Comments on: And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: daisyrose http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-45724 daisyrose Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:32:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/#comment-45724 This poem is about an artist trying to work. It is hard to find inspiration, empty your mind - be distracted and then *you* finding inspiration from chaos. This poem is about an artist trying to work. It is hard to find inspiration, empty your mind – be distracted and then *you* finding inspiration from chaos.

]]> By: gyokusai http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-45719 gyokusai Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:01:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/#comment-45719 There's a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/John-Ashbery-Collected-1956-1987-Library/dp/1598530283/" rel="nofollow">collection of his first twelve books</a> in the making, due October, comprising Ashbery's published poetic work from 1956-87 plus a number of unpublished poems. What's more, it's described as a "first volume" and "inaugurating" a collected edition of Ashbery's work. ^_^J. There’s a collection of his first twelve books in the making, due October, comprising Ashbery’s published poetic work from 1956-87 plus a number of unpublished poems. What’s more, it’s described as a “first volume” and “inaugurating” a collected edition of Ashbery’s work.

^_^J.

]]> By: John R Ramsden http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-45718 John R Ramsden Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:02:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/#comment-45718 Possibly stating the obvious, but it seems to me the poet is gently taking to task a woman who, while successful in her way, is somewhat empty headed and superficial yet yearns to be taken seriously for ideas she doesn't have. It could be read as a subtle lament for the many people who struggle to develop or express talents they don't have as much as they think, to fit some imagined mould or seek approval, while disdaining gifts they do have. Not directly relevant, but one of my favourite poems by Robert Frost is <a href="http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/A_Passing_Glimp.htm" rel="nofollow">A Passing Glimpse</a> Possibly stating the obvious, but it seems to me the poet is gently taking to task a woman who, while successful in her way, is somewhat empty headed and superficial yet yearns to be taken seriously for ideas she doesn’t have.

It could be read as a subtle lament for the many people who struggle to develop or express talents they don’t have as much as they think, to fit some imagined mould or seek approval, while disdaining gifts they do have.

Not directly relevant, but one of my favourite poems by Robert Frost is A Passing Glimpse

]]> By: Lauren http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-45721 Lauren Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:36:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/#comment-45721 I love when you post poetry, Sean. you've got great literary taste! I love when you post poetry, Sean. you’ve got great literary taste!

]]> By: JCF http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-45723 JCF Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:38:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/#comment-45723 Kinda like being mildly high and going with the flow, casting off logic to stay afloat. Easy to understand his popularity in the mtv esthetic, an old guy who would understand the egalitarian lure of moshing, like Carlin or even Whitman. Reminiscent of course of Dali ("Suddenly the street was/Bananas..."), plays of Ionesco, also an abstract modernist, though less in-your-face surreal. Thanks, good reading, though I doubt anyone here has complained of stuffiness. Kinda like being mildly high and going with the flow, casting off logic to stay afloat. Easy to understand his popularity in the mtv esthetic, an old guy who would understand the egalitarian lure of moshing, like Carlin or even Whitman. Reminiscent of course of Dali (”Suddenly the street was/Bananas…”), plays of Ionesco, also an abstract modernist, though less in-your-face surreal.
Thanks, good reading, though I doubt anyone here has complained of stuffiness.

]]> By: Tyler http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-45720 Tyler Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:16:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/#comment-45720 welll...I have a rule against reading anything that requires outside explanation, but that has nice flow to it welll…I have a rule against reading anything that requires outside explanation, but that has nice flow to it

]]> By: clowncar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/comment-page-1/#comment-45722 clowncar Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/31/and-ut-pictura-poesis-is-her-name/#comment-45722 What a nice poem. I love "Now one must Find a few important words, and a lot of low-keyed, Dull-sounding ones. " I enjoy your blog. What a nice poem. I love “Now one must
Find a few important words, and a lot of low-keyed,
Dull-sounding ones. ”

I enjoy your blog.

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