tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post7823995934872446538..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: What's Your Tribe?Frescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-19059171836000831122010-03-21T19:02:54.506-05:002010-03-21T19:02:54.506-05:00I was mistaken--it was someone else who tagged me...I was mistaken--it was someone else who tagged me with the meme, and it was "8 images that amaze you."momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-86527304044562132022010-03-21T10:42:42.757-05:002010-03-21T10:42:42.757-05:00Happy Sunday Morning, all!
(Well, anyway, it's...Happy Sunday Morning, all!<br />(Well, anyway, it's a sunny Sunday morning as I write this at Bob's Java Hut anyway.)<br /><br />TESSA: Thanks for writing: nice to meet you!<br /><br />MARGARET: I've thought before that Clinton & Obama reminded me of Kirk & Spock--so I added that *perfect* picture you sent. Thanks!<br /><br />JEN: "Geekasm"! Heh. I didn't know that word.<br /><br />I would add Trekkie to my list of tribes, of course: <br />I felt entirely among my own at the 2008 LV Star Trek con, and felt entirely comfortable talking to strangers--<br />--sort of like I feel in a Catholic Church.<br />I may not like all its manifestations and members (hardly!), <br />but I trust we recognize each other as belonging to the same tribe, for better or worse.<br /><br />I think these people on the cruise were a message for you, Jen:<br /> Watch "Firefly"!<br />(Would you have gone up and said hello if they were talking about, say, Blakes 7?)<br /><br />MOMO: I don't know that "10 pictures" meme--what was it?Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-20070032399045877512010-03-21T10:21:29.194-05:002010-03-21T10:21:29.194-05:00What a lovely idea, our tribe of readers! When we ...What a lovely idea, our tribe of readers! When we did that thing a few years ago where we posted 10 images (remember?) one of mine was a Japanese print of a woman reading while sitting on the back of a giant carp. I think I'll post it again. I use it as my avatar in some places. <br />My cat "helps" me read by sitting on my reading material as well, but mostly he uses my reading as an excuse to cuddle next to me.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-76173932519039439452010-03-20T23:52:36.717-05:002010-03-20T23:52:36.717-05:00I love the images of reading! I would consider my...I love the images of reading! I would consider myself of the geek tribe--there's even a word for that gush of wordy excitement when you discover another person is a member of the tribe--"geekgasm."<br /><br />When I was on a Caribbean cruise this Christmas, I was sitting in a lounge with my husband and slowly became aware that the couple one table over was discussing Firefly and Livejournal and writing fanfic. I wanted <i>so much</i> to go over there and talk to them, but at the same time that sense of kinship might not extend to random strangers showing up and plunking down next to you and starting a conversation. I don't know, sometimes I wish I weren't so withdrawn about things like that. Most people would have "flashed their geek creds" (okay, I was extra-limited by not having watched "Firefly"!) and launched right into conversation. I am terribly shy face to face, alas. But it was a fun experience, sitting there and feeling connected to total strangers in the middle of the ocean.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923745480765984429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-87278128159016260332010-03-20T22:05:50.799-05:002010-03-20T22:05:50.799-05:00"I usually feel a tender identification with ..."I usually feel a tender identification with someone reading, something like I feel toward someone sleeping."<br /><br />Yes, moi, aussi!<br /><br />Reminds me of this:<br />http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/behindthescenes/shatner_nimoy_mad.jpgMarzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258262409718943594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-58497741988523577042010-03-20T15:20:05.794-05:002010-03-20T15:20:05.794-05:00Fascinating and thoroughly thought-provoking. A wo...Fascinating and thoroughly thought-provoking. A wonderfully eclectic mix of images, too. (And brava to Artspark for posing the question in the first place!)Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233122532137654099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-41441148281927225142010-03-20T11:09:07.297-05:002010-03-20T11:09:07.297-05:00Thanks for sparking it, SPARKY!
Another favorite ...Thanks for sparking it, SPARKY!<br /><br />Another favorite Rembrandt print of mine is his<br />"St. Jerome in a Dark Chamber"--I saw it in a museum once and was crushed by the weight of its beauty.<br />I wonder if Rembrandt identified with Jerome...<br /><br />Cats are bad readers! They always want to lie on TOP of paper!Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-85333368251058065062010-03-20T10:57:32.841-05:002010-03-20T10:57:32.841-05:00Lovley series. Thank you so much for posting St. J...Lovley series. Thank you so much for posting St. Jerome and his Lion, I love Rembrandt and had never seen this. It speaks so of ordinary life with a lion, who of course doesn't read and seem a little bored. I hope he read aloud to it sometimes, because I think cats enjoy that, they like being near at reading aloud times certainly.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.com