tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post59562959562178584..comments2024-03-09T08:58:57.961-05:00Comments on Everything is Interesting: Passion, ArtJulie H. Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18370626312151913595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post-27676044593547772262009-01-06T09:06:00.000-05:002009-01-06T09:06:00.000-05:00Oh so true. I am keeping myself from quipping abou...Oh so true. <BR/><BR/>I am keeping myself from quipping about Hank Williams III.<BR/><BR/>My one-month long novel was going to be about this subject, but I figured that was too big a nut to crack in my first speed-written novel!<BR/><BR/>The idea proposed, though: in the not-too-distant future, we've conquered disease and mental illness. People live to about 300, but they've become incredibly boring. They have no questions, no conflicts, nor do they have passion. The narrator is from today, 300 years old, and marvels at the childlike 100 year olds who are playing kickball outside his window. Sure, kickball is great, but not one of his offspring has ever sought to do more than this, marveled at the wonders of nature or wondered about anything. . .is this a tradeoff that was a good one?Julie H. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370626312151913595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048229334858323343.post-74655468747934679952009-01-05T08:50:00.000-05:002009-01-05T08:50:00.000-05:00Genius and insanity/instability are such close com...Genius and insanity/instability are such close companions - two sides to the same coin, really. <BR/><BR/>Reminds me of Roy Acuff's quip that Hank WIlliams had a "million dollar voice, but a ten cent brain."<BR/><BR/>I love Caravaggio, and I can't imagine anyone who buckled under the constraints of convention painting with such brilliance and vitality. <BR/><BR/>Of course, history - and the present - are filled with sane, quiet geniuses, too, but they just don't capture my imagination the same way.jmcleod76https://www.blogger.com/profile/17756115118582961551noreply@blogger.com