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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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I would like to be there when Jesus was picking the 12 deciples, and then He would have picked a 13th one, me 
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:13 am Post subject: |
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| I would want to have been born in the late Victorian years in the US (maybe 1890-99?), and then hung out in Paris in the 1910-20's with the expat writers and artists. Think of a salon atmosphere a la Gertrude Stein for friends like Pound, Picasso, Joyce, Eliot, Hemingway, HD, Nin, etc. |
Agreed. But I'd rather be in Paris a few years later when Henry Miller was around. |
Didn't he first go to Paris in the late 1920's?
Anyway, if you are interested in the Paris milieu of the 1930's, there's a fantastic book by a photographer named Brassa� called The Secret Paris of the 1930s. Brassa� toured and photographed the seedy parts of Paris (opium dens, brothels, sex cafes, transsexual spots ). Actually, Miller used to accompany him during his night-ramblings!
http://thamesandhudson.com/books/The_Secret_Paris_of_the_30s/9780500271087.mxs/27/0/
Here are some photos he took:
http://www.faheykleingallery.com/featured_artists/brassai/brassai_frames.htm |
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onmypinkclouds
Joined: 18 May 2009
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:01 am Post subject: |
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"Oh dear, this is as bad as it gets. You wouldn't have thought you could sink any lower, but you can think yourself lucky that you're not a thief or actor- the only two professions' lower down the scale than yours. You'll sell your wares for the paltry sum of sixpence a time and be riddled with a variety of diseases in exchange- particularly newly diagnosed syphilis, which will be all the rage in Tudor England. All this at a time where the authorities are being much more heavy handed with your kind - you'll be lucky if you live another 7 years. You are a Prostitute. "
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:49 am Post subject: |
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As romantic as previous decades feel, I have too great a fondness for most modern conveniences. Modern toilets in particular are extremely important to me.
Finding myself in a previous time would only be fun in a time travel scenario where I have all my current knowledge of the state of the world. I'd pull a Back to the Future and invent rock & roll... and riot girls.
I would like to go to the future just to see what it's like. But I am insatiable and would probably find transporters dull because "they can't transport across galaxies" and dammit, I want the future that has that and so on and so forth. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| I would like to be there when Jesus was picking the 12 deciples, and then He would have picked a 13th one, me |
Whattup Rufus! |
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the boy next door
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Location: next door
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| right here, right now, there's nowhere else i'd rather be than right here and now with you. |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Middle Ages - Central Asia
I would have just loved to be in Chinggis Khans Horde. Imagine all the plunder of at least 3 continents and all the gals you could eat !!!
I'd make Tarkhan for sure  |
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AgentM
Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
| I would want to have been born in the late Victorian years in the US (maybe 1890-99?), and then hung out in Paris in the 1910-20's with the expat writers and artists. Think of a salon atmosphere a la Gertrude Stein for friends like Pound, Picasso, Joyce, Eliot, Hemingway, HD, Nin, etc. |
That would be a good era. As for me, there are many eras that I can see myself enjoying (depending on my position in life of course). As long as I was say, minor aristocracy, I could see myself enjoying the classical times in the Roman Empire. |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
| I would want to have been born in the late Victorian years in the US (maybe 1890-99?), and then hung out in Paris in the 1910-20's with the expat writers and artists. Think of a salon atmosphere a la Gertrude Stein for friends like Pound, Picasso, Joyce, Eliot, Hemingway, HD, Nin, etc. |
Agreed. But I'd rather be in Paris a few years later when Henry Miller was around. |
Didn't he first go to Paris in the late 1920's?
Anyway, if you are interested in the Paris milieu of the 1930's, there's a fantastic book by a photographer named Brassa� called The Secret Paris of the 1930s. Brassa� toured and photographed the seedy parts of Paris (opium dens, brothels, sex cafes, transsexual spots ). Actually, Miller used to accompany him during his night-ramblings!
http://thamesandhudson.com/books/The_Secret_Paris_of_the_30s/9780500271087.mxs/27/0/
Here are some photos he took:
http://www.faheykleingallery.com/featured_artists/brassai/brassai_frames.htm |
Yeah, you're right, but the first trip was brief and with his wife, so..it doesn't count! Hemingway was dressed as a girl as a child..but that's not the Hemingway we usually talk about!
Thanks for the link. I've never owned a book of photography before, maybe I should start. |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| This thread conjures up images of past lives...I wonder if our desire to live in a past era has something to do with distant memories/desires? |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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Hemingway was dressed as a girl as a child..but that's not the Hemingway we usually talk about!
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I talked about this on another thread, but Hem wasn't as severe as a misogynist as critics point him out to be, and he actually was very interested/involved in the 'taboo' topics scholars claim he was critical of. Him and his wife Hadley played with gender a lot, especially with their bodies/clothing, and that continued with his other wives, Pauline in particular. Also, a lot of his later novels (and posthumous ones) played a lot with gender and sexuality. The Garden of Eden is only one example.
However, that does not negate or excuse his feelings about masculinity/femininity, which I believe come from his upbringing (as you mentioned) and his experiences with war. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| The 1970s, UK. It was perfectly acceptable to be a chauvinist and refer to women as 'crumpet' and slap them on the rear for being 'saucy'. Also, big sideburns, flares and Slade were cool as. |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
Hemingway was dressed as a girl as a child..but that's not the Hemingway we usually talk about!
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However, that does not negate or excuse his feelings about masculinity/femininity, which I believe come from his upbringing (as you mentioned) and his experiences with war.[/quote]
I wasn't necessarily saying, nor do I believe, he was a chauvinist. But he was definitely Mr. Machismo and was probably compensating for something. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| probably compensating for something. |
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There is a book that deals with these issues...can't quite think of the name...The Moon Also Sets, no that isn't it...bah probably not relevant. |
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