Comments for Carp's Conversations http://jamescarp.org Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on The Universe has a Wicked Sense of Humor, but I Love it Anyway. by Kristine & Hal http://jamescarp.org/the-universe-has-a-wicked-sense-of-humor-but-i-love-it-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Kristine & Hal Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:30 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-136 I absolutely agree, only the only memory I have of carrying water for daily use is from MN. I too am loving these, thanks. I absolutely agree, only the only memory I have of carrying water for daily use is from MN. I too am loving these, thanks.

]]> Comment on The Universe has a Wicked Sense of Humor, but I Love it Anyway. by jana http://jamescarp.org/the-universe-has-a-wicked-sense-of-humor-but-i-love-it-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-135 jana Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:25:34 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-135 Great story, James. I remember getting water every other day on the island of Paros (Greece). I think it was 1977 but I remember it so well. I'm loving your posts. Great story, James. I remember getting water every other day on the island of Paros (Greece). I think it was 1977 but I remember it so well. I'm loving your posts.

]]> Comment on Epic Epicness. by Kristine & Hal http://jamescarp.org/epic-epicness/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Kristine & Hal Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:49:22 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-134 Thanks James for taking the time to let us know what you are experiencing. I find it exhilarating just to read your observations. Thanks. Thanks James for taking the time to let us know what you are experiencing. I find it exhilarating just to read your observations. Thanks.

]]> Comment on My Goodbye Gift from the East Coast by sarahdopp http://jamescarp.org/my-goodbye-gift-from-the-east-coast/comment-page-1/#comment-133 sarahdopp Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:28:14 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-133 Heh. Dude, new Hampshire's been freezing.<br /><br />Really glad you started this blog -- you're already shining through it.<br /><br />Safe (as possible) travels!<br /><br />Sarah Heh. Dude, new Hampshire's been freezing.

Really glad you started this blog — you're already shining through it.

Safe (as possible) travels!

Sarah

]]> Comment on Conceptual Framework by jana http://jamescarp.org/conceptual-framework/comment-page-1/#comment-151 jana Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:36:50 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-151 This kind of thinking I like very much. The use of "ample" in place of "economy" in the 2nd diagram is, to me, much more positive (in all senses of the word) about our future. <br /><br />I like playing with "re-" words and appreciate your criticism of regeneration. (Although I understand the history of that term in the "sustainability" context to refer to the capacity to regenerate as a critical response to the more static term "sustainability", which, I might add, can be understood in terms of historical context as predicated on an economic model.) My most recent favorite in this context is "reclamation" -- which I use to refer to the reclamation of time and space at the personal and community/small group level. Making is, of course, implicated here. But professionally I am researching "resilience" which I do believe is a better and more comprehensive articulation of what many of us mean by "sustainability." And I have no problem with romanticism or looking back to something that seems to have been better. I think it plays an important part of "truing": constant correction of direction in order to run as smoothly as may be.<br /><br />Anway, I want to know more about this "losing the E3 meme value." How, exactly? This kind of thinking I like very much. The use of "ample" in place of "economy" in the 2nd diagram is, to me, much more positive (in all senses of the word) about our future.

I like playing with "re-" words and appreciate your criticism of regeneration. (Although I understand the history of that term in the "sustainability" context to refer to the capacity to regenerate as a critical response to the more static term "sustainability", which, I might add, can be understood in terms of historical context as predicated on an economic model.) My most recent favorite in this context is "reclamation" — which I use to refer to the reclamation of time and space at the personal and community/small group level. Making is, of course, implicated here. But professionally I am researching "resilience" which I do believe is a better and more comprehensive articulation of what many of us mean by "sustainability." And I have no problem with romanticism or looking back to something that seems to have been better. I think it plays an important part of "truing": constant correction of direction in order to run as smoothly as may be.

Anway, I want to know more about this "losing the E3 meme value." How, exactly?

]]> Comment on Making can be Functional (In fact, it always is.) by Groggin http://jamescarp.org/making-can-be-functional-in-fact-it-always-is/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Groggin Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:53:35 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-150 =IF("blog makes sense",""Good post Zeke!","IT MAKES NONE OF THE SENSE! NOT EVEN THE PARTS OF CHICKEN!")<br /><br />Note: I have spontaniously decided to post my comment as an excel IF function. <br /><br />Tangent: Damn you Microsoft for making me use linear logic to input data for observation! =IF("blog makes sense",""Good post Zeke!","IT MAKES NONE OF THE SENSE! NOT EVEN THE PARTS OF CHICKEN!")

Note: I have spontaniously decided to post my comment as an excel IF function.

Tangent: Damn you Microsoft for making me use linear logic to input data for observation!

]]> Comment on Trying to Express Making by James http://jamescarp.org/trying-to-express-making/comment-page-1/#comment-149 James Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:20:53 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-149 Kes, That's an interesting point, about commercialization draining necessary inspiration. Perhaps it is true that Making relies on non-commercialization, but the great artists of history all sold their work. The Sistine Chapel was commissioned. I have trouble thinking that commercializing art/craft/Making would necessarily sap the life from it.<br /><br />Your description of your writing is magnificent. Though, in my own work, I do not see "a touch of something 'other', something magical." I see real and meaningful aspects of myself assert themselves and provide inspiration my intellectual mind never could. I am not a vessel for some external creative input but rather a varied and multifaceted creator in my own right. Kes, That's an interesting point, about commercialization draining necessary inspiration. Perhaps it is true that Making relies on non-commercialization, but the great artists of history all sold their work. The Sistine Chapel was commissioned. I have trouble thinking that commercializing art/craft/Making would necessarily sap the life from it.

Your description of your writing is magnificent. Though, in my own work, I do not see "a touch of something 'other', something magical." I see real and meaningful aspects of myself assert themselves and provide inspiration my intellectual mind never could. I am not a vessel for some external creative input but rather a varied and multifaceted creator in my own right.

]]> Comment on Trying to Express Making by Kes http://jamescarp.org/trying-to-express-making/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Kes Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:59:46 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-148 In response to craftspeople whose work appears trivialized, I wonder… When what began as a divine gift becomes one's livelihood, does it drain away the power of the making? Would the magic of creation remain if it were commanded and mass reproduced on a schedule? Or is making a purely non-commercial act?<br /><br />For me, writing is my craft, my joy… essential as breathing. Yet I do not purport to slavishly follow all grammar's rules and conventions. Words are the vehicle to memorialize all that occurs outside time. As in your description of creation with assistance from thought, there are times when I am unsure if I am simply the vessel through which the words that need to be written pass, or whether in some unconscious way I do more than shape their passage? Either way there is a touch of something 'other', something magical that brings the creation out of the realm of the mundane. In response to craftspeople whose work appears trivialized, I wonder… When what began as a divine gift becomes one's livelihood, does it drain away the power of the making? Would the magic of creation remain if it were commanded and mass reproduced on a schedule? Or is making a purely non-commercial act?

For me, writing is my craft, my joy… essential as breathing. Yet I do not purport to slavishly follow all grammar's rules and conventions. Words are the vehicle to memorialize all that occurs outside time. As in your description of creation with assistance from thought, there are times when I am unsure if I am simply the vessel through which the words that need to be written pass, or whether in some unconscious way I do more than shape their passage? Either way there is a touch of something 'other', something magical that brings the creation out of the realm of the mundane.

]]> Comment on Camera, frustration & Chili by James http://jamescarp.org/camera-frustration-chili/comment-page-1/#comment-147 James Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:05:44 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-147 Kes, you bring up an interesting point. In a way they are imprisoned, taken from nature and pressed into serving our aesthetic sensibilities. And yet, humankind has always used the natural world to both please and sustain us. (Though that construction breaks down if you don't believe that humanity is separate from the natural world.)<br /><br />Satin or leather would unquestionably be more fitting in creating beautiful adornment, but that is not often why I wear necklaces. There is a raw utility in the ball chain strands that I enjoy, if even occasionally relish. Yes, jewelry is inherently adornment, but the purpose of adornment is not always beauty. I often wear necklaces to communicate a particular attitude or thought or to be a conversation starter or to test how people will react to it. Yet I can't help but be drawn to your point, that satin or leather strands may well be preferable in some cases.<br /><br />The sentence – "Placing the beauty of nature in bondage, in what becomes a beautiful adornment" – keeps catching my eye. If you read this I would appreciate you teasing out and explicating what you mean some. Kes, you bring up an interesting point. In a way they are imprisoned, taken from nature and pressed into serving our aesthetic sensibilities. And yet, humankind has always used the natural world to both please and sustain us. (Though that construction breaks down if you don't believe that humanity is separate from the natural world.)

Satin or leather would unquestionably be more fitting in creating beautiful adornment, but that is not often why I wear necklaces. There is a raw utility in the ball chain strands that I enjoy, if even occasionally relish. Yes, jewelry is inherently adornment, but the purpose of adornment is not always beauty. I often wear necklaces to communicate a particular attitude or thought or to be a conversation starter or to test how people will react to it. Yet I can't help but be drawn to your point, that satin or leather strands may well be preferable in some cases.

The sentence – "Placing the beauty of nature in bondage, in what becomes a beautiful adornment" – keeps catching my eye. If you read this I would appreciate you teasing out and explicating what you mean some.

]]> Comment on Camera, frustration & Chili by Kes http://jamescarp.org/camera-frustration-chili/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Kes Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:30:07 +0000 http://jamescarp.org/http:/jamescarp.org/making#comment-146 Wire constraining stone... suspended by simple dull metal beads? To me, they look imprisoned. Even if you chose to bind the stones in wire, wouldn't leather, or satin be more fitting for the neck that you chose to place the pendant upon? <br /><br />Then it is more of a statement. Placing the beauty of nature in bondage, in what becomes a beautiful adornment for your lady or yourself.<br /><br />I like the idea of "making". I am interested in reading more. Wire constraining stone… suspended by simple dull metal beads? To me, they look imprisoned. Even if you chose to bind the stones in wire, wouldn't leather, or satin be more fitting for the neck that you chose to place the pendant upon?

Then it is more of a statement. Placing the beauty of nature in bondage, in what becomes a beautiful adornment for your lady or yourself.

I like the idea of "making". I am interested in reading more.

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