tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post2005548839219466081..comments2023-11-09T12:42:52.976-08:00Comments on Clear Heart Blog: Joe le PlombierJoe Cottonwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12282993255868590544noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-57799418057569769922009-10-18T18:05:16.153-07:002009-10-18T18:05:16.153-07:00Fabienne, je crois que votre père félicitait mon r...Fabienne, je crois que votre père félicitait mon roman et félicitait également le fait que je n'étais pas trop fier de travailler avec mes mains. Il, en fait, félicitait les Etats-Unis pour accepter l'écriture d'un plombier comme travail d'art. En outre, je peux dire de l'extrait que votre père a eu un sens de l'humour désinvolte. Je souhaite que je l'aie rencontré. Peut-être un jour à la place je vous rencontrerai.Joe Cottonwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282993255868590544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-41903669132147839502009-10-18T17:47:50.580-07:002009-10-18T17:47:50.580-07:00Fabienne, I believe that your father was praising ...Fabienne, I believe that your father was praising my novel and also praising the fact that I wasn't too proud to work with my hands. He was, in fact, praising the USA for accepting the writing of a plumber as a work of art. Also, I can tell from the excerpt that your father had a jaunty sense of humor. I wish I'd met him.Joe Cottonwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282993255868590544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-13304605365201515652009-10-11T05:27:57.496-07:002009-10-11T05:27:57.496-07:00i´m the daugther from Jean vigenaux and my father ...i´m the daugther from Jean vigenaux and my father was a very sarcastich mann but you can be sure that he liked your novels...i don´t translate the text because my english is very bad..i hope that i can help youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200396781903956514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-82129186596178301012009-10-11T05:25:56.078-07:002009-10-11T05:25:56.078-07:00i am the daughter from jean Vigneaux..and yes my f...i am the daughter from jean Vigneaux..and yes my father have a lot of sarcasm but i´m sure that he like your novel..I´m sorry but my english ist not very good..i can try to translate when you want but it´will be a very approxamativ translateAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200396781903956514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-62828753684922487062008-11-28T13:18:00.000-08:002008-11-28T13:18:00.000-08:00I have nothing to add to the translation above.And...I have nothing to add to the translation above.<BR/><BR/>And I do feel that our contemporary writers tend to be all from the same haughty urban seam. When they try to write about 'real people' (i.e. not writers or artists), they have to make an awful lot of research. And when they want to write about 'real jobs' (meaning no disrespect, sir), they just can't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-74167978293744776442008-11-24T16:10:00.000-08:002008-11-24T16:10:00.000-08:00Ah. I see a doctoral thesis up for grabs: The in...Ah. I see a doctoral thesis up for grabs: The influence of plumbing in the expression of artistic endeavor as evidenced in the works of Glass, Cottonwood, and Wurzelbacher. Any takers?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the amplification. This is fun.Joe Cottonwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282993255868590544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-25961955279999966342008-11-24T15:50:00.000-08:002008-11-24T15:50:00.000-08:00Philip Glass earned his living for a while as a pl...Philip Glass earned his living for a while as a plumber and as an assistant to Richard Serra (at the time that Serra was making the poured lead pieces in the 90 degree crack between the wall and the floor.) I always imagined them being macho and pouring the lead together.R Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599921449937172809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-8882259676097869072008-11-23T07:38:00.000-08:002008-11-23T07:38:00.000-08:00Beats me. He worked as a cab driver for a while. ...Beats me. He worked as a cab driver for a while. Or are you referring to one of his compositions? I confess, I don't know a lot about him. I'm intrigued, now. What's the connection?Joe Cottonwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282993255868590544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-41758553630198594632008-11-23T05:44:00.000-08:002008-11-23T05:44:00.000-08:00Can you make a service call to my computer please?...Can you make a service call to my computer please?<BR/><BR/>And what would you call that other plumber - Philip Glass - plombier-compositeur?<BR/>Phil the PlumberR Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599921449937172809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-12250225254650196992008-11-20T15:33:00.000-08:002008-11-20T15:33:00.000-08:00As we say in my household, "Qu'il est français" (H...As we say in my household, "<I>Qu'il est français</I>" (He is SO French!) of M Vigneaux. <I>Nostalgie de la <B>boue</B></I>, anyone? <BR/><BR/>I think it goes something like this:<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, maybe that's what is missing from our literature: grubby, well-rounded people whose dreams could also be writers' dreams. People who can pay attention not only to themselves (we don't lack those) but to those poorer, more desperate than they.<BR/><BR/>Rich America! which still has such people. Along with computer scientist-plumbers who can observe them.<BR/><BR/>Poor Europe! where those with university diplomas will never become wanderers, nor plumbers, nor dreamers, nor rooted. And where books resound with only <I>mea culpas</I>...<BR/><BR/>(<I>Mandarine</I> could double-check that translation for us.)<BR/><BR/>I think there's a <I>je ne sais quoi</I> about freedom and egalitarianism that America's wide open spaces suggest to Europeans, which is part of why <I>Famous Potatoes</I> intrigues them.<BR/><BR/>Plus, you do tell a good story, Joe.<BR/><BR/>--SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-51632280152494326952008-11-20T12:32:00.000-08:002008-11-20T12:32:00.000-08:00Wow! I love this guy! Thanks for the link.Wow! I love this guy! Thanks for the link.Joe Cottonwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282993255868590544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946458937604608009.post-5173711208644745092008-11-20T05:27:00.000-08:002008-11-20T05:27:00.000-08:00Joe, take some time and check thru Doug Stowe's B...Joe,<BR/> take some time and check thru Doug Stowe's Blog at wisdomofthehands.com checkout 20NOV08 entryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com