tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post115003857726288881..comments2023-08-01T11:38:59.535+01:00Comments on Caro's Lines: Sunday Scribblings - MysteryCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150357679624279582006-06-15T08:47:00.000+01:002006-06-15T08:47:00.000+01:00Johnynorms - thanks for the easy poem - I might re...Johnynorms - thanks for the easy poem - I might remember that one!<BR/><BR/>Steve - Painter IX can be downloaded and tried for free for a month - this is much better than trying a light version. Your brother sounds like he is half-parrot!<BR/><BR/>Janet - thank you!<BR/><BR/>Anonymous - I'm not surprised - birds generally have brought messages about death in many cultures - old carrion eaters can probably scent it sooner than most!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150356406271498882006-06-15T08:26:00.000+01:002006-06-15T08:26:00.000+01:00Once an Aboriginal woman advised crows carry souls...Once an Aboriginal woman advised crows carry souls of the dead ... ooohhhhh ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150153321920603172006-06-13T00:02:00.000+01:002006-06-13T00:02:00.000+01:00'love your crow...the textured look makes you want...'love your crow...the textured look makes you want to put your fingers on it!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553786323163253553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150130701471676042006-06-12T17:45:00.000+01:002006-06-12T17:45:00.000+01:00Wow--great image! I wonder if Painter is compatabl...Wow--great image! I wonder if Painter is compatable with my new Mac laptop. Been looking for some software to try out here.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, my brother amazes me at how he can, from off the top of his head, recite lines from TV shows and movies, and in the right voice and accent even. A talent I wish I had!stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08302940112403120398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150111021330803202006-06-12T12:17:00.000+01:002006-06-12T12:17:00.000+01:00That's a fine crow. A short poem from a crow, easy...That's a fine crow. A short poem from a crow, easy to learn:<BR/>I<BR/>Fly<BR/><BR/>Ok, not much of a poem, but to the point!Johnnynormshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10172012735385704093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150103989875043602006-06-12T10:19:00.000+01:002006-06-12T10:19:00.000+01:00Jennifer - thank you!Davem - Shame about the jackd...Jennifer - thank you!<BR/><BR/>Davem - Shame about the jackdaw - my father (or one of his brothers) had a pet jackdaw when a boy... it had been rescued but I don't know what from.<BR/><BR/>Ian - I love books - I have so many of them - and yes I do use them as back up to my memory - though the www helps too as its so much more searchable...<BR/><BR/>Andrea - oh oh my actress tendencies have come through have they? Glad you like the crow!<BR/><BR/>Kyknoord - good answer... but I won't be able to quote you...<BR/><BR/>Tinker - being a good forgetter has its drawbacks... thank you for reminding me of its advantages too!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150101348408943162006-06-12T09:35:00.000+01:002006-06-12T09:35:00.000+01:00Over all of the years, I have not yet had an occas...Over all of the years, I have not yet had an occasion to recite any of the poetry I memorized when I was younger. Yet there it all sits, taking up valuable real estate in the noggin, that could be put to better use learning how to use Paint IX or Adobe or something, so I could create beautiful crow drawings such as yours! <BR/>p.s. loved T.S. Eliot - but thankfully never memorized those, saving myself some available braincells! And as Ian pointed out, isn't that what books are for?<BR/>Somewhere around here I've got Ol Possum's Book gathering dust. Need to dig that one out again - thanks for reminding me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150091215573141572006-06-12T06:46:00.000+01:002006-06-12T06:46:00.000+01:00That's an easy one to answer Caroline / Andrea. P...That's an easy one to answer Caroline / Andrea. People who use their brains to think and create don't have too much space left over for rote learning, whereas actors...kyknoordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376671662670291957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150066792003238192006-06-11T23:59:00.000+01:002006-06-11T23:59:00.000+01:00Ok your crow is the king/queen of all crows. I lo...Ok your crow is the king/queen of all crows. I love the texture and the colors you chose! This almost looks like it's shadow on a grey sidewalk. How cool is that!<BR/><BR/>I agree, you would of made an incredable actress. You have such passion and are just plain vivacious (spelling?).<BR/>Really great post Caro!<BR/>a.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150062460967012172006-06-11T22:47:00.000+01:002006-06-11T22:47:00.000+01:00that's a very striking picture of crow. i like it!...that's a very striking picture of crow. i like it! committing words to memory? that's what books are for, innit? i agree with you.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150058681166392432006-06-11T21:44:00.000+01:002006-06-11T21:44:00.000+01:00Your picture is a reminder as on Friday some magp...Your picture is a reminder as on Friday some magpies attacked a young jackdaw who landed in the garden. Unfortunately a combination of the magpies and a cat left him unable to fly, so I housed him in a makeshift cage with food and water, hoping he would recover. Unfortunatly not.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01047342243577979820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150044238913438192006-06-11T17:43:00.000+01:002006-06-11T17:43:00.000+01:00it is fascinating - the mind and memory. Love your...it is fascinating - the mind and memory. Love your crow too!Jennifer S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04095295914294471508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150043233115683522006-06-11T17:27:00.000+01:002006-06-11T17:27:00.000+01:00Paris Parfait - thank you - I should have credited...Paris Parfait - thank you - I should have credited T S Elliot now I come to think of it - I'll do that...<BR/><BR/>Susanlavonne - thank you - it was the fun playing with the texture.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150043060645902662006-06-11T17:24:00.001+01:002006-06-11T17:24:00.001+01:00Aynaku - it was originally called the crow's refle...Aynaku - it was originally called the crow's reflection and I did do a version that was much more distorted in the water but I preferred this gentler one - glad you liked it too!<BR/><BR/>Andrea - one of the things I really wanted to be was an actor, well no I wanted to be an actress, it was in the days when that's what female actors were called ;-).... but even I realised I had a bit of a handicap if I wanted to act and really, really could not remember lines... <BR/><BR/>C. Delia - thank you - 100 lines of Shakespeare? Oh yes I failed in remembering any of the Tempest and we were meant to commit some part or other of it to memory but even which part is now escaping me... obviously not my forte! I wonder whether you actually managed yours...<BR/><BR/>Joy Eliz - if I thought that was the reason... well its a nice thought... I see patterns and my brain makes things into patterns and has to translate them back into words - but won't necessarily choose the same ones on its way out. I once read somewhere (and no I've no idea where that's something else that is all too easily forgotten) that shaman are seers of patterns...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150043053126962992006-06-11T17:24:00.000+01:002006-06-11T17:24:00.000+01:00your crow is so cool...i especially like the textu...your crow is so cool...i especially like the texture..<BR/>i remember hearing that poem as a child...thanks for the refresher :-)susanlavonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02579948528761683764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150042640558121492006-06-11T17:17:00.000+01:002006-06-11T17:17:00.000+01:00Cute poem and clever post!Cute poem and clever post!paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150041635530634872006-06-11T17:00:00.000+01:002006-06-11T17:00:00.000+01:00Love the crow!!!!Love the poem!!!Caro, I think tha...Love the crow!!!!<BR/>Love the poem!!!<BR/><BR/>Caro, I think that you are not the average person and that your energy is vibrationally high...<BR/>Holding on to poetry is great - if you have nothing else to hold;)Joy Elizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069035948878557530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150040934975401082006-06-11T16:48:00.000+01:002006-06-11T16:48:00.000+01:00Your crow image was very evocative...and the myste...Your crow image was very evocative...and the mystery of poetry memorization rang true for me. I had to do this for a course once--one hundred lines of Shakespeare...I almost died!Left-handed Trees...https://www.blogger.com/profile/06057727021295729384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150039760861770072006-06-11T16:29:00.000+01:002006-06-11T16:29:00.000+01:00I like your mystery as I've often had similar musi...I like your mystery as I've often had similar musings about actors (maybe Kyknoord can respond to that!). I do, however, still remember things I learned when my brain was young and uncluttered:<BR/><BR/>James James Morrsion Morrison Weatehrby George Dupris took great care of his mother though he was only three James James said to his mother mother he said said he you must never go down to the end of the town if you don't go down with me.<BR/><BR/>So there. :)andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364011769128646998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16297785.post-1150039340834757562006-06-11T16:22:00.000+01:002006-06-11T16:22:00.000+01:00I like your mysterious crow...I like the way it my...I like your mysterious crow...I like the way it mysteriously comes into view from that appealing waving background...<BR/>perhaps the only poems once can easily remember are some japanese aiku (or ayku,is the right way to write it...gosh, I don't remember anymore...)tnx for your comment<BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com