Comments for Breakfast in Scarborough http://c-raine.com ... by Catherine Raine Fri, 11 May 2012 11:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Eleven Letters from Eric by catheraine http://c-raine.com/2012/05/10/eleven-letters-from-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-28506 catheraine Fri, 11 May 2012 11:29:08 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5147#comment-28506 I really appreciate your comment, Diana. I have Jenny's blog, too, but also haven't read it in awhile. I need to go through my letters and gather up the ones from Jenny. I said to Mindy that maybe we should make a group Jenny collage sometime. I really appreciate your comment, Diana. I have Jenny’s blog, too, but also haven’t read it in awhile. I need to go through my letters and gather up the ones from Jenny. I said to Mindy that maybe we should make a group Jenny collage sometime.

]]> Comment on Eleven Letters from Eric by Diana http://c-raine.com/2012/05/10/eleven-letters-from-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-28500 Diana Fri, 11 May 2012 03:03:06 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5147#comment-28500 What a nice tribute to a special person. I still have Jenny's blog. Haven't read it for awhile. I do have some of her letters to her Grandma S. What a nice tribute to a special person. I still have Jenny’s blog. Haven’t read it for awhile. I do have some of her letters to her Grandma S.

]]> Comment on Eleven Letters from Eric by catheraine http://c-raine.com/2012/05/10/eleven-letters-from-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-28495 catheraine Thu, 10 May 2012 18:32:59 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5147#comment-28495 O Mindy, your comment helps me feel better! I do wish I had saved more of Jenny's letters, too. Maybe we should make a collective collage with them the next time we're all together? O Mindy, your comment helps me feel better! I do wish I had saved more of Jenny’s letters, too. Maybe we should make a collective collage with them the next time we’re all together?

]]> Comment on Eleven Letters from Eric by catheraine http://c-raine.com/2012/05/10/eleven-letters-from-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-28494 catheraine Thu, 10 May 2012 18:28:52 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5147#comment-28494 Ellen, I really appreciated your compassionate listening when I told you the news of Eric's death and how you "listened" to the collage in the same spirit. It makes me feel better that the piece gave you a sense of connection to Eric and the memory of his friendship. His handwriting did seem to express so much of who he was. Thank you very very much for your lovely comment. Ellen, I really appreciated your compassionate listening when I told you the news of Eric’s death and how you “listened” to the collage in the same spirit. It makes me feel better that the piece gave you a sense of connection to Eric and the memory of his friendship. His handwriting did seem to express so much of who he was. Thank you very very much for your lovely comment.

]]> Comment on Eleven Letters from Eric by Mindy http://c-raine.com/2012/05/10/eleven-letters-from-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-28493 Mindy Thu, 10 May 2012 18:27:49 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5147#comment-28493 Oh, Catherine, my Catherine, this is really lovely... Oh, Catherine, my Catherine, this is really lovely…

]]> Comment on Eleven Letters from Eric by catheraine http://c-raine.com/2012/05/10/eleven-letters-from-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-28492 catheraine Thu, 10 May 2012 18:24:18 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5147#comment-28492 David, it's very comforting to read that Eric's Grand Canyon piece helped you feel a sense of who he was. I'm pretty sure Eric was in Colorado when you visited and you never met him in person. Your comment about the canyon is very perceptive. I separated the word "canyon" for the very reason you mentioned and also the word "leave." I was aiming to show the balance between the abyss of death and the words of love and compassion ("I really care about you") that in some way bridge the canyon or at least float in the empty space. Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment! David, it’s very comforting to read that Eric’s Grand Canyon piece helped you feel a sense of who he was. I’m pretty sure Eric was in Colorado when you visited and you never met him in person.

Your comment about the canyon is very perceptive. I separated the word “canyon” for the very reason you mentioned and also the word “leave.” I was aiming to show the balance between the abyss of death and the words of love and compassion (“I really care about you”) that in some way bridge the canyon or at least float in the empty space.

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment!

]]> Comment on Eleven Letters from Eric by Ellen Jaffe http://c-raine.com/2012/05/10/eleven-letters-from-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-28488 Ellen Jaffe Thu, 10 May 2012 17:13:41 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5147#comment-28488 what an amazing and heart-filling project -- to honour him with his letters and the images they evoke. his own hand-writing, especially in the torn letters (glad you used a photocopy) is very meaningful. Although I never knew Eric, and am a recent Toronto friend, you did share the news of his death with me -- and now I can touch a sense of his life and your connection to him. what an amazing and heart-filling project — to honour him with his letters and the images they evoke. his own hand-writing, especially in the torn letters (glad you used a photocopy) is very meaningful. Although I never knew Eric, and am a recent Toronto friend, you did share the news of his death with me — and now I can touch a sense of his life and your connection to him.

]]> Comment on Eleven Letters from Eric by David http://c-raine.com/2012/05/10/eleven-letters-from-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-28486 David Thu, 10 May 2012 14:59:46 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5147#comment-28486 Wow! That is so lovely and heartfelt too. I don't think that I ever met him, though I could be wrong, but I feel that I know him through this work. And I love your human honesty and warmth in saying how much you appreciated his sprawling writing and doodles etc. I am also struck by how you have made the collages so resonant of the canyon and how "the canyon" is really death, in another sense. It is a fine and noble tribute. Wow! That is so lovely and heartfelt too. I don’t think that I ever met him, though I could be wrong, but I feel that I know him through this work. And I love your human honesty and warmth in saying how much you appreciated his sprawling writing and doodles etc. I am also struck by how you have made the collages so resonant of the canyon and how “the canyon” is really death, in another sense. It is a fine and noble tribute.

]]> Comment on Live From My Blog Talk at Taylor Memorial Library by catheraine http://c-raine.com/2012/04/19/blog-talk-at-taylor-memorial-library/comment-page-1/#comment-28168 catheraine Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:06:41 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5103#comment-28168 You are most welcome! No, you are not alone! You are most welcome! No, you are not alone!

]]> Comment on Live From My Blog Talk at Taylor Memorial Library by Barbara Soutar http://c-raine.com/2012/04/19/blog-talk-at-taylor-memorial-library/comment-page-1/#comment-28156 Barbara Soutar Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:36:05 +0000 http://c-raine.com/?p=5103#comment-28156 Thanks for gathering all the library lore. There is a library culture out there after all. I knew I wasn't the only one who appreciated libraries. Thanks for gathering all the library lore. There is a library culture out there after all. I knew I wasn’t the only one who appreciated libraries.

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