tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post2970264507929690585..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: The Heart Of The MatterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-22719977294084458442009-09-22T14:01:50.242-05:002009-09-22T14:01:50.242-05:00Springsteen is a modern master at saying so much i...Springsteen is a modern master at saying so much in so few words. Here's one of my favorite political statements in recent years:<br /><br />That you know flag flying over the courthouse<br />Means certain things are set in stone<br />Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't.<br /><br />And here's one of my favorite couplets about the self and what really hold us back:<br /><br /> You do some sad sad things baby<br />When it's your you 're tryin' to lose<br />You do some sad and hurtful things<br />I've seen living proofScott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-59495401125277256612009-09-22T14:00:24.307-05:002009-09-22T14:00:24.307-05:00Gosh, I hadn't thought about that, John. I saw...Gosh, I hadn't thought about that, John. I saw it a warning against the perils of letting women drive and drinking on the job.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-77095198307026705222009-09-22T08:47:55.958-05:002009-09-22T08:47:55.958-05:00It is a delicate balance.
There's a story tha...It is a delicate balance.<br /><br />There's a story that may be true about a scene in a <i>Fistfull of Dollars</i> - awoman and a young boy terrorized by bad guys. The Man With No Name arrives and shoots some of them. The woman, on her knees, looks up and says, "Why do you help us?"<br /><br />The story goes that there was a long monologue explaining what happened earlier in the man's life that led him to get involved. Pages of dialogue telling the story.<br /><br />What Clint Eastwood says in the movie is, "I knew a woman once, and there was no one there to help."<br /><br />But you can never know what readers (or listeners or viewers or whatever) will bring with them. In this week's episode of <i>Mad Men</i> there's an accident with a riding lawn mower that results in a lot of blood. In some online discussions people are talking about how it foreshadows the Kennedy assasination - the blood on Joan's dress, the way it cuts down a promising career and on and on (some peole have waaaay too much time t spend online. Not me, of course, <i>other</i> people ;)<br /><br />I was taught in school that for something to be a signifier it had to be identified as such.<br /><br />But people will make things signifiers anyway.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-47407357362560749102009-09-22T08:00:02.580-05:002009-09-22T08:00:02.580-05:00This is a delicate issue. My first reader, my husb...This is a delicate issue. My first reader, my husband, likes to figure things out for himself. He wants only the most subtle hints of inner turmoil. So writing for him I am prone toward assumption that the reader gets it when he may not. I need a second reader that focuses on this to balance things. Someone to say-how does he/she feel about what's going on.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com