tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post5280888434082472469..comments2024-02-14T03:19:28.395-05:00Comments on Vagabond Journeys: Alchemical AdvantageDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-27460044850555629822009-12-13T14:35:50.047-05:002009-12-13T14:35:50.047-05:00Even the poorest of us can be rich in the gifts of...Even the poorest of us can be rich in the gifts of life. And those of us fortunate to help others, by what ever means available to us, private kudos. When it becomes a contest or a requirement, it becomes meaningless.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-15864352385213255252009-12-10T21:32:48.632-05:002009-12-10T21:32:48.632-05:00Yes indeed, we certainly are hypocritical humans a...Yes indeed, we certainly are hypocritical humans aren't we. If only the act of being charitable didn't make one feel so mighty, so "above the fray". Then we could just bask in the delight of giving for giving's sake alone, not for the kudos or halo. What I do for those who have less than me, is so petty for me to mention. I may give thousands. But see that need to count ourselves amongst the givers? When I was homeless I had no qualms about accepting charity - I was hungry. Now I'm not. In that simple scheme I can see the very top and lowest of the low. All that should matter is: are we caring for those who need it? And if so, go about your life and keep it to yourself, no one should be the wiser. I thoroughly enjoyed this, my artful friend.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788060917420508410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-81308832987030723732009-12-10T18:46:34.228-05:002009-12-10T18:46:34.228-05:00"If you successfully rake over all the foible..."If you successfully rake over all the foibles of self illusions, clean out the shed of pretensions and thrown out the many masks hanging in your closet it will be humbling and depressing. But eventually you will get to the point where you are free to laugh at yourself, at what you've been and what you thought you were. When that happens you are ready to be invited back into your own innocence."<br /><br />DB - This is an immensely thoughtful post that I will ponder some more. The last sentence is profound. Thank you for these words.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-23252425828706391052009-12-10T08:17:39.196-05:002009-12-10T08:17:39.196-05:00I recognize myself as a messenger, a conduit for s...I recognize myself as a messenger, a conduit for some of those ideas through the telegraph of creative imagination. <br /><br />That is something that has echoed in my life... but it is something that can be fatiguing. It takes a lot of energy to stand being a gateway, having those great energies flow thru you.<br /><br />Sometimes, don't you ever wonder why that kind of duty came to you? It isn't that it was asked for or chosen, but thrust upon you. I know that I would like to think that my greatness will be thrust upon me, so I carry on.<br /><br />And one day, I expect for it to happen!Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-13914043293779172862009-12-10T04:03:49.687-05:002009-12-10T04:03:49.687-05:00I do know this as a struggling playwright that a g...I do know this as a struggling playwright that a great deal has to happen before your work can actually be embraced by people in a theater, both performing and seeing your words performed. A great deal has to happen before your novel can be read by many, and most of the time this process gets derailed before success can happen. I think mainly because society takes those processes for granted and when they fail most have no idea why. I think you and I are in different worlds because you have experienced success in some part of this process, while I am still knocking on the door of opportunity at an age where it is not likely to happen. I often think how can I relate to DB. I think it is as important to chart how the creative process fails as it is to chart success, because it more often fails. I think DB has not quite reached me yet in this place I reside as a playwright. I still feel there is a river to cross of understanding. Why I feel this I don't quite know. But I think there is a valiant effort going on to reach across the abyss. Do you know what I mean? Maybe words get in the way. Words are the key to our connecting but words could also get in the way. I have a feeling you know if you think about it what words might hide you instead of reveal you. Be a perpetual cloak that you wear even when it is not cold. We are all playwrights in a sense. Success failure at the end we are all reduced to dying, so as we shed our cloaks of life as we know it, what is left? I am interested in that essence because I am so close now to being completely stripped of my protective cloak of words, exposed to the nerve, invisible reality shining like quicksilver....Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771917880182186281noreply@blogger.com