tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post33057658911646731..comments2023-09-26T08:04:43.755-07:00Comments on Mark Doty: The Nature of Lost ThingsMark Dotyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-58104310891628507542008-12-20T10:10:00.000-08:002008-12-20T10:10:00.000-08:00A photo by Rosamond Purcell appears on the cover o...A photo by Rosamond Purcell appears on the cover of my friend Kathleen Graber's book of poems, CORRESPONDENCE, one of her photos of decomposing objects -- beautiful and intricate in its ruination.Mark Dotyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-54350959092013147222008-12-19T22:56:00.000-08:002008-12-19T22:56:00.000-08:00Fascinating stuff. How ever did you hear of it?Fascinating stuff. How ever did you hear of it?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-29640996461675678482008-12-18T18:58:00.000-08:002008-12-18T18:58:00.000-08:00Here's another: "Evocative Objects: Things We Thin...Here's another: "Evocative Objects: Things We Think With." It's a collection of essays edited by Sherry Turkle, who directs the MIT initiative on Technology and the Self. Different folks ruminating on a beloved object. I kind of have a thing about things - or at least thinking about things. Good reading!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674873440135193968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-69455534063008784612008-12-18T09:39:00.000-08:002008-12-18T09:39:00.000-08:00thanks, Pam, what a title! I can't wait to find th...thanks, Pam, what a title! I can't wait to find that book.Mark Dotyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-26300386598631137322008-12-17T18:35:00.000-08:002008-12-17T18:35:00.000-08:00This makes reminds me of a book, "The Tears of Thi...This makes reminds me of a book, "The Tears of Things: Melancholy and Physical Objects," though it's about objects as art -- not in states of decay. Still, the power of the thing! Thanks for this.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674873440135193968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-67714157757301756802008-12-17T10:00:00.000-08:002008-12-17T10:00:00.000-08:00Such an unveiling of the decay and destruction tha...Such an unveiling of the decay and destruction that is always occurring in order to create new things, but that we are endlessly trying to stay ahead of.galincalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978562458486027011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-12413100938492754102008-12-17T04:30:00.000-08:002008-12-17T04:30:00.000-08:00stuff drives me crazy, and we've a ton of it, most...stuff drives me crazy, and we've a ton of it, mostly jars and sprays like Marvel's Mystery Oil. what is that? <BR/>when it flooded here, we lost some stuff in the basement of our no-more house. but we didn't lose our Flow-bie. sort of a sad story, i know.Nancy Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895934793253274506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-10693448907363142292008-12-16T20:56:00.000-08:002008-12-16T20:56:00.000-08:00I agree with the unsettling feeling that this work...I agree with the unsettling feeling that this work leaves. There's some odd beauty in what's unsettling and ugly...in what is uncertain.<BR/><BR/>More of your work sold tonight! Three more books and it was snowing like mad. It's so easy. <BR/><BR/> I'm seriously interested in bringing you to Wichita, let me know if you get near the midwest, we aren't so backward as one might think.<BR/><BR/>Also, on line with your discussion of stuff and such... please check out James: <BR/><BR/>http://viewfromaboxcar.blogspot.com/ <BR/>I think a dialogue with him would be worth your while.luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486545199810361580noreply@blogger.com