Comments for Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu Thu, 19 May 2011 20:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on No Leaning Out! by MB http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2011/03/15/no-leaning-out/#comment-1672 Thu, 19 May 2011 20:28:52 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=2017#comment-1672 This is exceedingly great.

]]> Comment on Nuclear Victim by leo primus http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2010/03/02/nuclear-victim/#comment-1670 Wed, 18 May 2011 15:46:59 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=1050#comment-1670 Julian Beck was a brave man. I was reading in a book about his life and the living theatre that he got beat up by the police more than once for these kind of actions.

]]> Comment on Searching for Peace of Mind? by Lee http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2011/02/13/searching-for-peace-of-mind/#comment-1653 Wed, 04 May 2011 22:21:05 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=2035#comment-1653 I’m feel peace of mind that these are approved by the Comics Code Authority.

]]> Comment on No Leaning Out! by Brea http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2011/03/15/no-leaning-out/#comment-1596 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:47:09 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=2017#comment-1596 Yikes!

]]> Comment on Lunch in the mountains + pig . . . er boar by Roger Vlitos http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2010/11/26/lunch-in-the-mountains-pig/#comment-1566 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:20:17 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=1939#comment-1566 This photograph was taken in 1927 when Robert Byron was aged 22, and still an Oxford History undergraduate. Robert traveled with three friends to Mt Athos,Greece, the last station of Byzantium”. ‘The Station’ was a reappraisal of “the Holy Mountain” and made Robert Byron’s reputation as a major “new talent’. It is still in print and a great read.

David Talbot Rice (who went on to become a Professor of Byzantine studies, was the party’s official photographer. This photo shows Robert and another “pilgrim” , probably Mark Ogilvie-Grant, relaxing in a monastic guest house.

About the pig: Sows (and females) are forbidden on Mt Athos. Its spotted hide shows it is a young wild boar. It was probably a gift from a layman hunter to the monks. It would not have been a pet – the monk’s diet being mainly vegetarian made it a necessity to guard their gardens from wild boar. Hence it must have been an orphan being fattened for a feast.

Robert Byron mentions the wild boar, writing that they were so numerous along with other game that he would like to return with a pack of hounds and even go “pig-sticking”. Robert rode to hounds at home in Saverake Forest, and he had travelled to India where pig-sticking was still a horseback sport.

]]> Comment on Re-Writing Freud by Christine Morris http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2011/02/28/re-writing-freud/#comment-1556 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:58:01 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=2048#comment-1556 Great to see a write up about the app / exhibition, it was an exciting project to work on and so glad we have it on the iPhone and iPad. There are some planned updates for it too! We are hoping to go down to have a look.

]]> Comment on The Agnes Magazine by Benjamin L Clark http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2010/08/26/the-agnes-magazine/#comment-1276 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:49:53 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=1499#comment-1276 I like this a lot, for a lot of reasons. Wonderful.

]]> Comment on Whisper Campaign by Jim Fisher http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2010/08/09/whisper-campaign/#comment-1264 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:07:00 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=1689#comment-1264 Here is a link to some modern hair-do cutouts, just in case you want to change your look.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/daily/graphics/sanjaya_032707/washingtonpost-sanjaya.pdf

]]> Comment on Marianne’s Dressing by moore123 http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2010/03/18/mariannes-dressing/#comment-1137 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:50:23 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=1062#comment-1137 When Donald Hall reports on Moore’s serving him lunch at her Brooklyn Apartment, one wonders about the high style suggested by her mayonnaise recipe:

“Lunch was extraordinary! On a tray she placed three tiny paper cups and a plate. One of the cups contained about two teaspoons of V-8 juice. Another had about eight raisins in it, and the other five and a half Spanish peanuts. On the plate was a mound of Fritos, and when she passed them to me she said, I like Fritos. They’re so good for you, you know.”

From: Their Ancient Glittering Eyes: Remembering Poets and More Poets. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992, p. 165.

]]> Comment on Dr. and Mrs. Williams by Judith J. Katz http://beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu/2010/04/06/dr-and-mrs-williams/#comment-1135 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:02:14 +0000 http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/?p=1315#comment-1135 I often tell my writing students that William Carlos Williams was a doctor and wrote poems on his prescription pads. The size and shape of the pads clearly had an influence on some of his smaller pieces. It’s a kick to see 1. what he could do with a callling card and 2. what he looked like when he was in his medical office and at his desk. Will share this with my students on Monday when I begin a week of William Carlos Williams with them.

Thanks to Susanna Holsenbeck the Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School (Co-op)/Yale University liaison for introducing us to your delightful site.

Judith Katz
Lead Teacher
Creative Writing
Co-op

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