tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13489654.post115739684004767483..comments2023-12-21T04:02:34.164-06:00Comments on inside space: on wanting to fallmiriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107671021769120700noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13489654.post-1158209908209780942006-09-13T23:58:00.000-05:002006-09-13T23:58:00.000-05:00that totally makes sense. it was interesting to re...that totally makes sense. it was interesting to read your responses think about the different parts of them carefully. i think actually the Buddhist aspect is why i responded to these... there is a groundlessness to them, and acceptance of groundlessness and discomfort and comfort and pleasure and vulnerability... it's the whole "neither indulge nor repress," but kinda go along for the ride (birdfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375896388806726010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13489654.post-1158121311485745172006-09-12T23:21:00.000-05:002006-09-12T23:21:00.000-05:00and...on further thought, they are more explicitly...and...on further thought, they are more explicitly "buddhist". meaning, when i wrote these, both, i was fully immersed in reading a book called "open to desire" by mark epstein, and instead of thinking love poems focused on another person or even on myself, my "object" was desire itself, much more open object, and much more curious. does that make sense? <BR/><BR/>again thanks for askin'!miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107671021769120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13489654.post-1158068744293305012006-09-12T08:45:00.000-05:002006-09-12T08:45:00.000-05:00"more awesomer". love it.; )thank you. i don't tak..."more awesomer". love it.<BR/>; )<BR/>thank you. i don't take any of those comments to mean anything negative about any of my work.<BR/><BR/>these poems are more abstract. in general i would say that it is a personal preference thing - that my work is still coming from the same place, but these two have a different feel to them than my earlier work. usually i would laden my other work with many miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107671021769120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13489654.post-1157867510651737482006-09-10T00:51:00.000-05:002006-09-10T00:51:00.000-05:00wow, wow, wow. from my humble and admittedly non-p...wow, wow, wow. from my humble and admittedly non-pro-writer point of view, another FANTASTIC piece. wow.<BR/><BR/>love the last five lines, love the wishing well imagery, love the sideways-tilting of the middle to end sections.... wow. I love it. <BR/><BR/>Do you think your writing has gotten, uh, more awesomer (if I can ask that without seeming to imply that it used to suck, which of course, I birdfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375896388806726010noreply@blogger.com