01:002008-07-18T17:06:00.000+01:00Scottish holiday for you then Hope! We have a spar...Scottish holiday for you then Hope! We have a spare room. I think I would know by now if you were a secret serial killer.<BR/><BR/>I've never been to the USA.I've been to Canada (family stuff) and central America (student days radical stuff...) not all that stuff in between. I'll get there...some day...<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-73352929911319996872008-07-18T14:42:00.000+01:002008-07-18T14:42:00.000+01:00Now you've made me curious [more curious than usua...Now you've made me curious [more curious than usual] and I'll have to go take a look at some of Lamb's work. Ironically when I saw "Lamb" the first thing that came to mind was writer/poet Charles Lamb.<BR/><BR/>Sure you can work for the tourist office...you just "tele-commute" from your computer. :) I'll be your first reference, since the pictures you paint make me want to actually leave the comfort of my own chair.hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-37854269448902089632008-07-18T08:45:00.000+01:002008-07-18T08:45:00.000+01:00I wrote the poem as a response to the artworks. I'...I wrote the poem as a response to the artworks. I'm not a huge fan of a lot of visual art and I'm not at all knowledgeable but every now and then an artist's work just whacks me over the head with its brilliance and I just want to put that down in a poem. If it helps in getting other people to pay him some attention and enrich their own lives in the process then that's a good result. I do believe in pointing out brilliance when you come across it - who doesn't? And it does annoy me when some artists,writers etc. get too much attention and some get very little. It's just wrong!<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what the poem is on its own. I think it is better as a stepping stone (perhaps) or as an aid to appreciation (or something). I just wrote it...I have no idea what it is! And I'm always thrilled to connect with visual art (as opposed to, say, music that I write about all the time) as it isn't 'my' area. The 'bits of some of life are missing' came in because Small Girl was with me (aged about 6) and her first comment was 'that man's got no arms' (of a torso sculpture). I love the way kids say the obvious things that we don't notice anymore once we're grown-up and filled with information and nonsense. Also it linked to Lamb's own situation after WW1.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I was just trying to get some of you folk to visit Montrose. I love it here. Would happily never go anywhere else! We have the best beaches, the most peace on earth...and see, the best art too! Maybe I should work for the tourist office...no, that would be a job...can't do jobs....<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80390651874947861802008-07-17T22:53:00.000+01:002008-07-17T22:53:00.000+01:00You're right, he's not well known. I've certainly ...You're right, he's not well known. I've certainly not heard of him or, if I had, I've forgotten what I learned. There's also precious little online and the few small pictures I did run across don't do his work justice. <BR/><BR/>What interests me about the poem is how we cope with it in the absence of the images. I've just written a blog about the relationship of poetry to art and this is one of the questions I ask: Is your poem complete as it stands or is it in effect half a work of art being dependent on a knowledge of the images that inspired it to make it effective?Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com