tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post2808240824106451986..comments2023-11-17T03:50:24.606-05:00Comments on <a href="http://www.velmabolyard.com">Wake Robin</a> : leaf bookVelma Bolyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-62379585655029722752010-01-02T15:54:34.688-05:002010-01-02T15:54:34.688-05:00holy cow! my folks were from w.va. (where else doe...holy cow! my folks were from w.va. (where else does one find this name?) let me know how the book is sometime.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-12951598649177798612010-01-02T15:48:15.806-05:002010-01-02T15:48:15.806-05:00yep.........i am a bolyard.....most of my relative...yep.........i am a bolyard.....most of my relatives are from west virginia.......i came across your name on the net by accident while looking up information on my cousin, velma bolyard allen, who wrote a book about her life in the hills.<br />looking at some of what you have written, i would say you and i see a lot in art as an important part of life....also unusual!chuck bolyardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-12207662553855879202009-12-31T15:39:08.587-05:002009-12-31T15:39:08.587-05:00is that really your last name? so unusual!is that really your last name? so unusual!Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-16124765215848723232009-12-31T12:31:16.814-05:002009-12-31T12:31:16.814-05:00i came across your blog by accident........i have ...i came across your blog by accident........i have never posted anything on line before...your artwork is interesting...i am an art teacher ..9th grade...i would love to teach an art class with all special education students. i could do so much more with them if they were not grouped in with everyone else........the powers that be are not willing to allow that.i like my students to do artwork involving calligraphy,poetry, and drawing..chuck bolyardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-1380687168857677392009-12-30T13:27:03.742-05:002009-12-30T13:27:03.742-05:00a question i once asked wendell berry. brave me.a question i once asked wendell berry. brave me.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-9773500878553586212009-12-30T13:18:07.580-05:002009-12-30T13:18:07.580-05:00black and white or shades of grey?black and white or shades of grey?rozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18271756566058162402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-90098197375753256892009-12-30T08:55:38.723-05:002009-12-30T08:55:38.723-05:00no problem neki--i love your comments. i'm par...no problem neki--i love your comments. i'm particularly aware of my tough attitudes about art, especially the whole journaling thing, and the hurtful sarcasm that often passes for funny. 2 issues here, i muddled them. i get trouble when i say someone's work is schlock. now a kid, i wouldn't criticize, but an adult artist, well, there it is. i'm not going to say someone's beastly piece is good if it's not!Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-25917043687129965592009-12-30T08:47:15.877-05:002009-12-30T08:47:15.877-05:00did i do it again? the mind reading stint i mean.i...did i do it again? the mind reading stint i mean.i'll have to stop commenting.<br />the meaningful posts was not directed at you !!<br />i totally agree on the poor work. sarcasm...<br />if not gratuitous and makes me think i think i can handle it.well, i guess that's called irony not sarcasm.neki desuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780249422205001288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-62529470378612793772009-12-30T08:01:29.627-05:002009-12-30T08:01:29.627-05:00ok, neki, now i have to admit to my orneriness?! i...ok, neki, now i have to admit to my orneriness?! i totally understand. ( i lead a boycott in school in 8th grade) i don't mind humor or challenges, i do mind sarcasm and poor work.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-90319917812570019322009-12-30T06:02:40.582-05:002009-12-30T06:02:40.582-05:00i dread schlockiness or what i call the hallmark c...i dread schlockiness or what i call the hallmark conception of life. <br />i also perceive in the way some posts are articulated a certain obligation to be meaningful, SIGH. so the rebel in me sometimes comes across as flippant.<br />right now i'm into it's- the- process- stupid- mode which i see as a form of meta journaling.neki desuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780249422205001288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-17837627056649803982009-12-29T17:34:36.680-05:002009-12-29T17:34:36.680-05:00i hear you both, wise women. i hate those schlocky...i hear you both, wise women. i hate those schlocky journaling things, but admire like heck the burgeoning of anyone who is struggling to articulate something more than complaints and grocery lists. context and substance.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-31733784470657706152009-12-29T17:29:55.136-05:002009-12-29T17:29:55.136-05:00it is the contuing context that gives things subst...it is the contuing context that gives things substance. that gives one the chance to communicate and the other to understand. i wish the journal had not become so commercialized. a lot of that stuff out there today is just sugar coated in some way.judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01514075228644109700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-47828544754347682009-12-29T17:25:54.627-05:002009-12-29T17:25:54.627-05:00whatever it is, it IS and that's the important...whatever it is, it IS and that's the important bit.india flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510066677833871579noreply@blogger.com