<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post114191197617126566..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>57</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114227233485271983</id><published>2006-03-13T12:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T12:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ah finally   the wisdom of contemplation     i kne...</title><summary type='text'>ah finally   the wisdom of contemplation     i knew it was out there somewhere    minds applied communally around a quilt    a form    a way of cohesion of the real people    people who gather and talk   and even make an art of gossip    who hold the world together    stitch by loving stitch   honesty manifest   somehow it sounds sacramental    as long as the girls keep vigilant watch on the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114227233485271983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114227233485271983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1142272320000#c114227233485271983' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114219880894878727</id><published>2006-03-12T16:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T16:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Our culture has yet to develop a signifying syste...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Our culture has yet to develop a signifying system of threads, stitches and needles that would compare to the meaning-production of langue and images.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;hmmm&lt;BR/&gt;I suggest some of you&lt;BR/&gt;might find&lt;BR/&gt;what&#39;s been going on in Quilting&lt;BR/&gt;(both pieced and appliqued)&lt;BR/&gt;fascinating&lt;BR/&gt;some of it  even&lt;BR/&gt;is vis-po!&lt;BR/&gt;and some of it &lt;BR/&gt;is clothing&lt;BR/&gt;and heaps of it&lt;BR/&gt;are not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114219880894878727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114219880894878727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1142198760000#c114219880894878727' title=''/><author><name>suzanne</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18396449966859846043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-769341666"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114209497762253464</id><published>2006-03-11T11:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T11:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>perhaps...however...it may be true as well!</title><summary type='text'>perhaps...however...it may be true as well!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114209497762253464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114209497762253464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1142094960000#c114209497762253464' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114202245827510244</id><published>2006-03-10T15:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T15:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Man, that is &quot;fugg&quot;d up.</title><summary type='text'>Man, that is &quot;fugg&quot;d up.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114202245827510244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114202245827510244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1142022420000#c114202245827510244' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114202047471883946</id><published>2006-03-10T14:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T14:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>one final digg...are not the real questions here h...</title><summary type='text'>one final digg...are not the real questions here having to do with what we mean by feminine?   i ask myself...can i be honest about my &quot;feelings&quot;  about women draped and paid in such extravagance?   i will say up front...i want to fugg them....rip their well-designed clothes off and respond directly to their bodily suggestions.   for...do they not say with their bodies so adorned...i am fuggable?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114202047471883946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114202047471883946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1142020440000#c114202047471883946' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114201081994078879</id><published>2006-03-10T12:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T12:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, go fashion.  Go Bo Bice.  Sweet Home Alabama...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, go fashion.  Go Bo Bice.  Sweet Home Alabama.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But fashion Mr. Silliman?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Whatever gets you through the night man, whatever gets you through that.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And the good news is, the motor wasn&#39;t out of gas.  Four hours tonight (rationing here is a way of life you know) and Jumblatt in DC &quot;talking it all over&quot; with Kissinger and Condi.  What a trio eh?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;All they&#39;re </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114201081994078879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114201081994078879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1142010780000#c114201081994078879' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114201009614125869</id><published>2006-03-10T12:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T12:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Boy I gotta speed post because the electricity is ...</title><summary type='text'>Boy I gotta speed post because the electricity is out and my motor is dying really fast...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The weather report:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Israel says it will rain Tuesday so it will.&lt;BR/&gt;Here, the weather-girls are more about glamour,&lt;BR/&gt;because in Lebanon, we know it will rain&lt;BR/&gt;sooner or later, just don&#39;t know when&lt;BR/&gt;and want to look good when it does.&lt;BR/&gt;But Israel knows!  They have balloons&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114201009614125869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114201009614125869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1142010060000#c114201009614125869' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196922941861665</id><published>2006-03-10T00:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T00:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i think it&#39;s time to make some moonshine</title><summary type='text'>i think it&#39;s time to make some moonshine</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196922941861665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196922941861665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141969200000#c114196922941861665' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196918466456415</id><published>2006-03-10T00:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T00:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The yanks have Tivo, right?While we were talking a...</title><summary type='text'>The yanks have Tivo, right?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;While we were talking about it, they were probably watching it all over again.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196918466456415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196918466456415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141969140000#c114196918466456415' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196906130522665</id><published>2006-03-10T00:37:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T00:37:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i&#39;m from alabama.  it&#39;s a slow night in virginia. ...</title><summary type='text'>i&#39;m from alabama.  it&#39;s a slow night in virginia.  wonder what the yanks are up to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196906130522665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196906130522665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141969020001#c114196906130522665' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196905710327381</id><published>2006-03-10T00:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T00:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;It&#39;s a slooow night in Alabama.....&quot;Yet oddly eno...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;It&#39;s a slooow night in Alabama.....&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yet oddly enough, this somehow made it go more quickly for me. Do you think I was having too much fun?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196905710327381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196905710327381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141969020000#c114196905710327381' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196685155069662</id><published>2006-03-10T00:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T00:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s a slooow night in Alabama.....</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s a slooow night in Alabama.....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196685155069662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196685155069662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141966800000#c114196685155069662' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous Brigham Young</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184908956758089476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835717142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196657464508216</id><published>2006-03-09T23:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mischaracterization galore.My argument was never t...</title><summary type='text'>Mischaracterization galore.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My argument was never that poetry is &quot;better&quot; than fashion simply because it&#39;s a more democratic form of art. My argument is that we should be questioning/criticizing &lt;I&gt;anything&lt;/I&gt; that affects our culture in such dramatic ways as high fashion does, while remaining virtually inaccessible to those who are affected.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;re the one who tried to bring </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196657464508216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196657464508216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141966560000#c114196657464508216' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196617306256417</id><published>2006-03-09T23:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>but this was your argument.  that poetry was bette...</title><summary type='text'>but this was your argument.  that poetry was better than fashion because anyone could participate in poetry.  i&#39;m just saying that &quot;anyone&quot; can also participate in fashion.  even fasion-as-high-art.  i can certainly make artsy, unwearab;e designs, too.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;m going to pretend i have someting better to do now.....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196617306256417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196617306256417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141966140000#c114196617306256417' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196610265872581</id><published>2006-03-09T23:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What&#39;s with all of your attempts to claim the &quot;wor...</title><summary type='text'>What&#39;s with all of your attempts to claim the &quot;working class&quot; in this argument? I don&#39;t understand. Are they a piece of territory that you feel we&#39;re fighting over?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196610265872581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196610265872581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141966080000#c114196610265872581' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196607858749583</id><published>2006-03-09T23:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;When I watch Project Runway and I see, for instan...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;When I watch Project Runway and I see, for instance, Chloe&#39;s dress darts, I understand the political implications of making the darts in the way that she did it.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not convinced. Exactly what are the political implications of the dress darts, other than that they&#39;ve been made into ornaments to be worn by a tall, svelte model? &lt;BR/&gt;I would argue that the context of the show severely </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196607858749583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196607858749583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141966020000#c114196607858749583' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous Brigham Young</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184908956758089476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835717142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196587763571102</id><published>2006-03-09T23:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What we&#39;ve been talking about up until now, if I&#39;m...</title><summary type='text'>What we&#39;ve been talking about up until now, if I&#39;m not mistaken, is fashion as something nice to look at, even to the extent that it is virtually unwearable. Fashion purely as art, in other words.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So I would say, no, an ordinary person cannot be involved in high fashion if doing so requires all of the other necessities, like access to models with acceptable body types, expensive </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196587763571102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196587763571102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141965840000#c114196587763571102' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196484734373154</id><published>2006-03-09T23:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Our culture has yet to develop a signifying syste...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Our culture has yet to develop a signifying system of threads, stitches and needles that would compare to the meaning-production of langue and images.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This simply isn&#39;t true.  You might not know how to read the significance of different fabrics, stitches, and the needles that make them, but that doesn&#39;t mean that everyone is in the same position.  There is a clear semiotics to sewing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196484734373154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196484734373154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141964820000#c114196484734373154' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196463409094421</id><published>2006-03-09T23:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:23:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Anyone with a needle and thread and some fabric ca...</title><summary type='text'>Anyone with a needle and thread and some fabric can make a dress.&lt;BR/&gt;making a good dress requires skill, knowledge of the materials, etc.; just like writing good poetry.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;actually making clothes seems to be one of the most radical political acts i can think of.  i know my mom made my clothes when i was little b/c we didn&#39;t have money to buy clothes; fabric and thread are cheap.  now i </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196463409094421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196463409094421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141964580001#c114196463409094421' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196458431308949</id><published>2006-03-09T23:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;But if one were to understand the language of fas...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;But if one were to understand the language of fashion--the fabrics, stitches, threads, kinds of needles, kinds of machines, etc.--perhaps one would better appreciate its complexity.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I agree. I&#39;m not dismissing all textile arts, though I&#39;m not sure how one can appreciate all of those atrributes by watching a runway show. &lt;BR/&gt;And appreciation of technical difficulty is not the same as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196458431308949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196458431308949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141964580000#c114196458431308949' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous Brigham Young</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184908956758089476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835717142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196410257517891</id><published>2006-03-09T23:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So the fact that I cannot just up and attend a fas...</title><summary type='text'>So the fact that I cannot just up and attend a fashion show, that even very upwardly mobile people cannot do this, much less poor, disenfranchised, uneducated folks, does not consitute a socio-cultural issues that is always on the surface of high fashion? Or the fact that only those with means can participate in this &quot;high art,&quot; whereas anybody with language, a writing utencil, and some kind of a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196410257517891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196410257517891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141964100000#c114196410257517891' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196405190780634</id><published>2006-03-09T23:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;I started arguing about this because it seemed li...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;I started arguing about this because it seemed like there was a certain unnecessary snobbishness (both yesterday and today) about PR--watching PR as an activity that such high-bred intellectuals as ourselves...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ll admit it--I think reality TV is boring, vapid and gross and I reserve the right to sneer or turn up my nose at those who defend it. I resist the idea that being &quot;an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196405190780634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196405190780634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141964040000#c114196405190780634' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous Brigham Young</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184908956758089476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835717142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196339749764027</id><published>2006-03-09T23:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T23:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;People who are poor, severely handicapped, mental...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;People who are poor, severely handicapped, mentally unstable, slovenly alcoholics, have very poor social skills, etc. have been successful poets, while this is not exactly the case with runway fashion. Has it ever been?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes.  the same demographic can be applied to designers.  Particular demographics (women, gay men) were able to infiltrate the design world before they could do so in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196339749764027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196339749764027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141963380000#c114196339749764027' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196305070612345</id><published>2006-03-09T22:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T22:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;wasn&#39;t writing constantly about spitting on bums,...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;wasn&#39;t writing constantly about spitting on bums, giving women black eyes, and murdering Jews, was he?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No, but models and fashion designers aren&#39;t &quot;spitting on bums, giving women black eyes, and murdering Jews&quot;.  The sociocultural issues of Fashion aren&#39;t on the surface, if that&#39;s the surface.  Let&#39;s keep our parallels aligned.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;If George Bush Jr. started participating in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196305070612345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196305070612345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141963020000#c114196305070612345' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114196255381271361</id><published>2006-03-09T22:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T22:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Isn&#39;t this the same argument that people make abo...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Isn&#39;t this the same argument that people make about Pound or Eliot?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think there are many important differences. Neither Pound or Eliot had the same kind of mass exposure television has. No one was running into the ghettos of Paris or London with copies of the Cantos, screaming, &quot;look what you can&#39;t have!&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;Poetry as an art form, while often a medium dominated by wealthy, educated</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196255381271361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114191197617126566/comments/default/114196255381271361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html?showComment=1141962540000#c114196255381271361' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous Brigham Young</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184908956758089476</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/with-regards-to-project-runway-my.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114191197617126566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114191197617126566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835717142"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2006"/></entry></feed>