tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post3985200732688515546..comments2024-03-16T16:12:13.296+00:00Comments on some LANDSCAPES: Carmel PointPliniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-23916600950117095222010-09-18T21:26:47.117+01:002010-09-18T21:26:47.117+01:00Thanks Lisa - no poetry could live up to your roas...Thanks Lisa - no poetry could live up to your roast parsnips.<br /><br />Mike C - we discussed the Manifesto at the Values of Environmental Writing Research Network event in Glasgow, and it would be fair to say that there were a range of views. Some responded to the urgency of the apocalyptic message, others found it a bit lame - something of a re-hash American deep ecology. I think none of us had a very clear view of exactly what kind of art was being advocated. But it did get us talking...Pliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-11404229845101731962010-09-15T10:02:24.811+01:002010-09-15T10:02:24.811+01:00Having followed the links and read the manifesto, ...Having followed the links and read the manifesto, I'm struck by the disparity between the severity of the diagnosis and the mildness of the proposed remedy -- "bathos" is probably the word.<br /><br />What are the chances of anything so rhetorical and Boy Scout-ish averting global disaster or inheriting what is left of the world when Tesco and BP have finished with it?<br /><br />The opposition and caution are understandable -- sadly, if the past is any guide, it often seems that a preference for "nature" over "civilisation" can lead in bad directions -- eugenics, racial politics, anti-democratic "strong leaders"... There's a package there (I expect a lot of Survivalists support Palin and the Tea Party).<br /><br />But maybe these guys are different? Let us know what you make of them.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-27595323785575245432010-09-13T18:47:50.516+01:002010-09-13T18:47:50.516+01:00apart from Anne Enright's reference to baby bo...apart from Anne Enright's reference to baby bottoms smelling lightly of Camembert, I don't know of any nappy poetry or prose... parsnips could be a worthy subject, perhaps Jane Grigson's recipe for curried parsnip soup is the best example<br /><br />Mrs PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com