tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post7097678523439972020..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The echo chamberMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-16736717568212874492012-10-13T13:16:43.980-04:002012-10-13T13:16:43.980-04:00I really liked your blog! It helped me alot… Aweso...I really liked your blog! It helped me alot… Awesome. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-49266801809941288532012-10-12T22:04:48.629-04:002012-10-12T22:04:48.629-04:00Oh, yes, I like that idea...
And I think that man...Oh, yes, I like that idea...<br /><br />And I think that many things that are central to a full human life are now regarded as unhip, unfashionable, unpleasing...<br /><br />You know, I think some of that middle class business is about the narrowing of what an artist is and can do. You, for example, mess around in lots of different areas, though you have one that is strongest. But often now Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-19977970031691165602012-10-12T21:56:30.975-04:002012-10-12T21:56:30.975-04:00I would say that the 'unhipness' of religi...I would say that the 'unhipness' of religion is the thing that interests and draws me most of all!<br />Religion means so much to so many people and yet is often dealt with in only critical or derisory/blasphemous ways by so many artists.<br /><br />When something becomes unhip, people's reaction to it (in the case, religion) become diverse and fascinating.<br /><br />Equally Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-63664812884170901462012-10-12T18:29:45.053-04:002012-10-12T18:29:45.053-04:00There were some other examples in the essay...
B...There were some other examples in the essay... <br /><br />But I gather that she is one of those few academics and intellectuals who is still willing to admit that the Judeo-Christian traditions led to some rather important cultural achievements. Like the flowering of Medieval arts and the Renaissance. Etc.<br /><br />Unfortunately ideology trumps clear assessment at our moment in history. But itMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33659193908381532272012-10-12T16:16:23.420-04:002012-10-12T16:16:23.420-04:00Interesting. I don't have any problem with peo...Interesting. I don't have any problem with people making fun of Judaism even in a nasty way (not a racist way though). However, given the explosive nature of Islam at the moment, I wouldn't recommend similar treatment of that religion.<br /><br />Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com