tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post6895297037623331283..comments2023-06-26T04:59:27.381-04:00Comments on black and gray: Boy GeorgeLaTonya Baldwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-14871946567016872752013-09-14T15:45:18.905-04:002013-09-14T15:45:18.905-04:00Thank you.Thank you.LaTonya Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-34803607071245740592013-09-14T15:20:34.572-04:002013-09-14T15:20:34.572-04:00So, as a painting I still find it gorgeous, as a c...So, as a painting I still find it gorgeous, as a comment on what is, I love your poem. The final line is stunning in its quiet simplicity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-64625676916130522132013-09-13T16:54:48.178-04:002013-09-13T16:54:48.178-04:00And nothing but the truth. Well done indeed.
Anna...And nothing but the truth. Well done indeed.<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-12220148750542310432013-09-12T08:20:42.072-04:002013-09-12T08:20:42.072-04:00A wise and powerful write La Tonya...:-)A wise and powerful write La Tonya...:-)Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-58371307171854889902013-09-11T11:57:47.793-04:002013-09-11T11:57:47.793-04:00Well, that was certainly a shot between the eyes. ...Well, that was certainly a shot between the eyes. Very well cone!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-59901458592066090102013-09-11T09:20:46.471-04:002013-09-11T09:20:46.471-04:00In so few words you conveyed so much, powerful you...In so few words you conveyed so much, powerful you gave me chillsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-79495724324673719492013-09-10T13:11:31.068-04:002013-09-10T13:11:31.068-04:00So moving! Wow. I pondered this painting and alm...So moving! Wow. I pondered this painting and almost didn't write to it as I didn't know how to explain my feelings - It is the face of the black man that I kept moving back towards and whom I finally based my short poem . <br /><br />Don't throw Rockwell under the train yet. You might find this interesting: http://kenlairdstudios.hubpages.com/hub/The-Problem-We-All-Live-With---Norman-Rockwell-the-truth-about-his-famous-paintingMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-77223067806917868562013-09-10T11:58:45.552-04:002013-09-10T11:58:45.552-04:00Powerful.Powerful.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-73733283297395715642013-09-10T06:16:27.257-04:002013-09-10T06:16:27.257-04:00M, what's the quote? Someone had to do it? Isn...M, what's the quote? Someone had to do it? Isn't that artists do, speak the truth?LaTonya Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-75813610047580500852013-09-09T23:45:08.922-04:002013-09-09T23:45:08.922-04:00Very well written. Perfect ending.Very well written. Perfect ending.Sara McNultyhttp://purplepeninportland.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-31783221969276572962013-09-09T23:01:42.138-04:002013-09-09T23:01:42.138-04:00Let me hold this nail. I'll even close my eyes...Let me hold this nail. I'll even close my eyes. Because, LaTonya, when you put down the hammer? Dead-on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-58345939388127797742013-09-09T20:42:27.133-04:002013-09-09T20:42:27.133-04:00Short yet very effectively portrayed ~ Short yet very effectively portrayed ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-17273016498677684342013-09-09T14:29:12.677-04:002013-09-09T14:29:12.677-04:00Well put!
KWell put!<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-71699597923061017782013-09-09T14:11:31.725-04:002013-09-09T14:11:31.725-04:00wonderfully done with just a few wordswonderfully done with just a few wordsKathe W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06781645436343424010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-82157823703258351602013-09-09T12:50:37.882-04:002013-09-09T12:50:37.882-04:00I remember train travel back then. When I was stil...I remember train travel back then. When I was still fairly young - ten or eleven? - my mom would put me on the train to travel to my grandma's for the summer and the porter would look out for me. I doubt he was paid anything for his trouble either. Yes, the anonymity must have been so hard to endure, along with the harsh working conditions and low pay. Sigh. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-21975374614390240592013-09-09T11:28:53.076-04:002013-09-09T11:28:53.076-04:00These few lines tell the whole story as sparingly ...These few lines tell the whole story as sparingly as the picture itself, revealing the tension beneath the surface of the composition, the spacing and power dynamic of the bodies within it.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-4245057245666598932013-09-09T08:41:34.505-04:002013-09-09T08:41:34.505-04:00H'mm, yes, I was uneasy with the painting, too...H'mm, yes, I was uneasy with the painting, too.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-73589636110463889462013-09-09T08:18:24.254-04:002013-09-09T08:18:24.254-04:00Amazing poetry ... the last line? Riveting ... Amazing poetry ... the last line? Riveting ... Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-27025081686306689002013-09-09T05:59:43.490-04:002013-09-09T05:59:43.490-04:00both are lost in their own thoughts..both are lost in their own thoughts..Vandana Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270400982093787158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-89530757971703974322013-09-09T03:25:17.770-04:002013-09-09T03:25:17.770-04:00Succinct and thought provoking! Sadly your last li...Succinct and thought provoking! Sadly your last line tells the truth of the times when this painting was created. Prejudism may not be quite as obvious and as prevalent now as it was in the 1940's but unfortunately it still exists. Prejudism has no place in this world ... after all, peel back the skin and we're all the same underneath... just flesh and bone! Great Mag!Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05667997972741557676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-88031503036198075782013-09-09T00:34:59.538-04:002013-09-09T00:34:59.538-04:00great last line......thanks for thisgreat last line......thanks for thisWayne Pitchkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376196523487344143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-75002357328076642022013-09-08T20:25:54.853-04:002013-09-08T20:25:54.853-04:00As someone who works on her feet for about half of...As someone who works on her feet for about half of that number of hours a day, I can't imagine. But it is the anonymity of it, the depersonalization, that sounds even worse. Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-54002536456312521332013-09-08T19:39:29.182-04:002013-09-08T19:39:29.182-04:00Yes, it was considered a good job. And yes, we cou...Yes, it was considered a good job. And yes, we could talk equally as much about gender equality. LaTonya Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-50971893377385760332013-09-08T19:38:08.370-04:002013-09-08T19:38:08.370-04:00Glad to hear it.Glad to hear it.LaTonya Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817118162155416984.post-73457323516832364482013-09-08T19:36:23.765-04:002013-09-08T19:36:23.765-04:00Ann, I hear you. You don't have to be black so...Ann, I hear you. You don't have to be black so why the silence? I can't answer that. In this space though, we keep it real. I've missed reading you. Life got crazy. My apology for my absence. Will be by soon.LaTonya Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.com