tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post8005206740345573147..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: A Book of MomentsBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-75572597260604977142011-03-06T12:26:38.980-06:002011-03-06T12:26:38.980-06:00Stacy--And it's a lot like how poetry collecti...Stacy--And it's a lot like how poetry collections are put together, which is certainly how I for oen see life--images, stills, moments that resonate and reflect and refract each other. There is no linear time, and there is no past or future. Everything is present. From then on it's all art, as you say nicely!Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-43061400340493889682011-03-05T20:28:41.555-06:002011-03-05T20:28:41.555-06:00If I read you right, it sounds a bit like Masters&...If I read you right, it sounds a bit like Masters' "Spoon River Anthology," or ...'s "Winesburg, Ohio." (Sorry, I'm too sleepy to look up the writer!)--a collection of impressions that acquire narrative strength by being put next to one another, much like life's moments. I remember trying to convince people that a genuine biography would take as long to read Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-31756247680104337872011-03-04T11:25:39.506-06:002011-03-04T11:25:39.506-06:00CG--Glad you found me, and I'm flattered Barbe...CG--Glad you found me, and I'm flattered Barbee sent you my way. Shoot, I thought I said some cool things in this post that just popped into my head as I wrote it (can I say that and not sound arrogant?)--that's why I love writing, nothing else in life surprises me with such delight. Well, the garden is a close second, but still, it had much more structure than most writing.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-23719989774295022642011-03-03T17:24:18.673-06:002011-03-03T17:24:18.673-06:00Barbee recommended you on her blog and since she i...Barbee recommended you on her blog and since she is the person who has encouraged me to write and blog, I wanted to visit you. And I am so glad I did, because now you have got me going, thinking about what you wrote here. I think we remember like that, but no one thought to write a memoir along those lines before. I'm 70 now, and I don't like to look back much on events, but looking back Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-49874316047513085102011-03-01T10:34:43.255-06:002011-03-01T10:34:43.255-06:00It's Proust something. Maybe someday it'll...It's Proust something. Maybe someday it'll be Vogt something....Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-46831555279411853222011-02-28T14:23:21.049-06:002011-02-28T14:23:21.049-06:00Dozens of ghosts, gathered, then woven in a patter...Dozens of ghosts, gathered, then woven in a pattern, in a book? Yes. Isn't that Proust's immortal madeleine? (I haven't read it, but it is much quoted)Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.com