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Yes, Lawrence - another abuse I can throw at the mob. Andrew On 24 May 2012 23:28, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Lawrence, > > it's pretty good, that too. > > thanks for remind. > > > On 25/05/2012, at 12:51 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote: > > > I enjoyed the focus on Coriolanus and _fragments_ > > > > Can't beat that; but I'd just like to chant my favourite address to the > > mob, from Julius Caesar > > > > You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things > > > > L > > > > > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 17:09, Jill Jones wrote: > >> I'd be interested if you did find it, Doug. > >> > >> > >> > >> On 25/05/2012, at 12:37 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Interesting how you came to it, Jill. > >>> > >>> > >>> It's a (fragmented?) form of homolinguistic translation, as we often > >>> call it here... > >>> > >>> I did a version of WS once, of a song, in a one-word-per-line take > >>> (which I cant find right now)... > >>> > >>> > >>> Doug > >>> On 2012-05-24, at 3:51 AM, Jill Jones wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi Andrew, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Well, they are intentionally fragments. I was nudged into via Bill S > >>>> when I saw the movie version of Coriolanus, and the line 'Go get you > >>>> home, you fragments' struck me. It comes with a sense of the abject, > >>>> of course, but because Fiennes performance was so (perhaps > >>>> over)energetic there was a charge there (in my feeble brain, anyway), > >>>> the People as fragments. Now, from there, in my own weird little poet > >>>> mind, I moved along through thought and rethought and rejection and > >>>> another thought to thinking maybe I can do something with this idea > >>>> (and maybe not - it is an experiment, and bound for failure as any). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> One thought was I collected lines or phrases from the plays relating > >>>> to a certain word that interested me and then did a bit of pick n mix > >>>> as to what might work. I did one or two a while back, then gave it > >>>> up, but the one I sent on Wed was one I did as a return to the idea > >>>> this week - so, that one was of the nonce in our snap way. It was > >>>> taken from a collection of lines using the word 'air'. > >>>> > >>>> But here's an earlier one which incorporates a fragment of the above > >>>> quote. I have or two others that sort of work as well - one related > >>>> to crows. > >>>> > >>>> Remainders > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Go get you home > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> in hard voyages > >>>> > >>>> guarded with scraps > >>>> > >>>> the bits, and greasy relics. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Nay, you were > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> some slender ort > >>>> > >>>> From whence, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> fragment? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> It may lead nowhere and it may morph into another idea, or, or, or > >>>> ... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for the interest. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Fragmented of Linden Park > >>>> > >>>> > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/