tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197085881344465476.post4886136775193459428..comments2023-10-24T14:38:36.695+03:00Comments on Living Outside Time: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467412541030183747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197085881344465476.post-33836302122160809132008-02-22T17:48:00.000+03:002008-02-22T17:48:00.000+03:00Thanks for your reactions Selena. Interesting pers...Thanks for your reactions Selena. Interesting perspectives I hadn't directly thought about. <BR/><BR/>I had thought of titling the series 'The Solipsist', though perhaps this quality only really embraces the first four<BR/><BR/>The voice I seem to be using just came to me suddenly. I wasn't at all sure I'd put these fragments (though I intentionally don't call them anything) on this site but then suddenly I did and felt good about that.<BR/><BR/>I think one of the key things about the obvious is that its impact upon us sometimes works to render it not obvious at all.<BR/><BR/>For example the statement 'we are alive' is obvious. But does this mean we are always aware of it, and act as if we were. <BR/><BR/>Maybe this is why we both delight in and fear children. They always point out the obvious. This reminds us of the simplicities we forget, and disturbs our doleful embeddeness in the world of the complexly sclerotic.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467412541030183747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197085881344465476.post-84875399149884073352008-02-20T21:57:00.000+03:002008-02-20T21:57:00.000+03:00I suppose the truth of everyone of these five stan...I suppose the truth of everyone of these five stanzas is obvious, and obviously perpetuated. Still, my choice is number III. More subtle in its evocation of life’s beauty and banality than some of the others. <BR/><BR/>No IV offers an ambiguous scrutiny of the law of diminishing returns. <BR/><BR/>The sordid need for work reaches its conclusion with the monetary downfall of no V. <BR/><BR/>The heart's own nostalgic persecution culminates in the expulsion from Paradise. That’s No VI. <BR/><BR/>I & II neatly link the discovery of the inner self with bigotry and brutality in the outer - rather more beautifully than I could have conceived. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, Jonathan, for a moment of inspiration. <BR/><BR/>DreamySelena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.com