tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post8365269613373141795..comments2023-12-30T03:21:15.151-05:00Comments on Emily Evans Eerdmans: Do you care about houses?Emily Evans Eerdmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12434821015450147843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-76698840024431036632009-03-25T11:56:00.000-04:002009-03-25T11:56:00.000-04:00It's something so organic. My best friend lived w...It's something so organic. My best friend lived with the most hideous PEACOCK wall paper in her dining room for years because she didn't know what she wanted to replace it with. On several occasions I offered to remove the paper (with my teeth if necessary) and paint it white as an act of mercy. "It doesn't bother me," said she. And I looked on in wonder and could not imagine how this could possibly be so. <BR/><BR/>I worked with a woman who drove a stripped down Honda one time who told me, "I don't believe what car you drive is a reflection on who you are." Completely proving the point that it is. It's not bad, it's just different. I'm sure that there are lots of people who would be horrified at my financial irresponsibility, but it doesn't make me enjoy fabric any less.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-74074624185863431592009-03-24T21:20:00.000-04:002009-03-24T21:20:00.000-04:00Following on from Toby Worthington's comments, I c...Following on from Toby Worthington's comments, I confess I've noticed much the same. Recently I went through the Guardian (UK)'s archive of writers' rooms. They are invariably disappointing when you think what's coming out of them. However, why should they be expected to be visually adept? Shouldn't the aura of scholarship/imagination be enough? The Italian prof. studying Petrarch amongst his rickety Liberty furnishings deserves more respect!Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-31169373581584614732009-03-24T10:32:00.000-04:002009-03-24T10:32:00.000-04:00All that Mario Praz has said is perfectly true; an...All that Mario Praz has said is perfectly true; and nothing is more dismaying than seeing how dismally<BR/>flat and uninspired are the rooms of persons who otherwise possess intelligence or have a reputation for scholarship. Indifference to personal surroundings seems to me a kind of aberration, yet it is astonishing<BR/>how often that sort of thing is encountered. In fact the number of people who don't care about houses is disproportionately higher than those who do.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-2632280256594785052009-03-23T20:40:00.000-04:002009-03-23T20:40:00.000-04:00Now that is what I call one who cares!Now that is what I call one who cares!pve designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527745630303158002noreply@blogger.com