thank you so much kevin and gala. I've been listening to the ummm... debate (?), and as I was reading, I looked up and remembered this piece I keep near my keyboard. A great friend sent it to me long ago. If you have Internet Explorer, try this http://home.talkcity.com/KarmaWay/madison/Vitality.html - can't get it to load in Netscape this morning but I'll tinker with it:
"There is a vitality... a life force, a quickening, that is translated through you into action. And because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exit though any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable it is, not how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
You do not even have to believe in yourself, or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is ever pleased. There is no satisfaction, whatever, at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching, and makes us more alive than the others."
- Martha Graham to Agnes De Mille
I love the Blender but find the recently submitted Heaven for Women to be in poor taste not to mention the name used by the author....
Actually aimee it was removed about as quickly as it was posted. There were two, actually. Essentially nil emotional content.
i love the poems but u need some love ones that really mean something like i have this one called never!!
there are really sweet poems but u got to get some up to date ideas for some like (u were older than me) and (heartbreakers)or (age doesnt count love does)
stuff like that - jasmine
jasmine - are you going to share these poems "that really mean something"?
Hey, look what's here.
I'm getting more and more ideas for the redesign.
Some parts are strictly behind the scene, using templates and storing only the crucial data. Other ideas are much more complex, like having every submitter (and maybe even commenter?) having to create an account, like author-profiles.
BTW, I'm serious when I saw everyone should buy the book I review this month, it's really quite good.
thank you Kirk, for posting my star diddy, and I never answered but have been thinking about the question on redesign ideas. Everything you've mentioned so far sounds great. Here's my thought: Someone this month was asking where a certain poem had gone to, and I thought how kewl if there could be a search engine within the Blender - for those times you can remember one line or phrase and nothing else. I've never created one, so haven't a clue as to how tough a project like that might be.
Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to drop in. I'm having a little writer's block. UGH! It's soo frustrating anyways, just wanted to say
Tigerstar....i hear ya on that last poem!
Dee....Thanks so much for your kindness as always!
Everyone else..I love you work! Keep it up!
Beth
OK.. well this isn't romantic but I just wanna say... Prada just beat America One in the America's Cup Challenger series... whoooohoooooo first time in a long time you guys haven't been in the final... NZ vs Italy for the America's Cup... NZ all the way!!!!!!
nice, very nice valentine issue. i enjoyed the rhymes and i would like to thank all of you frontpagers for writing, and for letting us read all your wonderful works...for free...hehehe. my favorites are UNTITLED1 by kevin, SONNET FOR CHRISTINE by Graham Storrs, and GUESS WHO by Erin.
take care people...and keep those good pieces coming...i'm still starving, u know... :)
sinneD