tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post5285257890054074905..comments2024-03-25T14:54:55.289-04:00Comments on little augury: All HallowsP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-75142360358857305552010-11-02T03:41:58.358-04:002010-11-02T03:41:58.358-04:00A very interesting post that makes me want to see ...A very interesting post that makes me want to see "Le sang d'un poète" again.Valéry Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854469834776793213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-7451113226266422822010-11-01T19:20:32.489-04:002010-11-01T19:20:32.489-04:00I sense I made myself misunderstood. "Diletta...I sense I made myself misunderstood. "Dilettanti" are not at all to be compared with our impression, much less our adoption of the term; they are (were) a Society, lately celebrated by a fine publication of the Getty Museum, of what we would call "advanced amateurs" who prepared and presented papers to each other on advancements in their own scholarship. http://shop.getty.edu/product15.html<br /><br />We evidently agree that his aperçus dominate perceptions of him, but you cite individual works which bear really careful attention. I'm not sure I could name a disciple of his, although we know he has had many protégés, including one's own favourite director women in films, François Truffaut. One can scarcely be a disciple of such a protean artist, so I don't know how easy it would be to track their abandonments. <br /><br />I wouldn't hesitate to say that "sang d'un poète," "enfants terribles," and l'éternel retour" gigantically trump any clever comeback he might have uttered to Ned Rorem on what he'd remove from his apartment in the event of a fire. I know: I thought that remark to be delicious, for 25 years, and I wouldn't say it was my superior regard for his work which was at fault. I simply finally figured it out. I am still working on "l'éternel retour."<br /><br />By the way, he'd take the fire.Carter Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781069361506897917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-65758027132391557022010-11-01T17:00:25.362-04:002010-11-01T17:00:25.362-04:00Christina, the pic is one from Life magazine, and ...Christina, the pic is one from Life magazine, and the banner is from Cocteau's Blood of the Poet, as seen in the second short video. pgtP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-91451475340886916872010-11-01T16:08:46.279-04:002010-11-01T16:08:46.279-04:00La Belle, je suis La Bête...La Belle, je suis La Bête...LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-4419182348606741412010-11-01T14:46:10.088-04:002010-11-01T14:46:10.088-04:00PS. Great new banner photo xxPS. Great new banner photo xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-67692869764790616612010-11-01T14:35:59.893-04:002010-11-01T14:35:59.893-04:00Dear Gaye, wonderful post and pictures. I love th...Dear Gaye, wonderful post and pictures. I love the purple picture of him! Where did you find it? xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-40810592488106492852010-11-01T14:16:01.204-04:002010-11-01T14:16:01.204-04:00Beautiful post . . ...
oh, that waistcoat !
jjjBeautiful post . . ...<br />oh, that waistcoat !<br /><br />jjjstudioJudithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560914513878435960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-25091697757797386472010-11-01T12:11:51.600-04:002010-11-01T12:11:51.600-04:00It is a fascinating post on Cocteau Gaye, and your...It is a fascinating post on Cocteau Gaye, and your chosen images are a delight. <br /><br />Karena<br />Art by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-69376408572987677602010-11-01T09:25:23.163-04:002010-11-01T09:25:23.163-04:00I'm with LA in LA.I'm with LA in LA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-14475033720030254942010-11-01T09:05:29.533-04:002010-11-01T09:05:29.533-04:00why Mr. Nicholas-you have found me out! I may well...why Mr. Nicholas-you have found me out! I may well fit that description "dilettanti"-for my appreciation far exceeds my depth of knowledge,though I am not posing as an intellect by naming him-as Oscar Wilde would do just as sweetly. Cocteau would have reveled in any contradiction of terms, that was his language in a sense. It is amusing though isn't it, the moment a Patron Saint is embraced by the dilettante, His intellectual disciples will abandon him?P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-85917584746252779202010-11-01T08:12:48.440-04:002010-11-01T08:12:48.440-04:00He poses a delicate problem of influence: like Wil...He poses a delicate problem of influence: like Wilde's, his work was superior to his aperçus, but he's cultivated for the latter by the dilettanti. Is the finest thing on him still "Professional Secrets," a collaboration of Robert Phelps and Richard Howard from FS&G (1970)? I know it underwrote a vogue for him among the young of that time; but a vogue for Cocteau is a contradiction in terms, as he'd have been the first to insist.Carter Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781069361506897917noreply@blogger.com