tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post5031747965533598197..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: Bring acrossJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-47239614036356925992012-07-05T18:15:22.768+01:002012-07-05T18:15:22.768+01:00really like the way the photo speaks to your words...really like the way the photo speaks to your words (and vice versa). the bringing across- so much poetry in that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-2315338892286710972012-06-30T15:55:09.949+01:002012-06-30T15:55:09.949+01:00Much to ponder, as Natalie says, and litlove's...Much to ponder, as Natalie says, and litlove's comment about dreaming in French strikes a chord because with only a barely-scraped 'O' level (some 50+ years ago) I can still occasionally dream in a French I don't even remember having learnt.<br />And your photo is entrancing.Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-84286425276668840092012-06-28T10:55:56.120+01:002012-06-28T10:55:56.120+01:00I'm so glad these words and pictures resonated...I'm so glad these words and pictures resonated with some of my favourite thinkers!<br /><br />Rachel, yes, parallel worlds! I'd like to print those photos one day in a little book, and perhaps the thoughts blogged here are the start of some text to go with them. <br /><br />Marja-Leena, I do get tongue-tied too, oh yes, when I haven't spoken a langugage for ages - embarrassing! But a failure of understanding disturbs me more deeply, I think. Perhaps we're more accustomed to the idea that any active skill will lapse when not practised.<br /><br />Natalie, 'mind-stirring' - what a lovely thing to say, thank you!<br /><br />Litlove and Beth, I've yet to read any Amelie Nothomb, but definitely want to now. In this short novel, at least, her style is very simple, but precise and energetic and builds deceptively into something more powerful than you realise. She's young, eccentric and rather frighteningly prolific.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-79561749239740232672012-06-27T20:39:00.583+01:002012-06-27T20:39:00.583+01:00Yes, I remember those beautiful, dissolving photos...Yes, I remember those beautiful, dissolving photos so well,Jean! And this is a wonderful post, full of the kind of insights and writing that drew me to your blog in the very beginning. I've never even heard of Amelie Nothomb and now want to rush out and buy some of her work...thank you.Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-51943108640885273572012-06-27T01:11:04.246+01:002012-06-27T01:11:04.246+01:00I remember those amazing and stunning photos, Jean...I remember those amazing and stunning photos, Jean! And this post about language makes me think of my own Finnish which I so very rarely get to speak anymore. If I do get a call suddenly from someone speaking in Finnish, I find my tongue truly tied, as if I cannot twist my tongue around the words. It seems to take a while and then it gets easier. A physical phenomenon - I wonder if you have that happen to you? It isn't just the mental challenge of remembering the right words.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-35999792151703570272012-06-26T18:07:40.936+01:002012-06-26T18:07:40.936+01:00Gorgeous photos, Jean, amazing. And you make me wa...Gorgeous photos, Jean, amazing. And you make me want to rush and pick up an Amelie Nothomb. I bought part of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu on audio CD and just cannot keep awake during it. The lull of melodical French is too soporific. But when I dream in French (very rare), it always seems to me that my French is much better than in reality. It could just be the effect of the dream, but I rather hope it is so.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-12451908307435601762012-06-26T12:27:09.018+01:002012-06-26T12:27:09.018+01:00Fabulous photo and mind-stirring observations on l...Fabulous photo and mind-stirring observations on language recall. Much to ponder.Nataliehttp://www.nataliedarbeloff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-68168133081478382712012-06-26T10:56:07.968+01:002012-06-26T10:56:07.968+01:00Love the photos you linked to (and I don't use...Love the photos you linked to (and I don't use 'love' lightly!). there's something very parallel universe about them... and different languages do make parallel worlds, don't they? Well, at least partly parallel anyway.<br /><br />Have you tried big prints of the photos? If so how did they come out?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com