Comments on: Walls http://samphillips.com/2009/07/13/walls/ Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:58:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mary Evangeline http://samphillips.com/2009/07/13/walls/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Mary Evangeline Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:51:33 +0000 http://www.samphillips.com/blog/?p=156#comment-387 p.s. . . . and I also feel this painting thrumming quietly in my imagination when I listen to the words of "Fan Dance." Isn't it wonderful when music makes you think of paintings, or vice versa? Or a line from literature, or a flavor, or a fragrance? Ah. . . the cross-fertilization of the senses being fed. (Deep sigh). Being alive is wonderful. p.s. . . . and I also feel this painting thrumming quietly in my imagination when I listen to the words of “Fan Dance.” Isn’t it wonderful when music makes you think of paintings, or vice versa? Or a line from literature, or a flavor, or a fragrance? Ah. . . the cross-fertilization of the senses being fed. (Deep sigh). Being alive is wonderful.

]]> By: Mary Evangeline http://samphillips.com/2009/07/13/walls/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Mary Evangeline Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:39:32 +0000 http://www.samphillips.com/blog/?p=156#comment-386 Miss S. I don't know you in the face-to-face way, but I've been learning from you for years through your music. Thank you for letting me come on this site. Just one thing to say: there is a painting I think you should see. The picture above reminded me of it, but then your musings on the stratified richnesses, the depth of absorptions, and the layers of soaked-in loves & fears & ecstasies that walls have. . . well, then I knew I wanted to refer you to this wonderful painting. I saw it once years ago, in a British library, in a book when I was working on my Ph.D. in European History. I stared at it, dumbfounded. Later I wrote a tight, ruthless little poem about it, and the inner scenarios it made ring inside my heart. I think you might like it (perhaps you already know it?). If you google it, try to see it as BIG as you can. . . there's so much to see. In some ways, we are all of us the woman in the middle - at other times, we are the men against the wall. The painting is by John Singer Sargent, and it is called "EL JALEO." Miss S. I don’t know you in the face-to-face way, but I’ve been learning from you for years through your music. Thank you for letting me come on this site. Just one thing to say: there is a painting I think you should see. The picture above reminded me of it, but then your musings on the stratified richnesses, the depth of absorptions, and the layers of soaked-in loves & fears & ecstasies that walls have. . . well, then I knew I wanted to refer you to this wonderful painting. I saw it once years ago, in a British library, in a book when I was working on my Ph.D. in European History. I stared at it, dumbfounded. Later I wrote a tight, ruthless little poem about it, and the inner scenarios it made ring inside my heart. I think you might like it (perhaps you already know it?). If you google it, try to see it as BIG as you can. . . there’s so much to see. In some ways, we are all of us the woman in the middle – at other times, we are the men against the wall. The painting is by John Singer Sargent, and it is called “EL JALEO.”

]]> By: gumbo31 http://samphillips.com/2009/07/13/walls/comment-page-1/#comment-377 gumbo31 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:10:55 +0000 http://www.samphillips.com/blog/?p=156#comment-377 If you listen, there is plenty to hear. The track on The Believer is gorgeous. Thank you. If you listen, there is plenty to hear. The track on The Believer is gorgeous. Thank you.

]]> By: Brett http://samphillips.com/2009/07/13/walls/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Brett Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:37:26 +0000 http://www.samphillips.com/blog/?p=156#comment-372 That was so lovely, i feel the same way, but not just with rooms but places as well. i think that we leave the vibrations of our lives in the spaces we occupy and the bigger the sound of our lives the bigger the vibration. That was so lovely, i feel the same way, but not just with rooms but places as well. i think that we leave the vibrations of our lives in the spaces we occupy and the bigger the sound of our lives the bigger the vibration.

]]> By: Joe http://samphillips.com/2009/07/13/walls/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Joe Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:36:32 +0000 http://www.samphillips.com/blog/?p=156#comment-369 I like I like

]]> By: Dramatic Coffee http://samphillips.com/2009/07/13/walls/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Dramatic Coffee Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:36:59 +0000 http://www.samphillips.com/blog/?p=156#comment-367 Even though there are many a little shy human beings out there, just a few of us can follow the unspoken. You are definitely one of those, Sam. Even though there are many a little shy human beings out there, just a few of us can follow the unspoken.
You are definitely one of those, Sam.

]]> By: Nance http://samphillips.com/2009/07/13/walls/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Nance Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:19:58 +0000 http://www.samphillips.com/blog/?p=156#comment-366 How very SPOOKY. This page looks great! Love you & miss you, N How very SPOOKY. This page looks great!

Love you & miss you,
N

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