tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post390025059233448637..comments2024-02-17T08:14:14.308-06:00Comments on imaginary garden with real toads: the roadSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-74515601283326890472012-07-20T20:15:34.829-05:002012-07-20T20:15:34.829-05:00LOVE the way you two approached this!!! Excellent ...LOVE the way you two approached this!!! Excellent writing and this section just grabbed me:<br /><br />"We flounder, scouring the sea with nets and ropes<br /> to light and heal<br />to find that the pearl is inside us. The fire is within us.<br /> the parts of her that are ravaged."<br /><br />Love the oceanic rawness of it...wicked good!! <br /><br />Great writing you two!! Thank you, for doing this such a joy to read!!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-3615531449208001122012-07-20T18:19:18.605-05:002012-07-20T18:19:18.605-05:00Love!Love!KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621937316200868307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-62995823492282323072012-07-20T12:35:57.294-05:002012-07-20T12:35:57.294-05:00yay for new visitors to the Garden!yay for new visitors to the Garden!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-47568129997391906522012-07-20T07:59:27.321-05:002012-07-20T07:59:27.321-05:00Happy Birthday to this wonderful community (My fir...Happy Birthday to this wonderful community (My first visit!!!) <br /><br />what an amazing place. <br /><br />This collaboration was so beautiful and my very favorite line "like trying to hear a rainbow" , I want to tuck the emotion and image into my back pocket and keep it with me when it's drizzling. <br /><br />great work you beautiful writers.Kirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17894442143508446312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-39623580197178581252012-07-20T03:42:35.862-05:002012-07-20T03:42:35.862-05:00At first read I have been swept along this beautif...At first read I have been swept along this beautiful imaginary pathway, which seems to take the reader deep into the heart of all that is natural and certain. I shall be back later to read again, for the beauty of each line.<br /><br />Thank you so much for this wonderful collaboration.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-1137670153133946492012-07-19T22:18:13.590-05:002012-07-19T22:18:13.590-05:00What an amazing piece! And...Happy Birthday Imagin...What an amazing piece! And...Happy Birthday Imaginary Garden!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250682060195274022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-13027062570062405042012-07-19T21:42:13.132-05:002012-07-19T21:42:13.132-05:00Wonderful presentation of cooperation! This really...Wonderful presentation of cooperation! This really is stunning.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-76762742040773350342012-07-19T19:42:21.639-05:002012-07-19T19:42:21.639-05:00Wow..didn't you both come up with something qu...Wow..didn't you both come up with something quite stunning. Loved it!Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-84494125666801859402012-07-19T17:09:15.165-05:002012-07-19T17:09:15.165-05:00Thank you everybody for all the kind words and com...Thank you everybody for all the kind words and compliments ~ <br /><br />Marian, you are such a great partner ~ Love the final outcome dear ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-27553531828665945442012-07-19T16:55:00.746-05:002012-07-19T16:55:00.746-05:00Really lovely... I like how you went back and fort...Really lovely... I like how you went back and forth each line. Great job!Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-37540367478227358642012-07-19T15:48:36.697-05:002012-07-19T15:48:36.697-05:00Happy Birthday to the Imaginary Garden with Real T...Happy Birthday to the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads. Even when this toad is under the weather, she loves the garden and everyone in it.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-34713279242271380372012-07-19T15:45:47.265-05:002012-07-19T15:45:47.265-05:00Fabulous, Grace and Marian. Like the others, I lov...Fabulous, Grace and Marian. Like the others, I love them interwoven, and I love both on their own.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-49880557953030120682012-07-19T13:29:58.866-05:002012-07-19T13:29:58.866-05:00I have to read it again...it was gorgeous! What a ...I have to read it again...it was gorgeous! What a beautiful gathering of thoughts~<br />I love how it turned out~<br />Wonderful job...dazzling brilliance!Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-85407532136925216512012-07-19T13:13:50.015-05:002012-07-19T13:13:50.015-05:00Brilliantly beautiful! Love the way your two poet...Brilliantly beautiful! Love the way your two poetic voices interweave, seems so effortless although I'm sure it wasn't. Very nice job ladies!Mary B. Mansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135589216216151585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-21041823803156861862012-07-19T12:48:35.766-05:002012-07-19T12:48:35.766-05:00Grace and I didn't discuss this aspect, but I ...Grace and I didn't discuss this aspect, but I really thought it read kind of like call and response. That's what make me think the two typefaces and the italics worked here. We agreed to write from different perspectives on the same broad topic, and then we compared notes and tinkered with each other's words to make it flow. I love how it turned out!Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-36141759193843828442012-07-19T12:18:40.310-05:002012-07-19T12:18:40.310-05:00p.s. Plus I LOVE some of the way cool questions th...p.s. Plus I LOVE some of the way cool questions the larger type asks.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-66728830464426130772012-07-19T12:17:58.684-05:002012-07-19T12:17:58.684-05:00This work is sheer brilliance! WOW!!!!!!!!! It is ...This work is sheer brilliance! WOW!!!!!!!!! It is UNCANNY how the lines, interwoven, actually work so well together, to flesh out the basic story. I think it works wonderfully as you have presented it. I did go back and read each set of type separately, and then when I read it again, noted how often the lines of one expand upon the thoughts of the other. However you arrived at this, it is a work of art, and a perfect collaboration to celebrate Toad's birthday.<br /><br />What a group we have developed here, hey, kids? I am so grateful to all of you for what you have brought to my writing and my life this past year.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-48676897783199924762012-07-19T09:58:52.093-05:002012-07-19T09:58:52.093-05:00This reminded me of an avante garde music video in...This reminded me of an avante garde music video in flickering black and white. Very cool rhythym and pace. A great collaboration congrats to both of you on a job weel done.Herotomosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486093602914824276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-19551131226033977662012-07-19T08:46:33.451-05:002012-07-19T08:46:33.451-05:00Susan, I really thought about that and in the end ...Susan, I really thought about that and in the end somehow it made sense, at least just for the blog here, to use two typefaces. I too think it reads interestingly and well as a whole, though. And somehow we both thought it looked pretty the way we presented it, so there it is :)Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-72007369960226947992012-07-19T08:08:01.754-05:002012-07-19T08:08:01.754-05:00Brilliant! What an achievement!
Take these lines:...Brilliant! What an achievement!<br />Take these lines:<br />"We trudge in the lead-stained edges of our palms<br /> Struggling to coax the sun<br />in the everyday, seeking the spark to move our lips.<br /> from the corners of her eyes<br />We flounder, scouring the sea with nets and ropes<br /> to light and heal<br />to find that the pearl is inside us. The fire is within us.<br /> the parts of her that are ravaged."<br /><br />At first I wanted all of the type to be the same so that my eyes would read them continually (like we can in this cut and paste), and then I read them separately without strain. Thus I tasted them 3 ways--1st one and then the other and then the mix--enriching my own experience and seeing the road as it is--a "seeking the spark to fill out lips" a "Straining to hear" and most definitely "We build the road, one step at a time."Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-15941417705420862452012-07-19T07:12:38.960-05:002012-07-19T07:12:38.960-05:00How beautiful! The line that begins "straini...How beautiful! The line that begins "straining to hear" is what we do as wordsmiths --- we are always listening, and sometimes it's a challenge to shut out everything that would interrupt our creativity.Mary Ann Potterhttp://www.fromthestarcatcher.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-79303591500603709782012-07-19T06:32:06.508-05:002012-07-19T06:32:06.508-05:00Just beautiful, Grace and Marian! What a unique p...Just beautiful, Grace and Marian! What a unique presentation of your words!!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com