tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post7007886274467202778..comments2023-10-01T09:35:35.894+02:00Comments on Antipodes: SpoilsportWilliam Skyvingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-80128361225302447562010-02-12T18:09:19.137+01:002010-02-12T18:09:19.137+01:00Your words are gentle and lovely, but maybe excess...Your words are gentle and lovely, but maybe excessive... like your photos.William Skyvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-34633249080344212612010-02-12T15:52:54.228+01:002010-02-12T15:52:54.228+01:00I read your answer this morning.
Thank you for so...I read your answer this morning.<br /><br />Thank you for some of the kindest thing anyone ever said about me. <br /><br />I understand what kind of poor sportsmanship you were writing about.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-13111822006749609142010-02-11T23:58:52.242+01:002010-02-11T23:58:52.242+01:00In hearing you evoke your childhood à la Astrid Li...In hearing you evoke your childhood à la Astrid Lindgren, with rigorous Nordic overtones, I sudden imagined that you might be providing us with a possible key to a better understanding of the sources of your present-day photographic work. Your images and photographic themes are pervaded by a kind of joyful austerity (or austere joy) bordering on a sense of romantic melancholy. There were certainly various profound forces in your childhood and adolescence that have made you into the sort of individual who would create photos of that kind. One doesn't need to be a psychoanalyst to conclude that you probably didn't spend your time as a child watching junk TV and being taken to Disneyland. You succeed in creating images that are always intensely beautiful and harmonious, but never merely pretty. Yes, there is indeed something Scandinavian in your style as a creator. As for great sporting events on TV, I have to admit that I've always been totally addicted to competitive cycling. But I saw the Hitchens article as a statement that concerns, above all, mindless spectators associated with events such as violent soccer matches. Incidentally, I've been meaning to ask you: Would you happen to be an admirer of Rilke?William Skyvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-85898347006727835512010-02-11T23:15:18.618+01:002010-02-11T23:15:18.618+01:00I grew up in the countryside. Loved it. The kind o...I grew up in the countryside. Loved it. The kind of childhood Astrid Lindgren wrote about (infact, as a child I was sure I lived in Bullerbü!). We had not TV, my father wouldn't want us to waste any time in front of it, he'd rather send us to bed with each of us (eight) carrying a heavy tome, lexicons or dictionaries. We all were allowed to go watch sky races on TV, at a farmer's house in the village. My parents would watch too. I always loved watching the races, especially the Olymics. It taught me that the world is one big village, one I wanted to go explore one day when I was a grownup. And i did.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.com