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Comment on Levis, Walt Whitman, Technology, and what makes the American Dream by kyleb

kyleb — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:11 +0000

Yeah it was really something! I ended up getting into the final round but wasn’t able to completely the final cipher before everyone else so I did lose but I think I got a free pair of jeans so in some way I’m a winner! Just not a way that includes $100,000.

Comment on Levis, Walt Whitman, Technology, and what makes the American Dream by bmzreece

bmzreece — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:26:05 +0000

That contest is amazing! I’m really impressed. I’ve added Grayson Ozias IV as a friend on fbook [and yes, “GO Fo[u]rth” is really funny].

Comment on I Hear America Singing by taraw

taraw — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:09:51 +0000

Kyle,

This is a gorgeous photograph – coupled with one of my favorite Whitman poems. I use it with my high schoolers every year – and we look at who Whitman’s poem, Hughes addition “I, too, Sing America” – and then I have them write their own. I’m always pleasantly surprised by how keenly the pick up what who we should value as the builders and sustainers of our world.

I’m always impressed that they take to this poem of Whitman’s so well – and react so personally. It certainly says a lot about Whitman and this poem.

Great post.

Comment on Song Of Kyle by brady

brady — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:07:18 +0000

Funny self-portrait! How does it tally, though, that the face is looking backwards but your words are all about pushing on into the future?

Comment on Come not here if you have already spent the best of yourself by cirvine1965

cirvine1965 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:52:26 +0000

I spent most of the summer on the road. I love driving around, seeing new places, meeting new people and of course encountering the occasional roadblock. When I read “Song for the Open Road” I was stoked after just reading the title. I too thought about what Walt would say if he knew that I had traded my own two feet and a sturdy pair of shoes for a car that can navigate across the country quickly and easily.
However I have realized that a journey is a journey. Regardless of distance or means it’s the experience of leaving your comfort zone and going somewhere new. Companions are crucial.

Comment on I Hear America Singing by kyleb

kyleb — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:04:09 +0000

Thanks Matt! Truthfully it was taken by my girlfriend since I was driving but it turned out much better than either of us expected!

Comment on I Hear America Singing by Matthew Gold

Matthew Gold — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:45:13 +0000

What a gorgeous photo, Kyle!

Comment on Come not here if you have already spent the best of yourself by Reverend

Reverend — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:48:40 +0000

Nothing more American than the road trip, and I love the way you bring Whitman’s idea of the road as a social space for connection and possibility. It is similar to how I think about this technology, and the ability to explore a road through something as profound as the American Bard’ poetry.

How you are tracing your own movements is in many ways exactly the point of all this in my mind, and open dialogue about the road we travel.

Comment on Song Of Kyle by Carol Singley

Carol Singley — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:04:00 +0000

Kyle,
Thanks for pointing out the temporal and a-temporal aspects of Whitman’s writing. Yes, I agree, the “meta-temporal” qualities help put the mundane into a wider perspective.