Comments on: Learning to Write VIII http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-viii/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Sat, 19 May 2012 08:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bob http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-109639 Bob Thu, 29 May 2008 20:54:46 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=332#comment-109639 Hi, Isn't there also a parallel with Yogic teaching - that if you are ready to learn yoga, then a teacher (like Mario's poems) will become available. Rather in the same way that my serious decision (today) to write, has resulted in me finding this web site (today). Bob <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Bob. Don't know much about Yogic teaching, I'm afraid. But I'll take your word for it. Hi, Isn’t there also a parallel with Yogic teaching – that if you are ready to learn yoga, then a teacher (like Mario’s poems) will become available. Rather in the same way that my serious decision (today) to write, has resulted in me finding this web site (today). Bob

jb says: Hi Bob. Don’t know much about Yogic teaching, I’m afraid. But I’ll take your word for it.

]]> By: Bhaswati http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-13595 Bhaswati Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:11:11 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=332#comment-13595 Any work of fiction certainly takes a life of its own after it leaves the author's hands. Then it belongs to the world and can assume as many dimensions as its readers create out of it. Thanks for bringing back memories of <em>Il Postino</em>. What a beautiful film--a great work of art. <strong>jb says</strong>: Good to hear from you, Bhashwati.  The film, in turn, took me back to Neruda's verse. One good thing after another after another . . . Any work of fiction certainly takes a life of its own after it leaves the author’s hands. Then it belongs to the world and can assume as many dimensions as its readers create out of it.

Thanks for bringing back memories of Il Postino. What a beautiful film–a great work of art.

jb says: Good to hear from you, Bhashwati.  The film, in turn, took me back to Neruda’s verse. One good thing after another after another . . .

]]> By: Lee http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-13382 Lee Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:58:54 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=332#comment-13382 Thanks for the suggestion, which I will certainly chase down. Thanks for the suggestion, which I will certainly chase down.

]]> By: Lee http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-13322 Lee Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:42:31 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=332#comment-13322 I've just finished Peter Carey's <em>My Life as a Fake</em>, which deals wonderfully with this very issue, in which - maybe - the novelist's creation comes alive as a sort of golem. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Lee, I don't know the Carey book, I'll look out for a copy.  But there are many examples. Perhaps the best known is <a title="six characters" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author" rel="nofollow">Six Characters in Search of an Author</a> by <a title="prandello" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pirandello" rel="nofollow">Luigi Pirandello</a>. It's a play script but easy (and rewarding) to read. Even easier and even more rewarding to watch a good production. I’ve just finished Peter Carey’s My Life as a Fake, which deals wonderfully with this very issue, in which – maybe – the novelist’s creation comes alive as a sort of golem.

jb says: Hi Lee, I don’t know the Carey book, I’ll look out for a copy.  But there are many examples. Perhaps the best known is Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello. It’s a play script but easy (and rewarding) to read. Even easier and even more rewarding to watch a good production.

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