tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post2955824910362749146..comments2024-03-05T17:51:15.555-09:00Comments on flameinthesnow: White Night, White Dream - Polyxenia SolovyevaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-60891116531982304612015-07-07T14:58:29.482-08:002015-07-07T14:58:29.482-08:00Your teachers must have been excellent ones. Somet...Your teachers must have been excellent ones. Sometimes I learn as much from further discussion as I do from my own reading, but without the reading in the first place, where would I be?Iulia Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962212081437398247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-77152623293762967532015-07-07T13:53:20.420-08:002015-07-07T13:53:20.420-08:00I was always taught that reading is the root of ou...I was always taught that reading is the root of our learning, the downstream consequence being we know more than we did before – a nicely interesting pieceHarlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143158401232798217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-92230929375639063442015-07-07T13:04:44.657-08:002015-07-07T13:04:44.657-08:00...bluestorm, you make a good point. There is an e......bluestorm, you make a good point. There is an empathy in the writing, as if the writer were slipping the scenery on like a garment, that creates this "pastoral feel."<br /><br />Thank you for noticing.Iulia Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962212081437398247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-44340791077774524942015-07-07T10:27:13.496-08:002015-07-07T10:27:13.496-08:00I find a certain pastoral feel to her poetry ― cal...I find a certain pastoral feel to her poetry ― calm, quieting my senses [ or "my fiery anguish"].<br />Thank you for sharing.<br />bluestormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393432589753557993noreply@blogger.com