tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175329012270300612.post8384454157694237900..comments2023-04-09T10:02:39.543-04:00Comments on sinnersbleeders: BranchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175329012270300612.post-52369340878564130442009-06-18T22:07:00.932-04:002009-06-18T22:07:00.932-04:00i posted but my internet died, and now I'm all...i posted but my internet died, and now I'm all tired in my brain synapses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175329012270300612.post-23774884156052231312009-06-18T17:59:55.089-04:002009-06-18T17:59:55.089-04:00Matt, the pleasure is entirely mine.
I think it&#...Matt, the pleasure is entirely mine.<br /><br />I think it's true that something greater than fact emerges out of folk legend. I like what you said about caution, Matt: too much historical mining into those cowboys destroys the mystique, because their power lies in their effects, not in their origins. Forrest's response to the possibilities of aboriginal stories is exactly appropriate and indicative of the kind of questions they force us to ask - and just keep asking, without attempting to settle on any definites. And yes, exactly - the immensity, or tedium, of existence.Boydahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266599298418019757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175329012270300612.post-21544394919532026602009-06-18T17:57:59.713-04:002009-06-18T17:57:59.713-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Boydahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266599298418019757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175329012270300612.post-33118584100155627292009-06-18T17:09:14.916-04:002009-06-18T17:09:14.916-04:00"The life in them is so removed from ours.&qu..."The life in them is so removed from ours."<br /><br />Yeah. I know what you mean, Forrest. What has been interesting here in Newfoundland (I'm still in St. John's until the end of June -we just took a 4 day outing to Branch) is the way these stories DON'T feel removed from everyone's lives. They feel very immediate.<br /><br />I think the "divine and profane beings" you mentioned are simply human imaginations. We know better now than to buy into any literal belief in men walking in the sky and other such things. Or at least I can't buy it -literally. But as stories they are incredible, sometimes. It does my soul good to reflect on these stories and let their mysteries seep into my bones. <br /><br />I think we need to let the unexplained remain unexplained, and not make more out of it than we should; but maybe one of the ways we handle the immensity (or tedium) of existence, is by constructing these weird narratives with angels and demons and other supernatural personalities. We've got to be careful that we don't take them too far; but then, it is precisely in those areas where caution is required that I am most interested.<br /><br />Like, for instance, old cowboys and outlaws -which I'm pretty intrigued by. Historically, they were just a bunch of guys, and we can explain their (mis)behaviour with sociology and whatever. But when they emerge in a Bob Dylan song or a great Western, their literal existence becomes secondary.<br /><br />I'm rambling.<br /><br />I love you guys. Every one of you.<br /><br />Boyda, I'm SO glad you're becoming a regular here.s$shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332235497811000409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175329012270300612.post-70583463005495651462009-06-17T22:30:26.695-04:002009-06-17T22:30:26.695-04:00yeah whoa awesome. or as you put it "woe"...yeah whoa awesome. or as you put it "woe"<br /><br />The interesting thing about Folk stories is that the life in them is so removed from ours - why? <br /><br />When I hear Aboriginal stories I am captivated by the possibility that a world where divine and profane beings lived together, things changed shape, people walked in the sky... existed. I think it might have or still does and we dont notice anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175329012270300612.post-67405492334531943112009-06-17T06:12:26.647-04:002009-06-17T06:12:26.647-04:00Wow.
Folk stories are so powerful.Wow.<br /><br /><br />Folk stories are so powerful.Boydahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266599298418019757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175329012270300612.post-4691276405639064522009-06-17T00:02:01.889-04:002009-06-17T00:02:01.889-04:00absolutely wonderful.absolutely wonderful.nathan davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11382402085306068909noreply@blogger.com