Comments on: After the Carnival http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/30/after-the-carnival/ One Image, Six Writers, Daily Words. The site about Interpretation, Inspiration and Improvisation. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicolas Papaconstantinou http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/30/after-the-carnival/#comment-23117 Nicolas Papaconstantinou Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:15:04 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=3320#comment-23117 Beautiful turn of phrase, Cyn, and a powerful - if morbid - sentiment. Lovely, as always, and as always, lovely. Beautiful turn of phrase, Cyn, and a powerful – if morbid – sentiment. Lovely, as always, and as always, lovely.

]]> By: Rivka Jacobs http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/12/30/after-the-carnival/#comment-21764 Rivka Jacobs Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:09:38 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=3320#comment-21764 Wow, short but sweet! Fine use of language to convey the sense of loss and altered context. You picked just a few images, examples, as evidence for your case. It's almost like you are an archaeologist studying some archaic rite of the distant past. It also rings true for me, too. The "Bit-o-Honey and "taffy" wrappers really evokes memories for me. The message is spot-on, also. And it's a very simple observation that I think passes through everybody's brain after an event like this. Do you think that one of the reasons people start immediately to build new floats and prepare for next year's parade or carnival is because when the current show is over, the emptiness, the uselessness of it all is disturbing, and people want to get involved in next year's extravaganza to give themselves some meaning? (Again, my comment is longer than the story. :) Wow, short but sweet! Fine use of language to convey the sense of loss and altered context. You picked just a few images, examples, as evidence for your case. It’s almost like you are an archaeologist studying some archaic rite of the distant past. It also rings true for me, too. The “Bit-o-Honey and “taffy” wrappers really evokes memories for me.

The message is spot-on, also. And it’s a very simple observation that I think passes through everybody’s brain after an event like this.

Do you think that one of the reasons people start immediately to build new floats and prepare for next year’s parade or carnival is because when the current show is over, the emptiness, the uselessness of it all is disturbing, and people want to get involved in next year’s extravaganza to give themselves some meaning?

(Again, my comment is longer than the story. :)

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