tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.comments2023-08-27T01:42:12.189-07:00Cosmic IronyLaura Castellvíhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053432369770008175noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-61471377005349809832012-06-17T08:26:16.214-07:002012-06-17T08:26:16.214-07:00Dear Carlos,
Thanks for visiting my blog. You...Dear Carlos,<br /><br />Thanks for visiting my blog. You're absolutely right.<br /><br />So glad you liked it.<br /><br />LauraLaura Castellvíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053432369770008175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-42608303983726363412012-05-01T10:49:46.769-07:002012-05-01T10:49:46.769-07:00Dear Laura,
I was reading your blog in the USA an...Dear Laura, <br />I was reading your blog in the USA and in my opinion what is important is not the rose or the water, but the utilization of symbols by the author to avoid a long explanation by using minimal words. Your blog is excellent. <br />--Carlos Porta.Carlos Portanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-42680837463743748662012-02-12T17:05:18.654-08:002012-02-12T17:05:18.654-08:00Thank you for leaving a comment. When I first tho...Thank you for leaving a comment. When I first thought about the topic, "water" came to my mind instead of "roses". <br /><br />It is true that water is omnipresent in literature and in art, particularly in painting, even more so than roses. Nevertheless, it is present in various forms, with slightly different shades of meaning. This fact dissuaded me from choosing water. But I may write about the symbolic use of water in another post.<br /><br />Personally, I believe that the beauty of a rose is unparalleled (not the frilly variety, of course); yet other flowers, such as jasmins and wisterias, have better fragrances. All the flowers you mentioned are really very beautiful.<br /><br />Though a highly multivalent color, white is usually associated with purity and virginity, red with passion, and pink with innocence (a combination of red and white).<br /><br />Your final lines made me laugh!!Laura Castellvíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053432369770008175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-18446471180449623142012-02-12T16:07:05.483-08:002012-02-12T16:07:05.483-08:00Thanks a lot, Diane! I've visited your new bl...Thanks a lot, Diane! I've visited your new blog, which I liked very much, and left a few comments.Laura Castellvíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053432369770008175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-32975024635031086532012-02-12T15:09:35.303-08:002012-02-12T15:09:35.303-08:00Melissa,
Thank you for leaving a comment. I see ...Melissa,<br /><br />Thank you for leaving a comment. I see your point and think that Meryl Streep's performance is an excellent example to illustrate the topic under discussion.<br /><br />To me, style and voice are different things. Some acclaimed writers have a remarkable style but have not achieved a distinct voice. The voice is like the writer's presence in his work, which can be applied to literature and to other artistic expressions as well. Many artists are very skillful at what they do, but their art has no soul, like the dancer whose technique is perfect but has no presence on stage and cannot convey any feeling.<br /><br />Probably you've read The Stranger by Albert Camus. In this novel the writer's voice is "bland" as you put it, simply because it has to reflect the main character, Meursault, a nihilist. Other works by Camus are quite different regarding style and voice. Hemingway's style is unadorned, too, but no one can deny that he had a voice.<br /><br />Literary genres, such as dirty realism and minimalism, strip the plot of all unnecessary details and adornments, so writers follow certain "guidelines" to write under these genres, but that doesn't mean that they don't have a voice.Laura Castellvíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053432369770008175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-3133644216815151492012-02-12T09:11:14.415-08:002012-02-12T09:11:14.415-08:00I would answer the initial question with "wat...I would answer the initial question with "water", not "roses". The sea, rivers, rain, waterfalls...<br /><br />I like the way you've explained the symbolism, Laura, and those are excellent examples. I have just one problem: I don't much like roses, at least the frilly cultivated variety.<br /><br />Hmm...My love is like a purple, purple iris? An amber, amber lily? A yellow, yellow celandine - or daffodil or primrose?<br /><br />In European medieval and some later symbolism, the white rose symbolises virginity, so the red rose becomes, well, the alternative.SibatheHathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502557278669132803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-88996942047920192412012-02-11T16:52:22.731-08:002012-02-11T16:52:22.731-08:00Laura, thanks for mentioning also that the writer&...Laura, thanks for mentioning also that the writer's voice can flex and shade for different circumstances. I've often wondered whether people who talk about your voice being "authentic" were dismissing the idea of changing style and diction to suit the circumstances (like Meryl Streep who can change so much from one role to another that she is almost unrecognizable as the same person). <br /><br />I'd like your thoughts, though, on another point. Where you talk about a writer's voice needing to be unique and recognizable, there are a number of writers who very, very skillfully make their "voice" (style, diction whatever) invisible so that the reader would never be able to distinguish them by voice. I have an MFA in creative writing <br />(sorry, not bragging, just establishing credentials), so I've heard some very accomplished and well-regarded writers say that these writers, too, have achieved a high standard of "voice" just by making theirs so...well...I guess you might call it...hmm, bland? <br /><br />How would you deal with this as a style of "voice?"Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829169854081937434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-49881303067421902392012-02-07T14:08:47.739-08:002012-02-07T14:08:47.739-08:00Well-written, Laura. You have made some good point...Well-written, Laura. You have made some good points. Yes, the author's voice must shine through the story. And it must, as you said, be authentic. If we are not believable in our writing, who wants to read what we write? I enjoyed the way you incorporated art and music. I am also an artist and I love classical music. I do play piano (not very well), though not much any more. I played an organ in church for a few years (that was quite a few years ago). And I have written some music as well. So the post was definitely to my liking.Diane Stephensonhttp://diane-stephenson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-38358675863268087662012-02-06T12:04:22.915-08:002012-02-06T12:04:22.915-08:00Excellent post, Laura. You have chosen some great ...Excellent post, Laura. You have chosen some great examples to "illustrate" your topic. Well done.Diane Stephensonhttp://diane-stephenson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-35290640944050198742012-01-11T11:14:05.418-08:002012-01-11T11:14:05.418-08:00Thanks, Diego, so glad you liked it!Thanks, Diego, so glad you liked it!Laura Castellvíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053432369770008175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076292823129975954.post-18045133060648642402012-01-11T07:18:01.538-08:002012-01-11T07:18:01.538-08:00Gracias por hacer que el horizonte cultural de qui...Gracias por hacer que el horizonte cultural de quienes desconocemos algunas piezas de arte y literatura se amplie y se embelleza con tus comentarios.<br />DiegoUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869585272415229864noreply@blogger.com