Comments on: Self-Portrait as Dryad, No. 7

By: mym

mym — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:37:08 +0000

I like the wheelbarrow picture, Clive! XD

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:18:40 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know that about you! Interesting. One of my best IRL friends is also very averse to being photographed — a particular shame since she’s highly photogenic.

We’ve had bios for about three years, but up until this issue we saved them for a “Notes on Contributors” post at the end of the issue. As the issues lengthened, this became a less viable model.

By: Clive Hicks-Jenkins

Clive Hicks-Jenkins — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:40:10 +0000

My apologies Dave. I attributed my own feelings to you, a classic mistake.

I am notoriously camera shy. It was not always so, but as I’ve got older I’ve become bothered by the fact that cameras catch a sadness in me I don’t much like, so I turn away when I hear the shutter click. Only one photograph on my site, and that rather regretted.

I’m glad there are biographies here. I like to know about the people whose talents I admire.

By: marly

marly — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:21:31 +0000

Dave,

Laudable, yes… But who wouldn’t want a glimpse of the Bontasaurus?

Clive,

Always blame the computer! We know you know how to spell your name. Stuck in those extra parentheses, didn’t it?

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:17:06 +0000

I’m not camera shy, I just tend to prefer the focus to be on the work rather than the personality. (That’s also why, for example, we resisted including author bios with the posts here at qarrtsiluni for so long.)

By: Clive Hicks-Jenkins

Clive Hicks-Jenkins — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:02:52 +0000

How did THAT happen? I think it was generated automatically and so I’m blaming the computer. That said, under normal circumstances I’d undoubtedly be more likely to mis-spell my own name than a computer would be! Ho hum.

It’s true that I had to press quite hard to get Dave to yield a photograph. I have no idea why as he looks very fine in it. Moreover it’s clearly unleashed something in him, because there have subsequently been TWO included on his ‘Workspace’ post. See here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/89056025@N00/4195566530/

By: marly

marly — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:16:51 +0000

Oops, double parentheses. Bad! But at least I spelled my name right!

By: marly youmans

marly youmans — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:55:40 +0000

It is quite a kick to imagine Clive Hicks-Jenkins-who-doesn’t-know-how-to-spell-his-name walking around a meadow in Wales, reciting one of my poems! Nothing like having an ex-theatre man rolling out the syllables…

And if you’re not Clive Hicks-Jenkins and are reading this, be sure and go see his paintings at http://hicks-jenkins.com. (You’ll also find some poems by me and “qarrtsiluni” co-editor Dave Bonta (including a picture of the man for the curious) and other poets.)

By: Clive Hicks-Jenkings

Clive Hicks-Jenkings — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:13:14 +0000

Marly, you are the BUSINESS when you get down to work! Always such a pleasure to read your poems, especially aloud. And no matter what complexities of form they take, and no matter how simple or complex, your poems are invariably easy to memorise… ever the bonus for me as I like to recite poetry to myself on walks… because they are so beautifully constructed. Brava!

By: marly

marly — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:50:37 +0000

Elizabeth! I am surprised, and I am honored…