tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post1740273769467767940..comments2023-10-28T04:53:32.505-07:00Comments on View From The Northern Wall: Payback Is Hellchristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-56542364436760678382012-05-26T16:10:52.645-07:002012-05-26T16:10:52.645-07:00i like how you wrote this about Chagall and not ab...i like how you wrote this about Chagall and not about the painting the way everyone else (including me) did...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-46127897551562551752012-05-22T22:25:49.829-07:002012-05-22T22:25:49.829-07:00:D
(((Erin))):D<br />(((Erin)))christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-92213097319205881422012-05-22T19:43:00.133-07:002012-05-22T19:43:00.133-07:00this is the best kind of revolution i know: Me, I...this is the best kind of revolution i know: <i>Me, I will pay back<br />the bastards with work,<br />with my torrent of color<br />and my long strange lines.</i> this is not only the strength of your poem, and it is, but it is the strength of your living, isn't it, christopher?<br /><br />xo<br />erinerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-63356900297756662242012-05-22T07:10:36.810-07:002012-05-22T07:10:36.810-07:00Anna, my understanding, the clown was an intended ...Anna, my understanding, the clown was an intended poster background for advertisement and was supposed to be simple in color and sparse in content so as not to detract from the words.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-73768719772632489902012-05-22T04:48:46.497-07:002012-05-22T04:48:46.497-07:00Thank you for the info, and the poem! :)
And for e...Thank you for the info, and the poem! :)<br />And for explaining (o) !!Trellissimohttp://hellishfencing.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/high-flying-swingers.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-78107666138807688072012-05-22T02:07:33.554-07:002012-05-22T02:07:33.554-07:00Excellent informative post Christopher and thanks ...Excellent informative post Christopher and thanks for the 'click.'<br /><br />Very interesting colourful work - I feel he must have painted his clown on an 'off' day, judging by the quality of the rest.<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-51984296741936836652012-05-21T19:48:01.475-07:002012-05-21T19:48:01.475-07:00The whole thing tended south. The exact line cros...The whole thing tended south. The exact line crossed the west coast of the USA just south of the border of California and Oregon. The exact line then sank to the south as it headed east and ended up in New Mexico or some such.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-18684847789324413272012-05-21T14:14:11.689-07:002012-05-21T14:14:11.689-07:00Thanks for the excellent poem and for the informat...Thanks for the excellent poem and for the information about Chagall, and your vision of his use of free lines and colour an 'antidote' to the 'black slime' of Nazism. An unusual but very strong interpretation of the prompt, and as has been said, it expresses hope.<br />Commiserations in missing the full effect of the eclipse. Maybe you should have taken your Lear jet to Novascotia! :-)<br />here we go again with the damned anti robot puzzle.Stafford Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048757515249725540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-62040115628286654982012-05-21T11:39:29.203-07:002012-05-21T11:39:29.203-07:00The eclipse kinda creeped me out.
Your poem did th...The eclipse kinda creeped me out.<br />Your poem did the opposite.<br /><br />=)Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049586085703324088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-28322801154992974702012-05-21T10:14:13.264-07:002012-05-21T10:14:13.264-07:00Payback with color ~ brilliant.Payback with color ~ brilliant.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-68697531096520909482012-05-21T10:13:36.819-07:002012-05-21T10:13:36.819-07:00Tess, that's blogese for a hug in the circles ...Tess, that's blogese for a hug in the circles I travel. I could've written (((Tess))) also.<br /><br />xoxoxchristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-30279683500649676902012-05-21T10:04:22.699-07:002012-05-21T10:04:22.699-07:00Bit like Faulkner giving the world southern senten...Bit like Faulkner giving the world southern sentence construction?barbarahttp://briarcat.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-47602833736690314422012-05-21T09:18:14.851-07:002012-05-21T09:18:14.851-07:00Love the history here...and it sounds so very nice...Love the history here...and it sounds so very nice read out loud...by the way I'm hoping your zeroes left at my place are a good thing...(0) confuses me...Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-50085050607976470012012-05-21T08:43:59.033-07:002012-05-21T08:43:59.033-07:00I like that you wrote about the artist's life ...I like that you wrote about the artist's life and journey in your poem. Nice response to the prompt.<br /><br />I missed the eclipse too. Sigh.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-40183733651232093312012-05-21T06:30:05.049-07:002012-05-21T06:30:05.049-07:00Yes! Who indeed cares? Loved this
Hugs
SueAnnYes! Who indeed cares? Loved this<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-54875022504486536422012-05-20T20:59:00.792-07:002012-05-20T20:59:00.792-07:00I do like how you went with this, and all the adde...I do like how you went with this, and all the added information about the artist as well....and to imagine how he began....and how he lived, and felt...or dreamed....in all left for us to view today!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-49237990803159320292012-05-20T20:09:30.069-07:002012-05-20T20:09:30.069-07:00We sniff after deciding it's only a moon shado...We sniff after deciding it's only a moon shadow, moooon shadow, moon shadow. As far as that goes, I thought of adding Cat Stevens to the post. I figured it was too obvious even for me. :Pchristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-89503657743407436302012-05-20T18:59:16.832-07:002012-05-20T18:59:16.832-07:00We sniff after the eclipse is through? May be some...We sniff after the eclipse is through? May be some truth in it. Good way of a historical connection of Chagall here. Appreciate the prose write-up which are rarities. Great write Chris!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-91801781875772492652012-05-20T18:34:35.989-07:002012-05-20T18:34:35.989-07:00We just finish with the eclipse here too and enjoy...We just finish with the eclipse here too and enjoyed the thoughtful read I had here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-52323646589239062102012-05-20T15:58:22.625-07:002012-05-20T15:58:22.625-07:00Now I feel compelled to say, 'I'm being fo...Now I feel compelled to say, 'I'm being followed by a moon shadow..." Great write too, I like the direction you went with this. Art trumps war!Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-53059999361570722652012-05-20T14:23:36.463-07:002012-05-20T14:23:36.463-07:00I like the historical connections you have include...I like the historical connections you have included here. I also very much like Chagall's body of work. Thank you for sharing, Christopher. =DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-11802166947399452772012-05-20T14:21:44.334-07:002012-05-20T14:21:44.334-07:00it is pretty amazing the work that he produced...i...it is pretty amazing the work that he produced...i like your take in your verse as well....it made me smile....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-49674084970355632432012-05-20T13:26:50.822-07:002012-05-20T13:26:50.822-07:00Chagall did have a journey in his life, he used it...Chagall did have a journey in his life, he used it for good and left us some amazing art, that's for sure.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433262472050607402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-46537940425366339072012-05-20T13:01:34.088-07:002012-05-20T13:01:34.088-07:00I can confirm, the cold that goes with an eclipse ...I can confirm, the cold that goes with an eclipse is creepy, to say the least - as are the birds which fall silent...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com