tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post429040194815250820..comments2023-04-07T03:46:10.167-04:00Comments on Every Page of Moby-Dick and more...: My task is complete.Matt Kishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146374807705850842noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-88401272719449823302012-08-09T00:09:09.990-04:002012-08-09T00:09:09.990-04:00Incredible!Incredible!paul richtmyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381565398654140504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-35886643100259662752011-02-16T20:42:14.682-05:002011-02-16T20:42:14.682-05:00Rockwell Kent
Barry Moser
and now
Matt Kish
-Harr...Rockwell Kent<br />Barry Moser<br />and now<br />Matt Kish<br /><br />-HarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-65468870205461605712011-02-12T10:51:58.650-05:002011-02-12T10:51:58.650-05:00Well bone Matt. I have enjoyed each of the drawing...Well bone Matt. I have enjoyed each of the drawings, and will miss seeing your postings in my email box.Brad Ford Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587858555065901855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-43085488585367936912011-02-10T03:55:33.107-05:002011-02-10T03:55:33.107-05:00Thank you for your blog, it is very interesting no...Thank you for your blog, it is very interesting not only for the great illustrations but also as a help for the inmersion into Melville's book. The effort has been worth indeed. Added to mine :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-39029841199933310762011-02-09T08:46:52.481-05:002011-02-09T08:46:52.481-05:00It's the greatest book I've ever read. On...It's the greatest book I've ever read. One edition I had years ago had a forward by some Oxford don or somebody, who wrote, "This book merits continual rereading." <br /><br />I agree.<br /><br />Congratulations on you wonderful project.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-86788417533827964262011-02-08T11:10:47.650-05:002011-02-08T11:10:47.650-05:00What a fantastic achievement. I look forward to an...What a fantastic achievement. I look forward to any future projects!Russhttp://www.berfrois.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-1699920472803403242011-02-08T04:15:39.910-05:002011-02-08T04:15:39.910-05:00I've been following your project off and on si...I've been following your project off and on since around September 2010. It's amazing to see that you've finished! Congratulations. I've enjoyed it.ocguitarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303910947757557110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-68110494474963129372011-02-04T09:43:21.165-05:002011-02-04T09:43:21.165-05:00My mornings this week have missed you. Thank you f...My mornings this week have missed you. Thank you for your diligence and flair in this project. Really beautifully done.Patty Purvisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16410320231695678658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-3088321849887637582011-02-02T12:08:23.895-05:002011-02-02T12:08:23.895-05:00I have just found your wonderful, amazing blog on ...I have just found your wonderful, amazing blog on Moby Dick as I am reading it with my high school tutorial. My Christmas Present was an Altered Book of Moby Dick. Absolutely amazing piece of artwork.<br />I do hope a book gets published.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944984613918619990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-81444315302026845042011-02-02T06:57:52.846-05:002011-02-02T06:57:52.846-05:00You did it! What a fantastic project! It is also t...You did it! What a fantastic project! It is also totally understandable that you now wonder -- what next? You will find your way. Having completed this will open up new doors -- once you have had a good rest! I also am very eager to buy your book. And if/when you're ready, Team Tolstoy would love to enlist you as an occasional contributor to the project that you inspired.<br /><br />be well<br />Lola<br />Brookline, MAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-75367005155827475612011-02-01T00:22:20.926-05:002011-02-01T00:22:20.926-05:00It has been a wonderful experience following this ...It has been a wonderful experience following this project — you're not the only one to feel sad that this is over!Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-86934620593073142512011-01-31T22:23:35.363-05:002011-01-31T22:23:35.363-05:00Dear Matt,
Thank your for your heartfelt and wonde...Dear Matt,<br />Thank your for your heartfelt and wonderful work! (and I do mean 'full of wonders'). It has been a privilege to be a witness to this journey of yours and to see the work, Matt, it is fine, fine stuff. I have been visiting for a while and have received so much from this so thank you, friend. <br />I was thrilled to see Titus' post because I thought of Eliot's 4 Quarter's also when I read of your sadness of the end of this project. The poem is worth a read especially considering your present situation. It is wise and kind and true. His idea that "In my end is my beginning" has helped me enormously over the years. <br />here is a little more ( I can't help myself):<br /><br />You say I am repeating<br />Something I have said before. I shall say it again.<br />Shall I say it again? In order to arrive there,<br />To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not,<br /> You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy.<br />In order to arrive at what you do not know<br /> You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance.<br />In order to possess what you do not possess<br /> You must go by the way of dispossession.<br />In order to arrive at what you are not<br /> You must go through the way in which you are not.<br />And what you do not know is the only thing you know<br />And what you own is what you do not own<br />And where you are is where you are not.<br /><br />Please read the whole thing. You can find it on-line.<br />One final thing - would you please stop with the "I am not an artist" thing? What you do is art. Your work moves people in powerful ways which is what art does and you are crazy-committed to it like an artist is. You are an artist. That is it. <br />I love your work. I look forward to seeing what you do in the future,<br />Kathryn Collins<br />BostonKathryn Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185534448841101816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-46592705318353033372011-01-31T17:41:27.527-05:002011-01-31T17:41:27.527-05:00Going to let yourself feel "just a little pro...Going to let yourself feel "just a little proud," huh?<br /><br />Well, as long as you don't over-do it!<br /><br />Seriously, though, this is wonderful work. Original and well executed, true to the book to your own personal vision. Art for art's sake in all the best ways. <br /><br />Can't wait to get the book, and to see what you're going to do next!Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975027530244662003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-56349106984652300772011-01-31T13:11:48.529-05:002011-01-31T13:11:48.529-05:00Next: War and Peace!Next: War and Peace!Meghttp://megwood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-87793440444315744252011-01-31T10:19:01.418-05:002011-01-31T10:19:01.418-05:00Kudos! I never imagined Moby Dick this way, and i...Kudos! I never imagined Moby Dick this way, and it's marvelous!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834360422359513050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-7121167826294309712011-01-30T19:53:54.921-05:002011-01-30T19:53:54.921-05:00Thank you Matt! inspiational!Thank you Matt! inspiational!WOPettithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14390831047163616290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-36926186590094064792011-01-30T18:30:43.417-05:002011-01-30T18:30:43.417-05:00Well done, man! I'm looking forward to the boo...Well done, man! I'm looking forward to the book!WeSailFurtherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682759107915210686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-88134677847956612792011-01-30T16:18:09.024-05:002011-01-30T16:18:09.024-05:00Thank you, Matt, for a fresh exploration and a new...Thank you, Matt, for a fresh exploration and a new perspective on my favorite novel. You've deeply enriched my relationship with the book. <br /><br />It's been a privilege to watch your work. Rest up, and then let us all know where you will take us next!734elizabethshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17250652639882070308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-72615342673001366892011-01-30T12:48:52.367-05:002011-01-30T12:48:52.367-05:00Late to the party as usual, but let me add my CONG...Late to the party as usual, but let me add my CONGRATS to this long list. It's be so much fun to watch the project develop here. Can't wait for the book.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-68103333505733329152011-01-30T12:01:49.865-05:002011-01-30T12:01:49.865-05:00What an amazing accomplishment! Congratulations on...What an amazing accomplishment! Congratulations on this project...it has been so inspiring to follow. I know that since this project has ended, the space that opens up where it used to be will be very valuable for you.Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-43842074679333797912011-01-30T05:45:08.289-05:002011-01-30T05:45:08.289-05:00Oh Matt, what a moment! You truly have my admirati...Oh Matt, what a moment! You truly have my admiration and respect for what you have achieved, but that's not it. I never thought illustrations to Moby-Dick, particularly a whole series of illustrations for Moby-Dick, would ever really 'do' much for me, because I live the words with every reading. And yet your images did 'do' it. I suppose it was, more than anything, like looking into another reader's mind, and not like looking at an illustrator's work. It really has been an astonishing ride.<br /><br />I don't know why the following came into my head after looking at, and reading, these last posts - certainly your words, the mirroring of the first and last drawings of Ishmael, but something more too.<br /><br />The Four Quartets is not the easiest work from a notoriously 'difficult' poet, T S Eliot, but this first section from East Coker just came to me. <br />It's very long! You don't have to publish this comment by the way!<br /><br />In my beginning is my end. In succession<br />Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended,<br />Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place<br />Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass.<br />Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires,<br />Old fires to ashes, and ashes to the earth<br />Which is already flesh, fur and faeces,<br />Bone of man and beast, cornstalk and leaf.<br />Houses live and die: there is a time for building<br />And a time for living and for generation<br />And a time for the wind to break the loosened pane<br />And to shake the wainscot where the field-mouse trots<br />And to shake the tattered arras woven with a silent motto.<br /><br /> In my beginning is my end. Now the light falls<br />Across the open field, leaving the deep lane<br />Shuttered with branches, dark in the afternoon,<br />Where you lean against a bank while a van passes,<br />And the deep lane insists on the direction<br />Into the village, in the electric heat<br />Hypnotised. In a warm haze the sultry light<br />Is absorbed, not refracted, by grey stone.<br />The dahlias sleep in the empty silence.<br />Wait for the early owl.<br /><br /> In that open field<br />If you do not come too close, if you do not come too close,<br />On a summer midnight, you can hear the music<br />Of the weak pipe and the little drum<br />And see them dancing around the bonfire<br />The association of man and woman<br />In daunsinge, signifying matrimonie—<br />A dignified and commodiois sacrament.<br />Two and two, necessarye coniunction,<br />Holding eche other by the hand or the arm<br />Whiche betokeneth concorde. Round and round the fire<br />Leaping through the flames, or joined in circles,<br />Rustically solemn or in rustic laughter<br />Lifting heavy feet in clumsy shoes,<br />Earth feet, loam feet, lifted in country mirth<br />Mirth of those long since under earth<br />Nourishing the corn. Keeping time,<br />Keeping the rhythm in their dancing<br />As in their living in the living seasons<br />The time of the seasons and the constellations<br />The time of milking and the time of harvest<br />The time of the coupling of man and woman<br />And that of beasts. Feet rising and falling.<br />Eating and drinking. Dung and death.<br /><br /> Dawn points, and another day<br />Prepares for heat and silence. Out at sea the dawn wind<br />Wrinkles and slides. I am here<br />Or there, or elsewhere. In my beginning.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-16380088221175864952011-01-30T01:12:46.396-05:002011-01-30T01:12:46.396-05:00Congratulations, Matt. This is one of the most ama...Congratulations, Matt. This is one of the most amazing art pieces ever. You've got a lot to be proud of.Dan Nelsonhttp://dannelson.bandcamp.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-51473565920675420842011-01-29T22:28:04.596-05:002011-01-29T22:28:04.596-05:00Congratulations Matt! What a tremendous accomplis...Congratulations Matt! What a tremendous accomplishment - I'm looking forward to seeing the book.patrickhttp://intherainyseason.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-18931714621422194272011-01-29T16:36:51.255-05:002011-01-29T16:36:51.255-05:00Dear Matt,
I have just discovered your project thi...Dear Matt,<br />I have just discovered your project this morning while working on our community's website for the Virginia Yerxa Community Read. Your dedication is impressive and inspiring. Congratulations on completing such a monumental task. Melville's classic in a fitting tome to be honored in this way. I am placing a link to your work on our website and hope our readers visit and revisit your work as we read and reread Moby-Dick. <br />RobertaAnonymoushttp://www.virginiaread.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-16301152463639376072011-01-29T16:13:23.020-05:002011-01-29T16:13:23.020-05:00Congrats! Thanks for sharing your project its been...Congrats! Thanks for sharing your project its been fun to see it emerge with your commentary.<br /><br />I wish you success with getting the art out there so people can enjoy it and you.<br /><br />DamianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com