tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post5793155323040692234..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Black sounds: 5 readingsMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85260219679131432082015-09-11T11:44:22.531-04:002015-09-11T11:44:22.531-04:00Lorca is so interesting, and you can really use th...Lorca is so interesting, and you can really use the triune idea as a lens.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-72351748234674237112015-09-11T10:16:11.183-04:002015-09-11T10:16:11.183-04:00"Angel and Muse come from outside us: the ang... "Angel and Muse come from outside us: the angel brings light, the Muse form (Hesiod learnt from her). Golden bread or fold of tunic, it is her norm that the poet receives in his laurel grove. While the duende has to be roused from the furthest habitations of the blood." Nothing I can say beats this. How to contact Mary: marybullington53@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174581825078147922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-638320820933932212014-04-27T17:51:31.772-04:002014-04-27T17:51:31.772-04:00I expect it would be impertinent of me to add to w...I expect it would be impertinent of me to add to what Lorca believes, as it is an Andalusian concept! If you define it simply as "life force," you could easily argue for that as what Lorca's angel or muse brings, although tilted more to force as a gift from a power beyond--Holy Spirit or poetic "genius" or influx of Muse-born words. Life force can be argued as a piece of Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1529544960165413612014-04-27T09:13:17.949-04:002014-04-27T09:13:17.949-04:00I would be really interested to know what your per...I would be really interested to know what your personal idea of what 'duende' would be, Marly. For me it is simply the 'life force'. It is the wonderful compulsion to change things and create things and give life to things.<br /><br />The quoted musings above are fascinating and enriching. Thank you for posting!Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-57082012715714106112014-04-26T13:49:39.900-04:002014-04-26T13:49:39.900-04:00HI Marja-Leena--
Lorca is so interesting, and I l...HI Marja-Leena--<br /><br />Lorca is so interesting, and I liked all these commentaries on the Andalusian duende!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-68159687363842872772014-04-26T09:51:33.827-04:002014-04-26T09:51:33.827-04:00I've just learned a lot more about this 'd...I've just learned a lot more about this 'duende' - powerful stuff - thank you!marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-9895248974516826432014-04-25T18:43:47.069-04:002014-04-25T18:43:47.069-04:00There are so many rich things in that essay, it...There are so many rich things in that essay, it's hard to just leave one...<br /><br />Nick Cave: As I said earlier, my artistic life has centered around desire or more accurately, the need, to articulate the various feelings of loss and longing that have whistled through my bones and hummed in my blood, throughout my life. In the process I have written about two hundred songs, the bulk of Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-71231668333882327572014-04-25T17:19:43.120-04:002014-04-25T17:19:43.120-04:00Ah, good!Ah, good!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50811006029478645882014-04-25T17:18:33.386-04:002014-04-25T17:18:33.386-04:00Yes, it's good. I saw the Wim Wenders movie ye...Yes, it's good. I saw the Wim Wenders movie years ago, and of course have terrible memory for such things--you make me want to see it again, as I have zero memory of the band being in it. Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-74377221162423727152014-04-25T16:48:02.860-04:002014-04-25T16:48:02.860-04:00That Nick Cave piece is terrific. Have you ever se...That Nick Cave piece is terrific. Have you ever seen <i>Wings of Desire,</i> the German film about angels in which his band makes a cameo? His inclusion in that movie makes a bit more sense to me now.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54092749553104447392014-04-25T16:06:44.784-04:002014-04-25T16:06:44.784-04:00My husband, Manny, enjoyed hearing me read the pos...My husband, Manny, enjoyed hearing me read the post and comments to him, and was fascinated by it, as well! Thank you again, Marly!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708161544672700715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2251005584816751242014-04-25T14:47:19.642-04:002014-04-25T14:47:19.642-04:00Hello, spring Robin!
He fashions a kind of trinit...Hello, spring Robin!<br /><br />He fashions a kind of trinity of poetic power... I'm glad that the readings meant something to you. Lorca is so fascinating here, and I do think the right posture before the art of those who have gone before and achieved greatly is humility.<br /><br />Now back to tweaking my little sonnet...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-10339723334331436742014-04-25T14:43:37.369-04:002014-04-25T14:43:37.369-04:00Oh, good--pleased it was interesting for you! I ju...Oh, good--pleased it was interesting for you! I just had the itch to read about Lorca's black sounds this morning.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39065462077875838862014-04-25T14:42:19.686-04:002014-04-25T14:42:19.686-04:00Mary, I am humbled by the beauty and the power of ...Mary, I am humbled by the beauty and the power of this post, and the comments by writers who share have shared their thoughts here on the muse, on duende, on "the primal thorns of fire" sent by God to those who seek him. As artists and writers, we sometimes forget that when we reach the darkest places in our being, and prostrate ourselves before God, we must wear those fiery thorns. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708161544672700715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-42985275307113934452014-04-25T13:43:34.296-04:002014-04-25T13:43:34.296-04:00Wow. I went and read the whole piece by Nick Cave,...Wow. I went and read the whole piece by Nick Cave, whose music I like a lot. Thanks for the link and the idea, Marly! And also the painting.Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-77695899431526540642014-04-25T10:55:10.292-04:002014-04-25T10:55:10.292-04:00Delight can be very pleasing, as one arrow in the ...Delight can be very pleasing, as one arrow in the quiver... but certainly there are others, stranger and fiercer.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-82228796638856476112014-04-25T09:57:06.979-04:002014-04-25T09:57:06.979-04:00Wonderful. The element of fear and awe, as of any ...Wonderful. The element of fear and awe, as of any worship, cannot be absent from the act of artistic creation, if it is to result in sublimity.<br />The 18th century notion of instruction and delight alone is way too polite and decorous to be the truth. Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com