<?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.post115529335298169890..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/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.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>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115552157166308944</id><published>2006-08-13T22:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-13T22:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As David says, there is a whole body of non-narrat...</title><summary type='text'>As David says, there is a whole body of non-narrative cinema available, but you&#39;ll have to look for it. The traditional narrative form has become the accepted mainstream of film, although there were many, many exploratory and experimental, non-narrative and purely imagistic films in the early days. I used to play Stick in a music ensemble that improvised live music to silent films; I would say </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115552157166308944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115552157166308944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155521520000#c115552157166308944' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07399620147907002735</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1119200278"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115546321409118511</id><published>2006-08-13T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-13T06:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>p.s. O.D. --there is, of course, a whole vast body...</title><summary type='text'>p.s. O.D. --&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;there is, of course, a whole vast body of non-narrative&lt;BR/&gt;cinema.  But you won&#39;t find it at your local multiplex.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115546321409118511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115546321409118511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155463200000#c115546321409118511' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115546312710681250</id><published>2006-08-13T05:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-13T05:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some interesting stuff there, no doubt.The paradox...</title><summary type='text'>Some interesting stuff there, no doubt.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The paradox about all this is that, as a generality,&lt;BR/&gt;it seems one could hardly find a poetry more steeped &lt;BR/&gt;in (what strikes me as) a notable feel of abstraction&lt;BR/&gt;per se, than classical Chinese poetry.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyway, ancient Chinese does have words for things like&lt;BR/&gt;time, life, fate, virtue, human-kindness, etc.  If this &lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115546312710681250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115546312710681250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155463080000#c115546312710681250' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115541516384050172</id><published>2006-08-12T16:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T16:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>d.i.---Also: when a succession of images is given,...</title><summary type='text'>d.i.---&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also: when a succession of images is given, they&#39;re usually tied to a narrative or scenic logic that contains them. Some surrealist films I&#39;ve seen overcome this limitation. But it seems rare, outside of music videos (for all that MTV&#39;s been attacked as brain-rotting (probably because of the purported similarity to drug experiences), I think it may be having the very opposite </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115541516384050172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115541516384050172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155415140000#c115541516384050172' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115538482226542871</id><published>2006-08-12T08:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T08:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>O.D.,about the use of imagery qua poetic imagery i...</title><summary type='text'>O.D.,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;about the use of imagery qua poetic imagery in cinema, I think some narrative films do this somewhat sub rosa, though some make it a bit more centerstage / overt.  The films of Andre Tarkovsky can be recommended.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;About this:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;&lt; One of the interesting things about Chinese (a major, major influence on Japanese poetry) is that it has no abstract nouns. &gt;&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115538482226542871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115538482226542871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155384780000#c115538482226542871' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115537081582280556</id><published>2006-08-12T04:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T04:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Art Durkee said...     It&#39;s possible, I believe, a...</title><summary type='text'>Art Durkee said...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;     &lt;I&gt;It&#39;s possible, I believe, although I&#39;m not always sure what it would look like, to have a poetry of embodiment out of which also arises engagement, empathy, and shared experience, and even spritual and philosophical truth (again, demonstrated by example, rather than simply restating a truism). I suspect this was the original appeal of much Zen-inspired Beat </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115537081582280556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115537081582280556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155370800000#c115537081582280556' title=''/><author><name>peN</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08068813038783953187</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-499294682"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115533379240632187</id><published>2006-08-11T18:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T18:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Art writes: &quot;If film can do this, so can poetry. P...</title><summary type='text'>Art writes: &quot;If film can do this, so can poetry. Perhaps we can develop a style of what we might call cinematic poetry, which presents imagery without (surface) explanation, in sequential presentation out of which meaning arises organically.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;This gets at the very root of the common problem with many contemporary poems, in that they tell you what&#39;s going on, rather than showing you. The</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115533379240632187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115533379240632187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155333780000#c115533379240632187' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115531580917382951</id><published>2006-08-11T13:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T13:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I always thought the point of picking Keanu was th...</title><summary type='text'>I always thought the point of picking Keanu was that &lt;B&gt;anyone&lt;/B&gt; could be Buddha. It could have been Gilda Radner or Chuck Norris or Kermit the Frog.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115531580917382951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115531580917382951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155315780000#c115531580917382951' 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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115531542008281918</id><published>2006-08-11T12:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T12:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I appreciate this review very much, it makes me wa...</title><summary type='text'>I appreciate this review very much, it makes me want to go out and see the film as soon as possible.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I want to riff on a comment Mr. Silliman makes towards the end of his review, when he mentions DuPlessis&#39; Blues Studios:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The key phrase is this, I think: the distinction [i]between poems that tell you what to think (or that model it . . .) &amp; poems that are themselves </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115531542008281918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115531542008281918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155315420000#c115531542008281918' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07399620147907002735</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1119200278"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115531366149855144</id><published>2006-08-11T12:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T12:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I tend to prefer Keanu Reeves in comedies such as ...</title><summary type='text'>I tend to prefer Keanu Reeves in comedies such as The Replacements, or the early goofball road films such as the Ted &amp; Bill&#39;s Excellent Adventure.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why it is that he can&#39;t play wisdom figures is beyond me, but he does goofballs really nicely.  Why do they keep putting him into these Buddhist films? I guess it&#39;s his trace of Asian ancestry that makes him look the part.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115531366149855144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115531366149855144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155313620000#c115531366149855144' 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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115530865508712710</id><published>2006-08-11T11:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T11:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Coffee in hand, ready for my morning poetry fix, I...</title><summary type='text'>Coffee in hand, ready for my morning poetry fix, I am startled to find Silliman has morphed into Jane Dark!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115530865508712710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115530865508712710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155308640000#c115530865508712710' title=''/><author><name>forkingspoon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05103242774838156692</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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-619181895"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529696706734304</id><published>2006-08-11T07:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T07:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Buddhism utilizes both extreme simplicity and comp...</title><summary type='text'>Buddhism utilizes both extreme simplicity and complexity and both extremes tend to exist beyond the scope of the films depicting it.  I find the most rewarding film on Buddhism to be Werner Herzog’s Wheel of Time, a documentary that chronicles the extreme devotion of pilgrims who come to see the Dalai Lama in his home base.  In an interview with the Dalai Lama, Herzog asks about the meaning of a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115529696706734304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115529335298169890/comments/default/115529696706734304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html?showComment=1155296940000#c115529696706734304' 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/2006/08/tsewang-dandup-novices-from-tibetan.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115529335298169890' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115529335298169890' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 11, 2006"/></entry></feed>