Comments on: John James Audubon: The Birds of America

John James Audubon: The Birds of America

hortense — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:57:53 -0800

Harmonie/Harmony: a beautiful flash of birds,poetry imbedded 435 clicks

By: hortense

hortense — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:15:39 -0800

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By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:42:52 -0800

Fantastic site. Thanks hortense

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 03:54:10 -0800

That was brilliant, thanks. What an excellent way to present those paintings. The slightly absurd owls coupled with Baudelaire were my favourite.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:06:33 -0800

Wonderful. "Fragility" was especially haunting. Thanks, hortense.

By: jaronson

jaronson — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:40:57 -0800

[Flagged as good.]

By: ori

ori — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:49:30 -0800

Hahaha. The strange quail-like birds and "You are so beautiful to me" is the kind of unbelievable fromage only the French can come up with.

By: ori

ori — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:37:15 -0800

(I say that with honest affection)

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:29:55 -0800

I can't believe this has only gotten seven comments (five, really). I know, I know, the number of comments is not correlated with quality, people appreciate and go away happy but don't leave a comment because they feel silly just saying "This is good," but let me tell you, it's discouraging posting great stuff and having it sink practically without trace. And people wonder why there's so much crap on the front page—it gets noticed, that's why. If the choice is between getting a few comments and having to imagine a lot of happy but silent people or getting 300 comments and lots of exciting discussion, it takes a stout heart to go with the former. Grr.