tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post8555907768036120521..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: A Haunted House by Virginia WoolfCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-42248393635509848822017-03-14T11:52:01.055-07:002017-03-14T11:52:01.055-07:00according to recent experiments, there are neural ...according to recent experiments, there are neural centers situated at various spots in the brain, connected by billions of fibers that constitute our sense of self... maybe; but it's not a aggregious exaggeration to regard those centers as rooms, or something similar...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-91551559656000076132017-03-14T07:56:02.321-07:002017-03-14T07:56:02.321-07:00I really think you're on to something with you...I really think you're on to something with your idea that "the ghostly couple represents the writer and the rooms compartments in the mind." It strikes me that that HAD to have occurred to VW when she was writing. I've often thought that our minds or hearts are like a structure of some sort.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10682779314614889264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-44718393658142456442017-03-13T09:11:32.519-07:002017-03-13T09:11:32.519-07:00I could be completely off the mark, but it was som...I could be completely off the mark, but it was something worth considering. I have to explore around a little more and see what others have made of it.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-20156403370234710512017-03-13T09:10:43.512-07:002017-03-13T09:10:43.512-07:00I do struggle with some of Woolf's writing. I...I do struggle with some of Woolf's writing. I love it but I always feel that I'm missing something. Perhaps that's a mark of a great writer. My favourite book of hers is To The Lighthouse. Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-52173332166456281832017-03-13T09:09:42.444-07:002017-03-13T09:09:42.444-07:00Love your description, Mudpuddle! And she does th...Love your description, Mudpuddle! And she does this with so few words. Amazing!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-82957439960632169812017-03-13T05:55:03.790-07:002017-03-13T05:55:03.790-07:00You know, may be the theme of love is the "ma...You know, may be the theme of love is the "main" focus of the tale. but I loved your analogy of a writer and his/her efforts to find right words! I agree, very apt considering this is Woolf.This is something I will mull over a little more as I read the story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-564353232337533722017-03-12T20:20:17.897-07:002017-03-12T20:20:17.897-07:00Hi Cleopatra. I must confess that I have never be...Hi Cleopatra. I must confess that I have never been motivated to read Virginia Woolf but your review intrigues me and I might give at least this story a go.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-75993592476816394752017-03-12T13:29:31.434-07:002017-03-12T13:29:31.434-07:00this piece illustrates a feature of VW's writi...this piece illustrates a feature of VW's writing: it's so layered; reading her is like looking down through a translucent pond and noticing weeds, wood, fish, mud, all the way down... i admire your intuition; it's illuminating... tx...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com