<?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.post114354614251031702..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/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><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>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114367543555551122</id><published>2006-03-29T18:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T18:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ethically speaking the piece would seem to be a sl...</title><summary type='text'>Ethically speaking the piece would seem to be a slam-dunk.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Aesthetically, I&#39;m not even sure if we can look at it from any other than the political viewpoint.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think a great aesthetic work asks us to open new questions.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To me this is like saying the world is round.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s true that it&#39;s round, but it doesn&#39;t seem very risky to say so.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Since your </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114367543555551122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114367543555551122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html?showComment=1143675420000#c114367543555551122' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114354614251031702' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114354614251031702' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114359919627802410</id><published>2006-03-28T21:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T21:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No, not Auckland, Ackland.</title><summary type='text'>No, not Auckland, Ackland.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114359919627802410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114359919627802410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html?showComment=1143599160000#c114359919627802410' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</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/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114354614251031702' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114354614251031702' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114359446335787689</id><published>2006-03-28T20:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T20:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The problem with this as art is that there isn&#39;t m...</title><summary type='text'>The problem with this as art is that there isn&#39;t much of what Empson might have called ambiguity.  It seems more like agit-prop in that sense, a sledgehammer to the PC reflex for kneeling in guilt before its own image.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In other words, it seems to hog all discourse, and not allow for anything much else to be said.  I see that as an increasing tendency in the left.  Strident agit-prop is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114359446335787689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114359446335787689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html?showComment=1143594420000#c114359446335787689' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114354614251031702' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114354614251031702' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114358628555495929</id><published>2006-03-28T17:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T17:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Saar family show ended last weekend but there’s al...</title><summary type='text'>Saar family show ended last weekend but there’s always State College, PA...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Speaking of shows to see, there is a really great show of Ezra Pound manuscripts at the U of Delaware main library that will be there until June 16, which includes first editions by Zukofsky, Olson, Oppen, Mina Loy, Blackburn, on and on...  I want to see it again.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114358628555495929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114358628555495929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html?showComment=1143586260000#c114358628555495929' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114354614251031702' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114354614251031702' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114357583675649207</id><published>2006-03-28T14:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T14:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>auckland</title><summary type='text'>auckland</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114357583675649207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114357583675649207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html?showComment=1143575820000#c114357583675649207' title=''/><author><name>w.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01330509508149332419</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/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114354614251031702' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114354614251031702' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-534740713"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114356249594363919</id><published>2006-03-28T11:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T11:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>YIKES!It was SUCH A RELIEF to get to the part wher...</title><summary type='text'>YIKES!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It was SUCH A RELIEF to get to the part where you write, &quot;constructed (fortunately) not of flesh but rusted roofing tin&quot; and even though it was only a second after seeing and reading and thinking it POSSIBLY WAS REAL flesh, it was a gripping second.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For those who think I&#39;m an idiot for thinking that IT COULD BE real flesh, you don&#39;t know then that in Philadelphia where I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114356249594363919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114354614251031702/comments/default/114356249594363919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html?showComment=1143562440000#c114356249594363919' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</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/image-i-saw-of-african-american-mans.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114354614251031702' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114354614251031702' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 28, 2006"/></entry></feed>