tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33369112.post7585956881613666713..comments2023-10-20T13:36:38.807+05:30Comments on Scribbly Katia: Food metaphors to describe skin colorKatiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01423190518569699882noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33369112.post-22270123417498628842008-10-30T10:49:00.000+05:302008-10-30T10:49:00.000+05:30Agh, as a PRINCIPLE (not principal) :))Agh, as a PRINCIPLE (not principal) :))Katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423190518569699882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33369112.post-2936049812373188242008-10-30T10:46:00.000+05:302008-10-30T10:46:00.000+05:30Yes, Valentina, as mentioned before, writers need ...Yes, Valentina, as mentioned before, writers need to be creative. I think that the more we write about mixed characters, the easier and the most obvious it will be to come up with different metaphors, or new ways of using the existing ones... It's certainly a great challenge :)Katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423190518569699882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33369112.post-83288489359855593172008-10-30T10:44:00.000+05:302008-10-30T10:44:00.000+05:30Hello Jo Ann,Yes, the olive skin is also one that ...Hello Jo Ann,<BR/>Yes, the olive skin is also one that kinds of puzzles me. But I actually didn't think about that one as a loving food metaphor. I don't believe it's negative, but I don't see it as loving and beautiful as honey, peach, or this type of metaphors.<BR/>I agree of course with the need to be creative. For me, this discussion has been really good because it has forced me to look deeper into the issue, into how I will approach it next time. I don't have an answer to that, as I remain my recalcitrant self and tend to refuse, as a principal, to bend to any kind of rules, BUT it certainly has made me think, and that's good.Katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423190518569699882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33369112.post-21803864132630855272008-10-30T05:10:00.000+05:302008-10-30T05:10:00.000+05:30Hi Katia, actually I do also love food metaphors i...Hi Katia, actually I do also love food metaphors if they are original and "new", wasn't Joseph Conrad who said that a writer should let the reader, "to see, smell, touch, hear and taste"? So I think that a part from writing on ethnicity Conrad's words are to be highly considered when tekking about a place or a character! <BR/>Actually when I write I don't really try to imagine if my readers will "feel excluded" or "confused" by my characters who live and moove in a different background, mainly African. My characters will represent their world, otherwise they will be untrue, without identity. They convey an universal message, but they have their own vision and point of view which is related to their being African belonging to a specific tribe(either from Kenya or South Africa for example). I know that language is the first place where sterotypes are common but in fiction everthing passes through senses and it's up to the writer to invent a new way of saying or showing something on a different perspective breaking wrong clichés. <BR/>:)ValentinaSoggetto Nomade Kabilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700733494845671466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33369112.post-10809649008441820082008-10-30T02:03:00.000+05:302008-10-30T02:03:00.000+05:30I had to write about this on my own post because, ...I had to write about this on my own post because, as I said, as a writer and reader, I feel the need to tell how a character really is. And I don't really agree with Mitali's list.<BR/>Regarding food metaphors, I like comparisons with peach skin or honey colour... <BR/>I just don't understand the "olive" one... :-|Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com