tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post4272665863687039466..comments2024-01-07T00:44:10.737-08:00Comments on Lisa Snellings: Saturday's Practical MattersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033378825749946868noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-16751517987508179672010-01-20T16:29:14.097-08:002010-01-20T16:29:14.097-08:00I love Loreena McKennitt. I love the Marion Zimmer...I love Loreena McKennitt. I love the Marion Zimmer Bradley. I love the poppets. And that basket... is awesome. I can't wait to see what you do with it.Lorainehttp://www.artofseeking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-22869535993886512562010-01-18T09:00:56.402-08:002010-01-18T09:00:56.402-08:00Stacey, you are so right. It can come from anywhe...Stacey, you are so right. It can come from anywhere, you just have to pay attention. i want to put down here one of my favorite little bits from one of my favorite books:<br /><br /><i>Not mad, Arin. Now you're there. Now you've learned. Say it.</i><br />"Random."<br /><i>Say it all.</i><br />"Random universe."<br /><i>Again.</i><br />World without meaning beyond its existence.<br />"Without meaning."<br />Ego irrelevant?<br />"Yes."<br /><i>Now,</i> said the wolf,<i> meaning has meaning.</i> Build, make your own, clean as the arc of Forever.<br /><i>Arin,</i> the wolf whispered, fading,<i> you've just gone sane.</i><br /><br />- from _The Masters of Solitude_ by Marvin Kay & Parke Godwinravynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08232186304056487987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-85132872489252213492010-01-18T02:25:06.621-08:002010-01-18T02:25:06.621-08:00Wonderful idea.
I love books that enchant.
And ...Wonderful idea. <br /><br />I love books that enchant. <br />And that music would indeed go wonderfully with The Mists of Avalon (a book I have read three time when at University - I would read it in parallel with the revisions for the end of year exams in order to keep a balance of sanity).<br />Have you listened to the songs in Ancient Muse? They are a little repetitive but Penelope's Song and The English Ladye and the Knight are haunting.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-16898934809635623642010-01-17T15:35:52.739-08:002010-01-17T15:35:52.739-08:00Fascinating. Dune was the game-changer for me, ver...Fascinating. Dune was the game-changer for me, very closely followed by Fahrenheit 451.<br />But I read Mists well after I read Dune, so while it resonated strongly, the things it would have changed had already done so, then evolved from there. <br /><br />I'm often struck by how much fiction can affect a person's life, and I laugh when I hear some (non)reader remark scornfully how they ONLY read non-fiction. Heh. They simply have no idea.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12341753924567212850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-70086907881986209372010-01-17T10:30:53.172-08:002010-01-17T10:30:53.172-08:00Grace London: Thank you. I like pairing the sleep...Grace London: Thank you. I like pairing the sleeping poppet with the reading poppet, having read many a child to sleep (my own and others'.)<br />I look forward to seeing what you re-create. There's a word for re-making something in this way, but for the life of me I can't remember it. It was the inspiration for Poppet Wisdom, for sure.<br /><br />Lindsey: Avalon has many lessons. Some of the things said by the Merlin and Viviane are as well spoken as the golden rule.<br /><br />Ben: Indeed! Much nicer than the messy space it was.<br /><br />Drinne: oops. see how we are? Now I'll have to make two, because I don't think I can bear to part from the one I made.lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410230007560550179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-5725389818560949972010-01-17T06:48:52.432-08:002010-01-17T06:48:52.432-08:00OK - I just need to say that Mists of Avalon is on...OK - I just need to say that Mists of Avalon is one of those game changing books for me. One of the big ones - when I read it as a teenager it didn't open up another world for me, it opened up this one. <br /><br />It opened me up.<br /><br />Can't even explain it -- too complicated -- it's that deep to me.<br /><br />All fiscal rationality would leave me if there was a Poppet reading Mists.Drinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08836936987746258926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-9778361209322268822010-01-16T15:32:28.227-08:002010-01-16T15:32:28.227-08:00Looking good Mama!Looking good Mama!Benton Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457461683757899361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-23570760291505262002010-01-16T13:18:15.895-08:002010-01-16T13:18:15.895-08:00I too love the sleeping poppet, so cute!
Also, I...I too love the sleeping poppet, so cute! <br /><br />Also, I know the feeling you mean when re-reading Mists of Avalon. Wonderful book..Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328795659081872452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-46565896299172001502010-01-16T11:10:50.072-08:002010-01-16T11:10:50.072-08:00I love the sleeping poppet - it's in exactly t...I love the sleeping poppet - it's in exactly the position my child sleeps in, so I can see one of those in my future. We have a bit of a collection now; they live on the graphic novel shelf in the study, in front of the Neil Gaimans. <br /><br />I like the idea of taking something unloved and doing something with it - will have to have a look around the house myself.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757180521533165191noreply@blogger.com