tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post4120298740028506815..comments2023-03-23T04:24:49.048-04:00Comments on The Ear's Mind: Week three: the terrible sound of silenceJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-71958037241450420602008-11-14T08:50:00.000-05:002008-11-14T08:50:00.000-05:00Me too. I need to read more of him. Well, I need...Me too. I need to read more of him. Well, I need to read more of <I>everything</I>. But Calvino, definitely.<BR/><BR/>I think things went a little better this week, with the required homework in place. Learned my lesson there...Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-45297707340886417262008-11-13T21:56:00.000-05:002008-11-13T21:56:00.000-05:00I adore Calvino. The same thing happens at the stu...I adore Calvino. <BR/><BR/>The same thing happens at the studio. Voluntary homework doesn't generally get done, except by the extremely driven and motivated. Even as motivated as I am, I don't always get all of it done to the degree I'd like. (Though, I do have a 70hr/week day job, so I get a <I>bit</I> more slack than the people who are students and nothing else.) <BR/><BR/>But, even managing toDread Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081969484772150648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-2625819576260390892008-11-07T20:50:00.000-05:002008-11-07T20:50:00.000-05:00That's very nice to know! I'm glad it's proved so...That's very nice to know! I'm glad it's proved so helpful-- especially as I know how much frustration you've had working on that book. It's wonderful that it's coming along so well. :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-84073983919818346602008-11-07T18:32:00.000-05:002008-11-07T18:32:00.000-05:00I can sympathise with the deadline thing; I would ...I can sympathise with the deadline thing; I would be one who did the exercise, but lost my nerve about anyone else seeing it, if it wasn't compulsory. <BR/><BR/>I do love these posts of yours. I'm very deep in re-editing my novel at the moment, but every time I read here it seems to help with some little problem that has come up. Your timing is impeccable. :-)The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-84403064951006149182008-11-06T12:42:00.000-05:002008-11-06T12:42:00.000-05:00I've never read the whole thing but I really like ...I've never read the whole thing but I really like "The Distance of the Moon"-- that's one of my favorite short stories.<BR/><BR/>Calvino's an acquired taste, I think. I love him for his weirdness, and his humour, and the way he just sort of spins off into odd and beautiful places in his prose.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-25362044725056223902008-11-06T12:35:00.000-05:002008-11-06T12:35:00.000-05:00I really suffered reading through the cosmicomics....I really suffered reading through the cosmicomics.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.com