A group of us meet online each day to bounce ideas around. There are 2 discussion areas, the 2014 Pushcart Collection and the Objects section of Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein. The discussions get written up and shared online, where else?
Pushcart 2014 - blog written by Karen Carlson
Tender Buttons - blog written by Karren LaLonde Allenier
Forgive some of the language..
Showing posts with label Gertrude Stein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gertrude Stein. Show all posts
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Friday, 20 December 2013
To ployon - autonomous education again
Ancient Greek anyone? I found myself offering to teach H the first line in my Ancient Greek book when we were last out and about in our garden under the huge moon in the late evening. Since the answer was 'No', I quickly told him those first words and that they meant 'The boat'.
It all started when we were talking about the planets, stars, the sun and photons. Qi had told him about the great length of time the photons take to get to the surface of the sun. We mused over the inscrutable nature of light and I tried to point out a planet. Saying it was at 1 o'clock in relation to the moon didn't help. Pointing out Orion without a laser beam was difficult too.
Would you like it if I told you that I have started both my paragraphs with quotes from ModPo texts. I just got another one in there. This is where common texts turn into in-jokes and get irritating to outsiders.
Caroline Bergvall's VIA
Tracie Morris Africa(n) and with Val Jeanty
Gertrude Stein's Portrait of Picasso - video in French about her writing, art collection
It all started when we were talking about the planets, stars, the sun and photons. Qi had told him about the great length of time the photons take to get to the surface of the sun. We mused over the inscrutable nature of light and I tried to point out a planet. Saying it was at 1 o'clock in relation to the moon didn't help. Pointing out Orion without a laser beam was difficult too.
Would you like it if I told you that I have started both my paragraphs with quotes from ModPo texts. I just got another one in there. This is where common texts turn into in-jokes and get irritating to outsiders.
Caroline Bergvall's VIA
Tracie Morris Africa(n) and with Val Jeanty
Gertrude Stein's Portrait of Picasso - video in French about her writing, art collection
Monday, 9 December 2013
Did I really do that?
We are looking at Tender Buttons, A Frightful Release, by Gertrude Stein.
A FRIGHTFUL RELEASE. A bag which was left and not only taken but turned away was not found. The place was shown to be very like the last time. A piece was not exchanged, not a bit of it, a piece was left over. The rest was mismanaged..
My comment is:
"For some reason A Frightful Release makes me think of left luggage offices at railway stations. I had a huge row in public at one once, not something I am known for. I wanted to leave a bag full of my text books from university for my mother to collect soon and the man refused, due to security concerns. I dumped the bag on the ground and simply left it there in a total strop! My mother arrived later and collected it."
A FRIGHTFUL RELEASE. A bag which was left and not only taken but turned away was not found. The place was shown to be very like the last time. A piece was not exchanged, not a bit of it, a piece was left over. The rest was mismanaged..
My comment is:
"For some reason A Frightful Release makes me think of left luggage offices at railway stations. I had a huge row in public at one once, not something I am known for. I wanted to leave a bag full of my text books from university for my mother to collect soon and the man refused, due to security concerns. I dumped the bag on the ground and simply left it there in a total strop! My mother arrived later and collected it."
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