Comments on: Listening for the saw-whet http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/#comment-11751 Dave Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:34:38 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5373#comment-11751 You're too kind, Peter. I have some more to say about this below, in response to Laura. You’re too kind, Peter. I have some more to say about this below, in response to Laura.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/#comment-11750 Dave Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:33:32 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5373#comment-11750 It was definitely uncanny. As for the language of absense bit that you and Peter liked, in a way I've been writing that for at least ten years now. I could write thousands of words on the subject, as you can imagine. I didn't even mention the clusters of chestnut oak trunks dotting our woods that also allow one to guess at the circumference of the stump they sprouted from. It was definitely uncanny. As for the language of absense bit that you and Peter liked, in a way I’ve been writing that for at least ten years now. I could write thousands of words on the subject, as you can imagine. I didn’t even mention the clusters of chestnut oak trunks dotting our woods that also allow one to guess at the circumference of the stump they sprouted from.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/#comment-11749 Dave Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:29:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5373#comment-11749 Mine too! Thanks for commenting. Mine too! Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/#comment-11748 Dave Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:29:00 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5373#comment-11748 Were they great-horned or screech owls? Actually, I suppose there could be barn owls there, too. Were they great-horned or screech owls? Actually, I suppose there could be barn owls there, too.

]]> By: Laura http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/#comment-11747 Laura Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:28:08 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5373#comment-11747 The language of absence piece is amazing. That's as fine as anything I've read by any nature writer. I liked the instance of the elephant synchronicity (if you want to call it that) too. That kind of thing always astonishes me a bit. The language of absence piece is amazing. That’s as fine as anything I’ve read by any nature writer. I liked the instance of the elephant synchronicity (if you want to call it that) too. That kind of thing always astonishes me a bit.

]]> By: Lucy http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/#comment-11746 Lucy Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:58:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5373#comment-11746 My favourite's the last one. My favourite’s the last one.

]]> By: quiet regular http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/#comment-11745 quiet regular Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:15:18 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5373#comment-11745 I listened to owls in the middle of last night. It went on for a very long time and I fell back asleep to owl song...owl calls. I listened to owls in the middle of last night. It went on for a very long time and I fell back asleep to owl song…owl calls.

]]> By: Peter http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/listening-for-the-saw-whet/#comment-11744 Peter Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:47:55 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5373#comment-11744 I love the different -- not tones -- almost genres -- I feel in each segment, and how they kind of hop on top of one another. The analogy that comes to mind (and I thereby distance myself from it) is that you raised a half-dozen diverse, active, and well-behaved children. I look at that paragraph on a language of absence, and I wonder how the world has gotten on for so long without its being written. I love the different — not tones — almost genres — I feel in each segment, and how they kind of hop on top of one another. The analogy that comes to mind (and I thereby distance myself from it) is that you raised a half-dozen diverse, active, and well-behaved children.

I look at that paragraph on a language of absence, and I wonder how the world has gotten on for so long without its being written.

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