tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post7388780369794324318..comments2023-08-14T04:21:28.224-07:00Comments on Blackland : yes. you.angela simionehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657554247759367168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-25096878562453827452010-03-17T06:42:16.954-07:002010-03-17T06:42:16.954-07:00thank you, kate!
yes. very public. and it's...thank you, kate!<br /><br />yes. very public. and it's uncanny that it should be that way. something that "we" tend to think of as below the surface, something we believe is unseen or that we've done a marvelous job hiding, is on display. The Bell Jar is different in terms of language but contain the same REACH, the same longing for SOMETHING... and i'm reminded of that scene in The Secretary when maggie gyllenhal is sitting for days and days at james spader's big desk and her father comes to her, a newly recovered alcoholic, and reads a religious passage that gives her permission to regard her body in a way that feels right for her. her tearful "thanks daddy". that sweeling, grateful relief. the one word that allieviates this shame, this confusion. <br /><br />i covered 100 pages in The Bell Jar last night. i just finished the scene where she goes to the prision beach and is considering killing herself there somehow. and a child says "mama, that girl is still sitting there!" she is noticed. and noticed as different. as odd. the wound shows.angela simionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657554247759367168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-5133109947820735082010-03-17T05:44:39.167-07:002010-03-17T05:44:39.167-07:00"that right word that erase the shae that fol..."that right word that erase the shae that follows fragility."<br /><br />so beautiful. yes all three books - are gathered around - some wound. and the wound is somehow in public.Kate Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303016339751799218noreply@blogger.com