tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post8189745167620311252..comments2024-01-28T02:24:23.386-05:00Comments on Dan Leo: “Railroad Train to Heaven”, Part Ten: Arnold Schnabel meets up with the beatniks on the beachDan Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-34320648903185448872007-09-10T05:17:00.000-04:002007-09-10T05:17:00.000-04:00Dear Jen,Now that would have been a great epitaph,...Dear Jen,<BR/><BR/>Now that would have been a great epitaph, but somehow I don't see Arnold's mother going for it. <BR/><BR/>But I may be wrong.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-72037540312219063022007-09-09T18:12:00.000-04:002007-09-09T18:12:00.000-04:00"Let’s face it, I’ve been a goody two-shoes for mo..."Let’s face it, I’ve been a goody two-shoes for most of my life, and where did it land me but the loony bin."<BR/><BR/>Does this end up on his tombstone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-42320013566852252412007-08-08T19:28:00.000-04:002007-08-08T19:28:00.000-04:00I'm sure that -- in his railroad train in heaven -...I'm sure that -- in his railroad train in heaven -- Arnold thanks you humbly, dear Grasshopper. <BR/><BR/>One of the things I like about Arnold is that he seems, even in his precarious post-breakdown period, to have a good sense of the ridiculous. <BR/><BR/>I think he touches on some of the points you bring up in his poems "Abandoned" and "Inspiration".Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-26434059434899071392007-08-08T19:10:00.000-04:002007-08-08T19:10:00.000-04:00I've always believed, perhaps protectively, that n...I've always believed, perhaps protectively, that no artist can create something sublime without risking the ridiculous. <BR/>Here Arnold sounds innocent, if dripping on, an appreciative, provocative audience. <BR/>Either way, I have to admire the man's abysmal poetry for the haunting heights, that with a bit more luck, it might have reached. <BR/>And this story, perhaps because he wasn't keen on going so far beyond the pale as to threaten (again) his sanity, is totally fine, if neither quite banal nor yet transcendent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-89301230333335805222007-08-08T06:12:00.000-04:002007-08-08T06:12:00.000-04:00Hey Dreamweaver,You're so right. He was, like, coo...Hey Dreamweaver,<BR/>You're so right. He was, like, cool before he knew he was so cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-11690716832861747732007-08-08T06:09:00.000-04:002007-08-08T06:09:00.000-04:00Arnold was so avant-garde and he didn't even know ...Arnold was so avant-garde and he didn't even know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com