tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post8271026154681042754..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: The Never-ending Silk RoadMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-30400449670140069202015-08-25T10:42:56.134-04:002015-08-25T10:42:56.134-04:00Yes, it's sad and strange--so many ideas promu...Yes, it's sad and strange--so many ideas promulgated by the thought police seek to destroy art and culture and stymie its future growth.<br /><br />And I know what you mean about "ironic"...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-55223569715555798842015-08-25T10:34:48.798-04:002015-08-25T10:34:48.798-04:00Forgiven!
I have a manuscript that I'm workin...Forgiven!<br /><br />I have a manuscript that I'm working on now that absolutely would not exist without influences from a very different culture. What are the temptations? Ignore it and pretend it didn't happen? Hide it, disguise it? I won't, but I know the impulse and sympathize with why you did what you did to your novel. I, too, am outside the lines... And the thought police are Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-43160686031074971552015-08-25T09:46:02.760-04:002015-08-25T09:46:02.760-04:00Sale! Misspelling. LOL!Sale! Misspelling. LOL!Jane Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05914649664507501849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-89496887987336596082015-08-25T09:44:53.404-04:002015-08-25T09:44:53.404-04:00It's such a problem these days. Frightening on...It's such a problem these days. Frightening one. Since I am basically outside all the tribes online, I see it everywhere, one against the other. I decided to move the setting of my book because of it. I know, that's a scary acknowledgment, but I felt the setting would hurt the possibility of a sell and also create criticism that would distract. I've pulled back from the Internet. The Jane Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05914649664507501849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-82269643760332101342015-08-23T01:05:58.449-04:002015-08-23T01:05:58.449-04:00Bumping into work from another culture is generati...Bumping into work from another culture is generative...<br /><br />I also mistrust any criticism of the arts (or most anything) that comes complete with its own jargon.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-70827874834968464702015-08-23T00:50:10.365-04:002015-08-23T00:50:10.365-04:00Bang on.
I like the link also, Marly. The idea th...Bang on.<br />I like the link also, Marly. The idea that one person cannot reflect upon the culture of another person is ludicrous.<br />It is artist segregation of the worst kind, in my book.Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.com