tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post410895919916199751..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: Trains In The Distance At Night: Siegfried Sassoon, Marcel Proust, And Emmylou HarrisStephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-53805811974417926652010-12-20T22:31:56.693-08:002010-12-20T22:31:56.693-08:00Hels: Thank you very much for visiting and comment...Hels: Thank you very much for visiting and commenting, and for the kind words.<br /><br />I first became acquainted with the work of Ravilious through books as well, and I have not had a chance to see any of his works on display either. I hope that I will be able to do so some day on a visit to England.<br /><br />Thank you again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-17964206635693156652010-12-19T15:59:56.855-08:002010-12-19T15:59:56.855-08:00I am grateful to you. Because Eric Ravilious was a...I am grateful to you. Because Eric Ravilious was an official war artist in WW2 and died both tragically and young, we tend not to know so much about his pre-war art. I came across his water colours as published in (rare) books, not hanging on walls.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-16293489007964436272010-09-17T18:14:54.381-07:002010-09-17T18:14:54.381-07:00As always, thank you very much for visiting and co...As always, thank you very much for visiting and commenting, Nige. Pellew is interesting, isn't he? I particularly like his wood engravings. <br /><br />Thank you for the tip on the Paul Simon song - I wasn't aware of it. I'll try to track it down (pun not intended).<br /><br />Thank you again, Nige.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-81877780009564662192010-09-17T10:23:57.712-07:002010-09-17T10:23:57.712-07:00Fine images too - the Ravilious I knew, but thanks...Fine images too - the Ravilious I knew, but thanks for the introduction to Claughton Pellew. I've been looking at others of his online - marvellous... Do you know the Paul Simon song Train In The Distance? Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance, Everybody thinks it's true...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-15597896481219808392010-09-16T21:50:04.489-07:002010-09-16T21:50:04.489-07:00pomposa: Thank you very much for visiting, and for...pomposa: Thank you very much for visiting, and for your kind comment. I'm pleased that you found your way here.<br /><br />Excellent observation about a possible Larkin poem. In addition to 'The Whitsun Weddings', I can think of one other train poem by Larkin: the one that begins 'The local snivels through the fields,' and closes with the cheerful thought: 'Death will be such another thing,/All we have done not mattering.' Oh, well: Larkin will be Larkin! <br /><br />Thank you again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-73407369483115536832010-09-16T13:52:12.087-07:002010-09-16T13:52:12.087-07:00One can imagine Larkin on Sassoon's train writ...One can imagine Larkin on Sassoon's train writing a poem about a man's thoughts being redirected by a “needless warning whistle”...<br /><br />Internet friends alerted me to your blog and I'm very glad they did!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com