tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.comments2024-03-14T21:44:00.675-04:00Ashes From Burnt RosesMannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2996125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-27036891633518890582024-03-14T21:44:00.675-04:002024-03-14T21:44:00.675-04:00Thank you for commenting Kelly. Obviously you hav...Thank you for commenting Kelly. Obviously you have heard of Hovhanass. This is my first encounter. I liked both trumpeters, though I see what you mean. My suspicion is that this is more Krauss's type of music than Marsalis's but I think both played it very well. Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-46900484764577840452024-03-14T10:59:46.862-04:002024-03-14T10:59:46.862-04:00Wow what a moving piece! I hear what I think of as...Wow what a moving piece! I hear what I think of as a kind of classic Hohvaness harmonies, which even though bordering on a more modern sound, are lush and melodic. Even in his more contemporary pieces this sound is retained. I'm sharing this opinion from a limited knowledge. <br /><br />I have to agree Manny, that the orchestra version conveys a lot more depth. If this was originally written for orchestra and then transcribed for organ, it makes sense. There is only so much that can be conveyed on an organ, unless a piece is written specifically for organ. I also preferred the trumpeter, as I think he was more subdued and perhaps trying less to be virtuosic, though I appreciate Wynton Marsalis quite a lot.<br /><br />My analysis is less detailed than yours, but I definitely pick up on the feel of solitary wandering. You can almost hear that he is in a wilderness , and the solo trumpet is plaintive, conveying his prayer. Maybe the silent period had something to do with the prison or well.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847572866285311259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-19758175716018517652024-01-20T23:00:25.035-05:002024-01-20T23:00:25.035-05:00OK Jan. Thanks for appreciating me. Hopefully yo...OK Jan. Thanks for appreciating me. Hopefully you based that opinion on actually reading the document. The document is actually pretty clear, at least to my reading, I wasn't confused. And obviously I'm not the only one. Look at Bishop Barron. There is an industry out that will twist the Pope's words no matter what he says.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-8376857196053079902024-01-20T15:30:32.244-05:002024-01-20T15:30:32.244-05:00No. Another PF confusion-fomenting, bad-idea decla...No. Another PF confusion-fomenting, bad-idea declaration. I still appreciate you, though.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-13145414344049712272023-10-24T21:57:18.675-04:002023-10-24T21:57:18.675-04:00Oh gee, I didn't realize you commented on this...Oh gee, I didn't realize you commented on this until now. The email notification went to my spam. I'll go check your comment now.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-3483244982135165332023-10-15T17:46:38.375-04:002023-10-15T17:46:38.375-04:00You may wish to see my interpretation of this para...You may wish to see my interpretation of this parable on my Blog today.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-54814511058028557102023-10-01T21:46:36.549-04:002023-10-01T21:46:36.549-04:00Thank you Mary Sue, for both those thoughts. I do...Thank you Mary Sue, for both those thoughts. I don't disagree with anything you say. You have me thinking this over on the "harrowing" point. It never occurred to me that "harrowing Grace" could refer to anything but a painful blessing. Let's look at the verse: "The Morning foreign shone —/A courteous, yet harrowing Grace/As Guest, that would be gone —" The morning is like a departed guest, the new day of the departed summer. So if we were to take "harrowing" as a metaphor (the agricultural tool) Grace would be the tool that sifts the process along. That reading works! I also agree. "Harrowing of Hell" is an interesting allusion but I don't see how it fits either. <br /><br />That motion at the end of the poem of taking flight, yet flightless, is wonderful really. Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-82596060761360801142023-09-30T11:05:13.732-04:002023-09-30T11:05:13.732-04:00Hi Manny. Lovely as usual! I read this last night ...Hi Manny. Lovely as usual! I read this last night and again this morning and both the poem and your analysis bear multiple reads (darn Dickinson...she can be deceptively simple until you start to think about what she's saying). I really like the "hermeneutic of nature endowed with the numinous" - I think that's a great way to capture Dickinson's usual vein. I also think your words on "grief as companion" are particularly moving, perhaps even the heart of your analysis.<br /><br />Two things that struck me about the poem on the second (third?) read: first, that wing and keel (in both the bird/boat references) suggest an agent capable of choosing to move. I always find looking at movement in poetry really telling, because of Dante, I suppose - "the love that moves the sun." Summer/grief don't have that; they aren't "charioted." But they move, nonetheless. To what end? And Summer returns, and grief comes back too (or never really leaves. You suggest that in your closing lines). But it's not the same Summer, or the same grief, because you're not the same you either. You change. And maybe you change because you too are pulled into movement by the same love that moves the seasons.<br /><br />Second: "harrowing" carries a lot of symbols and referents in it too. It's a farming word: you harrow the soil to break it up prior to planting. And frankly, real grace does that. It disrupts. It is a painful beauty necessary to open your eyes to your real situation (that winter is coming, I suppose, ha!). Of course, harrowing also suggests Christ's harrowing of hell - which admittedly I have a hard time seeing how it contributes to reading the poem, but it seems important to acknowledge that it's there too.Mary Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-41022449429024891952023-09-26T22:55:57.580-04:002023-09-26T22:55:57.580-04:00I think I know who this is, Frances, right? Thank...I think I know who this is, Frances, right? Thank you. Perhaps it's a little too long, I don't know. I seemed to have taken a long time to get to the meat of the poem, but some of that stuff on capitalization and dashes was interesting I hope.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-21599229547828222212023-09-26T22:43:53.388-04:002023-09-26T22:43:53.388-04:00Beautiful, Manny. I wish it could be published in ...Beautiful, Manny. I wish it could be published in some fine magazine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-22915430866937523542023-09-14T23:12:45.299-04:002023-09-14T23:12:45.299-04:00LOL!LOL!Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-90146843513082614592023-09-14T06:12:03.327-04:002023-09-14T06:12:03.327-04:00😂😂Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847572866285311259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-82054151529791138642023-09-13T23:47:00.501-04:002023-09-13T23:47:00.501-04:00A Franciscan, a Dominican, and a Carmelite walk in...A Franciscan, a Dominican, and a Carmelite walk into a bar…. :-)Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-14027533175500272392023-09-13T09:00:39.266-04:002023-09-13T09:00:39.266-04:00Yes! The Franciscans have a beautiful devotion to ...Yes! The Franciscans have a beautiful devotion to Our Lady, as illustrated wonderfully by St.Pio in his characterization of the Rosary as 'our weapon.' <br />And Hi Jan! I also have a deep devotion to The Little Flower, and pray her morning offering every day, as well as do yearly, the Consecration to merciful love. I love Carmelite spirituality and am currently going through Fr. Thomas Dubay's Fire Within, highlighting St Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle. <br />I love how the Dominican, Carmelite and Franciscan spiritualities compliment and inform one another! Of course we are all united under one God 🙏💛 and one devotion or Our Lady.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847572866285311259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-90888528382000672672023-09-13T01:49:55.220-04:002023-09-13T01:49:55.220-04:00If you say so. I'm hogging her anyway. That is...If you say so. I'm hogging her anyway. That is cool about Kelly- I didn't know that about her! Funny where we end up in life, isn't it? Also, I certainly mean no disrespect towards the Dominicans- I like the Dominican priest at one of the parishes I attend when I'm out of town- and he's a super good confessor. Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-60369572021939926432023-09-12T23:24:02.923-04:002023-09-12T23:24:02.923-04:00I know, I know. I was just trying to show the Dom...I know, I know. I was just trying to show the Dominican special relationship with her. I know Carmelites have Our Lady of Carmel and their special relationship. There is no hogging of the Blessed Mother. I should show this to Kelly who is a Lay Franciscan. I know the Franciscans also have a special relationship with her. She is all our Mother.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-11341718426940061242023-09-12T11:44:37.563-04:002023-09-12T11:44:37.563-04:00Don’t be a Mary hog, Manny. The Carmelites are Mar...Don’t be a Mary hog, Manny. The Carmelites are Mary’s order, too, but you don’t hear us bragging about it all day! ( Although, we really should…) We also have a habit- the brown scapular -given to St Simon Stock by the blessed Mother herself. Most of us sing Salve Regina daily at least once, in conjunction with the LOH. Now you know the rest of the story! Nice article tho!Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-63986694933772417012023-08-21T05:52:16.376-04:002023-08-21T05:52:16.376-04:00Thanx Manny. Here's what I wrote about this:
...Thanx Manny. Here's what I wrote about this:<br /><br />https://timeforreflections.blogspot.com/2022/02/ask-no-matter-who-you-are.html<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-71840095645103465322023-08-19T20:58:55.445-04:002023-08-19T20:58:55.445-04:00Thank you Jan.Thank you Jan.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-19998730913205659222023-08-19T11:32:37.827-04:002023-08-19T11:32:37.827-04:00What a nice vid! Labs are the best. Rosie looks ve...What a nice vid! Labs are the best. Rosie looks very much like our labs do when they are walking the perimeter first thing in the morning. I hope Rosie has many more happy years!Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-487126194169918192023-08-03T10:02:48.999-04:002023-08-03T10:02:48.999-04:00This is nice. But he’s no you-know-who. Ha!This is nice. But he’s no you-know-who. Ha!Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-19783237810473501622023-07-09T00:34:13.125-04:002023-07-09T00:34:13.125-04:00Thank you Victor. Have a blessed day.Thank you Victor. Have a blessed day.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-91558069827816990892023-07-05T04:53:33.060-04:002023-07-05T04:53:33.060-04:00Best wishes for the 4th and always.
God bless.Best wishes for the 4th and always.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-31531871428627715762023-07-03T00:14:35.097-04:002023-07-03T00:14:35.097-04:00Hi Victor! Thanks for coming by.Hi Victor! Thanks for coming by.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-9069890294560114942023-07-02T05:45:54.446-04:002023-07-02T05:45:54.446-04:00Amen.
God bless.Amen.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.com