tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post2286778899409163881..comments2023-07-18T04:56:49.754-06:00Comments on a gasping little voice: sunday scribblings~tattooquin brownehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804746948797234402noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-28259984559364234232009-10-03T09:22:58.040-06:002009-10-03T09:22:58.040-06:00Quinn,
Your story is so beautiful. Being a Jewess...Quinn,<br /><br />Your story is so beautiful. Being a Jewess, for a work of fiction, your portrayal and my history, and speaking for myself, I feel deeply connected to the story. I love it, you took my breath away and brought me to tears. <br /><br />Love,<br />katiekatie schwartzhttp://katieschwartz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-274854074298626102009-09-28T22:14:52.804-06:002009-09-28T22:14:52.804-06:00Kisses and applause! Thank for this - superb!
What...Kisses and applause! Thank for this - superb!<br />What a punch it packs at the end, the tragedy of how, out of fear, we continue to keep important things hidden.Peter Varvelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521795044554538286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-33043704004260156452009-09-27T20:00:05.577-06:002009-09-27T20:00:05.577-06:00It definitely is one of the best pieces you've...It definitely is one of the best pieces you've ever written.Therapeutic Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781452874259470378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-27104022573900718802009-09-19T07:38:11.978-06:002009-09-19T07:38:11.978-06:00Good lord, ms q, you had me at "beigeness of ...Good lord, ms q, you had me at "beigeness of the chore." How lovingly you drew us all into this romance, filling us with vegetables and fruit and stillness and then our own gasping at the surrounding hush and then the sweet sweet sweet <i>sweet</i> kiss of that wrist. It's heartbreaking that Maggie "must" flee, the ache of those circled listings.murat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-36929293083508133572009-09-15T20:00:26.401-06:002009-09-15T20:00:26.401-06:00Quin,
Very moving story, wonderful details, beauti...Quin,<br />Very moving story, wonderful details, beautifully done. So glad you shared it.Raynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-46985419622482446042009-09-15T13:28:57.939-06:002009-09-15T13:28:57.939-06:00Fantastic Quin. I can see why you are so proud of ...Fantastic Quin. I can see why you are so proud of this piece. A very moving story, capped superbly with the quote at the end. Well done!!Crybbe666https://www.blogger.com/profile/14752123812270914073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-73704072081094970632009-09-15T10:59:29.678-06:002009-09-15T10:59:29.678-06:00This is the best short story I've read in mont...This is the best short story I've read in months - and such an important topic. I really enjoyed the way in which order and chaos were juxtaposed in so many ways.Angelhttp://sixsentences.ning.com/profile/AngelMurraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-92051178190335867832009-09-15T05:09:28.443-06:002009-09-15T05:09:28.443-06:00I like it. There is a strong hint of something im...I like it. There is a strong hint of something important - perhaps something bad - to come, right up early in the piece. This makes the details of choosing fruit, etc, draw out the tension. Like a tease.<br /><br />Great ending too. Not the happy ending we (or at least I) wanted, but unfortunately, far more plausible.Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194421719317300410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-25962167717723750282009-09-14T21:57:42.810-06:002009-09-14T21:57:42.810-06:00Quin, this was excellent work. Very powerful, I ...Quin, this was excellent work. Very powerful, I know I will be thinking of this piece of work for some time to come, that is the test of relevancy...Great job!!...Brenda KelschMistress of My Domainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01362030192982949223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-43958412136916445362009-09-14T11:07:50.837-06:002009-09-14T11:07:50.837-06:00Well done Addi, this is very very good.Well done Addi, this is very very good.Bob Clayhttp://www.bob-clay.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-18698404776317820612009-09-14T09:21:57.551-06:002009-09-14T09:21:57.551-06:00Bravo Quin;
I totally agree with Peter in the abov...Bravo Quin;<br />I totally agree with Peter in the above post.<br />You have painted a soul on the face of inhumanity.And yet the Israelis are still inflicting this same pain onto the Palestinians.<br />I love Peters thought that we have come to easily digest all this with our morning corn flakes.<br />My grandfather had a saying,"You cannot understand someone else if you don't understand yourself." <br />Ed DeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-80644315866617935692009-09-14T07:09:41.960-06:002009-09-14T07:09:41.960-06:00First times are disturbing and to be invited to yo...First times are disturbing and to be invited to your inner sanctum to hear the deeper notes resonate in your voice, is one of them. Schoenberg or Hindemith, and of course Wagner, might provide the background music to this autumnal setting where lurks evidence of crimes past. <br /><br />I digested your story thrice before advancing further into your chamber, to be mugged by Niemöller’s poem and then Agiev’s sorrowful remembrance. Such things are necessary reminders in a world where depravity persists with the help of brutal technology. But the bombardment of our senses by media inures us. We can watch war with our cornflakes every day of the week and hardly feel a thing. <br /><br />In current affairs the senseless brutality and suffering of the innocent in Northern Ireland wore me down. I brought home tears to the family table too many times. The barbarous nature of men seems to me ingrained. <br /><br />At the beginning of this year, the Israelites inflicted injustice but at a higher velocity on their ancient biblical nemesis, while the world stood back until their deadly job was done. <br /><br />Disturbed is how I began, which is what good writing does. <br />Well done, Quin Browne.peter mcniffhttp://www.wicklowgold.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-46762336435004445472009-09-14T06:09:55.168-06:002009-09-14T06:09:55.168-06:00Quin,
Your story is an absolute fictive treasure!...Quin,<br /><br />Your story is an absolute fictive treasure! It brought me back to my early childhood in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn where most of our neighbors come right out of your story!<br />Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />Salvatore ButtaciSalvatore Buttacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477098872186908154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-70731877126686759122009-09-14T05:19:53.024-06:002009-09-14T05:19:53.024-06:00Strong and moving. I'm glad Joe mentioned the...Strong and moving. I'm glad Joe mentioned the similarity to Atwood - I noticed that as well. Wonderful piece of writing.Lauritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688820247531607677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-61229233275654434932009-09-14T04:31:47.333-06:002009-09-14T04:31:47.333-06:00Very well done. It's in the details, as always...Very well done. It's in the details, as always.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-18158427504006183532009-09-14T02:58:03.327-06:002009-09-14T02:58:03.327-06:00This is wonderful writing, Quin. I am moved and ho...This is wonderful writing, Quin. I am moved and horrified and something else ... I don't know what and that's the bit I like best! Wow.Nicola Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140064408492482020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-30511484860643822452009-09-14T01:48:23.189-06:002009-09-14T01:48:23.189-06:00NYC does you very well, Q. This is, as everyone h...NYC does you very well, Q. This is, as everyone has already said, remarkable : )missalisterhttp://missalister.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-39433012769829576192009-09-13T22:20:16.552-06:002009-09-13T22:20:16.552-06:00I'll not critique your work. Just let you know...I'll not critique your work. Just let you know how it makes me feel:<br /><br /><br />When I exited the Holocaust Museum in Isreal, I was glad there were benches close. I couldn't see for the tears, and I tried to keep control so my sobs wouldn't ring out and embarrass me. <br /><br /><br />My friends were all heading toward the trees planted for the holy supporters during the Holocaust. But I could only sit until the sobs shook me, and the sobs rang out so loud that I was no longer embarrassed. <br /><br /><br />Kind strangers who passed me paused to pat my shoulder or my head. But all I could do was sob louder than I ever had before. Before I finally fell silent, I realized my ringing sobs would prevent me from ever being silent again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-52644783867966947652009-09-13T21:47:34.800-06:002009-09-13T21:47:34.800-06:00Amazing Quin. I love the way you have captured th...Amazing Quin. I love the way you have captured the everyday flavor of this neighborhood - "the beigeness of the chore" and then you pull the rug out from under us - I was holding my breath when she saw the tattoo as though I had stepped inside her for a moment and was seeing through her eyes. Stunned and taking in the love of the daughter kissing her mother's tattoo and the need to get away from the reality. I'm not able to truly express what I felt - you are an artist.Dee Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077141911351737390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-55102243023454393482009-09-13T20:03:00.822-06:002009-09-13T20:03:00.822-06:00Nice post Quinn,
Mike RochetteNice post Quinn,<br /><br />Mike RochetteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212693187385864802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-80927302583776809972009-09-13T19:47:41.722-06:002009-09-13T19:47:41.722-06:00Excellent writing, quin! Very powerful. I was ri...Excellent writing, quin! Very powerful. I was riveted!Serena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-6438023658058381372009-09-13T19:18:11.009-06:002009-09-13T19:18:11.009-06:00the numbers in auschwitz started with an 'a...the numbers in auschwitz started with an 'a', to avoid assigning high numbers. for an unknown reason, the “a” series for women did not stop at 20,000 and continued to 30,000...it was different with men. <br /><br />i didn't research enough to find out who had this number...i pulled it out of my head... doing as much as i did was gutwrenching enough.quin brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804746948797234402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-37628460101538107142009-09-13T19:07:00.755-06:002009-09-13T19:07:00.755-06:00A wonderful story Quin, and your eye for detail an...A wonderful story Quin, and your eye for detail and nuance makes it an enjoyable read; the tattoo’s appearance is timed stunningly (is that a real number?) and her reaction is human and understandable.<br /><br />It’s worth remembering that they came for Niemöller in 1937; he spent eight years under close arrest by the Nazis, including a stretch at Dachau.Tuonelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204662879792041735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-69069778317542834622009-09-13T19:01:40.499-06:002009-09-13T19:01:40.499-06:00Quin,I read this earlier today, but had to leave t...Quin,I read this earlier today, but had to leave the house. I am back now to tell you this piece has moving imagery and heatfelt delivery. We had two survivors that lived in our area and recently one passed away.She lived to be ninety years old and raised a beautiful family. <br /><br />Jeanette CheezumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-83942608939064817822009-09-13T18:50:18.913-06:002009-09-13T18:50:18.913-06:00BreathlessBreathlessausterehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com