<?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.post144109419526742840..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/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.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>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5884973749453753035</id><published>2007-03-24T23:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T23:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the end of the world as we know itthe revolution w...</title><summary type='text'>the end of the world as we know it&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the revolution will not be amplified&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;to the musicians -&lt;BR/&gt;play hard to get&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;bring back the quiet sound&lt;BR/&gt;before recording&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;what what&lt;BR/&gt;are you all deaf&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you want whores&lt;BR/&gt;they who sell their&lt;BR/&gt;hyperbolized trash&lt;BR/&gt;for some attention&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it&#39;s not music&lt;BR/&gt;anyway&lt;BR/&gt;unless you can hear&lt;BR/&gt;the actual </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/5884973749453753035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/5884973749453753035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174793040000#c5884973749453753035' 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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8057739477658228739</id><published>2007-03-22T17:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T17:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Can one be promiscuously faithful?&quot;Sure.&quot;But one ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Can one be promiscuously faithful?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sure.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;But one only whores toward what causes poetry&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;~JS</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/8057739477658228739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/8057739477658228739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174599300000#c8057739477658228739' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18245811513028331681</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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-427946957"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6457302201164496128</id><published>2007-03-21T17:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T17:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>curtistouche&#39;my thoughts are as yoursi think bukow...</title><summary type='text'>curtis&lt;BR/&gt;touche&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;my thoughts are &lt;BR/&gt;as yours&lt;BR/&gt;i think bukowski would agree&lt;BR/&gt;with auden&lt;BR/&gt;he liked the way words worked&lt;BR/&gt;and while hearing the&lt;BR/&gt;rather formless&lt;BR/&gt;but not necessarily meterless&lt;BR/&gt;cadences of  Ahmuhrikun&lt;BR/&gt;bukowski could make a phrase ring&lt;BR/&gt;in ways that perhaps even auden could not&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(i&#39;ve only appreciated a few of the auden poems&lt;BR/&gt;i </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/6457302201164496128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/6457302201164496128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174511760000#c6457302201164496128' 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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8481271353112220310</id><published>2007-03-21T14:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T14:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>re: R o d e f e r the NEVER OHIO AGAINone made me ...</title><summary type='text'>re: R o d e f e r &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;NEVER OHIO AGAIN&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;one made me laugh &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;maybe it should say &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;TURN ON TUNE &lt;BR/&gt;IN DROP OUT</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/8481271353112220310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/8481271353112220310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174503300000#c8481271353112220310' title=''/><author><name>jack</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15838140058314362191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='25' src='http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/davichof/vertigo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1763096068"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5090062855331879382</id><published>2007-03-21T14:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T14:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Culted again. I seem to belong to so many. Can one...</title><summary type='text'>Culted again. I seem to belong to so many. Can one be promiscuously faithful?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But, also: &quot;...there’s a suppleness to the voice, there’s an effect of simplicity. That’s what was pleasing me ... So that’s what I was trying for....&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/5090062855331879382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/5090062855331879382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174503000000#c5090062855331879382' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8286563674664905690</id><published>2007-03-21T12:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T12:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Auden essay, of course, is absolutely correct ...</title><summary type='text'>The Auden essay, of course, is absolutely correct in every respect--particularly if you are the sort of person who lusts after the kind of poetry Auden himself wrote and admired.  For those who might wish to pursue a different dragon, the criticism would seem to be a bit skewed.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The obverse of the Auden theory of talent is that the worst possible affliction an aspiring poet can have is</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/8286563674664905690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/8286563674664905690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174496340000#c8286563674664905690' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4106586354437240712</id><published>2007-03-21T12:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T12:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the little essays by audenspeak volumesif you read...</title><summary type='text'>the little essays by auden&lt;BR/&gt;speak volumes&lt;BR/&gt;if you read nothing else today&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;to hell with creative writing&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a sonnet is a sonnet when it sounds like what it means&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;happy spring&lt;BR/&gt;happy birthday j s bach&lt;BR/&gt;happy feast of st benedict of nursia&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;j</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/4106586354437240712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/4106586354437240712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174495440000#c4106586354437240712' 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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3547658089042829384</id><published>2007-03-21T12:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T12:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>re: Schjeldahl in the New YorkerRyman’s career as ...</title><summary type='text'>re: Schjeldahl in the New Yorker&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ryman’s career as a painter, which imho has been a complete and utter fraud, comes in part because critics and curators like to feel needed.  And boy does Ryman need those critics and curators to tell Joe Sixpack that those monotonous non-paintings should be taken seriously.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The problem here is that Ryman is stealing the idea of Malevich and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/3547658089042829384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/3547658089042829384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174495140000#c3547658089042829384' 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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5491071263961168774</id><published>2007-03-21T12:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T12:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>rodefer collection from carcanet in 08. thank god....</title><summary type='text'>rodefer collection from carcanet in 08. thank god.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/5491071263961168774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/5491071263961168774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174492920000#c5491071263961168774' title=''/><author><name>CLAY BANES</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658806946108194962</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://lh3.google.com/_6SQBrtEu124/Rb6PNwpV5xI/AAAAAAAAADw/X6xmNGs9x8A/s1600/square%2Beyeball.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1291817752"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5671961869807761291</id><published>2007-03-21T11:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T11:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stephen Burt manages to sound both impressed and d...</title><summary type='text'>Stephen Burt manages to sound both impressed and disappointed at the same time.  This must be a new critical skill.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He wishes he could find consolation in Armantrout, but finds only skepticism and insight.  Maybe he&#39;s still working out his Oedipus complex.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/5671961869807761291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/5671961869807761291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174492140000#c5671961869807761291' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4476430563343540382</id><published>2007-03-21T11:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T11:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Rodefer shit looks like a Grenier knock-off.  ...</title><summary type='text'>The Rodefer shit looks like a Grenier knock-off.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So he should stick to his own shtick?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/4476430563343540382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/144109419526742840/comments/default/4476430563343540382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html?showComment=1174491420000#c4476430563343540382' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/text-paintings-by-stephen-rodefer-rae.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-144109419526742840' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/144109419526742840' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 21, 2007"/></entry></feed>