tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post7935369690633753461..comments2019-03-16T22:13:26.796-07:00Comments on Witter...: Naive MelodySteve Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04939837731535127700noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-48654828238174157382013-08-24T03:45:37.842-07:002013-08-24T03:45:37.842-07:00I've always thought utopia should be a standar...I've always thought utopia should be a standard against which you judge real life, and a way to structure your thinking, rather than a realisable plan. 'In an ideal world...' is a phrase so often used to dismiss good ideas, when it should be the opposite.<br />Eric Gill - yes incest and bestiality aside, I always liked his work and have a lot of sympathy with his ideals - along with Steve Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939837731535127700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-60304468394205676232013-08-24T00:02:57.049-07:002013-08-24T00:02:57.049-07:00Oh, I'd love to come down - with K who's o...Oh, I'd love to come down - with K who's on long-term sickleave on account of her sciatica. You'll like her.<br /><br />I can imagine you not being argumentative in real life but I love the way you argue with your own self, ambivalent about your "monstrously totalitarian" ideas.<br /><br />What do you know of the artist Eric Gill? I suddenly think of him and the Utopian Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-14372902863046698312013-08-23T07:55:01.614-07:002013-08-23T07:55:01.614-07:00Hey there - sorry for the delay. I've been mea...Hey there - sorry for the delay. I've been meaning to respond but the nursery takes up all my time. You should come down. You'll find i'm a lot less argumentative in 'real life'.<br />I left something out of the above which now seems crucial - something about this deep urge I have to have a space to grow things in, and to have untamed and non-pestilential species visit (like Steve Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939837731535127700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364957201792783158.post-34821735099177265212013-07-31T02:15:24.558-07:002013-07-31T02:15:24.558-07:00You cover many angles and topics here: personal an...You cover many angles and topics here: personal and public, socialist and conservative ...<br /><br />I find nothing special to agree or disagree with in such a wide-ranging panorama. But it's clear that our viewpoint depends on where we stand. I sympathize with your wish to have a place of your own. After two marriage splits I've managed to end up with a cheap Victorian terraced house inVincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com