tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post5552036848847286160..comments2024-01-17T06:34:48.599+00:00Comments on The Far Queue: Cabin Fevre ~ 4. Demon EtchingsGarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-9112571436135174072010-09-12T17:18:43.976+01:002010-09-12T17:18:43.976+01:00I've been thinking "ooh, how expertly Lov...I've been thinking "ooh, how expertly Lovecraftian" while I've been reading this story...<br /><br />This chapter nails it.<br /><br />Hints of Lovecraft, yet all Pisces Iscariot.JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-83293580167884245932009-06-06T05:44:00.671+01:002009-06-06T05:44:00.671+01:00James: What other reason for faith but the fear of...James: What other reason for faith but the fear of god's wrath<br />Laura: Mr Fevre is on a journey beyond the confines of his time and his religion<br />Harlequin: dust is an underrated state of existence - there is always more.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-36336104217369198512009-06-06T04:26:57.377+01:002009-06-06T04:26:57.377+01:00the narrative is a lovely recursion...quite effect...the narrative is a lovely recursion...quite effective in its reflexivity... a demon calls and is called forth, the strange familiar; <br />I also especially liked the sepia feel throughout... sepia, dust, dried leaf; you have created a mood that is quite palpable.<br />most enjoyable for both my sensory and imaginative tractsHarlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-20109877619967611982009-06-05T21:48:03.290+01:002009-06-05T21:48:03.290+01:00i love this, pisces, it mirrors well what i have b...i love this, pisces, it mirrors well what i have been going through the last week that i just feel it in my open heart and calloused brain... for it is my brain that has become crusty. yet, i am flooding with so much feeling! <br /><br />i just finished a poem on the anniversary of my one-time daughter's death, which i will post soon, and it is all about this Love of which the demon speaks. ah, this loneliness can kill us, this darkness and these painful memories... until one takes comfort. and what comfort is there?<br /><br />last night on turner classic movies, they had five ingmar bergman films back to back... talk about taking apart oneself piece by piece to move from demon to human! but we started human; can we end up that way? i hope, yes, hope, without which we would surely perish. <br /><br />and if even the demon can hope, then that hope is even greater than i thought, for in this dark place, without the love and comfort of other souls more beautiful than our own, we would surely perish! without the unconditional love i've found from my partner of 16 years, and even during my education into this brave new world of trust and dependence, when i still wanted to die, he helped teach me to live!<br /><br />i love jöns, the knight's squire in "The Seventh Seal". at one point the woman he has saved from rape now wants to throw her pity upon the man who raped her as he agonizingly begs for help, dying of plague. jön's says "it is useless, it is useless, it is utterly useless. do you hear me? i am trying to comfort you."<br /><br />your narrative just about sums that up again... and yet, that Love is there! thank goodness. xoxooxoxoxooxLaura Tattoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05503853041054419287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-13571751215568081622009-06-05T17:40:31.100+01:002009-06-05T17:40:31.100+01:00Faith in G-d's wrath - now I missed that first...Faith in G-d's wrath - now I missed that first time round. Interesting concept.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-81246808783233493832009-06-05T11:08:48.480+01:002009-06-05T11:08:48.480+01:00walking man: perhaps he is merely tethered to his ...walking man: perhaps he is merely tethered to his own (protestant)perception and demon is the only word that fits how he feels about himself. The conceit of my story is that Mr Fevre has created his own hell.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-75716154869382116872009-06-05T10:59:13.499+01:002009-06-05T10:59:13.499+01:00So Master William has become his demon or his demo...So Master William has become his demon or his demon has become him or were the two ever separate?the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-15155642519211389812009-06-05T10:25:47.452+01:002009-06-05T10:25:47.452+01:00human being: your comments are perfectly aligned w...human being: your comments are perfectly aligned with this story - in the next few episodes you will see how William Fevre comes to love his demon.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-55137506029798474282009-06-04T22:25:51.736+01:002009-06-04T22:25:51.736+01:00the traveler who has not experienced darkness... w...the traveler who has not experienced darkness... whose faith is never broken.... will be an eternal wandering soul...<br /><br />you are blessed not cursed to be able to visit your demon... <br /><br />the one you are in need of company resides in you... listen to her voice... no matter how devilish it might be... try to understand what she says... and why she says it... then little by little you fall in love with her and you start to praise her beauty of form and spirit...<br /><br />only those who come face to face with the demon that resides in their heart... and fall in LOVE with her can find PEACE... and salvation...<br /><br /><br />A great post... the imagery and atmosphere were so impressive...human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-60127064157338302692009-06-04T13:40:21.504+01:002009-06-04T13:40:21.504+01:00Punch: "he has given up the persuit of happyn...Punch: <i>"he has given up the persuit of happyness"</i> - he also appears to have given up on his spelling :D<br /><br />Yodood: I learned a new word to day and it is a good 'un<br /><i>predation n. The act or practice of plundering or marauding. The capturing of prey as a means of maintaining life.<br /></i><br /><br />James: so many questions :) hopefully answers will ensue.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-82237897789269634122009-06-04T13:33:24.456+01:002009-06-04T13:33:24.456+01:00I ask what would I be should the flesh be nought ?...I ask what would I be should the flesh be nought ?<br />The answer I know not.<br /><br />The Flying Dutchman? the Mary Celeste?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-71104448127178406992009-06-04T12:41:56.153+01:002009-06-04T12:41:56.153+01:00Believing the world is wrought by the wrath of god...Believing the world is wrought by the wrath of gods is constant predation by one's inner demon.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23064466.post-71237794623587302522009-06-04T11:31:26.430+01:002009-06-04T11:31:26.430+01:00Actually i have meet the demon who resides, and he...Actually i have meet the demon who resides, and he has given up the persuit of happyness, seems he would rather be left alone, reading sepia parchment.Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17904275145636893257noreply@blogger.com