tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post2193851803051498232..comments2024-03-20T14:31:49.238-07:00Comments on mole: Against PurityDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-60338806782292426132012-03-07T10:55:08.298-08:002012-03-07T10:55:08.298-08:00Nice follow-up comment! Maybe to be in the best ki...Nice follow-up comment! Maybe to be in the best kind of earnest, it requires some degree of play and abundance.<br /><br />Woman reading: <a rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/mar/06/vermeer-secret-world-paintings</a> No special reason. Getting untidy, I guess!marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-25500353549370893272012-03-05T12:00:17.901-08:002012-03-05T12:00:17.901-08:00Oh, I was such solemn self-righteous little prig! ...Oh, I was such solemn self-righteous little prig! Or that's how I remember myself.<br /><br />But I will admit, that every day I use the reflex to cut, cut, cut. And it's habit for me to require every word & sentence & paragraph to be able to state its business and justify its presence.<br /><br />But still, I throw in with Dickens. Include, include, include until your heart runs over. Cut later, when you're just in a quiet mood, humming to yourself, snipping off a bit here and trimming a bit there. It's not so deadly earnest as all that.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-26385276880155077332012-03-05T11:23:49.405-08:002012-03-05T11:23:49.405-08:00Maybe I should have read Flaubert when young. XDMaybe I should have read Flaubert when young. XDmarly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-65092133924797425812012-03-05T09:40:06.405-08:002012-03-05T09:40:06.405-08:00Shh! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtai...Shh! Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! <br /><br />:-)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-79271384096296821012012-03-05T09:31:26.051-08:002012-03-05T09:31:26.051-08:00Oh, but that blank space that you prettied up, fro...Oh, but that blank space that you prettied up, from which you drew <em>your</em> courage for this piece--well, I'd love to see the first attempt. The failure. How on earth you distill from it. Then again, maybe not... <br /><br />For this, alone, says it all. This is purity at its best, Dale. ;)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.com