tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post1444420881790208805..comments2023-09-30T08:53:15.486-07:00Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: Exit, Pursued by a Bearlowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-20685113270413211132008-01-08T13:19:00.000-08:002008-01-08T13:19:00.000-08:00I don't mean to hog the optic fibers here (says sh...I don't mean to hog the optic fibers here (says she, hogging the optic fibers) but the question is truly a key one - at least for this reader: does the author know what it is Camden will discover about himself as the process unfolds? <BR/>Or is the author finding out along with his main character?<BR/>In other words; is the author the Virgil to his character's Dante? Or are the character and its author still finding out who's who? <BR/>and now I will really let the matter rest - and try to do as much.R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-19884578380730672612008-01-08T11:18:00.000-08:002008-01-08T11:18:00.000-08:00First of all, congratulations for the contract, Ca...First of all, congratulations for the contract, Camden! Excellent news! And I'm fairly confident that treating the topic from a 19th century perspective allows for a much-needed amount of distanciation. At least in the widening gyre part of the exercise. A useful counterweight to the deep and deadly part related to well, the slouching, shall we say.<BR/>A very difficult exercise indeed. Requiring at least as much technique and vocal control as the flower duet, n'est-ce pas?<BR/>Vous placez la barre très haute, monsieur. Oh. Sorry: you are placing the jumping bar very high, sir. But that's what master classes are all about, non? For the students as well as the teacher. Or else, à quoi bon? Sorry again. I meant; of else, what's the point?<BR/>Best of luck with Chapter 10, Shelly. Something tells me it's going to get much tougher before it gets easier - for everyone.R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.com