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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 >>>> >>>>