2011.08.24 19:00 - Poetry and English

The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

Aphrodite Macbain: yayyy!
Aphrodite Macbain: How do you reset it?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, seems to be working, will see if it;s actually recording
Aphrodite Macbain: It says it is
stevenaia Michinaga: may be recording but nothing is in the log
stevenaia Michinaga: I will use my own log to post it..sign
stevenaia Michinaga: sigh
Aphrodite Macbain: rats
stevenaia Michinaga: it may jsut take a while
stevenaia Michinaga: if nothing appears in the log, I;ll email Wol
Aphrodite Macbain: are you going to contribute to the poem Stevenaia?
stevenaia Michinaga: very stange, I used to have a very soothing afect on elecronic divices, recently they all seem to go haywire
Aphrodite Macbain: It's your electric personality
stevenaia Michinaga: the poem?
Aphrodite Macbain: Yes. as part of the Sept 21 peace event. Did you get 0's email?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, although I ahven;t read to them all
Aphrodite Macbain: I suggested a group poem to go along with the video Bleu will make of the event
Aphrodite Macbain: Frenchie, do you get our emails?
stevenaia Michinaga: Poetry is very new for me, I ahve jsut recently begun to understand it;s beauty, but hardly in a position to think of more than one poetic line
Frenchie Riverstone: no
Aphrodite Macbain: woould you like to be?all you have to do is joun PaB
Aphrodite Macbain: join
stevenaia Michinaga: I think it;s a Guardian list APh
Aphrodite Macbain: really? are you sure?
stevenaia Michinaga: but ther emay be something on the wiki eventually
Aphrodite Macbain: It's for anyone who comes to the Pavilion
Aphrodite Macbain: to sit silent for the length of each session that day
Frenchie Riverstone: i don't join groups now. maybe will later
Aphrodite Macbain: KK I just want you to know you are very welcomwe to join us!
Aphrodite Macbain: welcome
Frenchie Riverstone: feels good to speak English so
Aphrodite Macbain: yes? Normally tu parle francais?
Frenchie Riverstone: not now
Aphrodite Macbain: Then you speak anotherlanguage normally?
Frenchie Riverstone: no, simply english now
Frenchie Riverstone: simply :)
Aphrodite Macbain: and it still feels good to speak it. :-)
Frenchie Riverstone: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: you speak english well
Frenchie Riverstone: ty
stevenaia Michinaga: I am not a good typist
Frenchie Riverstone: i like the short words like SL, RL, ty, etc I learn now
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, difficult to miss-type those

--BELL--

Frenchie Riverstone: not so long :)
Frenchie Riverstone: comme "je ne parle pas la francaise maintenant" :)
Aphrodite Macbain: pourquoi?
Frenchie Riverstone: i like SL, RL, ty, etc :)
Frenchie Riverstone: not so long :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I wonder if there are short forms in French
Aphrodite Macbain: like mr, rv, sv
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: (merci, real vie, vie seconde
Frenchie Riverstone: n'sais pas
stevenaia Michinaga: I have not spoken french in decades
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm going to go and attempt to write a poem now
Aphrodite Macbain: in English
Frenchie Riverstone: i desire not to speak it for decades :)
stevenaia Michinaga: you can try to write it here, would love to see the process
Aphrodite Macbain: to present at the Molecule Theatre on Oct 2
Aphrodite Macbain: the process is all in my head.
Aphrodite Macbain: attepts, scratchings, rewordings
Aphrodite Macbain: attempts
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, that process all ways looke more interesting from the putside looking in
Aphrodite Macbain: making a mess with sounds and syllables
stevenaia Michinaga: like painting with words
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. but also like trying to find the exactly right word that gets to the heart of what you are trying to say
Aphrodite Macbain: polishing, sifting
stevenaia Michinaga: like picking thr perfect color
Frenchie Riverstone: dash say he paint with words :)
Aphrodite Macbain: exactly. dash writes songs
Aphrodite Macbain: so yes, he does paint with words. nice way to put it!
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I want to write a poem about a almpine meadow I visited 2 weeks ago
Aphrodite Macbain: alpine
Aphrodite Macbain: I am wearing the colours and textures of it
stevenaia Michinaga: were you in switzerland?
Aphrodite Macbain: no, in the Canadan Rockies :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: :) a different kind of Apls
stevenaia Michinaga: Apls
Aphrodite Macbain: so beautiful and bright and fresh with poppies and lilies and Indian paintbrush and willow
Aphrodite Macbain: Alps
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Aphro in the Alps
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: blue blue sky,
Aphrodite Macbain: snow covered peaks
Aphrodite Macbain: the smell of willow
Aphrodite Macbain: cool and refreshing
Aphrodite Macbain: sparkling streams
Frenchie Riverstone: belle :)
Aphrodite Macbain: oui tres
Aphrodite Macbain: My spirits soared
Aphrodite Macbain: depression couldn't rise above the tree line!
stevenaia Michinaga: did you go to see them ?
Aphrodite Macbain: see what?
stevenaia Michinaga: or just found yourself there
stevenaia Michinaga: the mountains
Aphrodite Macbain: No, I used to live in Banff in the heart of the Rockies. I went to visit friends and the mountains
stevenaia Michinaga: nice
Aphrodite Macbain: My friend Mary and I went to Sunshine Meadows between lake Louise and Banff
Aphrodite Macbain: spent the day up there
Aphrodite Macbain: I lived theer for 7 years in the 80s
Aphrodite Macbain: have either of you hiked in he mountains?
Frenchie Riverstone: i also like the mountains :)
Aphrodite Macbain: yes/
Aphrodite Macbain: ?
Aphrodite Macbain: which ones?
stevenaia Michinaga: nothing taller than the Appliachians out east

--BELL--
Aphrodite Macbain: the Appalachians are supposed to be amazing
Frenchie Riverstone: i desire to see Rockies...only photos so far
Aphrodite Macbain: Do you live far from them?
Frenchie Riverstone: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: I live abut 20 minutes from the Appalachians, used to hike on the trail when I was young
Aphrodite Macbain: I live in Vancouver so it takes a day to get to Banff by car
Aphrodite Macbain: are there well made trails Stevenaia?
stevenaia Michinaga: there is the one that goes from Maine to Georga
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
Frenchie Riverstone: of this i have heard
stevenaia Michinaga: they are well traveled and well marked with leanto's along the way
stevenaia Michinaga: *well marked
Aphrodite Macbain: That's quite a hike! Are the Appalachians that long?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: had no idea
stevenaia Michinaga: one continuous trail
Aphrodite Macbain: wihth cabins along the way?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, open on one side
Aphrodite Macbain: would be a nice way to spend a couple of weeks
stevenaia Michinaga: many people try to do it every summer
Aphrodite Macbain makes a note to investigate
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm off now to be a poet. Or attempt to be.
Frenchie Riverstone: good night :)
stevenaia Michinaga: enjoy, hope we helped
Aphrodite Macbain: bon soir tout le monde!
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye!
Aphrodite Macbain: yes - you wre an inspiration!
Frenchie Riverstone: sad Wol not here
Frenchie Riverstone: no FcSeeker
Frenchie Riverstone: no Dash
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, they are both in europe (wol and Fc)
Frenchie Riverstone: no Bertrum
stevenaia Michinaga: it is very late there
Frenchie Riverstone: happy to see you :)
stevenaia Michinaga: often see them for the 1:00 or 7:00 am sessions
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: thank you, nice to have company here
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: have you tried the 9 second meditations, or the 90 seocnds ones here?
Frenchie Riverstone: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: for me it was like poetry, something new to see
Frenchie Riverstone: meditate can be help
Frenchie Riverstone: i desire more to talk
Frenchie Riverstone: waves
iwandertoo Resident: waves :)
Frenchie Riverstone: on phone?
stevenaia Michinaga: i Susan, gtsy
stevenaia Michinaga: *hi
stevenaia Michinaga: are you on yoru phone tonigh
stevenaia Michinaga: t
iwandertoo Resident: yes on phone
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: your legs are bent
Frenchie Riverstone: magnificent
iwandertoo Resident: lol
stevenaia Michinaga: you are on your feet now :)
Frenchie Riverstone: phone is expensive?
stevenaia Michinaga: how was your day? are you still at work?
iwandertoo Resident: no...free
iwandertoo Resident: I am in transit
Frenchie Riverstone: 8)
stevenaia Michinaga: not driving I hope
iwandertoo Resident: phone. is part of the data package
iwandertoo Resident: I don't drive
iwandertoo Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: nce
stevenaia Michinaga: nice
stevenaia Michinaga: not to need a car
iwandertoo Resident: I wish I could
stevenaia Michinaga: could?
iwandertoo Resident: this is why I want to live in an urban area
iwandertoo Resident: I wish I could drive
Frenchie Riverstone: is nice to walk :)
stevenaia Michinaga: nods, I could take a bus to work if I didn;t ahve to go anywhere
iwandertoo Resident: it is nice to walk and think

--BELL--

Frenchie Riverstone: too much hurry when driving
stevenaia Michinaga: I usually listed to music when I walk
Frenchie Riverstone: listen to music?
stevenaia Michinaga: when I walk
Frenchie Riverstone: in cities, music is all around
stevenaia Michinaga: not around here
Frenchie Riverstone: no?
stevenaia Michinaga: not on the streets
Frenchie Riverstone: in New Orleans, music from cars, restaurants, ppl sing :)
Frenchie Riverstone: i sing :)
iwandertoo Resident: its awesome seeing people sing alone in their cars completely rocking out
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: have you been to one of the music sessions, not sure of the times
iwandertoo Resident: I love that...sheer joy
Frenchie Riverstone: Kate invite has me to music events in SL
stevenaia Michinaga: there is lots of music on SL
Frenchie Riverstone: guitar, piano, flute
Frenchie Riverstone: violin
Frenchie Riverstone: good music
iwandertoo Resident: waves
iwandertoo Resident: best to you
Frenchie Riverstone: waves
stevenaia Michinaga: bye susan
stevenaia Michinaga: thank for the visit
Frenchie Riverstone: guess i go now too?
Frenchie Riverstone: thank you for company :)
Frenchie Riverstone: nice talk
stevenaia Michinaga: almost always
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Frenchie