tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post5537519127411328579..comments2023-11-14T13:03:49.351-08:00Comments on Miriam Levine: Dandy, Focus, JoyMimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-54065400978108475532011-01-06T07:29:10.073-08:002011-01-06T07:29:10.073-08:00No can't force joy, Penal Colony, P.C. for sho...No can't force joy, Penal Colony, P.C. for short, I believe forced joy, if there is really such a thing, is shooting up. No needles for me. Authenticity--yes! But do we have to choose between authenticity and artifice. Dandies like artifice, which also exists in nature. I'm thinking of brilliant plumage. Preening is a kind of artifice.<br /><br />Claire--far away and near. Simplicity and renewal--that's the ticket. I ticket but no theater to enter. Possibility. Inviting possibility.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-36995580464757488692011-01-05T11:11:04.791-08:002011-01-05T11:11:04.791-08:00Dear Mim - it's 2 weeks since you posted this ...Dear Mim - it's 2 weeks since you posted this and the light in it lingers. <br /><br />I wish for simplicity and renewal, imagine joy might bound along beside them. <br /><br />I hope you are well, Mim, and that your writing is sustaining you. <br /><br />Happy New Year. <br />Love<br />Claire xoClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-66619969385593995762010-12-24T07:59:41.313-08:002010-12-24T07:59:41.313-08:00But is it 'joy' if it's forced? Maybe ...But is it 'joy' if it's forced? Maybe you're just insisting on authenticity, the first cousin of honesty. Happy Christmas, Miriam.<br /><br />JohnPenal-Colonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578228230659521795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-25823876014803196372010-12-22T18:21:11.390-08:002010-12-22T18:21:11.390-08:00Signs--potent, dangerous chocolate. I too have tr...Signs--potent, dangerous chocolate. I too have trouble with it--rather my stomach does as never before. <br /><br />Signs, Smilla, Cuban: we're wishing together for similar things in this Age of Anxiety. <br /><br />Melissa--It's you who are so generous!Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-25463044256782221612010-12-22T15:41:39.687-08:002010-12-22T15:41:39.687-08:00Dearest Mim, thank you for your generous heart and...Dearest Mim, thank you for your generous heart and for your good friendship. All best wishes for a rich, healthy, happy year full of curiosity and passion and adventure. Love, MelissaMelissa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270919534011711225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-11191748139768044442010-12-22T13:20:24.213-08:002010-12-22T13:20:24.213-08:00Mim, nice to read from you again!
I wish I could ...Mim, nice to read from you again!<br /> I wish I could learn how to calm down and find inner peace (at least every once in a while). <br />That may be egoistic, but it's my deep wish.<br />all the best to you, smillasmillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12618161386410075609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-18371512748417351192010-12-22T12:31:27.359-08:002010-12-22T12:31:27.359-08:00Good to hear you, Mim - yes indeed. And, as you a...Good to hear you, Mim - yes indeed. And, as you ask: I wish for a change of heart - everywhere. And renewal. And that I could eat plain chocolate without getting migraine.<br /><br />Merry everything of the season to you.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-36447847507871396932010-12-22T05:38:21.619-08:002010-12-22T05:38:21.619-08:00Hello, Bluedog--it's good to be back and to ha...Hello, Bluedog--it's good to be back and to have found a narrative/telling voice again no matter how imperfect. I wish you all good things. It's good to hear from YOU!<br /><br />Be well, Cuban in London! I share your wishes.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-26334739241437622112010-12-22T01:29:36.310-08:002010-12-22T01:29:36.310-08:00I wish for more understanding, more focus on educa...I wish for more understanding, more focus on education, especially amongst the young ones. What a beautiful post. Many thanks, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-42438314393562353722010-12-21T19:54:43.398-08:002010-12-21T19:54:43.398-08:00I have been missing you. Nice to get your post.I have been missing you. Nice to get your post.Bluedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090209958019905719noreply@blogger.com