Oh Life!
Viewing comments for Chapter 2 "Artist!"Experiences of living
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Comment from TillMcCauley
Nice tanka, I enjoyed it. It also described those who love the more artistic
side of life and find "art"in all around them, great work, keep it up .
Till
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Nice tanka, I enjoyed it. It also described those who love the more artistic
side of life and find "art"in all around them, great work, keep it up .
Till
Comment Written 23-Apr-2006
Comment from Mrs Happy Poet
This is very well written I enjoyed you have done well in this limited form this is full of energy and I enjoyed regards fuller
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This is very well written I enjoyed you have done well in this limited form this is full of energy and I enjoyed regards fuller
Comment Written 05-Apr-2006
Comment from luna
Nicely written tanka - I didn't know about this format until today. I just wrote one myself i'm planning on publishing tomorrow. I liked your choice of words and imagery. Keep writing!
Jenny
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Nicely written tanka - I didn't know about this format until today. I just wrote one myself i'm planning on publishing tomorrow. I liked your choice of words and imagery. Keep writing!
Jenny
Comment Written 04-Apr-2006
Comment from sellgirls
Yes, I really caught your meaning here (I think :-)). Beauty and art really are in the eye of the beholder, but in order to see the beauty one really needs to take the time to look beyond the obvious. The Mona Lisa is an excellent example--rush by and see an old, cracked painting of a somewhat homely woman. Stay a while and look deeply and see a meaningful smirk, a covered hand, a depth of character that has stood out for generations as great art. As always, you make your point in a most unconventional way, which makes you who you are!
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Yes, I really caught your meaning here (I think :-)). Beauty and art really are in the eye of the beholder, but in order to see the beauty one really needs to take the time to look beyond the obvious. The Mona Lisa is an excellent example--rush by and see an old, cracked painting of a somewhat homely woman. Stay a while and look deeply and see a meaningful smirk, a covered hand, a depth of character that has stood out for generations as great art. As always, you make your point in a most unconventional way, which makes you who you are!
Comment Written 04-Apr-2006
Comment from Kingsland
I will not usually review these forms of poetry
as I don't find very many of them worthy
but this piece is very well written
in such a short few words you have said so very much
this was my pleasure to read and review... John
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I will not usually review these forms of poetry
as I don't find very many of them worthy
but this piece is very well written
in such a short few words you have said so very much
this was my pleasure to read and review... John
Comment Written 03-Apr-2006
Comment from trailblazer101
KInd of mixed up but unserstandable after about the third read.
They come, view, go and
Time-pass raw fools' heaven words
A lot of ideas in a few words.
But it ties together with a theme that can be dug out if one ponders.
But that's what poems are supposed to do.
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KInd of mixed up but unserstandable after about the third read.
They come, view, go and
Time-pass raw fools' heaven words
A lot of ideas in a few words.
But it ties together with a theme that can be dug out if one ponders.
But that's what poems are supposed to do.
Comment Written 02-Apr-2006
Comment from Mr. Nicholas Spears
A very formidable tanka. Like I said before, my hat goes off to you simply for the fact you were able to write a great piece with such a complex form. Very well done indeed.
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A very formidable tanka. Like I said before, my hat goes off to you simply for the fact you were able to write a great piece with such a complex form. Very well done indeed.
Comment Written 02-Apr-2006
Comment from lwel
Agree. Also society isn't necessarily the expert on what is art and is not, yet paradoxically it defines it over time. Or does it?
the weakest work is the word 'and' doesn't fit.
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Agree. Also society isn't necessarily the expert on what is art and is not, yet paradoxically it defines it over time. Or does it?
the weakest work is the word 'and' doesn't fit.
Comment Written 01-Apr-2006
Comment from chelsmor
I think I do feel the truth, as your note says. The poem sentiment describes the viewer of art - whether visual or written - who takes a quick look, says "I don't get it" or "it needs to be longer" (or shorter or more blue or it doesn't match my living room) and moves on.
The wise reviewer looks again. And then again. And tries to see what possible intent was there in the artist's very complex and sometimes askew mind's eye as he/she created the piece. The wise reviewer gives the art credit for what it is -
an expression of something deeper, whether a casual glance can see it or not.
In fact, a casual glance at a pretty picture or a lovely poem is not in fact really looking at art for art's sake. There's a difference there.
The most meaning sometimes comes from raw expression that has no place in civilized forms created before. Unique and freely expressed without edit. There hides the intrigue.
Just my response to your quest here -
if I missed your mark, at least I got to rant about reviewing and expressing:)
Thanks!
Chelsmor
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I think I do feel the truth, as your note says. The poem sentiment describes the viewer of art - whether visual or written - who takes a quick look, says "I don't get it" or "it needs to be longer" (or shorter or more blue or it doesn't match my living room) and moves on.
The wise reviewer looks again. And then again. And tries to see what possible intent was there in the artist's very complex and sometimes askew mind's eye as he/she created the piece. The wise reviewer gives the art credit for what it is -
an expression of something deeper, whether a casual glance can see it or not.
In fact, a casual glance at a pretty picture or a lovely poem is not in fact really looking at art for art's sake. There's a difference there.
The most meaning sometimes comes from raw expression that has no place in civilized forms created before. Unique and freely expressed without edit. There hides the intrigue.
Just my response to your quest here -
if I missed your mark, at least I got to rant about reviewing and expressing:)
Thanks!
Chelsmor
Comment Written 01-Apr-2006
Comment from edb
You are such a good writer. So accurate. Precise. Confident. I just don't feel very much when I read this poem. You seem to be writing about a very passionate issue but I just get lost in the structure. You are very clear and concise. Good effort here.
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You are such a good writer. So accurate. Precise. Confident. I just don't feel very much when I read this poem. You seem to be writing about a very passionate issue but I just get lost in the structure. You are very clear and concise. Good effort here.
Comment Written 01-Apr-2006
