tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post223168322850641051..comments2023-12-18T20:41:36.391-08:00Comments on The Reading List: Book #43: Reading Yourself Into a New LifeLeslie Shimotakaharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-78175930269023940502011-04-06T10:28:15.142-07:002011-04-06T10:28:15.142-07:00Thanks so much for a moving picture and for remind...Thanks so much for a moving picture and for reminding me of Robert Frank and Cartier-Bresson. I recall seeing my first exhibit of their work at Martin-Gropius-Bau museum that year in Berlin.... I hope that looking at their work now would bring back everything I felt at time, that feeling of seeing the world afresh....Leslie Shimotakaharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-65260511655436219802011-04-04T20:33:37.706-07:002011-04-04T20:33:37.706-07:00Thank you so much for describing yourself as a fla...Thank you so much for describing yourself as a flaneuse. That is one of my favorite words, and concepts, of all time. I'm a big fan of street photography, especially from fifty years ago, and Robert Frank and Cartier-Bresson's photos let you be the flaneur. That's why I love them. I spent a summer in Paris photographing the streets and visiting the American Library in Paris. If only, if only, I had 500 pounds a year. Some people live that way, you know? Unbelievable. <br /><br />Also, Mrs. Dalloway is my favorite book, bar none. If I were 1/100th the writer Woolf was I would actually try to make a go of being a writer. I was having an awful time a few weeks ago and thought too often of this picture and her sad end (http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l99l87bfmg1qzb3huo1_500.jpg). <br /><br />What is your day job?B.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05015476988581929903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-50498130119237103602011-04-04T09:22:20.585-07:002011-04-04T09:22:20.585-07:00Can't wait to read The London Train - I have p...Can't wait to read The London Train - I have put it on my to read list. And you are right about dark chocolate and champagne.... a better mood boost and far better for my health!Leslie Shimotakaharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876376938826990379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756491815304443142.post-63034721141839679562011-04-02T10:26:36.387-07:002011-04-02T10:26:36.387-07:00I really enjoyed "Accidents in the House"...I really enjoyed "Accidents in the House" and just bought Hadley's book, "The London Train." Stay away from those cigarettes! Try dark chocolate or champagne instead. Hope your agent has good luck with your memoir in London!Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723897528550281454noreply@blogger.com