tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post5161687798799296476..comments2023-10-02T21:42:57.764+08:00Comments on a mermaid in the attic: "The Imagined Village"...a moveable feast on blogging...A mermaid in the attichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01139858546037879539noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-4888430565107705462011-03-01T02:09:02.791+08:002011-03-01T02:09:02.791+08:00Oh my, Christina, i have had an awful lot of catc...Oh my, Christina, i have had an awful lot of catching up to do. I have enjoyed every moment at the table! This makes for great reading, i have been moved to write my own thoughts on my blog! I am as ever a step behind! Better late than never ;-)<br /><br />Rima's blog is one of the very first i came across. I can still remember the feeling of "coming home" a wonderful stopping place & hugely inspiring. i always come away with words, images & music swirling through my head. <br /><br />I love this ethereal village x xRuthie Reddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544345949078281235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-13365133013879194922011-02-22T06:03:26.319+08:002011-02-22T06:03:26.319+08:00I think these so interesting series of posts and a...I think these so interesting series of posts and all the thoughtful comments they has inspired, have really shown just how varied and far flung this community of creative people is.<br />I love the sense of community I get from all these fantastic web artists, and even when I struggle to find time to reach my own art in my often overwhelmingly busy life, it keeps me feeling connected to my creative aspirations.<br />I am so glad I found the courage to step gingerly onto this glimmering web of many hearts and minds...<br />Great post Christina, it rings true...<br />Carrie :)Windsongs and Wordhoardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211375575810428500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-31986104056878833372011-02-22T02:49:48.321+08:002011-02-22T02:49:48.321+08:00i chuckled as i read (while eating!) some comments...i chuckled as i read (while eating!) some comments of others feasting while reading, and moving through the family webweaving for the next course, and the continuity-continuum that we all feel apart of in this invisible realm of 'the body' of believers and artists alike. it is a wonderful way to travel and touch and know that in this together!!<br />blessings,<br />abigailRusted Wingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04890142706504183826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-38739166154197602011-02-21T22:07:24.991+08:002011-02-21T22:07:24.991+08:00Another most enjoyable post as I follow the moveab...Another most enjoyable post as I follow the moveable feast from posting to posting ..... or wable to wable. I'll have to think about that, though "blog" is probably here to stay. Your art is enchanting .... and makes me yearn to fly.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-8653872395323864402011-02-21T18:19:34.515+08:002011-02-21T18:19:34.515+08:00Thank you for a perfectly wonderful, and wonderful...Thank you for a perfectly wonderful, and wonderfully perfect post!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-83228898762497458952011-02-21T17:35:42.724+08:002011-02-21T17:35:42.724+08:00Beautiful paintings, dear Mermaid and it is indeed...Beautiful paintings, dear Mermaid and it is indeed a nice interview with the lovely, modest Rima over there at Barleycorn. On your question, I actually use the word "blog" in my blog title – quite purposefully – to place the mystical side by side with the prosaic, it's a bit tongue-in-cheek. The word is derived of course from "web log" which is much softer and almost wistful I think, but our world loves nothing more than a soundbite and so blog is here to stay. But if you'd like to use something different, why not? Feel free to rename and redefine, it's what we do.Dellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929729508094497950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-40884430494562586592011-02-21T14:11:28.245+08:002011-02-21T14:11:28.245+08:00Thank you (and to everyone who has commented) for ...Thank you (and to everyone who has commented) for this amazing post.<br /><br />I think that for most of us, as artists of any flavour, it is so easy to get lost amidst the grey of the world. This imagined village reminds me that I'm not alone, and that there are others who seek magic.Stephanie Gunnhttp://www.stephaniegunn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-48687518451214470532011-02-21T09:49:37.727+08:002011-02-21T09:49:37.727+08:00BTW - You're all invited to RavenWood Forest t...BTW - You're all invited to RavenWood Forest to sample some late winter and more of the Moveable Feast conversation.... I quote you, Christina, hope that's OK!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-65694600313675970772011-02-21T02:34:15.395+08:002011-02-21T02:34:15.395+08:00I don't think the word blog is going to go awa...I don't think the word blog is going to go away. It's too convenient as both a noun and a verb, too instantly understandable, too widespread to effectively replace. I'm okay with that. When I first started blogging I used to rail against the ugly term, steadfastly referring to my online space as a journal or weblog, but it's grown on me since. I guess because I've had the chance to discover so many lovely, artful interpretations of what a blog is. After all, "blog" is only the technology...it's what we do with it that counts.Stacehttp://www.dumoski.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-69280228335852008502011-02-21T00:46:38.489+08:002011-02-21T00:46:38.489+08:00thank you for all these good thoughts on web writi...thank you for all these good thoughts on web writing and art sharing and keeping this dialog going in our global cafe, time for another cup of coffee!Mo Crowhttp://www.bluecatheaven.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-35145705659262854812011-02-21T00:44:40.565+08:002011-02-21T00:44:40.565+08:00Thank you for your lovely and inspiring loooooong ...Thank you for your lovely and inspiring loooooong post and your beautiful pictures (will listen to your song again ;-) )Elshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599607935285683167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-83654551372787990962011-02-21T00:43:39.068+08:002011-02-21T00:43:39.068+08:00It's been interesting reading the round of rea...It's been interesting reading the round of reasons for blogging. I can relate to much of it, especially the idea of community. One of my friends refers to it as belonging to a tribe of like-minded people. I first ran across Rima's blog, which led me to Terri's, which led me to yours. I love the inspiration and the "ah ha" moments.Maery Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897994913879836634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-43752647683705618642011-02-20T22:49:11.065+08:002011-02-20T22:49:11.065+08:00I'm captivated by how this meme is developing,...I'm captivated by how this meme is developing, all cascading from that tweet of Rima's on Friday that she'd been featured on John Barleycorn must die. <br /><br />From Rima to Terri to you feels like the "perfect" development to me, because that's exactly the order in which I discovered those journals (what's wrong with just calling "blogs" journals? Or sites? I can't help feeling that not everything needs a definition or a name to pigeonhole it. A beautiful bird or tree is still a beautiful bird or tree even if we don't know what type it is). From The Hermitage I found the drawing board, from the drawing board I end up in your attic, a 2011 Alice tumbling down an online rabbit hole of delight, revelling in the magic I find the deeper I go. <br /><br />What a wonderful virtual village this is, amorphous yet altogether tangible. Its a joy to visit and to see the different thoughts and writings and creations of the residents as they appear in my feed reader. I'm so grateful to be invited in to enjoy them, a tourist in this beautiful virtual village. What will be behind the next door I knock on I wonder?Alicehttp://allice.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-74091744522598401482011-02-20T22:31:12.292+08:002011-02-20T22:31:12.292+08:00Good, strong cup of tea, thanks. Your attic is so ...Good, strong cup of tea, thanks. Your attic is so full of treasures! Its nice to awaken this morning, sit down for coffee and a muffin in front of the wood stove and find myself at the table again!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-25935882226480469932011-02-20T21:58:35.232+08:002011-02-20T21:58:35.232+08:00I am enjoying all the posts in the feast so I will...I am enjoying all the posts in the feast so I will set my thanks down here at the latest table. I'm another who is rather isolated in a tiny rural town and appreciate the spaces you all provide to encourage creative life.<br /><br />I dare to share should be my mantra this year!Psekohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-7995051070748211272011-02-20T21:47:30.604+08:002011-02-20T21:47:30.604+08:00"...I can hardly accost a stranger in the str..."...I can hardly accost a stranger in the street and force them to listen to the song I've just written or look at the painting I'm working on and expect an intelligent, coherent comment."<br /><br />And those that create do seem to live a step removed. We need the silence to allow the muse a comfort zone. This morning in my slippers and unwashed hair I read your post with as much hunger as I was eating my Greek omelet. We do this on line journal stuff for the same reasons.<br /><br />A tour down my dashboard of blogs I am following shows a remarkable assemblage creative types - fellow artists and poets and essay writers. Thank you for putting my thoughts into words this morning.<br /><br />Now off to my second blog to write.JBinford-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-82613624139569743212011-02-20T21:26:19.755+08:002011-02-20T21:26:19.755+08:00Terri is brilliant, and it does seem a lot of peop...Terri is brilliant, and it does seem a lot of people are inter-connected through her in one way or another thru blogging.<br /><br />Pleasure to make everyone's acquaintance as a resultOya's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184649716540468970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-39435601923020997672011-02-20T21:08:45.088+08:002011-02-20T21:08:45.088+08:00What a wonderful post! This "moveable feast&q...What a wonderful post! This "moveable feast" is delicious indeed.Terri Windlinghttp://www.terriwindling.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-77708078256260050222011-02-20T19:50:41.807+08:002011-02-20T19:50:41.807+08:00Wow! We're all in 'the mundis' togethe...Wow! We're all in 'the mundis' together!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-12538745999922766872011-02-20T19:46:16.991+08:002011-02-20T19:46:16.991+08:00How about "posting"? To me it conjures u...How about "posting"? To me it conjures up images of posting a letter, which is kind of what a blog is, an open letter from you to the world at large. I had been calling the people I have met through blogging. . erm, sorry, "posting" by the term "blog friends" but I think I'm going to change that, maybe to "ifriends" for "internet friends" <br /><br />I showed an artist friend the prints you sent, and her immediate comment on the ship one from "I Must Not Forget How To Fly," was how much she loved that the ship's mast was a living tree. She was much taken by that image, and the fact that it was a recurrent theme in your work. I've been trying to get her into the internet world of "posting" but she's pretty much of a Luddite. Still, I'm working on her.WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960060657339262513.post-13695087504684991302011-02-20T19:08:27.483+08:002011-02-20T19:08:27.483+08:00Thankyou for such an inspiring post! I've foll...Thankyou for such an inspiring post! I've followed Rima since the beginning and like everyone that visits her, lOVe the world she creates. I haven't visited Terri's for a while and now I'm ITCHING to get over there to see what I've been missing! Thank you Christina for inspiring me this morning and can I say these paintings of yours are stunning! Such magic and beauty! xxJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593348601123003194noreply@blogger.com