tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post479096211062519775..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: FrassStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-26314891504794266242012-07-11T15:56:08.165-08:002012-07-11T15:56:08.165-08:00Jessica, glad you enjoyed last night. Sorry the f...Jessica, glad you enjoyed last night. Sorry the film festival didn't do it for you. I hope you give it another try. My recommendation was the animated shorts which I think were all very good to excellent. But film festivals, by definition, will be up and down as you see film makers who, for the most part, haven't made it yet. Some never will (some because they aren't good, some just aren't commercial or hungry enough to fight against the odds.) And you get to meet many of the film makers and talk to them about what they were trying to do.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-75808760538113370732012-07-11T12:41:39.915-08:002012-07-11T12:41:39.915-08:00Went to last night's poetry reading .. now on ...Went to last night's poetry reading .. now on my second ever .. and have to say I really like this stuff. Eva L. and Derrick B. were fantastic. Loved Derrick's Melt and Eva's dialogue between Cordeila and Carl Linnaeus. Funny .. I really had no intention of going to these readings (it was Gary Snyder who drew me in) .. I'd been more keen on getting to the film festival offereings. and once I attended one of those, last year, I was beyond disappointed (in fact, rather embarrassed at the poor quality of the shorts). So it's definitely poetry readings for me! More toinght! And I guess it's Thursday night that I will be able to see the trio that you recommended. <br /><br />JessicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-79614970967048343452012-07-10T14:05:43.766-08:002012-07-10T14:05:43.766-08:00Of the many nights of poetry reading at UAA this w...Of the many nights of poetry reading at UAA this week, Jessica, tonight, based on hearing the three poets before, is one I can pretty much guarantee will be good.<br /><br />Great poetry has many levels. At one level, what you get at a reading, is the sounds of the words that have been crafted to go together almost like music. The 'performer' makes a big difference. But a first reading often doesn't expose the many layers of meaning and imagery and playfulness embedded in the poem.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-4152863693936222462012-07-10T11:15:03.104-08:002012-07-10T11:15:03.104-08:00As soon as I saw the title to your blog article, &...As soon as I saw the title to your blog article, 'Frass," I knew you'd gone to the Gary Snyder event. It was my first poetry reading ever, and I loved it even though it is rather exhausting to catch the words and visualize the imagery. For me, anyway. GS has now become a favorite .. I had heard of him but was not familiar with any of his poems. Time to get me down to Title Wave to get a copy of Turtle Island, at least. My favorite poems of the evening were (and I am giving my own titles here) Persimmons, Eating, and Gnarly. Snyder's face, voice, and vivacity (at 82!) were a real treat. Great evening at UAA. <br /><br />Jessica<br /><br />Oh, and thanks for the heads up about tonight's event ... perhaps that will be poetry reading #2 for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com