tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post7048261787169353422..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: This post is bluey-green and tastes minty freshJim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-81511263288612131852009-06-14T20:27:41.594+01:002009-06-14T20:27:41.594+01:00Jessie, nice to hear from you and, yes, 'monot...<b>Jessie</b>, nice to hear from you and, yes, 'monotasking ' <i>is</i> a cool word. I have to agree. Cute cat by the way. I love cats.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-29020622941189784812009-06-14T19:08:11.417+01:002009-06-14T19:08:11.417+01:00i now have to add monotasking to my vocabulary eve...i now have to add monotasking to my vocabulary even if it is something I can not do!Jessie Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-71175170914526562652009-06-13T08:32:16.849+01:002009-06-13T08:32:16.849+01:00Jan, thanks for the comment. Always glad to see a ...<b>Jan</b>, thanks for the comment. Always glad to see a new face around here. Yes, the red car. I look out of my kitchen window and see that thing sitting there every day. I feel a bit guilty sometimes because my next door neighbour is actually quite lovely. It just took us a while to get to know her. But then her character in the poem is a caricature as is my character. A lot of people forget that poetry is still fiction.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-90396106837286700242009-06-13T07:29:53.707+01:002009-06-13T07:29:53.707+01:00I love the story of the red car. Very interesting...I love the story of the red car. Very interesting. And I love the stately gait of your post. Indeed it's bluey-green and tastes minty fresh. <br /><br />But then again you're a novelist. No surprise there for me. Will just have to read more of you then if I really want to improve my writing.<br /><br />This is a superb read. I'm subscribing. Thanks, Jena, for pointing the way to Jim's blog. :)jan geronimohttp://writingtoexhale.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-29994211663107197492009-06-07T21:21:10.444+01:002009-06-07T21:21:10.444+01:00Thank you, Jena. Jenanian Verse, eh? Personally I&...Thank you, <b>Jena</b>. Jenanian Verse, eh? Personally I've never ever tried to tie my poetry down to any form that didn't fit it naturally. Anything else would be asking it to wear someone else's hand-me-downs. That's how I see it. Every poem should have its form tailor made if it's going to slip into one at all.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-4528977395201674212009-06-07T06:07:21.318+01:002009-06-07T06:07:21.318+01:00There are those who look at rhyming poems with a &...There are those who look at rhyming poems with a "raised eyebrow", saying it's traditional, like it is some sort of "diseased" poem.<br /><br />I always loved rhymes. Free verse is good but being traditional is also good for me.<br /><br />Congrats for the published poems.<br />Btw, I just invented a new poem and I call it the Jenanian Verse. lol...Can anyone stop me?<br /><br />Cheers.Jena Islehttp://gewgawwritings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-52071356556199681152009-05-21T06:47:54.235+01:002009-05-21T06:47:54.235+01:00McGuire, if the colour question was serious, you w...<B>McGuire</B>, if the colour question was serious, you would use the <font> tag in HTML, specifically, <font color="orange"> although what tags you can use in Blogger comments is severely restricted.<br /><br />As for the books, <I>The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat</I> has been recommended to me before so maybe it's time I had a look for a cheap copy.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-16197568831543454752009-05-20T23:07:09.875+01:002009-05-20T23:07:09.875+01:00Synaesthesia: Rimbaud had this condition. He wrote...Synaesthesia: Rimbaud had this condition. He wrote of it certianly.<br /><br />(How do I embed a link in an orange emboldened word?) <br /><br />Here is a link to his poem: <br /><br />http://www.doctorhugo.org/synaesthesia/rimbaud.html<br /><br />This brings to my mind again the neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks. He writes about synaesthesia but he writes more generally about neurological conditions. You should seek it out Jim. Really wonder struck with the complexity and bizzarity of what neurological conditions can 'achieve' and how they manifest themselves.<br /><br />I suggest his books: 'The man who mistook his wife for a hat.' 'Anthropologist on Mars.' Molto interesante.McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-61108515727474840312009-05-20T16:47:53.372+01:002009-05-20T16:47:53.372+01:00I see where you're coming from, mohankumar, but th...I see where you're coming from, <B>mohankumar</B>, but therein lies my problem - my head is always on the go, stopping all the chatter to simply listen to music <I>and nothing else</I> is very hard for me. I wish I could because I own some complicated music that really deserves my full attention and it never gets it. It's my loss.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-30716946503232324122009-05-20T13:39:26.537+01:002009-05-20T13:39:26.537+01:00Jim,
Listening to music- concentrated listening- ...Jim,<br /><br />Listening to music- concentrated listening- is itself is meditation.mohankumarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-84435233356547248892009-05-20T07:29:29.217+01:002009-05-20T07:29:29.217+01:00Thank you, Brady. I think rhyme is one of those th...Thank you, <B>Brady</B>. I think rhyme is one of those things that people assume is easy but is really only easy to screw up. I have a poem sitting on my desk at the moment that utilises full rhyme and I am <I>so</I> unsure about whether it works. It's a bit like a crippled nursery thyme not that I suppose that description helps much.<br /><br />Oh, and I've just about finished a post on rejection that you gave me the idea for so watch out for that in the weeks to come.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-89975485070127654992009-05-20T04:57:31.698+01:002009-05-20T04:57:31.698+01:00Good show, Jim. I especially liked the poem about ...Good show, Jim. I especially liked the poem about your neighbor. ;)<br /><br />I do alright with rhymes, but it looks like you've got a real mastery of what the essence of poetry is. It was also very interesting reading the backstory behind each piece.<br /><br />Spot on!R. Brady Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926505633531944151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-8786201198256162962009-05-16T17:56:00.000+01:002009-05-16T17:56:00.000+01:00Thanks for that, Dave. Synaesthesia is certainly a...Thanks for that, <B>Dave</B>. Synaesthesia is certainly an interesting subject. It sounds cool to someone who doesn't have it but I expect like everything to someone who does it's no big deal. Of the three I can't say it's my favourite though but I think a lot of that is due to the fact I wrote it so quickly. I lived with the other two for a bit longer and also they were inspired by things involving me not simply something I happened to witness.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-71562727067071822722009-05-16T15:06:00.000+01:002009-05-16T15:06:00.000+01:00Congrats on the publication.
I have to say that of...Congrats on the publication.<br />I have to say that of the three poems SYNAESTHESIA was the one that held me the most, probably because I have a special interest in the subject. It might not have been the best. Penis envy amused me and truth's last gasp is cleverly done. The three together are very impressive.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-19102224392748313792009-05-16T04:49:00.000+01:002009-05-16T04:49:00.000+01:00Thanks for the comment, Robrta. Lovely to hear fro...Thanks for the comment, <B>Robrta</B>. Lovely to hear from a real live synaesthete. I could ask you loads of questions but I'm not sure I could appreciate the answers. It would be like asking someone what it was like to be French I suppose.<br /><br />I liked that in your poem, <A HREF="http://mermaids-singing.blogspot.com/2009/02/mermaids-revenge.html" REL="nofollow">'The Mermaid's Revenge'</A> you used the expression, I taste the word murder. Her murder / is made of nectar' - very synesthetic.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-79290892148295546002009-05-15T22:14:00.000+01:002009-05-15T22:14:00.000+01:00I liked the 'acupuncture / feels like a rainbow' l...I liked the 'acupuncture / feels like a rainbow' line. I think sometimes it does.<br /><br />I experience the emotions as colours thing - I think it's not uncommon amongst synaesthetes. <br />It does seem to blur / cross over with people reading the aura.<br /><br />I always vaguely figure synaesthesia is more common than people realise - I'd bet lots of people experience it in childhood without realising and learn to block it out. And that some people just never notice it. I didn't, for years, because it's simply there.Robertahttp://mermaids-singing.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-29214089602378534272009-05-15T19:38:00.000+01:002009-05-15T19:38:00.000+01:00Glad you liked the poem, Conda. I have to say it's...Glad you liked the poem, <B>Conda</B>. I have to say it's one that pleases me quite a bit and I'm glad you see the humour in it.<br /><br />As for synesthesia - it's a fascinating subject. I'm sure there are negatives as well as positives - what if every time you picked up your favourite book it tasted of <A HREF="http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/ambrosia-creamed-rice-pudding/" REL="nofollow">Ambrosia Creamy Rice Pudding</A> (the most vile smell in the universe)? Argh! Just the thought of it!Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-43643427868435779952009-05-15T16:16:00.000+01:002009-05-15T16:16:00.000+01:00Congrats on the pubs, Jim. Fun poem and fun illust...Congrats on the pubs, Jim. Fun poem and fun illustration to go with it. Also fascinating about the synesthesia and I suspect useful for us writers.Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-26317635404444079362009-05-15T09:10:00.000+01:002009-05-15T09:10:00.000+01:00Yes, Koe, I can see where you're coming from. As a...Yes, <B>Koe</B>, I can see where you're coming from. As a lifetime asthmatic I know exactly what it's like to gasp for breath. <br /><br />I have to say I was never really into King Crimson but I did find the track on <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BLRzkJTp8c&feature=related" REL="nofollow">YouTube</A> for those interested. <br /><br />And, I'm glad you liked the interview with Ani. I was a little worried she wouldn't behave but she reigned herself in a bit for my sake.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-78543594207414265442009-05-14T04:15:00.000+01:002009-05-14T04:15:00.000+01:00as always, I love your writing. truth's last gasp...as always, I love your writing. truth's last gasp. . . as an asthmatic, I've always said that 'breathing is one of my favorite things to do. . . ' always, no matter what else I have going on, it's in the top 3, worst case top 5 favorite things. truth's last gasp has that rhythm, that feeling of pulling for every breath.<br /><br />I've always been amazed at the king crimson piece. . . one more red nightmare. . . it reminds me of 'synaesthesia.' <br /><br />the ani smith interview was a feast of ideas. I am so glad you wrote to her and posted the interview.koe whitton-williamshttp://www.thehalflifeoflinoleum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com