Comments on: Disjointed Prettiness Ahead*

By: “Happy Blog Natale, or Sumthin” » Slip of the Pen

“Happy Blog Natale, or Sumthin” » Slip of the Pen — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:02:38 +0000

[...] Disjointed Prettiness Ahead. I am playing favorites by again quoting Transience: “Pure f*cking literature.” F-words can be elegant, you know. [...]

By: Corsarius

Corsarius — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:13:00 +0000

to little light: hey, thanks. really. :) makes me want to take a second course in creative writing. that is, if i have the time for studies and a full-fledged job, haha.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:53:00 +0000

pitter-patter episode ba ito?

but it’s great, really great. you should have taken up creative writing :P
-little light-

By: Corsarius

Corsarius — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:33:00 +0000

to hera: i want to run in the rain, too. i miss that. terribly. last time i did it in fun mode was in childhood. although i almost always ended up with a fever and running nose. :)

to transience: thanks, dearie. and i know. your own posts, while on the surface seemingly disjointed, are really a synkaryon of the various pieces of Transience :) (pieces? sorry about that..can be green, depending on one’s mind, hehe!)

By: transience

transience — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:22:00 +0000

you were right about the prettiness. this was pure fucking literature, man. and i didn’t really catch on the disjointedness. i am good at putting together pieces in my head.

By: hera

hera — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:15:00 +0000

“I want to jump out of the jeep. I want to fall hard and roll on the wet asphalt, lay prostrate on the street, and let the torrent of cold drops dissipate the sting and wash the goodness left in me. And when a vehicle runs me over, Iâ€™ll have the most beautiful funeral tale of all.”

– i love this. i love running under the rain. sometimes i’d feign running. i’ll just go on a brisk walk. i really want to get drenched. there’s something about being washed out.

By: Corsarius

Corsarius — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:15:00 +0000

I see. And hey, no problem, I enjoyed reading the profile. :) Thanks for the info, Jael.

Let’s see if I can find the time to read another book. I’ve got a long queue of books and mags waiting to be read. But if my reading House of Leaves will give you someone who can relate to your thoughts and the book, I’d do it for ya, haha :D Fellow frustrated fantasy novelist! ;)

By: jael

jael — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:04:00 +0000

Kevin Carter was the aforementioned Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist. He was most famous for his picture of a starving African child with a vulture in the background.

Even though that photo of his won a Pulitzer, the media and the public hounded him for taking 20 minutes to set up and take a picture instead of bringing the girl to the nearest aid center. Needless to say, the girl died of starvation.

Some people argue that he, in fact, saved more lives by taking that picture than if he had tried to save that girl. Regardless, he still took his life.

Carter was one of the bases for the main character in the novel House of Leaves. It’s a great, eerie, and yes, absolutely beautiful book.

One of the things I took away from that book was this: Beauty exists in everything, even in total darkness and even in the most ugly scenes. Carter’s photograph won the Pulitzer not just for its striking message and social relevance, but for the artfulness of the photograph and its composition.

Then again, we all know what happened to Carter. Beauty isn’t enough to save us, sometimes. Sometimes, though, it’s worth it.

Sorry for the long-ish reply; it’s just that when I read Ia’s comment on the photojournalist who killed himself, I immediately knew that it was Carter. Actually, the only reason I know this is because the book House of Leaves holds a very special place in my heart. Read it sometime (I’m desperate to meet someone else who has read [and loved] the book, because here in the Philippines I haven’t met anyone who has, so far). I’ll lend you a copy ^_^

By: Corsarius

Corsarius — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 07:41:00 +0000

I am far from being pulled to the other side? Who knows. Things quickly change. And the other side actually means another things…yes, think of Anakin Skywalker.

Beauty in chaos? You bet. But beauty, after all, is in the eye of the beholder.

Sorry about that anime misnomer. ;) Never been an expert.