tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post1896049516971234247..comments2024-03-25T18:27:37.374+00:00Comments on The Kissed Mouth: The Three Lives of William MorrisKirsty Stonell Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-48811290882287028612023-02-22T18:53:14.194+00:002023-02-22T18:53:14.194+00:00love this comment!
love this comment!<br />Ldtowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996868129047571178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-73644627776818806702017-09-15T20:15:01.895+01:002017-09-15T20:15:01.895+01:00just came across this and thoroughly enjoyed readi...just came across this and thoroughly enjoyed reading it! Thank you.Colin Basshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15712336561567655170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-57232249267076310582015-03-24T21:02:27.544+00:002015-03-24T21:02:27.544+00:00I wont hear a word against Morris, and in fact I w...I wont hear a word against Morris, and in fact I wasn't aware that anyone had seriously suggest he was either violent or abusive, the idea is preposterous. The best thing I've read on Morris was the tribute paid to him after his death in the Clarion:<br />"It is true that much of his work still lives, and will live. But we have lost him, and, great as was his work, he himself was greater ... he was better than the best. Though his words fell like sword strokes, one always felt that the warrior was stronger than the sword. For Morris was not only a genius, he was a man. Strike at him where you would, he rang true ... he was our best man. We cannot spare him; we cannot replace him. In all England there lives no braver, kinder, honester, cleverer, heartier man than William Morris. He is dead, and we cannot help feeling for a while that nothing else matters." david thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05692146122552088160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-37845030867936027192015-03-24T13:34:12.551+00:002015-03-24T13:34:12.551+00:00This is one of the best tributes to Morris that I ...This is one of the best tributes to Morris that I have ever read. Such a truly talented and genial soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-8021161785453225682012-03-30T02:53:06.489+01:002012-03-30T02:53:06.489+01:00A dating site for Stunners and Artists! That's...A dating site for Stunners and Artists! That's a hilarious yet perfect idea. You should call it Muse-Finder or something. I'll sign up! ;)R. A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10746563233541071722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-85085822052991252092012-03-27T04:28:26.812+01:002012-03-27T04:28:26.812+01:00Beautiful write-up, thank you! Now I will always t...Beautiful write-up, thank you! Now I will always think of Ned as a "weary wraith". It's interesting you should remark how similar Morris's "La Belle Iseult" painting is to Rossetti's own work, because it seems Rossetti probably worked on it after Morris gave up! I first heard about this in Jan Marsh's article in the Journal of the William Morris Society, in the summer '11 edition. Apparently Philip Webb said "Rossetti took it to finish, and then Madox Brown". When I read this, so much was explained...Clara Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446914113663663484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-57587151040030391822012-03-26T07:41:04.135+01:002012-03-26T07:41:04.135+01:00RA: You are talking to someone whose friends (and ...RA: You are talking to someone whose friends (and husband) often look at her strangely, so I shouldn't worry. Also, as you get older, you end up meeting oodles of lovely men who like wallpaper and tapestry. In fact, I begin to feel like I should be running a dating site for Stunners and Artists.... Gosh, and I'm 21 years older than you, I feel I ought to adopt you as my Pre-Raphaelite daughter....<br /><br />Thanks everyone for expressing the Morris love. He deserved it.Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-30200437674310202832012-03-26T02:11:20.797+01:002012-03-26T02:11:20.797+01:00Good post! I started researching the Pre Raphs whe...Good post! I started researching the Pre Raphs when I was 15 and fell in love with Edward Burne-Jones's art. Through him I found William Morris and I knew no other man could meet my standards (pretty sad, seeing as I'm 17 and don't know any guys who are into tapestry or wallpaper design). <br />Anyway, I've read a lot about him and my opinion on Jane and William's relationship is: it fell apart because William Morris was meant to marry ME. I appreciate Willaim, find his looks adorable, and am not attracted to Rossetti at all. I even look kind of like Jane (I have the scary eyebrows, big hair and freakishly long fingers!). So my life goal is now to go back in time and get to him before Jane does.<br /><br /><br /><br /> . . . Just typing this I can feel all my friends looking at me weirdly. I'm off to go do something more socially acceptable for a teenage girl, instead of fantasizing about dead Victorian men.R. A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10746563233541071722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-51198287096731510622012-03-25T23:37:19.196+01:002012-03-25T23:37:19.196+01:00Thanks for a great post. I love William Morris and...Thanks for a great post. I love William Morris and think he was a genius in his fields. I think he was very shy with women and was perhaps not the most accomplished lover.Jane can't be blamed for taking the opportunity to better herself in the climate of the times but she and Rossetti were cruel and selfish together. She was a streange woman ,think about her affaire with Blunt. He was another rotter.Morris wanted to make the world a better place and I think he did!bright starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682079332831035081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-8152672885738774102012-03-25T19:30:57.300+01:002012-03-25T19:30:57.300+01:00Your 3D Jane is lovely indeed, thank you for linki...Your 3D Jane is lovely indeed, thank you for linking :)Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-36970112088775394612012-03-25T18:59:56.876+01:002012-03-25T18:59:56.876+01:00Beautiful job! You really captured dear Topsy to t...Beautiful job! You really captured dear Topsy to the life, my dear! <br /><br />And honestly, I wouldn't take Franny Moyle seriously about anything to do with the Pre-Raphs. I'll refrain from going off about Desperate Romantics, but...nuff said. <br /><br />Now if Jan Marsh or Fiona McCarthy had said that in a talk, then I'd be likely to take their word for it. But they certainly don't seem to think that Morris was unpleasant. Quite the contrary. Although McCarthy spends a little too much time, in my opinion, dwelling on Rossetti's cartoons and jibes toward Morris, she ultimately portrays him as a very decent man, I thought.<br /><br />I will say that, at least among my circle of friends, while they know about the whole unpleasantness with Jane and DGR, they prefer to dwell on the gorgeousness of his designs, or the excellence of his socialist politics.Sphinxvictorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06449864683506664769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-2868497023928425922012-03-25T17:20:42.176+01:002012-03-25T17:20:42.176+01:00Thank you for bringing William Morris to life, as ...Thank you for bringing William Morris to life, as if he were a contemporary!<br /><br />If you are interested, I am working on a clay figure of Jane, it is now drying slowly before it hits the kiln.<br /><br /><a href="http://stainedglassdesigns.blogspot.ca/2012/03/jane-burden-morris-in-clay.html" rel="nofollow">Jane Burden Morris in 3D</a>A Glass Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547449968402945578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-39986817654652755092012-03-25T16:17:48.872+01:002012-03-25T16:17:48.872+01:00Thank you all for your comments. I am especially ...Thank you all for your comments. I am especially looking forward to going back to Kelmscott over Easter for my birthday, but it always strikes me as a somewhat sad place. I don't think I've ever read anything negative said by William about Jane, or anything about his marriage. The only person he was a bit rude about (that I have read) was W M Rossetti, who he thought was a fool (and he wasn't wrong).Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-38904203391515393022012-03-25T13:19:26.188+01:002012-03-25T13:19:26.188+01:00A lovely tribute to a great Victorian. I agree – i...A lovely tribute to a great Victorian. I agree – if he was so violent and abusive, as some make out, how come he put up with Rossetti’s frequent charicatures and cartoons of himself and sometimes even of Jane! Often these could be very cruel, and could really only be accepted within the context of a very close friendship. In fact, Morris must have been remarkably tolerant. I always think of him as a highly motivated and vivacious individual with probably a fantastic sense of humour.Robert Stephen Parryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03747616730405354161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-60289034516010818172012-03-25T12:41:10.937+01:002012-03-25T12:41:10.937+01:00Great, great postGreat, great postHermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-4690386687547225882012-03-25T12:29:54.742+01:002012-03-25T12:29:54.742+01:00That was lovely, Kirsty, well done!That was lovely, Kirsty, well done!Fizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251591550873800405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-50925073289194089892012-03-25T05:00:12.978+01:002012-03-25T05:00:12.978+01:00Thank you! I love William Morris. I don't be...Thank you! I love William Morris. I don't believe he was abusive or Georgie Burne-Jones never would have been a close friend to him. I think he had bursts of bad temper which were like little thunderstorms.... loud, noisy sometimes frantic and when over just left puddles. I quess we won't ever know exactly what was between Jane and William. I have to say he made friends and they remained afectionate towards him. Whatever the fault in the marriage William seemed to accept whatever happened. It seems a gentlemanly gesture on his part in a funny way. Did he ever say anything rude or negative about Jane in public? or to friends? I need to look it up.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200245194489874517noreply@blogger.com