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Thinking Blogger Awards
(11)I am a very lucky person. Both Terry of I See Invisible People and Shamash have graced me with a Thinking Blogger Award: Terry here and Shamash here.
I am deeply touched. These two women have taught me much about love and courage. Terry shines her light on the invisible people, those minorities and lost ones overlooked by the mainstream. And Shamash takes me, with her camera and her thoughts, into places I would not otherwise visit. I smile just looking at her blog, at the vibrant colors and the lovely people.
I also have many thinking readers without whose contributions this blog would be a lesser thing. My thanks to each and every one of you.
The honor carries with it the assignment to pick five more thinking bloggers. Not an easy job, especially since so many in my circle of bloggers have already been tapped. These include Helen Losse of Windows Toward the World, Jeff Hess of Have Coffee, Will Write, and of course Terry and Shamash.
Even harder because every blog on my links list is there because it makes me think in one way or another. So if you’re looking for thought-provoking bloggers, which may differ somewhat from thinking bloggers, then just click anybody on my blogroll.
To some extent, any one who blogs is a thinker. Otherwise they’d do something else, like Twitter.
So please know that the list that follows is in many ways arbitrary — and certainly not in any order of excellence:
Gin’s Place is not technically a blog but a dynamic web page with “a place for everything and everything in its place.” Also a link to Gin’s papermaking journal, a feature that allows me to choose her as a thinking blogger. The journal gives us a wonderful glimpse into the mind of one of Kentucky’s most creative artists. Pocahontas County Fare is in many ways a country woman’s journal, and perhaps I respond to it because I am a country woman. It talks about quilting, knitting (and other knot-making activities), sewing, starting seeds, and making yogurt, with occasional dips into writing code, distance learning and the history of West Virginia. The sheer variety of Rebecca’s activities is enough to keep me fascinated … and to make me dream that one day I’ll turn all those boxes of remnants into some beautiful quilts.Meredith Sue Willis is a dynamite fiction writer and teacher whose blog roams over the whole of western literature, with forays into social and political commentary. She also offers writing exercises for those of us struggling to get our muse in gear and a newsletter called “New Books for Readers.”Todd Swift’s blog Eyewear offers thoughtful commentary on poets and publishing in Great Britain and Canada. His mix of poetry and criticism keeps me in touch with the wider world of verse in English. I must give an honorable mention here to Harry Rutherford of Heraclitean Fire, who is really good on the British art scene. He also features some great photography. Harry’s a prolific writer of WordPress themes. You never know what his blog will look like when you click through.
Meanwhile, Robert Peake, Code Poet, offers some thought-provoking commentary on the American poetry scene. He comes to poetry from the world of IT, so that may be why his thinking about poetry seems so fresh.The great grand-daddy of all the thinking poet’s blogs is, of course, Silliman’s blog, but I’m already over quota so I won’t add him to the official list. It might be a bit presumptuous of me anyway.
I apologize for being a bit slow in getting this job done. It took a bit of thinking, and I’ve had a sort of a busy week. I had a poem to write…
I suggest that you explore around in other people’s Thinking Blogger lists. You may find some new friends there.
Oh! And don’t forget to vote for Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere. Billy may not be the thinkingest poet I know but he certainly is the most enterprising! Voting is open until Monday.
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11 Responses to “Thinking Blogger Awards”
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What a pleasant surprise, but I have a feeling you’ve not been reading my journal lately. “Thinking” has not been one of my accomplishments. But I do thank you anyway. I intend to check out the blogs when I have time. Given my current forgetfulness, I’ve set a popup to remind me.
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sherry April 28th, 2007 at 11:24 am
More than one way to think, Gin.
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Everyone on your list except Gin is new to me — I’m looking forward to reading them!
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Hey Sherry, thanks so much for your kind words about my site. It really hadn’t occurred to me that coming to poetry from IT would offer a unique angle, but then again I don’t always see the forest for the trees. I really appreciate your support.
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sherry April 28th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Well, Robert, I know you code writers say code is poetry & there is that in common, that both media require meticulous attention to form. However, I think of IT as highly logic driven, whereas I think many poets would consider themselves intuitive. If I am being prejudiced on either front, I hope you will disabuse me.
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sherry April 28th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
And I to reading the awardees on your list, Terry. I think that may be the value to this meme.
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Hi Sherry,
I actually wrote an essay on the topic of “Poetry Code” that came out in the debut issue of a sci – er – speculative fiction magazine awhile back. I think exploring the ways in which poetry and programming are similar is actually a pretty fascinating avenue, and one which can inform our understanding of the psychological dimensions of art:
http://www.robertpeake.com/plugin/tag/Code+Poet
So – huh – I guess you’re right. IT does lend to my particular turn of mind. Just never thought about it seeping in outside this particular context of deliberately thinking about both. Then again, consciousness is everything when it comes to perception and therefore art. So, I guess my vocation informs my advocation even when I am not conscious of that dynamic.
Cheers,
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I’m the proud owner of a “Code Poet” t-shirt from Think Geek, given to me by my son. He considers it high praise.
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Sherry, I’m really honored and delighted–I’ve been seen the logo around, and thought “I wish I were a thinking blogger.” I do think, but I didn’t know anybody could tell.
The best thing about this is reading the new-to-me blogs on your list. My blogroll is about to expand.
Thank you!
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sherry May 1st, 2007 at 10:29 am
Thank you, Rebecca. I love your blog. I used to love to sew and I still love to think about sewing. As you do, most intelligently. Anyway, we have possums and raccoons in common.
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sherry May 6th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Terry — you are one of the most brilliant code poets I know! And a not-inconsiderable English language poet.
I didn’t mean to lose your comment in the shuffle.
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