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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Star Child Memory / Will Dockery
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:26:11 +0000
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General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> Faraway Star wrote:
>
>>> On Monday, February 10, 2024 at 12:10:17 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, February 6, 2024 at 7:37:25 PM UTC-5, Hector Heathcliff
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > On Thursday, February 6, 2024 at 1:49:30 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> > > On Wednesday, February 5, 2024 at 7:04:44 PM UTC-5, Pendragon wrote:
>>
>>>> > > > > Star Child Memory
>>>> > > > > by Will Dockery
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > My immediate reaction to the title is that it is a) in reference
>>>> to "2001: A Space Odyssey," and b) setting off warning bells that a
>>>> new-agey, psychedelic drug trip poem will follow.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > Of course my policy has always been to critique a poem on its own
>>>> terms, so a new-agey psychedelic drug trip poem has just as much chance
>>>> of receiving a positive review as does any other poem. I'm just
>>>> mentioning this as an example of how a title can affect one's reading
>>>> of/reaction to a poem.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I haven't watched the "2001: A Space Odyssey" film in at least 40
>>>> years, but since both you and Zod have referred to it recently about my
>>>> poetry, perhaps I will.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I expect I'll be reading Jack Kirby's comix adaptation first, since
>>>> I've never read it t all yet:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > https://www.wired.com/story/jack-kirby-2001-space-odyssey-history/
>>>> > >
>>>> > > "When director Stanley Kubrick released 2001: A Space Odyssey 50
>>>> years ago, he intended it to be a 'nonverbal experience.' The movie’s
>>>> dialogue was sparse, and it relied heavily on visuals and score. It was,
>>>> Kubrick told Playboy in 1968, a subjective film, meant to reach
>>>> audiences 'at an inner level of consciousness, just as music does.'..."
>>>> >
>>>> > Wow.... damn, I never saw that comic book that I can recall....
>>>> >
>>>> > Will look for more...
>>>> >
>>>> > Got it...!
>>>> >
>>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Q-mF0fUZ0
>>>> >
>>>> > 2001: A Space Odyssey Treasury Edition (Jack Kirby art)
>>>> Julian Darius on Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Adaptation:
>>>>
>>>> http://sequart.org/magazine/20651/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey/
>>>>
>>>> http://sequart.org/magazine/20670/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey-adaptation/
>>>>
>>>> http://sequart.org/magazine/20787/on-jack-kirbys-2001-a-space-odyssey-adaptation-part-2/
>>>>
>>>> "Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is surely one of the strangest
>>>> sci-fi franchise comics ever published." -Julian Darius
>
>>> Woe
>
>> Amazing stuff, agreed.
>
>
> Right on


Good morning again Zod

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