I love that Pat is introduced to us in a way that feels somewhat confusing.... There is an opening cacophony of sound that throws the listener off just a bit. This purposeful bit of engineering really work to places us somewhat into the life of a blind woman.
I've come away with a sense of knowing this person and have a feeling that if I were to encounter her in actuality - I would know her on sight.
I see this as an important piece that speaks to and for a group of people who are often perceived to be on the fringes of daily life - when clearly they are no such thing.
Intensely quiet and powerful. There is poetry in this work. As the father of a "goth" kid myself I found that these words really touched me. No way on earth that I would try to change my son to be like more traditional - but I could see how that might be the avenue taken by someone different than me. What this young man went through sounds very much like abuse - nevertheless, that he is so willing and able to express his experience tells me that he will be ok, that he is already his own person, and that the look and the hair were only the outward manifestation that person.
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Comment for "Blind Traveler"
Jonathan Ellis
Posted on May 23, 2007 at 05:45 AM | Permalink
Review of Blind Traveler
I love that Pat is introduced to us in a way that feels somewhat confusing.... There is an opening cacophony of sound that throws the listener off just a bit. This purposeful bit of engineering really work to places us somewhat into the life of a blind woman.
I've come away with a sense of knowing this person and have a feeling that if I were to encounter her in actuality - I would know her on sight.
I see this as an important piece that speaks to and for a group of people who are often perceived to be on the fringes of daily life - when clearly they are no such thing.
Terrific.
Comment for ""Take That Stuff Off Your Nails": Being Goth in a Traditional Family"
Jonathan Ellis
Posted on May 19, 2007 at 08:27 AM | Permalink
Review of "Take That Stuff Off Your Nails": Being Goth in a Traditional Family
Intensely quiet and powerful. There is poetry in this work. As the father of a "goth" kid myself I found that these words really touched me. No way on earth that I would try to change my son to be like more traditional - but I could see how that might be the avenue taken by someone different than me. What this young man went through sounds very much like abuse - nevertheless, that he is so willing and able to express his experience tells me that he will be ok, that he is already his own person, and that the look and the hair were only the outward manifestation that person.