Associations...III

Got just one more(for now); not sure
if this one really works--but think it's
evocative anyhow...
"...if the red slayer thinks he slays,
or if the slain thinks he is slain..
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep and pass and turn again."

*****

(But then, the transcendental poets
were always a little obscure.)
Need to search thru my earliest notes-
to see if I can find a few more...
It must be obvious by now that
I am fond of quotations.

Associations..II

Here's a delicious tidbit by Lawrence Block-
from one of his how-to books, giving advice to
would-be writers:
"The author must be rigorously honest,
and all clues, whether physical, such as a fingerprint
or a dropped purple bandana, a character trait,
or an emotional relationship
between people,
must be made available
to the reader."
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Fun, huh?
10-26-07:
found another one--
this from "The Blue Last"
by M. Grimes:
"You know Donatello had a lock
put on his workshop because he feared
others would steal or plagiarize
his work. Which at least one did."
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5-9-08:
another from Brewer's(see entry:3-28-08)
an explanation of the term Fauvism
included the following & I couldn't resist
adding it here---
..."the name Fauves(wild beasts) arose
from a remark(by) the French art critic
Louis Vauxcelles occasioned by the sight
of a quattrocento*-like statue amid their
spectacularly coloured paintings at an
exhibition of their work in 1905."
+++++
"Donatello au millieu des fauves"
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*the 15th century as a period of Italian
art or architecture-Ital.lit.'400'-
(shortened from milquattrocento '1400')

Associations...

Don't know if that's an accurate term for these things...
Suffice to say that in the course of my non-T reading,
I have encountered phrases or even whole sentences that seem
to make a reference....
For example(this one's easy):
"In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo."
see?
Here's another(just a little more obscure--but I'm
sure some of you will know it):
"The giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which
the world is not yet prepared."
Got a couple more--for next time.

Since you asked....

1.) Seeing three year old grandson in
his Hallowe'en costume---
"And what are you supposed to be?"
********
"You're a WHAT??!"
Grandson had his 18th birthday this year.
2.)Flew across country to Boston, thence by
bus to Portsmouth,N.H. for 'TURTLECON'--
August, 1992.
3.) Son: "Mom, this is a laptop computer--let me
show you how to use it.." (July, 2005)
4.) Grandson: "I like this story you wrote, Grandma--hey, do you
know about the fan fiction site on the internet?"(Nov.2005)
Grandma: "Fanfiction??! what's that?"
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And that's all she wrote...

Reeling and writhing...

And fainting in coils...
Deepest gratitude and a 1000 thanks to
2xGW for their very kind words of approval.
It has been said that the sweetest accolades
are those accorded by one's peers.*
*fellow T-fen**
**50's scifi jargon:pl. of fan is 'fen'