tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post8717183074483153748..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: Poetry Friday: Looking them in the eyeSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-21101142098126675992009-08-13T08:21:20.656-04:002009-08-13T08:21:20.656-04:00Eeeuw. Eels? Yuck. So simple-looking, but as you s...Eeeuw. Eels? Yuck. So simple-looking, but as you said, so unknowable. Impossible to assign human emotions to them, which is why it's hard (for me) to empathize with them in any way. They're just...ick!<br /><br />And flip-flopping around your ankles? Eeeeuw some more. That's nightmare stuff.<br /><br />I did really like the poem, though, the moodiness of it!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-8125389805029651402009-08-08T14:35:20.582-04:002009-08-08T14:35:20.582-04:00Sounds like I'm the only person in the world w...Sounds like I'm the only person in the world who hasn't ever seen a real, live eel. Hm. Maybe growing up far away from the east coast did it. I met eels through Prosek's book Bird, Butterfly, Eel. It is a brilliant and beautiful book. I'm glad to know more about Prosek as an artist and naturalist. Thanks!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-80783374497530717742009-08-08T12:05:32.170-04:002009-08-08T12:05:32.170-04:00Hmmm. I've never seen the mystery of eels eith...Hmmm. I've never seen the mystery of eels either. Some of them (particularly the larger variety), their eyes scare me a little. Maybe it's time to be more open to the eel...Lindsay Pricehttp://www.theatrefolk.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-53707204918157615432009-08-08T09:39:52.859-04:002009-08-08T09:39:52.859-04:00Okay, I'm glad you're all with me on the e...Okay, I'm glad you're all with me on the eel thing. I'm trying, I really am, to open my eyes. :)<br /><br />Jules, I KNEW you'd love his art. Maybe you can do a 7-Imps interview?<br /><br />Jama, I avoid eel in sushi also. Maybe I shouldn't. I have no problem with squid. <br /><br />Tanita and Andi, remind me not to fish where you fish. <br /><br />Color Online, yes, his message is beautiful. That's why I'm trying so hard to change my own mind about eels. <br /><br />Kelly, Flotsam and Jetsam! I'd forgotten all about those evil two. Eeek! <br /><br />Liz, I'm not even going to go there. Nope.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-48580438912164454492009-08-08T00:09:32.935-04:002009-08-08T00:09:32.935-04:00OK, Sara. Seriously.
Did you read the column in t...OK, Sara. Seriously. <br />Did you read the column in the NYT last Sunday about the dad backpacking with his daughter and how licking an eel makes your tongue go number????<br />It was all about how kids need to get out in nature and you KNOW I'm down with that, but licking an eel??? I don't think so....Liz in Inkhttp://liz-scanlon.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-20776975565880557122009-08-07T17:36:28.052-04:002009-08-07T17:36:28.052-04:00The worst thing I remember about catching eels off...The worst thing I remember about catching eels off my grandmother's dock is the way the flip flop and slap around your ankles while you try to unhook them to throw them back. Yuck. I could live without them.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-15941920645553621752009-08-07T11:41:48.845-04:002009-08-07T11:41:48.845-04:00or the night phosphorescence
Of cities, the lifel...<i>or the night phosphorescence<br /><br />Of cities, the lifelong shedding of skins.</i> *swoon*<br /><br />Tanita's story made me laugh out loud (and also made me thankful I'd never caught an eel).<br /><br />At first, I thought your references to looking eels in the eye had something to do with Disney's Little Mermaid, in which Ursula's eels - Flotsam and Jetsam - have hypnotic powers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-39471669662455094082009-08-07T11:22:26.475-04:002009-08-07T11:22:26.475-04:00Eeewww on the eels! But jaw dropping admiration an...Eeewww on the eels! But jaw dropping admiration and love for Prosek's gorgeous paintings and perspective. Loved the slideshow!<br /><br />P.S. I take it you've never had unagi (eel) sushi? :Djamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-77201088781266403912009-08-07T09:45:00.181-04:002009-08-07T09:45:00.181-04:00Me, too, Tanita! I was eleven years old.
Okay, I...Me, too, Tanita! I was eleven years old. <br /><br />Okay, I'm sold and must find his book. His paintings and drawings are beautiful. "Magic and what we don't know is so much greater than what we do know." I love that. I've been trying to explain to my girls, who watched that slide show with me, what faith is: believing in something, even if you can't see it. My three-year-old keeps asking me to escort her places in the house; she's afraid of monsters. I told her they were only made up things for stories, and she said, "What if they're real, but you just can't see them?" Touche. <br /><br />And the Speaking of Faith series looks all-around fabulous. Thanks for this...Jules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-40293118169936029672009-08-07T09:35:04.796-04:002009-08-07T09:35:04.796-04:00Thanks so much for the link. I thoroughly enjoyed ...Thanks so much for the link. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing his perspective.Color Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-60382213771238255972009-08-07T09:28:16.756-04:002009-08-07T09:28:16.756-04:00Love the sound of this and the message resonates w...Love the sound of this and the message resonates with me. I share Mr. Prosek concern for our planet and all her creatures.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this.Color Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-66406129507990667092009-08-07T08:07:25.867-04:002009-08-07T08:07:25.867-04:00The one and only time I went fishing, I caught an ...The one and only time I went fishing, I caught an eel.<br /><br />...did I mention it was the <i>only time</i> I went fishing? After it ate the little floaty ball thing and snapped off the tip of the pole, I dropped it, screaming, and fled.<br /><br />Me and eels. Don't. Mix.<br /><br />However. I'm willing to... give Mr. Prosek a chance to explain them...tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com