Comments on: The Alchemy of Anger https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Mon, 30 May 2016 23:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11484 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:06:04 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11484 In reply to Natalie.

Thanks, Natalie! I almost like it myself now that you and Clive have given it such good reviews.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11483 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:04:44 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11483 In reply to Clive Hicks-Jenkins.

Hi Clive – Thanks for the thumbs-up on this alternate reality. I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I was so focused on the anatomy of human anger, I wasn’t thinking about my images of toxicity/corrosiveness in relation to snake venom, which this species doesn’t actually possess. But to the extent that it reminds people of the cottonmouth or other highly venomous snakes, that’s a good resonance, though it may bother some more literal-minded naturalists.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11482 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:55:27 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11482 In reply to SB.

Cool!

]]> By: SB https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11481 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:38:38 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11481 In reply to Dave.

Yes, it wasn’t a very poetry-critique response, was it? I couldn’t possibly. I was too creeped out.

Which means this really works.

]]> By: Natalie https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11480 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:54:04 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11480 Very scary in an absolutely relevant way. Everything works together, the sound, the snake, the alchemy connection. A little gem. A prize-winner.

]]> By: Clive Hicks-Jenkins https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11479 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:01:24 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11479 Gosh, that’s wild Dave! And yes, convincingly alien. The hallmark of any act of creation for me is not whether it’s likely, but plausible. Truthful in its own way. And this is. I believe this is what it could be like in ‘snake world’! If ever I was bitten by a venomous snake, I think this video poem would almost inevitably pop into my mind. That would be pretty scary.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11478 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:21:48 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11478 In reply to SB.

Oh, O.K. Thanks for clarifying that.

]]> By: SB https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11477 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:54:19 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11477 In reply to Dave.

No, I think it *should* be creepy.

I’m truly impressed.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11476 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:20:44 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11476 In reply to Bluegrass Poet.

You’re absolutely right. I still feel a little bad for putting the snake to such a use. Then again, that was largely the way educated pre-modern Europeans saw animals: as symbols or emblems. So I think it fits with the alchemical imagery.

Glad you liked the footage. Nothing required but patience, persistence, and a good camera — the snake was not shy.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/07/the-alchemy-of-anger/#comment-11475 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:15:48 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5219#comment-11475 In reply to Ingrid / durable pigments.

Thanks for the comment. I don’t often post commentary on my poems, but the videos are a bit of an exception. So I’m glad to hear that you liked that part.

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