tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post5998943353256117514..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Junco, Jay, Yeats' Ireland, Ways of Being in the WorldBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-23595865529864179622011-01-02T12:27:27.872-05:002011-01-02T12:27:27.872-05:00Farmchick, they're only occasional for me. I t...Farmchick, they're only occasional for me. I try to hate 'em for their nasty habits, but that blue . . . <br /><br />Brenda, proletariat juncos! Love it. But your second question is darker. History might say yes, mightn't it?<br /><br />Ken and Susan, and what I don't know, I make up? LOL, but probably some truth in there. "Anthropomorphizing" gets a bad name--it's a way for us to understand the Other, as well as MISunderstanding It. . . . <br /><br />Jeff M, great stuff on language. Do you think that implies that juncos are not native to N. America, like the house finch and starling? <br /><br />Sorry to you guys and Pierre about the Blogspot confusion.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-83935068590326989682010-12-27T20:50:25.933-05:002010-12-27T20:50:25.933-05:00Paula, once I was carrying on a bit in class, and ...Paula, once I was carrying on a bit in class, and a girl volunteered, "Somebody needs a nap." Was that you?Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-44004557049666370862010-12-27T17:59:31.760-05:002010-12-27T17:59:31.760-05:00When was the last time you had a single thought, B...When was the last time you had a single thought, B52? One thought per moment? Or better still, no thought at all? I think you're ready.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059415005282675289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-87739577224703571362010-12-26T18:44:05.245-05:002010-12-26T18:44:05.245-05:00And since Fitz. DOES notice those three groups, I ...And since Fitz. DOES notice those three groups, I have to wonder how he could be a sentient human--an ARTIST, for God's sake--and NOT notice such . . . objects for study. <br /><br />Ditto Hemingway, at least in The Sun Also Rises, which might be the only thing he wrote that matters.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-63274967132780458642010-12-26T18:41:28.444-05:002010-12-26T18:41:28.444-05:00Paula, the juncos strike me as calmly chipper, if ...Paula, the juncos strike me as calmly chipper, if that's not too oxymoronic. But most of all, welcome back and thanks for being interested in the subject. <br /><br />I still hope someone can explain why the words and idea have such a hold on me--and others, perhaps, not so much. It didn't go away with Santa, if that's what you were hoping. <br /><br />I think maybe "way," "being," and "world" have more heft than other axioms of this nature--the meaning of life business. <br /><br />AH, there's another answer to your question that's less flattering to those engaged in artistic pursuits: we write and paint and sculpt out of fear of death (the art objects are our children, of course) and out of our supreme egotism and narcissism. "Hey, world, look what I thought, felt, phrased, experienced! What a hot ticket am I!"<br /><br />I think it's possible that artistic endeavor has very little to do with the artist's understanding of the world and the other -- human and natural history, etc. -- and everything to do with his love of self. Others' ways of being in the world interest him little or not at all, except for making him sound deep to those who seem to matter in the art world. <br /><br />You and I both have a weakness for The Great Gatsby. But I've often wondered--without the BEST words to express it--how much Fitzgerald wondered about, explored, the way of being in the world in the nineteen-teens and -twenties for Jews and African-Americans. Oh, yes, and women of all stripes. <br /><br />Of COURSE this doesn't have to be either/or . . .Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-68924102202263706232010-12-26T16:08:45.571-05:002010-12-26T16:08:45.571-05:00It's interesting to think about this. The past...It's interesting to think about this. The past couple of years I've been under the weather so I look for all the world like a Junco but interestingly, instead of crabby like a Jay I've felt like a Junco too. Maybe they're more expansive than they look? Maybe I needed the time to learn that.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059415005282675289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-53581236415680109092010-12-25T20:27:23.394-05:002010-12-25T20:27:23.394-05:00Merry Christmas Monsieur Banjo.Merry Christmas Monsieur Banjo.Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137114728827304111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-24563655397663203402010-12-25T13:31:27.699-05:002010-12-25T13:31:27.699-05:00...and I'll return with details on "how t......and I'll return with details on "how to" get your blog out of extreme privacy mode.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-79923850534871930902010-12-25T13:30:23.832-05:002010-12-25T13:30:23.832-05:00I'll get back to you on this post and the prev...I'll get back to you on this post and the previous post when I get a chance. In the meantime Happy Holidays to you and yoursPasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-2501994845849641402010-12-25T08:31:05.062-05:002010-12-25T08:31:05.062-05:00Merry Christmas Banjo52!Merry Christmas Banjo52!Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-81486776278380565612010-12-23T12:40:06.138-05:002010-12-23T12:40:06.138-05:00Junco: Early 18th Century, Spanish, used as a ver...Junco: Early 18th Century, Spanish, used as a verb (though no longer in active vernacular): the reed bunting.<br /><br />Used now to define as one of any buntings of North and Central America of the genus Junco. A snow sparrow, from late 19th Century.<br /><br />Perhaps as an explanation for this bird's behavior, considering that "bunting" comes from the Middle English Bontin: to sift. <br /><br />As for "way of being in the world...," it's a bit broad, Banjo. Consider narrowing this down, as does the Junco in his foraging for food. <br /><br />I'll think of something for later.Jeff Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-56184393427669247572010-12-22T23:29:37.687-05:002010-12-22T23:29:37.687-05:00I like your character profiles of the birds and ho...I like your character profiles of the birds and how you use them to explore your theme. Way of being in the world - is it constant? Maybe it would be if there weren't other forces at work in the world.Susan Campisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255628787592008617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-76153778945445337122010-12-21T20:06:31.811-05:002010-12-21T20:06:31.811-05:00banjo know bird ! that Blue Jay looks very thought...banjo know bird ! that Blue Jay looks very thoughtfulKen Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-37377476216639394972010-12-21T15:40:42.092-05:002010-12-21T15:40:42.092-05:00Awesome photos.
Are juncos the proletariat of th...Awesome photos. <br /><br />Are juncos the proletariat of the bird world?<br />"Too long a sacrifice<br />Can make a stone of the heart."<br /><br />Will juncos eventually become cold of heart?? Will they leave the passive world and evolve into the aggressive? And will we recognize it when it happens?Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-91336975920917540032010-12-21T14:20:35.101-05:002010-12-21T14:20:35.101-05:00Jean and AH, thanks, and I agree with your points,...Jean and AH, thanks, and I agree with your points, esp. about paradox and our reasons for creating. <br /><br />But I can't get past thinking this concept is at the root of very, very much -- from raptor vs. junco to expansionists assuming they can quickly and easily take over in some remote, "primitive" place (I very much dislike the label, "third world"), and then the big power is surprised that it can't just waltz in--because they haven't sufficiently imagined the other's way of being in the world. <br /><br />(Nor can they imagine that they did not imagine, because they're so very big and so very special. And I cannot imagine a way of being that's rooted in such colossal, oblivious arrogance and aggression.). <br /><br />So when I go over to Billy's house to play, we will play what I want, for as long as I want, by MY rules, because my parents have maybe 30% more house and money than his. <br /><br />Somehow, shrinking the size and character of the problem recreates for me what the problem actually is. Maybe the simple words, way of being in the world, also clarify things for me in a way that other language has not. So I offer it to all. If the bee buzzes in my bonnet alone, I apologize--skeptically. <br /><br />Oh, and what about conflicts in romantic or workplace relationships? And friendships? When they cannot be solved, how much of the problem is as simple (yet huge) as the fact of two ways of being that are just too different to coexist in one space? Somehow that seems to offer more truth and perspective than "irreconcilable differences" or "they just grew apart" or "cultural differences" and other vagueness we're used to hearing. <br /><br />OK. I've tried.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-5309364910299748452010-12-21T11:53:06.252-05:002010-12-21T11:53:06.252-05:00Oh Banjo, we're all dealing with that concept....Oh Banjo, we're all dealing with that concept. Why do you think we write and paint and sculpt? <br /><br />Love that bird in motion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-3800165970645683862010-12-21T10:57:57.231-05:002010-12-21T10:57:57.231-05:00The photos are terrific.
Ways of being: The poem...The photos are terrific.<br /><br />Ways of being: The poem suggests that one's way of being changes with circumstance. <br /><br />The world is full of paradox.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-30793940409656760942010-12-20T23:24:05.873-05:002010-12-20T23:24:05.873-05:00I have to say that I haven't noticed Blue Jays...I have to say that I haven't noticed Blue Jays around my feeders thus far. Although, I am sure they are around.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123691580195879542noreply@blogger.com