tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post4713530814463274906..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Marly at Porter StreetMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-35398503758298619742017-07-17T12:31:57.875-04:002017-07-17T12:31:57.875-04:00Yes, well, the news teaches us about human nature,...Yes, well, the news teaches us about human nature, even if we are too dense to know it from our own flaws.<br /><br />I do remember liking willow-pattern china as a child, though we had none. This weekend I was looking at some extravagant hard-paste Sèvres cups and tiny teapots, and they were so complex and so decked in tiny scenes that I had that childlike feeling of wanting to get inside their Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-4486319293985485302017-07-17T02:13:35.624-04:002017-07-17T02:13:35.624-04:00I liked (I may not have the exact wording) "a...I liked (I may not have the exact wording) "all the world is brothers - more or less." It is, of course that terminal qualification that makes it for me. Best not to be too optimistic; journalism taught me that.<br /><br />And might willow-pattern have been for you, as it was for me, the first art form to which you responded? We had a chipped dinner-plate off which we ate (or was it a Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com