tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515672149780575015.post3483686990338322533..comments2023-10-17T07:32:47.349-05:00Comments on Domestic Neon: The Devil Beats His WifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840330115866846549noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515672149780575015.post-21100569226643283652009-09-29T15:57:12.767-05:002009-09-29T15:57:12.767-05:00Jenny,
Knowing how to believe in a world so cruel...Jenny,<br /><br />Knowing how to believe in a world so cruel as ours is probably more a matter of temperment, and luck, then wisdom. Sayings such as "the Devil is beating his wife," clearly provide the writer a door into a world that otherwise would certainly be "none of her business." But then again, isn't it strange that I can write a story about a child being molested or raped and nobody calls me the person that raped the child, or molested him. Somehow, since ancient times, we have given artists the only permission available in our culture to destroy the very things we relate to: so we might live through the damage, and ask the questions again and again.<br />I have certainly noticed in myself a weak desire to not keep my heart fresh to the pain of experience. I suppose that is normal. So through music and writing I hope I can "have fun" and find "meaning" in these dangerous worlds that would otherwise find me a hermit, deep in the woods.<br />Thanks for your words. And I'm sorry you got slapped. I've been slapped, but trust me, I had it coming.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840330115866846549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515672149780575015.post-59185605523892810552009-09-29T15:51:19.161-05:002009-09-29T15:51:19.161-05:00Ande,
This is one of my most sweet, and kind of w...Ande,<br /><br />This is one of my most sweet, and kind of winking songs. The whole time I sing it, I am clearly walking the footsteps of Hillbilly America and the generation after generation of people that so changed the european traditions from which they came. When these folks were discovered again, in the fifties and sixtees, many americans could not believe their poverty (and the beauty of their traditions) could possibly happen in America. It didn't take long, and they all stopped happening. <br />That's the double edged sword of civilization. A subject that sees to be among your favorite. <br />Music carries what would otherwise be too terrible to experience, and fills the human soul with the lives of others. <br />But then so does language such as the words you and your wife have chosen to give me, to share with me. Our song, I suppose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840330115866846549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515672149780575015.post-40990118975434441502009-09-29T12:37:05.564-05:002009-09-29T12:37:05.564-05:00Andy,
I admire any writer who is able to deal bra...Andy,<br /><br />I admire any writer who is able to deal bravely with difficult and grave subjects and also refuses to trade the substantial content in order to be more pleasing to the reader. This piece is an example of that brave quality indeed. <br /><br />I have met quite a few women who have been beaten by their men. Their stories are distressing to hear, but it also feels important to listen. Me, being completely unaccustomed to violence (knock on wood!) can only imagine their hell and never claim to understand. The closest I have been to violence was on a bar once, when an unknown and obviously stoned guy completely unprovoked slapped me and two other people in the face.Jenny https://www.blogger.com/profile/17128326064445770505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515672149780575015.post-9130569455158573852009-09-29T12:14:16.481-05:002009-09-29T12:14:16.481-05:00This was a profound piece, which stayed in my mind...This was a profound piece, which stayed in my mind. You express a sustainable atmosphere; sand dust and pain. Few poems make this sort of durable impression on me; like a kind of structure which stays in the mind. <br /><br />I really liked your comments on your song, and your reaction to the whole thing shows a lot about your personality, I think and it’s fun to get to know you through your artistic output in this way.Anders Enochssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971413442536196199noreply@blogger.com