Comments on: A Giant Vulture Getting Killed by Rattlesnakes http://mossyskull.com/art/a-giant-vulture-getting-killed-by-rattlesnakes Ramblings of Michael J. DeLuca Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mjd http://mossyskull.com/art/a-giant-vulture-getting-killed-by-rattlesnakes/comment-page-1#comment-556 mjd Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:07:24 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=364#comment-556 Thanks very much! That means a lot. Thanks very much! That means a lot.

]]> By: hewriter http://mossyskull.com/art/a-giant-vulture-getting-killed-by-rattlesnakes/comment-page-1#comment-555 hewriter Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:24:58 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=364#comment-555 Another excellent story. Very evocative and unique. I'm always ready to check out something new by you. Another excellent story. Very evocative and unique. I’m always ready to check out something new by you.

]]> By: mjd http://mossyskull.com/art/a-giant-vulture-getting-killed-by-rattlesnakes/comment-page-1#comment-554 mjd Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:42:02 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=364#comment-554 Thanks, Michele! Thanks, Michele!

]]> By: Michele Korri http://mossyskull.com/art/a-giant-vulture-getting-killed-by-rattlesnakes/comment-page-1#comment-553 Michele Korri Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:13:40 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=364#comment-553 You did revise "Of Thinking..." a lot, although I recognized previous bits and pieces. I love the corncob pipe--it somehow adds a weird realism to Boreas's character. I really liked how you developed the story into one of redemption. Boreas could never completely let go of some morsel of "humanity" no matter how used he became to violence or how much he tried to convince himself that he was only interested in self-preservation. The only way you could make his redemption powerful is if he were surrounded by the horrific and appeared immune to it. In the end he sacrificed himself for what he admired and thought he could never be--for what the women stood for. Some of the imagery, especially when you described the Minotaur, was wonderful--the juxtaposition of a monster with curls. Great stuff. You did revise “Of Thinking…” a lot, although I recognized previous bits and pieces. I love the corncob pipe–it somehow adds a weird realism to Boreas’s character.

I really liked how you developed the story into one of redemption. Boreas could never completely let go of some morsel of “humanity” no matter how used he became to violence or how much he tried to convince himself that he was only interested in self-preservation. The only way you could make his redemption powerful is if he were surrounded by the horrific and appeared immune to it. In the end he sacrificed himself for what he admired and thought he could never be–for what the women stood for.

Some of the imagery, especially when you described the Minotaur, was wonderful–the juxtaposition of a monster with curls. Great stuff.

]]> By: mjd http://mossyskull.com/art/a-giant-vulture-getting-killed-by-rattlesnakes/comment-page-1#comment-552 mjd Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:53:59 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=364#comment-552 Heh! Thanks, Dave, I think... :) I did indeed rewrite the stuffing out of that story, and I owe you and everybody who critiqued it. Heh! Thanks, Dave, I think… :) I did indeed rewrite the stuffing out of that story, and I owe you and everybody who critiqued it.

]]> By: Dave Stier http://mossyskull.com/art/a-giant-vulture-getting-killed-by-rattlesnakes/comment-page-1#comment-551 Dave Stier Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:07:01 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=364#comment-551 Great story in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Mike! Your "Of Thinking Being and Beast" rewrite applies maximum effort to the feedback you got at TNEO. And since I was one of said feedback-ers I have *every* right to say that, heh, heh. Those centaur pukes are animals I just *love* to hate! Great job! Please let me touch you when next we meet, man. Why should one dude have all that creativity to himself? Muhahahaha!!!! :) Great story in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Mike! Your “Of Thinking Being and Beast” rewrite applies maximum effort to the feedback you got at TNEO. And since I was one of said feedback-ers I have *every* right to say that, heh, heh. Those centaur pukes are animals I just *love* to hate! Great job! Please let me touch you when next we meet, man. Why should one dude have all that creativity to himself?
Muhahahaha!!!! :)

]]> By: scott andrews http://mossyskull.com/art/a-giant-vulture-getting-killed-by-rattlesnakes/comment-page-1#comment-550 scott andrews Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:56:34 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=364#comment-550 oooo--nice halberd! oooo–nice halberd!

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