tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post4978833678786374022..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: ThingsStephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-35741566584379186762014-04-14T21:42:15.541-07:002014-04-14T21:42:15.541-07:00anj: welcome to the U.S.A.! I'm delighted th...anj: welcome to the U.S.A.! I'm delighted that you are here, and I hope you are enjoying yourself. If you're still in Milwaukee as I write this, you may be enjoying snow!<br /><br />I'm happy that you were able to visit the Art Institute, which is one of our country's best art museums, I think. <br /><br />Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with any museums in Houston. As for Fremont, you will be, as you know, within driving distance of San Francisco, which has the Museum of Modern Art and the Fine Arts Museums, which are wonderful. I notice that there is a Georgia O'Keeffe special exhibit at the de Young (one of the Fine Arts Museums) through May 11. <br /><br />I cannot think of any connections with the lives of poets in either Houston or San Francisco. Sorry! I tend to be, as you know, more connected with poets from the UK.<br /><br />By the way, Copenhagen is wonderful. For art, I recommend the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) and the Ny Carlsberg Glypotek. Look for paintings from the Danish "Golden Age" of painting: the 19th century.<br /><br />It sounds like you are having a wonderful holiday! I hope you enjoy yourself.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-49046125481264886742014-04-12T09:11:50.931-07:002014-04-12T09:11:50.931-07:00dear stephen,
i've shared these two poems abo...dear stephen,<br /><br />i've shared these two poems about things with several dear people who also love poetry. thank you for all the beauty and joy you always bring to my life.<br /><br />stephen, i'm in america at the moment! i'm in milwaukee, and have visited the chicago art institute. will be spending a week each at houston, texas and at fremont, california, before going to copenhagen and amsterdam. <br /><br />wanted to consult you on places i could visit to see good paintings, or that might be connected with the lives of poets. any recommendations?<br />Anjali Krishnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167813684323077202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-25146501420372477172014-04-11T17:13:22.212-07:002014-04-11T17:13:22.212-07:00Ms Ahearn: I like your thought that the lives of ...Ms Ahearn: I like your thought that the lives of things are "entwined" with our own lives, and that we have a "kinship" with them. That is a fine way of describing the relationship. Yes, I should have mentioned things owned by others in our lives: evocative in their own way. <br /><br />Thank you very much for visiting again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-70234152467700753082014-04-11T17:09:25.408-07:002014-04-11T17:09:25.408-07:00Mr Ashton: yes, it's nice how the smallest ite...Mr Ashton: yes, it's nice how the smallest item can bring alive parts of our lives. I'm pleased you liked the Waley and Borges poems. I wish Waley had had the time to write more of his own poetry -- the few that I have seen are delightful.<br /><br />As ever, thank you for your thoughts.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-61531305819519709472014-04-10T09:58:39.742-07:002014-04-10T09:58:39.742-07:00Things do indeed have a life of their own which is...Things do indeed have a life of their own which is entwined with ours- a kinship. And then there's the things owned by one's loved ones, a parent, husband, wife - so charged with memory and emotion.<br />Thanks for the poetry, the art.<br />mary f.ahearnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-57530174314784404142014-04-10T04:42:20.161-07:002014-04-10T04:42:20.161-07:00A wonderfully evocative post Mr Pentz.
Like yourse...A wonderfully evocative post Mr Pentz.<br />Like yourself, I too have similar objects around me; a stone containing a fossilized starfish found on a Dorset beach, my father's monogrammed cigarette case, my grandfather's pen knife, a small polished stone given to me by my wife many years ago.<br />As you say,each one is loaded with connections returning us to follow half-forgotten paths we may not have trodden for some time.<br />The Arthur Waley poem is delightful and previously unknown to me, the Borges too. The final four lines are superb.<br />Thank you.John Ashtonnoreply@blogger.com