tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1163139420915622757..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: KICKING UP A STORM: Pauline Fisk on Bob Dylan's 'Tempest', and 'Sparks', the forthcoming Authors Electric anthologyKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-70670147865285962012-12-22T17:17:59.288+00:002012-12-22T17:17:59.288+00:00Sparks now in the pipeline!
Sparks now in the pipeline!<br />Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-78445939829786574582012-12-21T17:09:58.412+00:002012-12-21T17:09:58.412+00:00Not going to enter the Dylan controversy - except ...Not going to enter the Dylan controversy - except to say that John's quite right to say that whatever feeds your passion is good material for the AE blog - think of Roz Morris and her undercover soundtrack. I also agree with you that the Notes on Contributors section of Sparks is a real treat. Yes we sort of know what people have done but seeing it spelled out page after page was, well, quite thrilling as far as I was concerned<br />julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-10118707286143386062012-12-21T16:18:15.118+00:002012-12-21T16:18:15.118+00:00It's all part of the same thing, isn't it?...It's all part of the same thing, isn't it? Dylan's been an electric writer from the word go. Some of what he's written over recent years is stunning, and 'Tempest' pips the lot. Yes to a spirit that stays free. It's hard sometimes isn't it? But your spirit's certainly been soaring over the last year. Very exciting, John, to see what's been happening for you. Pauline Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826696982301252524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-18008200970319212202012-12-21T15:21:04.486+00:002012-12-21T15:21:04.486+00:00The same thing happened with Leonard Cohen's l...The same thing happened with Leonard Cohen's later work, Pauline...amd Johnny Cash's late series of albums...in both their cases, I loved their early work, but the best work they did was the late, creative, artist-work...liberated by time and circumstance, mellowed into profundity by weight of experience.<br />What they all have in common though, is a Spirit that stayed Free.<br />Kris Kristofferson too...though I heard him joke on stage once in Aberdeen that he never had much voice to start with...<br />I think it's good when the blogs here take in the other arts which inform and feed into the passion authors here have for their own work. <br />SPARKS away!...into the ether and the electrons of 2013...John A. A. Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613779477853664598noreply@blogger.com