It was fun for me, Marsha, because I never really took much art history courses, and I learned a lot there.
And you're right about Schlain, it's the way he weaves it together. Light and shadows. J On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > First I want to tell you I was wrong about 'Art and Physics'. Not a lot > that's new, I've even read Vasari's 'Lives of the Artists, but I like the > way he's weaving it together. > > > Marsha > > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 12:02 PM, John Carl wrote: > > > Gladly Marsha. Although it's only a temporal slice, I'm always eager to > > share what I know. > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi John, > >> > >> Please me all you know of motherhood? > > > > > > > > I know it's an attitude. I know that it tries to cling to and > encapsulate > > what needs to be free and exploring - thus is in constant dynamic > tension. > > > > fierce in defense, gentle in repose. > > > > Doesn't like being questioned. > > Turns in a moment from loving to hateful. > > > > Is proud and yet touched with an ineffable sadness. > > > > The hand that rocks the cradle, rocks the whole world. > > > Never again will I accept how a man defines being > a woman, which includes motherhood. > > > > >> And, by the way, how do you > >> know it? > > > > > > Last night a cat had kittens in my underwear drawer. > > Aawwww. > > > > >> It always makes me laugh when men want to talk about > >> motherhood... > > > > > > > > Mothers make men. Men make mothers laugh. > > If you mean give birth to baby boys who grow up to be men, I > will agree, otherwise baloney on both counts. Pure nonsense! > > > >> Man can provide for a woman's life, but he can never > >> enter that life. > >> > >> > > Nobody can enter anybody's life, but we try in various ways. > > > > The closest I ever came was the birth of our first child. Lu and I in > bed, > > focused on each other's breathing. There came a place, a process, I have > no > > idea how long it went on. It seemed to both of us then and after, that > we > > were breathing and feeling as a team. That I'd start her on her next > > contraction when I could tell she was ready. That I'd give her a rest > when > > she'd had enough. That somehow, for this time there was nothing > separating > > us at all. We carried that moment through a lot of life together. > > > My statement stands: Man can provide for a woman's life but he > can never enter that life. - You seem more sensitive than most, but > no way Jose... > > Men want to explain woman, but nope, not close and no cigar. > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
