tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post3592130844869727874..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: The Moon Calls up Strange ThingsCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-30360810582452020792009-11-17T08:22:12.754-06:002009-11-17T08:22:12.754-06:00X. Dell, I know what you've been reading! :)
...X. Dell, I know what you've been reading! :)<br /> <br />Vesper, I haven't had a lot of good dreams lately. Maybe I'm not getting enough sleep.<br /><br />Danette Haworth, thankee. It was kinda fun, but eerie.<br /><br />Lyn, thanks, and thanks for visiting.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-71367454228983394982009-11-12T22:14:41.189-06:002009-11-12T22:14:41.189-06:00Thanks. Most enjoyable.Thanks. Most enjoyable.Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00696725323601926389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-51775681776318890322009-11-12T09:21:41.717-06:002009-11-12T09:21:41.717-06:00Ooh, I love this post--so eerie!Ooh, I love this post--so eerie!Danette Haworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13220718895967380788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-56262291914240358762009-11-12T07:07:17.788-06:002009-11-12T07:07:17.788-06:00Wow! How eerie... and beautifully written.
I miss...Wow! How eerie... and beautifully written.<br /><br />I missed reading about your dreams, Charles. Wonderful!Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-711211882354116342009-11-11T18:09:17.118-06:002009-11-11T18:09:17.118-06:00My first guess: you've been visited by a Whou...My first guess: you've been visited by a Whoun named McClang.X. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-19942790275731598352009-11-10T07:54:55.332-06:002009-11-10T07:54:55.332-06:00Writtenwyrd, I just saw that. Cool. Thanks for r...Writtenwyrd, I just saw that. Cool. Thanks for running the contest!Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-21485185954191753822009-11-10T07:46:05.096-06:002009-11-10T07:46:05.096-06:00I keep rereading this one; it's so pretty!
An...I keep rereading this one; it's so pretty!<br /><br />And you might want to check the contest results...you've won something. :) Congratulations!writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-76952236324370349642009-11-10T07:31:06.586-06:002009-11-10T07:31:06.586-06:00jennifer, that's pretty cool!
Merisi, reality...jennifer, that's pretty cool!<br /><br />Merisi, reality is certainly a very subjective thing.<br /><br />Mark, perhaps a little moonlight brew. Distilled from ghosts and memories.<br /><br />L.A. Mitchell, I think that's true. Who know what ghosts are, for example. Maybe they are within us.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-10176518465131878532009-11-10T06:41:42.417-06:002009-11-10T06:41:42.417-06:00What a great story. I have a theory about quasi-d...What a great story. I have a theory about quasi-dream states. Not that they're a trick of the mind, but that it leaves us open and more vulnerable than ever to things our rational, waking mind dismisses subconciously.L.A. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729129827211991040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-140601253556267132009-11-10T06:40:46.616-06:002009-11-10T06:40:46.616-06:00I think I would like to have a drink with that cre...I think I would like to have a drink with that creature or both of them. The watched and the watcher.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-40783801526682282402009-11-10T02:02:53.584-06:002009-11-10T02:02:53.584-06:00"dipped its feet in a moonlight paint and was..."<i>dipped its feet in a moonlight paint and was leaving drippings behind on the weathered boards</i>"<br /><br />I can see it clearly. ;-)<br /><br /> "Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" Oftemtimes, yes!Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-72844072500838302172009-11-10T01:03:57.121-06:002009-11-10T01:03:57.121-06:00My parents went to their church (way out in the co...My parents went to their church (way out in the country) at night last week. My mother saw a little girl run through the cemetary in a white dress. She knows she wasn't really there. <br /><br />Moonlight?jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547226679311827501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-59849381810994217642009-11-09T21:18:14.789-06:002009-11-09T21:18:14.789-06:00BernardL, I definitely believe the intensity of th...BernardL, I definitely believe the intensity of the visual experience was enhanced by the visual stimulation of the dream state.<br /><br />Steve Malley, as I mentioned to Bernardl, I believe the brain is highly active just coming out of dream sleep, especially the visual centers, and that probably contributed to the intensity of the footprint experience.<br /><br />Erik, reanimator certainly is a possibility. I had seen Alien again only a few days before. I haven't thought of the gambling brains in a long time. The Gamesters of Triskelion, I believe!<br /><br />Cinnamon, tenth daughter of memory? I must be missing something. Vas ist?<br /><br />Ocean Girl, glad you enjoyed.<br /><br />Demon Hunter, cool. Glad to be of some service. And thanks.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-49255085964171632922009-11-09T20:36:59.416-06:002009-11-09T20:36:59.416-06:00I think you gave me an idea. Thanks! ;-)
Wonderfu...I think you gave me an idea. Thanks! ;-)<br /><br />Wonderful description. I've yet to write like that. Great stuff, Charles. :-DTyhitia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070000168178880911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-40846936319457155522009-11-09T19:45:16.816-06:002009-11-09T19:45:16.816-06:00In the moonlight, there is magic.
You took us wit...In the moonlight, there is magic.<br /><br />You took us with you into your dreams. Beautiful.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399300464457820101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-11181866342430893192009-11-09T18:00:36.505-06:002009-11-09T18:00:36.505-06:00I think this would make a great 'tenth daughte...I think this would make a great 'tenth daughter of memory' post!<br /><br />'dipped its feet in a moonlight paint'- what a great image!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-21900775500025415282009-11-09T17:11:29.117-06:002009-11-09T17:11:29.117-06:00I just remembered another talking head -- maybe wi...I just remembered another talking head -- maybe with a Talking Heads soundtrack -- <i>Reanimator</i>; and the gambling brains on <i>Star Trek</i>. Wild!Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-68808703781075299712009-11-09T15:20:03.318-06:002009-11-09T15:20:03.318-06:00I'm gonna go with 'hypnagogic state' o...I'm gonna go with 'hypnagogic state' on that one-- easy to see how ghost sightings and their like can seem so real.<br /><br />Of course, being me, I'd also put forward the idea that hypnogogic states are actually the brain's way of allowing us to see that other world, one octave up...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-59669220529437072882009-11-09T10:18:58.569-06:002009-11-09T10:18:58.569-06:00I'd vote on the dreamscape spilling over. I en...I'd vote on the dreamscape spilling over. I enjoyed your description on it.BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-68615580988764121182009-11-09T08:59:39.590-06:002009-11-09T08:59:39.590-06:00Jack, glad you enjoyed.
Erik, yeah, the talking h...Jack, glad you enjoyed.<br /><br />Erik, yeah, the talking head was weird. I think it was from the movie Alien, or tied to the scene where the android is just a talking head.<br /> <br />Candy, it's only really creepy if your not friends with the darkness.<br /><br />writtenwyrdd, that's a good idea. I can see a horror or fantasy versions of that concept. You should run with it.<br /> <br />Gaston Studio, I guess you finds your excitment where you can. :)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-66873453366143682352009-11-09T07:58:30.488-06:002009-11-09T07:58:30.488-06:00I think you have much more exciting insomnia than ...I think you have much more exciting insomnia than I do!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813508472498593787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-68187528521860711402009-11-09T05:18:18.690-06:002009-11-09T05:18:18.690-06:00Lovely stuff,Charles. Nicely creepy, too.
Makes ...Lovely stuff,Charles. Nicely creepy, too.<br /><br />Makes me want to write about the Moon's short-lived children and what they come to earth for, during those brief hours of full moonlight. could be fodder for a good horror!writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-32286822236554836962009-11-08T21:48:32.055-06:002009-11-08T21:48:32.055-06:00I think that's creepy, Charles. I'm glad ...I think that's creepy, Charles. I'm glad I don't have your flavor of imagination.cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-25196134239776396502009-11-08T21:46:09.596-06:002009-11-08T21:46:09.596-06:00Whoah, wait a minute -- let's go back to the t...Whoah, wait a minute -- let's go back to the talking head in the box . . . and then the footprints . . . Eeerie stuff, man . . .Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-52108831457986068202009-11-08T20:16:13.761-06:002009-11-08T20:16:13.761-06:00That's very intriguing, Charles. I was carrie...That's very intriguing, Charles. I was carried away by your description of the event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com