tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post1229787756682843541..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: 500-year art for Good FridayMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-8927389998344060022016-03-27T16:13:38.237-04:002016-03-27T16:13:38.237-04:00I'm fascinated by how he was said to never alt...I'm fascinated by how he was said to never alter a painting, believing that the first impulse was God's will. How startling that thought is, after seeing so much of his work.<br /><br />I expect that any of us who write poetry (or fiction, for that matter) are quite willing to tolerate being seen with egg on our faces... Time often tells us a piece of news about a work we once thought Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-11845158370270483582016-03-27T03:06:08.281-04:002016-03-27T03:06:08.281-04:00You risk yourself as a hostage to fortune (a rathe...You risk yourself as a hostage to fortune (a rather complicated concept I've always thought) when you dwell on the word "arresting" and then have the moxy to publish an image which you believe meets the requirements of that adjective. Not that I ever imagined you'd end up with egg on your face, of course.<br /><br />I have difficulty responding to ancient Christian art as simplyRoderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33863654044977254042016-03-25T17:42:59.962-04:002016-03-25T17:42:59.962-04:00Shall pop by and see what you say above your belov...Shall pop by and see what you say above your beloved O'Connor--thanks and the same to you in return.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-14254095280095128912016-03-25T14:52:02.736-04:002016-03-25T14:52:02.736-04:00Marly, thank you for sharing this.
BTW, today is F...Marly, thank you for sharing this.<br />BTW, today is Flannery O'Connor's birthday, and I very much struck by its coincidental occurrence this year on Good Friday. I've had something to say about MFO at TWA:<br />http://thewritersalmanac.blogspot.com/2016/03/flannery-oconnors-birthday-good-friday.html<br />I wish you a blessings-filled Easter weekend.<br />v/r<br />TimRTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-16300930167552271592016-03-25T13:45:28.347-04:002016-03-25T13:45:28.347-04:00And to you, when it comes...
Fra Angelico is ofte...And to you, when it comes...<br /><br />Fra Angelico is often so ravishing and beautiful, but this one stopped me cold and made me stare.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-68091767696421097602016-03-25T13:12:35.960-04:002016-03-25T13:12:35.960-04:00Beautiful image and essay from Fujimura, thanks. H...Beautiful image and essay from Fujimura, thanks. Hope... we all need it. Happy Easter, Marly.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com