tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post5709552252296677453..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: WallspeakGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-68372770955358018522016-11-03T03:06:25.853-07:002016-11-03T03:06:25.853-07:00A tired jaded wall full of memories and experience...A tired jaded wall full of memories and experiences... progress is a parking lot...we are a sad people.Debi Swimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255928985823418669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-7513056185398703032016-11-02T09:22:28.795-07:002016-11-02T09:22:28.795-07:00This wall appears to have a lot of character - lov...This wall appears to have a lot of character - love how you have breathed life into the brick and mortar. Great piece.<br /><br />~PrajaktaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-19141974786463753742016-11-02T08:40:42.798-07:002016-11-02T08:40:42.798-07:00Great personification of an old wall in your piece...Great personification of an old wall in your piece...all too real!! Fabulous write, Glenn!lynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-33115054412500143112016-11-02T08:20:24.661-07:002016-11-02T08:20:24.661-07:00Ban the parking lot! You're opening quote set ...Ban the parking lot! You're opening quote set this piece off perfectly. Before leaving Chicago this summer I was able to catch glimpses of an art project that was underway in the Loop -- they were bringing back to life the old brick wall advertisements from the last century and coupling them with visions of birds, repurposing ads as art. This poem reminded me of that endeavor and that we need to ban parking lots!Mark Butkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04028422696260495656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-5948084272745967032016-11-02T06:10:40.556-07:002016-11-02T06:10:40.556-07:00A great manifesto from a wall that has seen it all...A great manifesto from a wall that has seen it all before. The weary and cynical tone and the scathing contempt of progress is perfect. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00317010351235597864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-34191284116545446142016-11-02T05:28:07.111-07:002016-11-02T05:28:07.111-07:00There is something beautiful about those old walls...There is something beautiful about those old walls with hand-painted advertisements. Precious few left in my city. ..and I wish that they could be revived rather than destroyed in the name of "progress"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126230685516232230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-53163783456437687492016-11-02T00:34:27.608-07:002016-11-02T00:34:27.608-07:00Fabulous image, great quote and haiku, Glenn. I en...Fabulous image, great quote and haiku, Glenn. I enjoyed listening to your inner city wall with its layers of posters and ads, a history in themselves and a comment on the 'musty past' as well as today's overblown advertising and techno habits. I love the very American setting of your wall - I'm sure I could find something similar in our city but not as evocative as your 'parking lot, where once a department store stood...' Shame about the date with the wrecking ball. Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-78400171808879993532016-11-01T15:32:29.079-07:002016-11-01T15:32:29.079-07:00I would echo Mish's comment.
A wonderful wise...I would echo Mish's comment.<br /><br />A wonderful wise write Glenn, I would go as far as to say a work of art. Sad that your wall speaks a truth.<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-69069353017203480642016-11-01T13:46:44.623-07:002016-11-01T13:46:44.623-07:00Love this - Your walls carry with them an air of e...Love this - Your walls carry with them an air of elegance and poise. Beautifully haunting!❤️Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-82871285770394632182016-11-01T13:09:15.028-07:002016-11-01T13:09:15.028-07:00Your walls speak very articulately, with wisdom an...Your walls speak very articulately, with wisdom and attitude. Love that they have ankles. Who knew?Mishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298805958255695264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-90793160263042805412016-11-01T12:35:57.088-07:002016-11-01T12:35:57.088-07:00I meant all those old pioneer buildings....I meant all those old pioneer buildings....tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-28205694263178190272016-11-01T12:35:15.533-07:002016-11-01T12:35:15.533-07:00And just the other day, I read a story of an old b...And just the other day, I read a story of an old building, a mercantile establishment, in Pawhuska OK that after four years of planning, had been revitalized - turned into a multipurpose building with office spaces, a deli, a bakery, and a shop filled with things. So those old pioneer buildings are not being demolished to provide parking spaces. Unfortunately we all outlive our usefulness at some point and must be repurposed to serve new generations. I just love that this old building complete with tin roof tiles, hand painted advertisments on the brick wall, etc, had been relovingly restored and repurposed for a new generation. And BTW, the ethnic groups had their own business establishments and standoffishness. Being Jewish, I could tell you tales of Jewish businessmen (the Donalds and the Hillaries) of their day who kept WASPs out. tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-21680155736349329852016-11-01T12:13:02.581-07:002016-11-01T12:13:02.581-07:00Oh yes parking places are so we can sacrifice to t...Oh yes parking places are so we can sacrifice to the religion of our cars... but just maybe there is a small hope that we have passed the peak of cars... maybe we will realize that it's not worth the prize to build another temple for the iron gods.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com