tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post1977966383417105881..comments2023-10-24T09:29:32.492-04:00Comments on the golden fish: fairies are like the girls of boy's imaginingsstevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-4012301383504277912010-06-07T22:55:41.308-04:002010-06-07T22:55:41.308-04:00I love this poem, especially these two stanzas:
t...I love this poem, especially these two stanzas:<br /><br />the good fairies bring gifts<br />and not always<br />the gifts<br />you've asked for<br /><br />more often <br />they're the gifts you need...<br /><br />fairies<br />are<br />like the girls<br />of boy's imaginings<br />slipping<br />in<br />and out<br />of moments<br />like fog<br /><br /><br />I also enjoyed reading your comments about masculinity and femininity. Maybe one day we will all just be viewed as people, accepted for ourselves, and the stereotypes will no longer apply.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-73484673384025619292010-05-30T08:16:41.569-04:002010-05-30T08:16:41.569-04:00"not always the gifts you ask for"
Can ..."not always the gifts you ask for"<br /><br />Can something be wise and whimsical at the same time? I think so . . .Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-74162802401618680412010-05-30T06:50:53.135-04:002010-05-30T06:50:53.135-04:00Steven, your words are always such a real delight....Steven, your words are always such a real delight.. and you describe the fairies I am interested in - nothing specific except a foggy idea, and interesting in their histories :)<br />"fairies are like the girls of boy's imaginings" - brilliant! :))Rima Staineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-16535303371069599022010-05-29T18:07:12.211-04:002010-05-29T18:07:12.211-04:00The faeries telling us what we need and bringing u...The faeries telling us what we need and bringing us what we need is a lovely thought. Are we always accepting of what they give us?<br />It would be so good just to trust and accept. I will have to keep coming to you, perhaps I can learn the way here.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-74530630039195607592010-05-29T12:40:39.495-04:002010-05-29T12:40:39.495-04:00I can't breathe- this sent me into a state of ...I can't breathe- this sent me into a state of overwhelm! I really really love this- the poem- the thoughts- the creativity- the pictures of fairies and fog- the mind that puts it all there!<br />This is SO my cup of tea- this post- I will save it forever. Fairies live around our home- we have SEEN them...Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-77308386529635643692010-05-29T12:06:44.714-04:002010-05-29T12:06:44.714-04:00hi dan - it's a sort of man who marginalizes a...hi dan - it's a sort of man who marginalizes any person. if you give the comment i made to eryl's comment above, you'll see something (and i have no doubt you share something) of that feeling that there are all sorts of people - men and women - who need to suppress, hold back, deny, contain other men and women who have left behind the trappings - the traditional trappings - of masculinity. the media is just as damaging to men as it is to women in its portrayals of what men and women should be. but. i am optimistic that a time will come when it is entirely alright to be a person. to bring goodness into the world as and whenever you can.stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-50996757713138581382010-05-29T12:03:00.144-04:002010-05-29T12:03:00.144-04:00pauline i'm glad that this was a good place fo...pauline i'm glad that this was a good place for you to be! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-33729900808673226692010-05-29T12:01:29.576-04:002010-05-29T12:01:29.576-04:00elisabeth thankyou so much!! stevenelisabeth thankyou so much!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-659228206756477792010-05-29T12:01:09.432-04:002010-05-29T12:01:09.432-04:00eryl - i've got more but you have to tell girl...eryl - i've got more but you have to tell girls about boys in the kindest way!! we're under the gun these days - sometimes literally. being a particular sort of man in this day and age is what i imagine it must have been like for women in the middle ages. in the right circle a sort of appreciation, but overall suppressed, repressed whatever it takes to tuck you away behind the barrage of ideas and images that define what a man is or should be. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-65623659307368018082010-05-29T11:59:15.661-04:002010-05-29T11:59:15.661-04:00rachel thankyou for the comment and also for the i...rachel thankyou for the comment and also for the insightful thought. as with so many things that are subtle or which hover in-between worlds there's been a sorry trivializing of the idea of fairy. but i appreciate their presence all the same. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-88560575225661610582010-05-29T11:57:42.150-04:002010-05-29T11:57:42.150-04:00hello delwyn - i think that fairies are an express...hello delwyn - i think that fairies are an expression of a subtle magic that pervades all living things - a bridging between worlds. whether they assume a tangible form isn't of real interest to me although i love paintings of them!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-58855714553858403602010-05-29T11:56:18.997-04:002010-05-29T11:56:18.997-04:00hi richard - the one is subtly and powerfully conn...hi richard - the one is subtly and powerfully connected to the other. thankyou for your kind comment. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-58664243176892811992010-05-29T11:05:25.138-04:002010-05-29T11:05:25.138-04:00Despite the outward appearances of the society of ...Despite the outward appearances of the society of men, I'd venture to say that most boys and men know in the marrow of their bones that girls and women embody vast, deep and essential wisdom. <br /><br />The more this yin female wisdom scares the menfolk, the more the men try to marginalize women.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-35208232457431606212010-05-29T09:28:59.128-04:002010-05-29T09:28:59.128-04:00sighing with pure pleasure!sighing with pure pleasure!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-15642817315855412502010-05-29T08:14:38.930-04:002010-05-29T08:14:38.930-04:00These are such lovely images, Steven. as ever you...These are such lovely images, Steven. as ever you excel in your choice of words and images.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-4557812758070731872010-05-29T06:20:17.273-04:002010-05-29T06:20:17.273-04:00I think I've just learnt something about boys,...I think I've just learnt something about boys, I must tell my niece.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-19040287953537373602010-05-29T05:47:28.136-04:002010-05-29T05:47:28.136-04:00I like the same line as R. Burnett Baker, too...An...I like the same line as R. Burnett Baker, too...And i would be a happy woman if I could paint like that...I think if you loved fairies as a child you never stop loving them - or loving things which evoke how they made you feel.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-65116292555797484272010-05-29T04:52:12.257-04:002010-05-29T04:52:12.257-04:00Hi Steven
I have no affinity with fairies but I d...Hi Steven<br /><br />I have no affinity with fairies but I do have an affinity with your words...<br /><br />slipping in and out of moments like fog...is a great expression<br /><br /><br />Happy daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-74556297284087981532010-05-29T00:53:52.099-04:002010-05-29T00:53:52.099-04:00"...they weave like fog into the forest of yo..."...they weave like fog into the forest of your life..." is a wonderful notion of how we should strive to build our lives and relationship. A soothing poem, Steven.R. Burnett Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743367086298298786noreply@blogger.com