tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post6798594186092345241..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: It Is Good to Be Deaf in a Deafening TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-67705322267372319242016-03-30T22:58:16.354-04:002016-03-30T22:58:16.354-04:00I took your advice and put some pictures of painti...I took your advice and put some pictures of paintings on the blog. Oh what a torture to be human and have to know how poorly adapted you are to this life. Cheers!Aboniloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370224131559283053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-32093434493876569942016-03-30T18:58:01.795-04:002016-03-30T18:58:01.795-04:00>> Affectless stare <<>> Affectless stare <<BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-44438821697396004232016-03-30T15:18:42.269-04:002016-03-30T15:18:42.269-04:00I'm pretty sure it most likely wasn't '...I'm pretty sure it most likely wasn't 'affectless'; probably more like 'disdainful'. We are all our own worst judges when we try to assess how we come across to other minds. Just sayin'Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-38995774081681102472016-03-30T13:17:28.562-04:002016-03-30T13:17:28.562-04:00Weldon Kees is always much appreciated in the hams...Weldon Kees is always much appreciated in the hamster cage.Hamster Hamletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-59697344570840912952016-03-30T11:57:39.190-04:002016-03-30T11:57:39.190-04:000) as buddha's five contemplations point out, ...0) as buddha's five contemplations point out, we all are subject to aging, illness, death, separation from those persons and things we love, and confronting the consequences of our good and evil actions<br /><br />1)the surnames millotson and farnsworth, mentioned in the fourth variation of kees's poem, <i>supra</i>, appear together in only one other document findable by web search - the 1890 "Portrait biographical album of Fulton Co., Illinois ... together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States and governors of the state" - the txt version of which is very garbled by erroneous optical character recognition<br /><br />https://archive.org/stream/portraitbiograph00chicag/portraitbiograph00chicag_djvu.txt<br /><br />2)the pdf is 54 megabytes, and if i actually wanted to read the document - and look at the portraits, of course - i would have to bite that bulky bullet - in the old days of dial-up a file of such a size would be a real hardship, but now it is of negligible importance<br /><br />3) will there in future be a second round of book digitalization, with artificial-intelligence-enhanced ocr, so that the riches of world literature which are now theoretically available become practicably available? only if things go very very well, i think - but as yogi berra could have said, you never know when something surprising will happen<br /><br />4)and speaking of more intelligent intellectual robots - i note that a search for "millotson" does not turn up instances of "millotsons" - i thought it would have, but no<br /><br />5)the poet, kees, either threw himself off the golden gate bridge, or wished to give that impression - but some trace of him persists, literarily speaking - as our friends at wikipedia inform us,<br /><br /><b>On October 23, 2012, Kathleen Rooney's novel-in-poems <i>Robinson Alone</i> was released, of which Donna Seaman from <i>Booklist</i> wrote:<br /><br />In an extraordinary act of identification, poet and essayist Rooney improvises on Kees’ most haunting poems, a quartet featuring an alter ego named Robinson. Her loosely biographical, knowledgeably imaginative, and gorgeously atmospheric story in verse portrays Robinson as a dapper, talented, and bedeviled man who conceals his sorrows behind insouciance. Rooney weaves lines from Kees’ writings into her bluesy, funny, and scorching lyrics as she follows Robinson from elation to desolation as his wife succumbs to alcoholism and his dreams fade. Rooney’s syncopated wordplay, supple musicality, and cinematic descriptions subtly embody Kees’ artistic pursuits as well as Robinson’s sardonic grace under pressure. An intricate, psychologically luminous homage, tale of American loneliness, and enthralling testament to poetry’s resonance.<br /><br /><br /></b><br /> <br />6)and speaking of deafness, coincidentally yesterday i checked out of the public library <i>The hearing-loss guide : useful information and advice for patients and families / John M. Burkey<br /><br /><br /></i>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com