tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post3494527554117049307..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Plan Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-34343348885831495652016-07-14T15:00:31.076-05:002016-07-14T15:00:31.076-05:00I guess I need to come up with a specific one from...I guess I need to come up with a specific one from Underworld.<br /><br />Also, I wrote a paper in graduate school on Baudelaire poetics, centered on Le peintre de la vie moderne but citing other things from salons. I called it "Poetry as gesture in the (art) criticism of Baudelaire," something like that. I keep thinking I should go back to that paper. The impression I had from what I Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-17188822899052421152016-07-14T11:24:30.619-05:002016-07-14T11:24:30.619-05:00There is a lot for me to rattle around in my brain...There is a lot for me to rattle around in my brain regarding "poetic intuition." Really good way to start your book, Jonathan: Require the reader to make a leap of feeling/understanding essential for moving ahead to later sections. (I haven't landed from my leap yet!)<br /><br />What I was trying to convey was the sudden realization, in my own body (hands, lungs, diaphragm), via my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-53275729064916545662016-07-13T18:14:19.793-05:002016-07-13T18:14:19.793-05:00That's certainly filled with poetic insight of...That's certainly filled with poetic insight of the tingly kind. I can't quite feel its specificity in the way you've expressed it. One that happened to me recently was putting the bass on my left knee and angling it up so that the neck was almost vertical. I thought it might be hard to learn, even though I could reach the first fret with a little stretch. But of course, I realized a Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-70176963336385346162016-07-13T17:26:07.105-05:002016-07-13T17:26:07.105-05:00OK, I will give it a whirl:
A binary feeling for ...OK, I will give it a whirl:<br /><br />A binary feeling for a span of time that is neither yes/no nor living/dead but this/that: Looking at the shiny saxophone expecting tingly fingers but finding one’s shallow breathing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-26288987216858045292016-07-13T17:09:07.138-05:002016-07-13T17:09:07.138-05:00Christmas comes early this year - sign me up. I l...Christmas comes early this year - sign me up. I look forward to reading your feedback and suggestions, Leslie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-81478319316147812052016-07-13T16:05:26.053-05:002016-07-13T16:05:26.053-05:00I read it but very long ago. I'll have to go b...I read it but very long ago. I'll have to go back to it. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-59754117954376601072016-07-13T15:16:12.500-05:002016-07-13T15:16:12.500-05:00I guess Bob and I are both signing up.
Have you r...I guess Bob and I are both signing up.<br /><br />Have you read Underworld (DeLillo)? It has a lot of examples or instances of this intuition, I think -- and I do not just say so because of the baseball reference.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.com