tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post114441782160428657..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Signs of the AgeMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1146950505658617982006-05-06T17:21:00.000-04:002006-05-06T17:21:00.000-04:00Click on the picture--the big version of the libra...Click on the picture--the big version of the library is fabulous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1146699865590813152006-05-03T19:44:00.000-04:002006-05-03T19:44:00.000-04:00You may appear in any of your incarnations here!You may appear in any of your incarnations here!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1146694470592782162006-05-03T18:14:00.000-04:002006-05-03T18:14:00.000-04:00Whatever do you mean? Few are smarter than our Mar...Whatever do you mean? Few are smarter than our Marly--you hold the key to creative thought producing story wrapped in graceful language. That's why we read your work. And that's the truth. We're searching for truth here. Right? Clearly, you tower above 99% of us who scramble to pair words, then erase and scribble again. <BR/><BR/>I know it's easy when one is not in the publishing game to dismissAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1146662125715924932006-05-03T09:15:00.000-04:002006-05-03T09:15:00.000-04:00It's always so satisfying to have visitors leave a...It's always so satisfying to have visitors leave a card and note who are smarter than I am! Thanks...<BR/><BR/>Yes, I prefer not to circle the drain but to climb up through the faucet and go on quest until I find fresh waters.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and if you look in the sidebar until you see "Refractions," you can pop over to the Fujimura-blog.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1146626619112089742006-05-02T23:23:00.000-04:002006-05-02T23:23:00.000-04:00I agree that we do better to "set our minds on thi...I agree that we do better to "set our minds on things above," as someone once said. Having seen Mako's art and read Marly's books, I experience a connection to the deepest sense of truth. We wonder, we hope, we grieve, we rejoice as we experience creations rooted in truth. Whatever fame they experience or lack speaks not a whit to the value of their work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1146625040117265772006-05-02T22:57:00.000-04:002006-05-02T22:57:00.000-04:00Personally, I find it futile to bemoan the course ...Personally, I find it futile to bemoan the course and the momentary success of the multitudes, for we will forever feel the pull to mediocrity and the power of the “almighty dollar.” Rather, I prefer to applaud the efforts of Makoto Fujimura, Marly Youmans, and those who stand on higher ground, who press forward, creating and leading with integrity and purpose, thinking not just of self, but of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com