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     Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.156.32.207 |
Just come back from Norway on 2 weeks holiday. Soaked myself in Ibsen and Munch (saw the latter's Scream in Oslo gallery). Seems to be the ideal place for ghost stories. What's the gossip here in UK? Noticed Joel won short story BFS award. Wow! Congratulations. And GRIN OF TGHE DARK a very worthy winner of best novel! Huzza Huzza! | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.97.93.216 |
Hello there Des. I'll be getting in touch with you next week about Cone Zero ... I believe you're open for business again after the 29th? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
I have a print of that Munch painting hanging in my toilet. I thought the original was stolen years ago? When was it recovered? | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.156.32.207 |
I think there are more than one original! But I think the stolen one was recovered and is the one I saw behind toughened glass. des | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.156.32.207 |
Not sure, now having read the Wikipedia on Munch. The version of the Scream I saw was the one in the Oslo National Gallery. Seemed emblematic of the credit crunch. Anyone read 'Ghosts' by Ibsen? | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Yes. I've read all of his plays. I like Ghosts - quite sordid. I like his earlier work, too, but his late The Master Builder struck me a symbolic porn, a literary plea for viagra.  | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.133.69 |
I saw a fine production of Ibsen's 'The Woman from the Sea' at the Birmingham Rep last year. As the title suggests, the play has some weird undertones. It's about depression. The audience numbers were far below what the production deserved. But Ibsen has a history of being neglected – Eisenhower attributed a quote from him to 'the poet Eibson' in one of his speeches. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.156.32.207 |
Some photos from my Norway trip: http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/norway.htm | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
That free love pillar is the sickest free love pillar I've ever seen you take a photo of and post on this thread...today. Blow it up! (pauses for gag...) | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.129.151.199 |
That pillar is amazing. And the woman being hugged by Cthulhu! And you keep mentioning Rushdie - is he actually good? I had a weird experience in a hotel over the weekend; woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Marie told me a light had been shining in her eyes and she had to swap places with me. I had no memory of the move and for a second had the horrible feeling we'd swapped bodies; then I had this idea of being taken over by someone who had somehow managed to give me an exact replica of my memories in my mind as well as my body, so that I wouldn't suspect I'd been taken over absolutely. It was awful. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.129.151.199 |
This is fascinating. http://www.davidcronenberg.de/cr_rushd.htm | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.156.32.207 |
That pillar is amazing. And the woman being hugged by Cthulhu! ============= There are many other statues and sculptures(hundreds of them) in that park and all extraordinary. I was surprised I'd never heard of the place until I actually walked into it! (The sculptor Vigeland died in 1943). PS: Salman Rushdie is one of my favourite writers, particularly Midnight's Children, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Shalimar The Clown and, his latest, The Enchantress of Florence. He exemplifies methods that underpin the Nemonymous Mythos. Thanks for the Rushdie/Cronenberg link. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.129.151.199 |
More statues; http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.images.search .yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3DVigeland%26fr2%3Dtab-web%26fr%3D bt-portal&w=500&h=333&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F41%2F93199421_0e93884942.jpg&ru rl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Faliasgrace%2F93199421%2F&size=100kB&na me=Vigeland+park&p=Vigeland&type=JPG&oid=6f5d0a7176d36750&fusr=aliasgrace&tit=Vi geland+park&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Faliasgrace%2F&no=8&tt=51 ,656&sigr=11hb9pt10&sigi=11cv33flb&sigb=12stunk1n&sigh=118939as8 | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.129.151.199 |
Of Enchantress; 'There is a recurring theme looking at if something exists in the imagination of another, does it have a life independent from this?' I have been talking about this very thing recently. This really intrigues me. Recently I dreamt about a woman who was naked and addressed me really intently, and was convinced she was just below my skin for the rest of the day, still trying to reach me beyond my dream. She faded, of course. |