tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post5625286100145592547..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Unfinished CaptivesElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-45473684695322010502010-04-11T19:26:44.487-07:002010-04-11T19:26:44.487-07:00Incredible poem.Incredible poem.Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-89149632969135279862010-04-11T12:22:16.644-07:002010-04-11T12:22:16.644-07:00I guess what impressed me the most when I saw them...I guess what impressed me the most when I saw them for the very first time was the strength contained within. <br /><br />I thought - I was quite young then - that the potential was a double edged sword. If kept prisoner it could either turned into rage or it could just simply crumbled with age, never really fulfilling its purpose. And that was perhaps why they were left as such. A mute, powerful message from the artist to the future. <br /><br />A pretentious interpretation, I admit, from somebody who wasn't old enough to drive yet.A.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947308878002639964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-82327565787973075542010-04-11T11:32:49.956-07:002010-04-11T11:32:49.956-07:00I really like that poem. Now I wish I could see th...I really like that poem. Now I wish I could see the statue in person...alas, I've never been to Italy (it's my dream).Michelle DeRushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658349105535790020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-12362677655814253772010-04-11T08:43:24.073-07:002010-04-11T08:43:24.073-07:00i am moved to perfect silence.i am moved to perfect silence.rebeccahttp://www.corazon.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-3728589494617303732010-04-10T21:20:20.549-07:002010-04-10T21:20:20.549-07:00Just doing a quick blogs round. I love, love, love...Just doing a quick blogs round. I love, love, love your new header!<br /><br />Greetings from Kuala Lumpur.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-18362777908492661002010-04-10T18:29:54.429-07:002010-04-10T18:29:54.429-07:00Deb - I actually wrote a piece about these sculptu...Deb - I actually wrote a piece about these sculptures and other Italian art that was published in an online literary journal called Slow Trains. You can read it by clicking on the link on my sidebar where I "toot my own horn." You're right that there's something deeper and I'm still exploring it...Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-19952707860720746172010-04-10T18:12:54.955-07:002010-04-10T18:12:54.955-07:00I've never seen them, although I was in Italy ...I've never seen them, although I was in Italy briefly on our honeymoon. It was more of a family visit . <br /><br />That aside, I feel that I have come as close as possible now.<br /><br />and there is something deeper here I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-73017236290677766322010-04-10T17:27:30.400-07:002010-04-10T17:27:30.400-07:00beautiful.beautiful.Moirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110304100788151254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-44265469551250968882010-04-10T13:25:27.925-07:002010-04-10T13:25:27.925-07:00Elizabeth- I saw those unfinished statues too, whe...Elizabeth- I saw those unfinished statues too, when I was about eighteen and I have never forgotten them OR the David which brought me to tears. <br />I had the same thoughts you did. <br />My god. I would love to see them again.<br />Thank-you for reminding me.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com