tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post9167263090643788846..comments2024-03-27T07:30:21.457-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Yet Sad that Her Frankenstein Had Become Just a Name, Like Dracula or Satan, Something that Stood for a Kind of Scariness, Good for a LaughUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-36083923701570480782013-07-01T11:55:56.235-04:002013-07-01T11:55:56.235-04:00Gifts received, thanks much! especially the Red Ha...Gifts received, thanks much! especially the Red Hawk.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-2214348468543114732013-07-01T09:20:54.075-04:002013-07-01T09:20:54.075-04:00speaking of mary shelley's mother, as the poem...speaking of mary shelley's mother, as the poem does, can lead to<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_women_of_Asia<br /><br />"[I]n China alone there are 50 million women 'missing' - that should be there but are not. Adding up similar numbers from South and West Asia results in a number of 'missing' women higher than 100 million. According to [Amartya] Sen, 'These numbers tell us, quietly, a terrible story of inequality and neglect leading to the excess mortality of women.' "<br /><br />Sen's words are perhaps too mild - "inequality and neglect" would more accurately read "selective abortion and infanticide".<br /><br />"This awful world" - but as the saying goes, compared to what?<br /><br />May the Creative Forces of the Universe have mercy on our souls, if any.mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-47539595967871498142013-07-01T09:07:27.272-04:002013-07-01T09:07:27.272-04:001) that 'relay failures' piece is well wor...1) that 'relay failures' piece is well worth reading, and passing on - <br /><br />certainly the temptation to read in order to have read is something i am exposing myself to by opening the firehose that is your stream of links - and sometimes i go to naked capitalism and browse there - the world of letters and the world of financial numbers are both somewhat out of my comfort zone<br /><br />as dylan put it - decades before 24/7 total distraction reached its 21st century intensity - "all the tired horses in the sun - how'm i gonna get any writing/riding done"<br /><br />the "relay failures" piece appears at michael sacasas's blog "the frailest thing", of which i have just heard, thanks to you, jeff - his blog epigraph is worth repeating here, imho, and i hope you agree:<br /><br /><b>“There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening.” – Marshall McLuhan</b><br /><br />to which i would add - the willingness to contemplate has as a prerequisite the awareness of the possibility of contemplation<br /><br />i was thinking again about my cyberfriend Mongo, at the Moment, still in his cubicle like a Veal, and the Promotion poem of James Tate which I attached as a comment to his thoughtful illustrated essay about Calvin and Hobbes, as well as here, last week<br /><br />http://beforenine.blogspot.com/2013/06/reprint-heaven-notes-from-wasteland.html<br /><br />i conclude that the cubicle dweller of Tate's poem is worse off in his current incarnation - his "promotion" to a human life has not gone well - for two reasons, one made explicit by the poem, the other pointed to by McLuhan's aphorism<br /><br />1)his emotional needs were much better met in his life as a dog - Tate evokes this beautifully, and anyone who has loved a dog must be moved by this<br /><br />2)contrariwise, Tate's protagonist, looking backwards at his former happiness, has not yet grasped his current opportunity and responsibility for "the development of his soul", to use old-fashioned language which nevertheless may still resonate for a few of those who may read these words<br /><br />see the Monty Python creed - movie excerpt<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2QJvc_SxFQ<br /><br />my exegesis of the above:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/25wbddu<br /><br /><br />Tate's protagonist is "reborn" into human circumstances, but he is still in the egg of reacting, rather than responding to, his current place in the universe - <br /><br />he needs to be reminded of the possibility he has to "shine" <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y6S1-Jj8cE<br /><br />may the Creative Forces of the Universe be with us all<br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-25172155861828697312013-07-01T08:51:40.621-04:002013-07-01T08:51:40.621-04:00Alas, Reader, we hardly knew ye, but at least I...Alas, Reader, we hardly knew ye, but at least I've still got my prism.gov email addy. Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com