tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post6915655430378041813..comments2023-09-22T07:03:03.280-04:00Comments on The Clarity of Night: Television, Part 2Jason Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851992219298316168noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-75883364241635833472007-04-07T10:18:00.000-04:002007-04-07T10:18:00.000-04:00Bekbek, thanks so much! I enjoy experimenting wit...Bekbek, thanks so much! I enjoy experimenting with subtlety and understatement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-20548345223772868502007-04-07T09:12:00.000-04:002007-04-07T09:12:00.000-04:00I love the title, Jason. Perfect on many levels.I love the title, Jason. Perfect on many levels.bekbekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935766604154823539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-8545939970014904762007-04-03T23:40:00.000-04:002007-04-03T23:40:00.000-04:00S.W., thanks, my friend. I was really struck by w...S.W., thanks, my friend. I was really struck by what these kids endure, arguably by choice.<BR/><BR/>Anne, I suppose not. Sorry, this was pretty heavy.<BR/><BR/>KC, my feelings are torn, but I rarely ever give. I don't want to be an enabler. I feel really badly for the mentally ill who are homeless. They really don't have the means to get off the street without help.<BR/><BR/>Scott, yes, it's a horrible price they pay.<BR/><BR/>Bev, very true. When I choose to do a story based on fact, I'm trying to imagine what it was like to live through the experience.<BR/><BR/>Kaye, your comment is more artful than my story. Thank you for such wonderful and insightful feedback!!<BR/><BR/>Anne, I thought I'd go for cheery this time. ;)<BR/><BR/>Billie, yes, Kaye nailed it, didn't she? I know my style is fairly spare, but here I purposefully stretched their experience to a kind of frozen, meager dream. I imagine these kids might feel lost in a world like that.<BR/><BR/>Joni, although I do apologize for inflicting that anxiety on you, actually it is a very high compliment you paid me.<BR/><BR/>Steve, thanks! If I did their experience even a small measure of justice, I'm very pleased.<BR/><BR/>Terri, something like this is hard to read, I know, but sometimes we need a little reminder that we actually have it pretty good.<BR/><BR/>Jay, somehow you managed to tie the essence of the situation neatly into two sentences. There's infinite truth in your words.<BR/><BR/>Jaye, blogger must have been acting up. Actually, my notification of Kaye's comment came through oddly. Thanks for the feedback! I didn't mean to depress you. At least not very long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-90483183161203805652007-04-03T23:24:00.000-04:002007-04-03T23:24:00.000-04:00**Sorry for taking a while to respond to comments....**Sorry for taking a while to respond to comments. Work has been a little crazy.**Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-31486269758130734932007-04-03T10:02:00.000-04:002007-04-03T10:02:00.000-04:00I swear I commented on this yesterday, but it's no...I swear I commented on this yesterday, but it's not here. So I shall repeat: The story was well-written but depressing as hell. Made more so by the fact it's based on a true story. <BR/><BR/>My word ver is: kidugdn<BR/><BR/>Kid, you go down? Freaky.Jaye Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407478042834459126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-35055360672236883112007-04-03T09:38:00.000-04:002007-04-03T09:38:00.000-04:00Ugh, that's a little too much reality. You certain...Ugh, that's a little too much reality. You certainly know how to get our attention.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03158421102740382411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-69218910125450497942007-04-03T09:11:00.000-04:002007-04-03T09:11:00.000-04:00Jason, life is a bitch at times. Hard for some fo...Jason, life is a bitch at times. Hard for some folks to deal with. You showed it well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-24910010134245680962007-04-02T23:00:00.000-04:002007-04-02T23:00:00.000-04:00Yikes.Makes my chest hurt.Yikes.<BR/><BR/>Makes my chest hurt.Jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109855683749612076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-39951663763972108822007-04-02T20:35:00.000-04:002007-04-02T20:35:00.000-04:00I love what Kaye said - scarcity of words, thin tr...I love what Kaye said - scarcity of words, thin transparent souls - this really captures the essence of the piece, I think.<BR/><BR/>It pulls hard.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-70048462232358406142007-04-02T19:08:00.000-04:002007-04-02T19:08:00.000-04:00wow. very dark and sad.wow. very dark and sad.downward spiralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708789706838237189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-72127717398092262392007-04-02T17:38:00.000-04:002007-04-02T17:38:00.000-04:00It is heartrending that in our constant search for...It is heartrending that in our constant search for happiness we feel the need to escape reality. We want instant Nirvana - that ultimate high and feeling of enlightenment that comes from drugs. In heroin and cocaine, of course, we find only pseudo illumination and ourselves in hell. The pleasure lasts only minutes...the rest is misery.<BR/><BR/>Your story is poignant, and as I have stated previously, gritty. <BR/><BR/>I liked this writing style. It seems with a few well chosen, to the point words - you said volumes. Scarcity of words? It worked great with this idea. sparse, limited, scant, meager....that is what they have reduced themselves to... thin, transparent souls.<BR/><BR/>This packed a punch, my friend.<BR/>KayeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-40833642772729457062007-04-02T11:10:00.000-04:002007-04-02T11:10:00.000-04:00how sad it is that real life is even worse for som...how sad it is that real life is even worse for some folks that what ever nasty things we writers can dream up as fiction.....Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458851510738234247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-12261613558215797112007-04-02T10:26:00.000-04:002007-04-02T10:26:00.000-04:00Talk about stuck. I've not been there, but I unde...Talk about stuck. I've not been there, but I understand being trapped.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323167263283798566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-83926271383909851682007-04-02T10:11:00.000-04:002007-04-02T10:11:00.000-04:00I'm always torn when it comes to giving or not giv...I'm always torn when it comes to giving or not giving to the homeless. I'm too sympathetic for my own good sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Great story.kcterrilynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13531823806841801437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-61268318762916432672007-04-02T09:42:00.000-04:002007-04-02T09:42:00.000-04:00No more humour today, is there.No more humour today, is there.annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734374991569484126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-72559738844886399772007-04-02T08:02:00.000-04:002007-04-02T08:02:00.000-04:00Wow. Fantastic story, Jason. God, those poor kids....Wow. Fantastic story, Jason. God, those poor kids...s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.com