tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post6084218550419046037..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `New Variations on Ancestral Glories'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-58555805422770146152011-05-26T10:01:54.420-05:002011-05-26T10:01:54.420-05:00I don't really understand any of this - but i...I don't really understand any of this - but it sounds a bit stuffy and broad-sweeping about contemporary culture which is so varied and vast. I love the angels of Fra Angelico. I love the brushstroke of deKooning. I am part of contemporary culture.Margaretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-38286896439002437432011-05-20T16:19:05.465-05:002011-05-20T16:19:05.465-05:00See the link to Orwell's "Woolworth Rose,...See the link to Orwell's "Woolworth Rose," and link back to the Gilleland anthology on "taking the long view."<br /><br /> http://tinyurl.com/3s7s6akBucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-5582551845511627912011-05-20T12:15:41.093-05:002011-05-20T12:15:41.093-05:00Not to be painfully obvious, but contemporary cult...Not to be painfully obvious, but contemporary culture evades tradition mostly because it is atheist in its aesthetic. A God who helps determine the permanent and true is a colossal bummer for those who know only the sin of human nature, not its redemption. The Pinkerton poem you cite beautifully expresses a more ancient view, pointing to the role of the divine in actuating memory, in helping man distinguish what will last amid the swirl of the fleeting.WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.com