tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post5676952075147929374..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: You Asked, no. 5: Mary by the seasonsMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47869176632102041442017-06-24T01:12:35.829-04:002017-06-24T01:12:35.829-04:00Patty C.
I'm guessing you are the same Patty ...Patty C.<br /><br />I'm guessing you are the same Patty who left me a note on a Mary-post on Facebook. I am glad you liked this piece. And yes, good health to her. And happy painting to you!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2897536733641580202017-06-17T07:00:06.309-04:002017-06-17T07:00:06.309-04:00Having recently entered the wondrous world of Mary...Having recently entered the wondrous world of Mary, I have new-found encouragement to play with paint. Our first lessons left me dizzy because I don't follow instructions well. And then there is that looming monster deep inside body & soul, lurking just behind your right shoulder, drooling the venom known and felt as "who are YOU to think you can..." <br /><br />You can. Patteeceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15072344072088362416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-89941499352449128332016-01-26T12:48:31.196-05:002016-01-26T12:48:31.196-05:00Heh. I posted the second one! Heh. I posted the second one! Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-65723773097028548172016-01-26T12:47:52.317-05:002016-01-26T12:47:52.317-05:00Well, I wouldn't propose that for a while yet....Well, I wouldn't propose that for a while yet. It sounds too much like re-inventing the wheel at the moment! I doubt you want something overlapping...<br /><br />Why don't you write some things about / do some interviews with poets and artists in your corner of the world, now that you've gotten back into poetry for some years and have done so much with area writers and live events? Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3105378587124349612016-01-26T11:39:21.880-05:002016-01-26T11:39:21.880-05:00Absolutely.Absolutely.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-87731234170858701752016-01-26T11:38:17.461-05:002016-01-26T11:38:17.461-05:00Love this idea! Now that I've started a blog a...Love this idea! Now that I've started a blog again, on my new webpage, www.robbinester-poet-and-writer.com, I should interview someone. Maybe both of you, and have a three-way interview.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-91362924122623056002016-01-26T10:42:39.718-05:002016-01-26T10:42:39.718-05:00Okay, now I've thought of another question...Okay, now I've thought of another question...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-48497704582414318692016-01-26T10:26:05.281-05:002016-01-26T10:26:05.281-05:00I think Mary would like that--she has a number of ...I think Mary would like that--she has a number of different modes, but her work is always unmistakably Mary B.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-25201738938789260582016-01-26T10:10:17.981-05:002016-01-26T10:10:17.981-05:00Marly, I know too little about art, but I will ven...Marly, I know too little about art, but I will venture a critical reaction which I intend as a compliment and hope is not an error: primal, raw, and evocative. Yes, those three words describe what I see and experience. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-23692542074337329942016-01-26T09:43:48.720-05:002016-01-26T09:43:48.720-05:00My first question for Marly(much more pedestrian t...My first question for Marly(much more pedestrian than the one Marly asked me): 1. How on earth did you find time to write all those books while having and raising 3 children?<br /><br />(Tune in tomorrow for her answer!)<br />How to contact Mary: marybullington53@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174581825078147922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-46528857047982103892016-01-26T09:33:50.907-05:002016-01-26T09:33:50.907-05:00Hi Paul, I was bemoaning the slack time in my proc...Hi Paul, I was bemoaning the slack time in my process to an older artist friend, who said, simply, "You are not a robot." This helped. But in the midst of summer or winter doldrums, I sometime wish I had a bot I could send into the studio--to clean it up, if nothing else!How to contact Mary: marybullington53@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174581825078147922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-65402401256074662522016-01-26T09:10:35.779-05:002016-01-26T09:10:35.779-05:00Well, Mary gets to turn her questions on me next t...Well, Mary gets to turn her questions on me next time... And we probably know way too much about each other, so that makes it curious.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-31142399658853725812016-01-26T03:31:00.433-05:002016-01-26T03:31:00.433-05:00In good interviews the questions are as entertaini...In good interviews the questions are as entertaining as the answers (which isn't intended to slight Mary Boxley; merely to accord the two of you equal attention).<br /><br />Good interviews should offer me opportunities for plagiarism: thus "riot" as a verb and MB's "became too sweet". And another day's plundering draws to an end.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-9429497164525493562016-01-25T19:43:26.838-05:002016-01-25T19:43:26.838-05:00Thanks for popping by to see Mary's first repl...Thanks for popping by to see Mary's first reply, Paul Digby!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-16380766742623915242016-01-25T14:11:03.557-05:002016-01-25T14:11:03.557-05:00So there's a rhythm to my energy and the rhyth...So there's a rhythm to my energy and the rhythm is usually seasonal.<br /><br />Here is someone who understands life and the seasons.<br />Magic, Mary. Magic.Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.com