tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post6489371075732893568..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: Poetry Mood, Movies, and Violet RainesCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-68231136047353492832008-12-10T11:46:00.000-06:002008-12-10T11:46:00.000-06:00Charles:This is exactly why I read poems sent to L...Charles:<BR/><BR/>This is <I>exactly</I> why I read poems sent to Lilliput at least 3 times, with the appropriate amount of time (usually at least a week) in between.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes it feels like dialing in a radio in the old analog days ... it fades in, out, and than, snap, there it is. <BR/><BR/>Only, you are dialing in yourself ...<BR/><BR/>DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-73353444217581570772008-12-10T10:50:00.000-06:002008-12-10T10:50:00.000-06:00Eric1313, yes, I agree. The real history is damn ...Eric1313, yes, I agree. The real history is damn intersting.<BR/><BR/>Etain, wow, there's a blast from the past. Haven't heard from you in a long time. I'm doing well. I hope you are fine.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-18626100301258459962008-12-10T07:50:00.000-06:002008-12-10T07:50:00.000-06:00Emotion is a very strong trigger for loads of stuf...Emotion is a very strong trigger for loads of stuff we do. How we preceive things and how it was meant to preceived. <BR/><BR/>Hope your ok Charles.<BR/>Have a great day.<BR/>E:)Drizelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746480963316566816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-43171531696667983022008-12-10T06:46:00.000-06:002008-12-10T06:46:00.000-06:00Same deal, some days I'm in no mood to write or re...Same deal, some days I'm in no mood to write or read in an engaging manner. And I also read a only a handful of poems a day; the better to let them sink in, and to spread out the joy of reading a great author.<BR/><BR/>Mongol was not as good a story as the actual history was, I must say as well. I enjoyed the History Channel's documentaries about the Mongols much more than that silly movie.eric1313https://www.blogger.com/profile/13807078704660045859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-16458936114988428012008-12-09T23:49:00.000-06:002008-12-09T23:49:00.000-06:00Candy, I get a fair amount of poetry sent to me be...Candy, I get a fair amount of poetry sent to me because of groups I'm in so I almost always have a chapbook or two handy.<BR/><BR/>Josephine Damian, Great news! That calls for some celebration. Congrats.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-1036090396886813312008-12-09T19:55:00.000-06:002008-12-09T19:55:00.000-06:00Professor Gramlich! I'm in an especially good mood...Professor Gramlich! I'm in an especially good mood today since my grad school advisor approved my thesis today!Josephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-32612765797579949412008-12-09T12:25:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:25:00.000-06:00Yes, I've had that experience, of not getting into...Yes, I've had that experience, of not getting into a book and then trying it again in a different mood and enjoying it. Never had it with poetry, though. I tend not to read poetry unless I'm already receptive to moodiness and images.cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-9892816971810223512008-12-09T06:55:00.000-06:002008-12-09T06:55:00.000-06:00X-Dell, the main effect for me is on poetry, which...X-Dell, the main effect for me is on poetry, which is such a delicate genre. But it does effect regular fiction as well,Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-22717533983151605012008-12-08T23:40:00.000-06:002008-12-08T23:40:00.000-06:00Hmm. I usually read a novel, or watch a movie, to...Hmm. I usually read a novel, or watch a movie, to take me out of my present frame of mind, and put me somewhere else. I've never thought about how my mood might affect what I read, but that seems reasonable.X. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-6356872336224154792008-12-08T22:39:00.000-06:002008-12-08T22:39:00.000-06:00Sarah Hina, makes me think I should go back and gi...Sarah Hina, makes me think I should go back and give a lot of poetry a reread.<BR/><BR/>Ello, I'm so caught in work mode at the moment it's hard to loosen it up to enjoy some reading.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-85524757427933548372008-12-08T22:12:00.000-06:002008-12-08T22:12:00.000-06:00Charles, I am in a crazy weird mood too. I'm not s...Charles, I am in a crazy weird mood too. I'm not sure where my mood is going to take me lately. I've been a bit down. But I'm glad you enjoyed Danette's book! It is lovely isn't it!Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-19354952733336391522008-12-08T19:39:00.000-06:002008-12-08T19:39:00.000-06:00This is a great point. I find myself very choosy a...This is a great point. I find myself very choosy about which music to listen to, or which movie to watch, dependent on my mood. Otherwise, I enter into it grudgingly and with my mind already somewhat closed. I'm glad you gave those poems another chance, though. I'll have to look De Winter up. <BR/><BR/>And yay, Danette!! :)Sarah Hinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888406261817690010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-28074671307572455392008-12-08T16:42:00.000-06:002008-12-08T16:42:00.000-06:00Steve Malley, yes, the best stories and poems reac...Steve Malley, yes, the best stories and poems reach out and force my mood to conform to its mood.<BR/><BR/>Merisi, I like that, when the right book falls open, you fall in. Well said.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-75431780210016625302008-12-08T14:48:00.000-06:002008-12-08T14:48:00.000-06:00Mood can play a part in the enjoyment of a book, e...Mood can play a part in the enjoyment of a book, especially if it is a book with poems yet to be discovered. I do like to go back and seek out a well-read collection of poems or re-read a passage of a novel, to find peace and contentment when my mood would not be particularly favorable to read something new.<BR/><BR/>In the ideal case, though, no matter the mood, when the right book falls open, you fall in. These are the great moments in a reader's life. <BR/><BR/>Books are such a gift.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-80270000092645848592008-12-08T13:41:00.000-06:002008-12-08T13:41:00.000-06:00A strong mood can overpower my media experience. A...A strong mood can overpower my media experience. A strong story can overpower my mood. <BR/><BR/>What interests me most is what happens right out at the edge, where story and enjoyment can tip either way...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-49059630266502595252008-12-08T13:17:00.000-06:002008-12-08T13:17:00.000-06:00SQT, and they didn’t need to do that kind of endin...SQT, and they didn’t need to do that kind of ending. Just suggesting the interdimensional nature would have been enough.<BR/><BR/>Lana, I hardly ever find movies compelling either. Maybe I’ll try Dark Knight. Iron Man wasn’t too bad.<BR/><BR/>Fancy, I got a good laugh.<BR/><BR/>Barbara Martin, I do the comfort reading too, often with older SF or fantasy that is good space opera.<BR/><BR/>Leon, hello. Thanks for dropping by.<BR/><BR/>Rick, Some very powerful writing can alter my mood. Music is the surest way to do it, though.<BR/><BR/>Cloudia, Reading Robert E. Howard often affects my mood. Some of it is classically conditioned, I’m sure, do to our long associations of certain kind of reading material with certain moods.<BR/><BR/>RHFay, Good horror or heroic fantasy can fit right into a miserable mood for me.<BR/><BR/>Shauna, I almost never watch TV without multi-tasking too. Grading sometimes, or often reading, or paying bills or typing up blog posts. Those I can do easily while watching TV.<BR/><BR/>Jennifer, I’m that way with poetry too. I write and read it most when I’m melancholia. My mother is feeling quite a bit better and is some physical therapy to build up her strength. Thanks much for asking.<BR/><BR/>Mark, I tend to work really hard to establish a mood in my fiction, especially my short fiction, for just that reason, trying to put the reader in the right frame of mind to connect.<BR/><BR/>Chris Eldin, yes it was very good. I didn’t like poetry as a kid, but that was before I discovered Edgar allen Poe and Dylan Thomas. Then I began to love it. And I read quite a bit of it.<BR/><BR/>Greg Schwartz, Hughes is like that for me too. But in the right mood it really sings. Dylan Thomas can actually alter my mood because his stuff is so powerful.<BR/><BR/>David Cranmer, I thought the fourth movie had some promise but it was all surface stuff it seemed. I just couldn’t get excited about it.<BR/><BR/>Danette, I really enjoyed it. You did a great job. I’d think tying the feet would be like rule 2, after tying hands, of holding a captive.<BR/><BR/>L. A. Mitchell, Movies can sometimes do that to me, but I’m a really hard sell on movies. Iron man did it a bit for me. I started out disliking the character but came to like him and enjoyed the movie overall.<BR/><BR/>Laughingwolf, here’s to you.<BR/><BR/>Writtenwyrdd, I find particularly that If I’m feeling under time pressure it’s hard for anything to cut through to me.<BR/><BR/>Bernardl, I agree. All of them had impossible elements, but this one had aliens, which just seemed…wrong to me.<BR/><BR/>Ivan, Tight and scan. Two good words to describe all writing definitely. But especially poetry.<BR/><BR/>Pattinase, thankee.<BR/><BR/>Aine, good point about the “Tree in the forest.” I think you’re right. That’s why I’m sometimes hesitant to criticize stuff I really didn’t enjoy. I wonder if it was the writer, or me and my mood.<BR/><BR/>Heff, well, I’m not really a connoisseur of those types of movies. Who knows.<BR/><BR/>Vesper, I do that too, although it’s interesting that sometimes I make the wrong choice and end up picking something that doesn’t fit. Like those three movies I mentioned.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-82885023387344140242008-12-08T12:52:00.000-06:002008-12-08T12:52:00.000-06:00I completely agree with you on the moods. I choose...I completely agree with you on the moods. I choose what I read, what I listen, what I watch according to my mood.Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-35162497720765187002008-12-08T10:09:00.000-06:002008-12-08T10:09:00.000-06:00Doesn't Violet Raines do, um..."Films" ? Perhaps ...Doesn't Violet Raines do, um..."Films" ? Perhaps I'm wrong...Heffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396114362826135207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-8951063940023337942008-12-08T09:15:00.000-06:002008-12-08T09:15:00.000-06:00That is the beauty and the curse of art. There mu...That is the beauty and the curse of art. There must be a connection between artist and reader/viewer for the art to express itself. The right art at the wrong time is meaningless. <BR/><BR/>Why do I feel like this is another version of "if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?"Ainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402176500997528105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-82710996855619210782008-12-08T08:54:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:54:00.000-06:00Mood influences my enjoyment of book, movies, etc....Mood influences my enjoyment of book, movies, etc. Good point.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-76851596820402111072008-12-08T08:48:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:48:00.000-06:00Well, it's got to be tight, and it's got to scan. ...Well, it's got to be tight, and it's got to scan. And it has to be a kind of symbol.<BR/><BR/>Should affect you no matter what your mood. You'll spot the quality, no matter how busy at the moment; the quality of the poem will intrigue you. You know you'll read it again at a quieter time.<BR/><BR/>Generally speaking, the poet shouldn't write too long. :)ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-74385020587141679232008-12-08T08:46:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:46:00.000-06:00It's always best to see an Indiana Jones movie exp...It's always best to see an Indiana Jones movie expecting the impossible. :)BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-56108840143449897572008-12-08T08:25:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:25:00.000-06:00My mood affects my response to such a degree! I c...My mood affects my response to such a degree! I can't read something I love in the wrong mood or it will be boring, stilted, just 'off' somehow.<BR/><BR/>Poetry is particularly susceptible to that false measure, Charles.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-29912118401066207302008-12-08T08:22:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:22:00.000-06:00mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer! ;)mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer! ;)laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-9017195230263920932008-12-08T08:19:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:19:00.000-06:00My mood is almost always swayed by a movie. The f...My mood is almost always swayed by a movie. The full-on sensory experience is powerful, even if the movie is not so good---like Australia--but I digress. If I'm stressed out, I have a hard time getting into any book unless I'm already committed to the characters and story.L.A. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729129827211991040noreply@blogger.com