Comments on: Those Pearls that Were His Eyes by L.E. Bryce (Chippewa) http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/ it's not chick porn Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:48:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: fiveandfour http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3977 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:25:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3977 <I>The reference is actually from Shakespeare's The Tempest, from which Eliot borrowed when he wrote The Waste Land. </I> Hmmm...guess I was reading too much into the sea/pearls/worry about love connection between your story and <I>The Waste Land</I> so made the wrong presumption about which thing you were referencing. It would've been great to have had the ability to go right to the source back in school when interpreting poetry, making guesses as to what the author intended for the reader to understand. I love the internet! Thanks for answering my question. The reference is actually from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, from which Eliot borrowed when he wrote The Waste Land.

Hmmm…guess I was reading too much into the sea/pearls/worry about love connection between your story and The Waste Land so made the wrong presumption about which thing you were referencing.

It would’ve been great to have had the ability to go right to the source back in school when interpreting poetry, making guesses as to what the author intended for the reader to understand. I love the internet!

Thanks for answering my question.

]]> by: L.E. Bryce http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3976 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:54:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3976 The reference is actually from Shakespeare's <I>The Tempest,</I> from which Eliot borrowed when he wrote <I>The Waste Land.</I> I'm still confused as to why readers would automatically assume the pearls referred to a sexual act when it's clear that they're <I>black</I> pearls. The reference is actually from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, from which Eliot borrowed when he wrote The Waste Land.

I’m still confused as to why readers would automatically assume the pearls referred to a sexual act when it’s clear that they’re black pearls.

]]> by: fiveandfour http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3975 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:40:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3975 Oh shoot, clicked the publish button too soon. l.e. bryce, if you're still checking in here, I was just curious to know if the Phoenician sailor (and thus the sea) plus the pearl eyes were the original inspiration for this story or if that all connected back up to your story after-the-fact. I have no particular reason for asking, I'm just curious/fascinated about the creative process and how things one wouldn't assume would inspire something in particular ends up doing just that. Oh shoot, clicked the publish button too soon.

l.e. bryce, if you’re still checking in here, I was just curious to know if the Phoenician sailor (and thus the sea) plus the pearl eyes were the original inspiration for this story or if that all connected back up to your story after-the-fact. I have no particular reason for asking, I’m just curious/fascinated about the creative process and how things one wouldn’t assume would inspire something in particular ends up doing just that.

]]> by: fiveandfour http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3974 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:28:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3974 OK, so this means I'm weak and shallow and easily lead, but if I were to come across it without any foreknowledge whatsoever, I <I>so</I> would've bought it for the title alone. I'm just a sucker for a T.S. Eliot reference, I guess. OK, so this means I’m weak and shallow and easily lead, but if I were to come across it without any foreknowledge whatsoever, I so would’ve bought it for the title alone. I’m just a sucker for a T.S. Eliot reference, I guess.

]]> by: Anonymous http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3973 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:54:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3973 Wow, the minute BAM mentioned the pearl necklace within the context of the homo-erotic storyline, I thought, "all this within 21 pages? Wow! That is some writing." And now to find out it wasn't conscious. Maybe sub-conscious layering? Maria Wow, the minute BAM mentioned the pearl necklace within the context of the homo-erotic storyline, I thought, “all this within 21 pages? Wow! That is some writing.” And now to find out it wasn’t conscious. Maybe sub-conscious layering? Maria

]]> by: Robyn http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3972 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:47:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3972 Poor Enlad. Reminds me of the old practice in the opera world of the 'castrata,' prepubescent boys who were castrated so their voices wouldn't change and they'd keep the beautiful clear soprano. I can't think anyone would want to sing that badly. Poor Enlad. Reminds me of the old practice in the opera world of the ‘castrata,’ prepubescent boys who were castrated so their voices wouldn’t change and they’d keep the beautiful clear soprano. I can’t think anyone would want to sing that badly.

]]> by: sybil http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3971 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:51:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3971 it is because you are a perv, I like that about you ;) it is because you are a perv, I like that about you ;)

]]> by: L.E. Bryce http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3970 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:32:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3970 No lies here. Honest. No lies here. Honest.

]]> by: Ang http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3969 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:31:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3969 I had the exact same thought about the hmmm.. 'pearl necklace' reference when you put up the cover weeks ago... I had the exact same thought about the hmmm.. ‘pearl necklace’ reference when you put up the cover weeks ago…

]]> by: Bam http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3968 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:29:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/07/19/those-pearls-that-were-his-eyes-by-le-bryce-chippewa/#comment-3968 For reals? You're not fucking with me? 'Cause that's mean, dude. I'm pretty gullible. For reals? You’re not fucking with me? ‘Cause that’s mean, dude. I’m pretty gullible.

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