Review of “The Starling Girl”
by James Clark
The Niagara Falls Attraction, allows one to reach more than fun. Its geographic centre would be unfathomable. Our protagonist, Starling, would also be unfathomable. Before that, though, we have deliveries of the elements, with many colors and powers.
Our protagonist is first seen within a Kentucky church, where she masters being skilled in a choreography dance of her own idea, at the age of seventeen. The girls seem to be excited about being involved there. Much gusto; dancing eyes, but also wit and grace. What could be better, for young sensibility?
Although we have the markings of fresh power, there is a mountain of woe. And its augury has the name , starling. Starling is not only about dark cover, but morose ways, quagmires, swamps, bogs, marsh, mire, slough, muddle….
The Niagara Falls Attraction, allows one to reach more than fun. Its geographic centre would be unfathomable. Our protagonist, Starling, would also be unfathomable. Before that, though, we have deliveries of the elements, with many colors and powers.
Our protagonist is first seen within a Kentucky church, where she masters being skilled in a choreography dance of her own idea, at the age of seventeen. The girls seem to be excited about being involved there. Much gusto; dancing eyes, but also wit and grace. What could be better, for young sensibility?
Although we have the markings of fresh power, there is a mountain of woe. And its augury has the name , Starling. Starling is not only about dark cover, but morose ways, quagmires, swamps, bogs, marsh, mire, slough, muddle,..
The Niagara Falls Attraction, allows one to reach more than fun. Its geographic centre would be unfathomable. Our protagonist, Starling, would also be unfathomable. Before that, though, we have deliveries of the elements, with many colors and powers.
Our protagonist is first seen within a Kentucky church, where she masters being skilled in a choreography dance of her own idea, at the age of seventeen. The girls seem to be excited about being involved there. Much gusto; dancing eyes, but also wit and grace. What could be better, for young sensibility?
Although we have the markings of fresh power in the skies, there is a mountain of woe. And its augury has the name , starling. Starling is not only about dark cover, but morose ways, quagmires, swamps, bogs, marsh, mire, slough, muddle…
The ways of the rebel, where deep motion lies. The rich green farms. Follow the currents.
The randy in-second-power-loveliness,would find Starling that she had made a mistake. To fix, sort of, our protagonist would leave Kentucky and never see her family again. Her country music job did not do the trick.
The flowing heart.
Hands.
The priest. It’s like a gun.
Why did you come back from Costa Rica? (The randy second-power.) It was time.
How much can this be expended?
Starling, and her focus upon the motion.
That was a mouthful.
Her feeling, mystic.
The skies.
Two hands, into the sky.
Cut to lying in the grass.
Dream.
To begin the path.
Mom’s shock.
Many colors.
This fire would go all night.
The night.
She runs in the dark.
A whissing sound in the dark.
Face to face.
Was falling…
Ways of depths.
Morose.
Chickens in the back.
Puerto Rico.
Dance.
Deep voice of nothing.
Her car.
Yellow flames which could berrer.
The cosmos.
Long kissing.
Save my sins.
Hands up, in the dance.
But can she make real depth?
All the way… sort of.
In the dark.
Spishing. (Irony.)
The current.
He: “I don’t seem to be a criminal.
Big water going downwards. Like Niagara Falls.
There are powers of dancing. Powers we can know and love.
Jen (Starling), using her arms as a power…
Jen, going very far.
Jen, looking to the skies at dark. It’s power.
We could go anywhere, out of Kentucky.
Leaving the church.
Like a jail.
Lostness.
Movement.
Without a leap there is no hope…Like a bad dog. Move, move…
Hands trying to make a real move.
Fingers… Arms…
The boyfriend, and the Protagonist.
Anxious.
Philosophy.
The dark and the beautiful.
She driving.
She believes in how to work.
Her hands.
Movement.
Samual Johnson (1709-1775)
Although Johnson became a giant in philosophy, there was in his powers a strain of disease, namely, Tourette Syndrome. As we begin this part, we need to deal with it as a giant failure. You must find the courage to be very strange.
A
After we came out of the church, we stood talking of Bishop Berkeley’s ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that everything in the universe is merely ideal. I observed that though we are satisfied his doctrine is merely ideal, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with such against his foot with mighty force against a large stone refoot, till he rebounded from it—“I refute thus.” This was a stout exemplification of the first truth of Pere Bouffier, or the original principles of Reid and Beattie; without admitting which, we can no more argue in metaphysics, than we argue admitting which, we can no more argue in metaphysics, than we can argue in mathematics without axioms. To me it is not conceivable how Berkeley can be answered by pure reasoning; but I know that the nice and difficult task was to have been undertaken by one of the most luminous minds of the present age, had not politics “turned him from calm philosophy aside.” What an admirable display of subtlety, united with brilliance, might his contending with Berkeley have afforded us! How must we, when we, when we reflect on Berkeley, have afforded us! How must we, when we, when reflect on the loss of such an intellectual feast, regret that on the loss of such of such an intellectual feast that he should character as the man,
“Who born for the universe narrowed his mind,
And the party gave up what was meant for mankind?”
B
In our way, Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast and ast in a post-chaise. “If (said he) I had no duties and know reference to the future, I would spend my life driving briskly in a post office with a pretty woman; but she should be one who could understand me,” and would add something to the conversation.” I observed that we were this day to stop just where the Highland army did in 1745. Johnson. “It was a noble attempt.” Boswell. “I wish we could have an authentic history of it.” Johnson. “If you are not an idle dog you might write it, collecting from everybody what they can tell, and putting down your authorities.”
C
From grave to gay, from lively to severe,”— we were soon engaged in very different speculation; humbly and reverently considering and wondering at the universal mystery of all things, as our imperfect faculties can judge them. “There are (said he) innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this state receive no answer: Why do you and I exist? Why was this world created? Since it was to be created, why was’t it created sooner?”
D
“Dear Sir.
“It has pleased God, this morning, to deprive me of the of the powers of speech; and as I do not know but that it may be his further good pleasure to deprive me soon of by my senses, I request you will on receipt of this of this note, come to me, and act for me, as the exigencies of my require.
“I am sincerely Sam Johnson.”
E
“Mr. Clark compares the obstinacy of those who disbelieve genuineness of Ossian to a blind man, who should dispute the reality of colours, and deny that the British troops are clothed in red. The blind man’s doubt, would be rational, if he did not know by experience that others have a power which he himself wants: but experience that others have a power which he himself wants: but what perspicacity has Mr. Clark which Nature has withheld from me or the rest of mankind?”
F
… His maxims carries conviction; for they are founded on the of common sense, and a very attentive and minute survey of real life. His mind was so full of imagery, that he might have been perpetually a poet; yet it is remarkable, that however rich his prose is in this respect, his poetical pieces, in general, do not have much splender…