tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post5425919489369322885..comments2024-03-28T11:28:31.364-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Fill In Some Blank Corner of the Human Canvas'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-67969429353655133212014-04-30T07:35:23.531-05:002014-04-30T07:35:23.531-05:00I like this peep at O'Driscoll... wonderful ch...I like this peep at O'Driscoll... wonderful choice of quotes, too.<br /><br />I often wish that someone would discuss what it means to be a poet or writer in a small country compared to what it is to be one in a very large and powerful one. Once when I was in my early 20's, I camped in the yard of an Irish playwright who was engaged to a woman I knew. A notable sculptor showed up with two very young poets (both men) in tow--some day I'll come across my diary of that trip and find out who they were, perhaps. I thought it the most wonderful, astonishing thing that these established artists were bringing young people along, traveling with them, introducing them to figures of their arts world. I often thought of it later on, back in my great big country...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com