tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post1849513252210893107..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Cephalopodish Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-13212256423481994382014-05-08T15:05:12.678-04:002014-05-08T15:05:12.678-04:00Maybe "in her face" is the wrong idea, g...Maybe "in her face" is the wrong idea, given the anatomy. Into her buccal pouch next to her mouth, maybe. Or maybe just buccal region...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2592423638822955772014-05-07T17:42:22.046-04:002014-05-07T17:42:22.046-04:00I just noticed that you used "sucker." Y...I just noticed that you used "sucker." You cephalopod, you!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-91697390086323856492014-05-07T17:41:05.332-04:002014-05-07T17:41:05.332-04:00I've had quite a few, especially chickens. Mul...I've had quite a few, especially chickens. Mules. Country animals. Oh, yes, bear. A few possibly unreal ones.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-81581851042745631742014-05-07T17:39:25.821-04:002014-05-07T17:39:25.821-04:00They do! Just not so many. They have eight arms, a...They do! Just not so many. They have eight arms, and then two tentacles with toothed (I think) suckers on them so they can hang onto prey. And I think the male uses a tentacle to stick his sperm sack into the female's face, near her mouth.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-19229336968666194812014-05-07T17:35:43.393-04:002014-05-07T17:35:43.393-04:00Octopuses (octopi, octopodes!) are pretty fascinat...Octopuses (octopi, octopodes!) are pretty fascinating and they do seem to get attached to people in a way that's positively pet-like.<br /><br />I missed the German octopus. I'll have to look him up! Might be inspiring.<br /><br />Cuttlefish are often beautiful. I have gawked at them in aquariums. So ethereal in coloration at times. I love that business of the multi-layered skin with the Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-38441981854385743772014-05-07T17:14:47.756-04:002014-05-07T17:14:47.756-04:00I devote scenes in all my books to animals. Nothin...I devote scenes in all my books to animals. Nothing yet about octopi or cuttlefish, but I've had whales. And bears. And goats.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-57803338520204588382014-05-07T15:54:40.211-04:002014-05-07T15:54:40.211-04:00In fact, looking at that picture, cuttlefish don&#...In fact, looking at that picture, cuttlefish don't have tentacles do they? Must have been just touching their side flappy bits.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-49683424271364284882014-05-07T15:52:51.982-04:002014-05-07T15:52:51.982-04:00How odd that we judge a creature's intelligenc...How odd that we judge a creature's intelligence and worth by its possession of a spinal cord, yet to some extent we do, by instinct. Yet clearly an octopus has more personality than a flatfish, say, doesn't it?<br /><br />I once saw a film of cuttlefish courtship and mating then swimming off together tentacle in tentacle. It was truly beautiful. I would still fed their bones to the Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-75890600023313691012014-05-07T14:39:06.621-04:002014-05-07T14:39:06.621-04:00Oh. I'm not remembering your octopus-gargoyle ...Oh. I'm not remembering your octopus-gargoyle poem, despite having read the book. But then my head is still, as before, a downright sieve! I'll have to find the book and take a peek when I'm done.<br /><br />I'm thinking that it will be 8 "tinies." So far I have four about octopuses. They are fairly wacky, so far. May have some cuttlefish and squid and nautiluses in the Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-84427625591528377342014-05-07T11:32:14.727-04:002014-05-07T11:32:14.727-04:00When I wrote a poem about an octopus (for the garg...When I wrote a poem about an octopus (for the gargoyle project) a couple years back, I did a wildly unnecessary but edifying amount of research into their life cycle and intelligence. I have my own opinions, but I won't share them, lest I derail your idea. Will be curious to see what the one inside your head inspires!Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-69324348579187498492014-05-07T10:47:04.465-04:002014-05-07T10:47:04.465-04:00I'll have to keep that in mind. Maybe I'll...I'll have to keep that in mind. Maybe I'll write a tiny story for Tim (a tiny Tim!) with lots of numerology. You never know.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-37009901912785175012014-05-07T10:45:39.500-04:002014-05-07T10:45:39.500-04:00I don't usually mention things I'm contemp...I don't usually mention things I'm contemplating--always afraid that I might scare some shy creature away. Or talk it away. But the stories have been streaming along, despite lack of time.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-70148078557961196782014-05-07T10:39:50.259-04:002014-05-07T10:39:50.259-04:00I'm a sucker for numerical symbolism.I'm a sucker for numerical symbolism.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-51348174283429203992014-05-07T10:38:06.794-04:002014-05-07T10:38:06.794-04:00I love seeing into your brain and seeing how this ...I love seeing into your brain and seeing how this image may emerge in your writing, Marly.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-55010112250323649722014-05-07T10:34:50.882-04:002014-05-07T10:34:50.882-04:00Still daydreaming... But it is hard to avoid that ...Still daydreaming... But it is hard to avoid that number!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-496197599118130472014-05-07T10:30:37.438-04:002014-05-07T10:30:37.438-04:00And does the number 8 figure prominently in the st...And does the number 8 figure prominently in the story (or stories)?R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com