a quick one today.
i do have several draft posts which I hope to finish soon, but i'm curious about your thoughts (bloggers and lurkers alike) on the "pain quotidien" section of the blog. for those of you who don't speak french, "pain quotidien" translates in english to "daily bread". A very literal translation, and not the one used in the scriptures, but that's intentional on my part.
i've been throwing random stuff there that has caught my attention in some way - has it caught yours?
8 comments:
Yes it has. But what I love best is that somedays pain quotidien (pain being in the English sense of the word) 'bout sums it up.
I will tell you the truth, I am not any good at understanding poetry or very intellectual statements. It hurts my brain. I read them and it's like it goes in one ear and out the other. I wish I could understand, but it really hurts to think about it, it's so deep.
Compulsive - true 'dat
Ms. May - it just takes a little practice, kind of like developing an appreciation for fine wine, or so I've heard. ;)
Read yes. Contemplate...sometimes. Wondering why you, instead of me, are posting these types of literary quotes...frequently.
lyle - I'm trying really hard not to infer too much literary bigotry into your comment there buddy. Like I'm some rube who grew up in Provo or something, oh wait, my parents just confirmed that except for a short stint in PG, I did grow up in Provo. Who'd a thunk it?
P.S. are you loving Keats week?
Provo? Don't know it matters where you are. If you are exposed to good lit somewhere along the way it speaks to you.
I grew up in small farming town in the northwest. Fell in love with Shakespeare at the tender age of 15. Grew up wanting to be an English major for no other reason than to have more time to read.
Must admit, however, a lot of poetry was lost on me until I stopped being forced to deconstruct (read discect) it and was allowed to just experience it.
rei-
No bigotry here. It's just that I sometimes berate myself for not doing likewise, seeing how I spent so much time studying the stuff (I ought to apply it)
Lyle, I think CW has perhaps hit it. When we're made to study the words, rather than experience them, our tendency may be to lack in the application.
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