tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post1526927839367498308..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-59751370681261566562007-10-02T14:20:00.000-05:002007-10-02T14:20:00.000-05:00"Sometimes I visualize the sentences as words on t..."Sometimes I visualize the sentences as words on the page, in which case there would be punctuation. That is a variation called The Complete Sentence on the Page game. Very difficult."<BR/><BR/>Sounds difficult alright, like some Star Trekkish holographic 4D chess (or something). You sure you're a mere bipedal carbon based compound?Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-5758454831145918172007-10-02T08:50:00.000-05:002007-10-02T08:50:00.000-05:00I actually play this game so it isn't meant as mak...I actually play this game so it isn't meant as making fun of anyone else, or even making fun of myself, since I think the game is pure genius. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I visualize the sentences as words on the page, in which case there would be punctuation. That is a variation called The Complete Sentence on the Page game. Very difficult. <BR/><BR/>It may or may not be cure for insomnia. I find if I can't sleep anyway then if am playing the game it won't matter much because I am amused.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-90581063495196293812007-10-02T06:39:00.000-05:002007-10-02T06:39:00.000-05:00I don't think Jonathan is necessarily making fun o...I don't think Jonathan is necessarily making fun of anything or anyone (other than himself, perhaps). <BR/><BR/>I presume by "silent sentences", Jonathan (and you) mean unvoiced, unspoken sentences rather than unheard sentences, since I have to hear sentence sounds in my mind in order to compose anything that might translate into written words.<BR/><BR/>If I compose complete sentences in my mind (as I often do) I might use something approximating quotes or other less easily reproducable effects (rising or falling intonation for example). Obviously, I don't need to visualise the quotation marks in the initial sentence, since that sentence is "heard" rather than seen. <BR/><BR/>I also find the moments before sleep largely wordless (and luxuriously so), but I wouldn't take the playful suggestions/advice in the "prose poem" literally, any more than I would see the suggestion to count sheep as a bar to counting (or not counting) other livestock.Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-72897803392056492642007-10-02T05:07:00.000-05:002007-10-02T05:07:00.000-05:00Este comentario ha sido eliminado por el autor.Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-12851631098957692172007-09-27T16:17:00.000-05:002007-09-27T16:17:00.000-05:001. Who or what are you making fun of in this prose...1. Who or what are you making fun of in this prose poem called The Complete Sentence Game?<BR/><BR/>2. Do you really use "quotes" when you formulate silent complete sentences?<BR/><BR/>3. Have you actually played this game to fall asleep? I find those moments right before sleep to be notably wordless, mostly made up of collages of physical sensations & only ebbing & flowing washes of hints of ideas. I like the wordlessness of just before sleep.<BR/><BR/>4. The questions above are actual questions.Annandale Dream Gazettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-13188585624777317262007-09-25T21:15:00.000-05:002007-09-25T21:15:00.000-05:00Wow. Love this. Whatever it is.Wow. Love this. Whatever it is.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-83837609459535911002007-09-25T19:17:00.000-05:002007-09-25T19:17:00.000-05:00I meant to say that I won't write Al's *last* name...I meant to say that I won't write Al's *last* name.<BR/><BR/>He was a nice guy.<BR/><BR/>I did not know him well.<BR/><BR/>I knew him in high school, a long time past.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000424514491809383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-70690961509792915532007-09-25T19:15:00.000-05:002007-09-25T19:15:00.000-05:00That is a nice game. Or is it a poem? I suppose ...That is a nice game. Or is it a poem? I suppose it is both. Both are nice. I don't like complete sentences. I like them, but I don't like forcing my mind to think in them exclusively. The game reminds me of another game which a friend of mine invented. <BR/><BR/>And I will play it now. It is the one sound game. Each word can have just one sound. I play both games now. The word "sound" is a poor one sound sub for the word I want more. I hope you hear what that word is. My friend who made this game can't say his name in the game, not his first name or his last name. But I can say both of mine: John Shaw. I have a short name. I knew a guy with one sound in each name, and just two signs in each name. "Signs" is not the word I want but the word I want has two sounds. The word I want names these things: A, B, C, D, and so on. The guy I knew with one sound and two signs in each name, his name was Al. I won't write his first name because this is a blog and I don't know him now to ask him if it's fine to say his name to lots and lots of guys and gals that I don't know.<BR/><BR/>The game is done now. Both games are.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000424514491809383noreply@blogger.com