tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post3962222719606058338..comments2023-04-30T02:01:57.728-07:00Comments on ¿Se enseña aquí? Translation, writing, place: More remote, named placesAmalia Gladharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08389647094442754615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post-49341486129719507232012-01-22T09:08:21.435-08:002012-01-22T09:08:21.435-08:00I think surroundings do play a part in that sense ...I think surroundings do play a part in that sense of personal continuity-- which may be an argument for the occasional change of venue.<br /><br />I haven't read the Evelyn Waugh, but that sense of "archly distancing," claiming in a way but pushing back, tempts me to keep riffing on "remote" in all its senses, including the remote controls that come with more and more of our electronic devices, and which we generally shorted to *remote* as a noun. <br /><br />Which has little to do with the poem or with travel in general, but it's fun to play with words on a weekend morning.Amalia Gladharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389647094442754615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post-31763941570077312442012-01-21T06:44:45.691-08:002012-01-21T06:44:45.691-08:00From my earliest travel I remember after a few day...From my earliest travel I remember after a few days back home that "was that me?" feeling. I suppose our sense of personal continuity is in some part reinforced by the continuity of our surroundings, and when the latter is disrupted that we should sense a disturbance in the former.<br /><br />As for "remote, named places", it reminds me of Evelyn Waugh's "Remote People", though by making the people remote Waugh archly distances them in ways more than geographical.DEKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017391447185559177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post-28755549493779080662012-01-20T06:41:22.219-08:002012-01-20T06:41:22.219-08:00What a beautiful poem, Amalia! Thanks for sharing....What a beautiful poem, Amalia! Thanks for sharing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00414106582165404410noreply@blogger.com