tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post6425917773163202654..comments2024-03-28T00:06:43.735-07:00Comments on Tillalala Chronicles: Nostalgia John Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873070309448793816noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post-8339833607897426412016-10-02T07:23:20.935-07:002016-10-02T07:23:20.935-07:00Thank you for your work!Thank you for your work!Irakli Qolbaianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post-13812376754600483502016-09-28T10:15:02.496-07:002016-09-28T10:15:02.496-07:00Thank you so much for your generous comment. Much ...Thank you so much for your generous comment. Much appreciated. <br />John Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07873070309448793816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407034878188607881.post-73221167866022387112016-09-28T08:52:01.543-07:002016-09-28T08:52:01.543-07:00One more great piece by John Olson, crystalline id...One more great piece by John Olson, crystalline ideas seem to carry the words along. I love it how it happens in Olson's work, that you think you're looking at something formal or quirky at first ("prose poem") but then suddenly you feel a true emotion creeping up your spine. Then you're blue. Your heart is broken. And this, as so often, contains phrases one will classically say about: "I wish I'd written them!"<br /><br />"...nostalgia isn’t a place or a time it’s a mood. It’s a feeling. With images attached."<br />"I was my favorite bar and bartender. Drinking alone was wonderful. I got a lot out of it. It’s how I became an alcoholic. Alcoholism became a vocation from which I eventually retired."Irakli Qolbaianoreply@blogger.com