tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post1544078456950395563..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : POETRY FRIDAY - GALILEO'S FINGERSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-38060706131349593552009-12-11T13:03:57.739-08:002009-12-11T13:03:57.739-08:00You know, standing in front of the one finger the ...You know, standing in front of the one finger the museum already had in its possession, I couldn't decide if it was creepy or just plain fascinating. I'm used to this kind of idolotry of body parts being assigned to saints...the typical reliquary - but to scientists? Very odd. I've just finished a book called Cranioklepty - about people being obsessed with other people's post-mortem skulls, so I guess I have a slightly off-kilter curiosity. <br /><br />Martha and Andromeda, thanks for commenting. And Martha, lost-then-found fascinates me, too. It's like a ghost materializing....Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-74565076072434154782009-12-11T10:22:36.644-08:002009-12-11T10:22:36.644-08:00This story captured my attention, too, the act of ...This story captured my attention, too, the act of admirers taking body parts (including the fingers Galileo held his pen with) ... Sadly, my thoughts then went to a darkly comic poem, which I haven't been able to bring myself to write, about a Yankee swap gone awry (gallows, rather, gallow-leo's humor).<br /><br />I'm also intrigued by the theme of lost and found lately ... the lost Chaplin footage found in a tin thru eBay, Galileo's fingers and tooth ... <br /><br />Anyway, thanks for this poem. I always find your site inspiring. I'm not in for Poetry Friday this week, but catching some of the roundup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-3742662926756685912009-12-11T07:10:55.369-08:002009-12-11T07:10:55.369-08:00Kinda creepy & ironic, no? But I always enjoy ...Kinda creepy & ironic, no? But I always enjoy your thoughtful, poetic response.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.com