Well, it's been a while since she has brought up any of the stories around her art. When she shows me her new characters, I still ask if there is any background. If there is, she hasn't let me in on it. The longest stories that she told me were probably a year or so ago. Maybe I'll ask if she still remembers them and would be comfortable with recording them. Thanks for the suggestion.
― peace, man, Thursday, 11 April 2024 17:10 (two weeks ago) link
Here's Opal's latest poem. I'll stop sharing all of these, it's getting too much. This one she described as her "Shakespeare Poem", we're not sure what she means by that, she's never read Shakespeare or had any read to her, she's only had the plot of Romeo and Juliet described to her. I think she thinks it's deep and uses the word "thee" and thus is Shakespeare. Also note, this is firmly tongue in cheek. She's written some sad ennui-filled stuff in the past, but this is a joke to her for sure, apparently the title is a phrase she repeats over and over again to annoy two of her classmates.
"Floating in a void of only blank existence––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
I love thee more than we can seeFor "no us" meansnothing and there's alwaysa new beginningand we are floating in a void ofblank existence. Yes my dear, listen and hear.We are floating in a void ina void of blank existence.Floating in a void of blank existence.
-opal"
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:23 (one week ago) link
Opal's (very good) poem reminds me of:
"This is not about a kingdom which is in the past, but it is about a kingdom called Not, which although it is not, yet is” — Sun Ra, KINGDOM OF NOT, rec.1956
Which is also good (and also repeated to annoy)
― mark s, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 11:47 (one week ago) link
I'm enjoying Opal's poems.
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 13:42 (one week ago) link
thanks.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:33 (one week ago) link
https://y.yarn.co/c4c95f9b-86f9-42bc-8319-95ccc3e7b392_text.gif
Whereas my 9yo managed to insult the whole of Wales when we were out walking in Cardiff (we live in England) - he saw a sign and said "Why does that sign look like a child typed random letters on a typewriter?" - he wasn't trying to be clever, I think it hadn't occurred to him what the Welsh language looks like, despite having a friend who speaks Welsh with his family...
― kinder, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 16:35 (one week ago) link