tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post2927169051919928734..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: in which she despairs at the state of the worldjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-16599912434447037672010-01-28T19:13:57.840+01:002010-01-28T19:13:57.840+01:00Very interesting post.
Sometimes when I read I...Very interesting post.<br /><br />Sometimes when I read I'm very aware of some mental/emotional need to retreat into a fantasy world -- kind of like what you describe with Avatar. I definitely think that I need some Sontagian mental stimulation at the moment. Does cold weather start dulling the brain?Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-22592071132914836972010-01-27T02:58:49.300+01:002010-01-27T02:58:49.300+01:00I love a fellow scribble-in-the-margins book write...I love a fellow scribble-in-the-margins book writer :) Everytime I'm at work and I have a book and a highlighter, the kids, without fail, will ask me why I write in the book. With the sincerest lack of understanding, which is what unnerves me. Why wouldn't I write in the book?<br /><br />And I just just (as in like five minutes ago) read an article my friend sent me about people coming away depressed from seeing Avatar. Though depressed is too strong of an adjective to describe how I felt after the movie, I did feel a sense of, "awww man, too bad Pandora's not real." Which I feel has some type of significance.<br /><br />(but, I am frightened that people really want to throw themselves off of buildings because of this. Despite how fantastically wonderful I found it, it's still at the end of the day, a movie.)Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542024214304554108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-1129161077349485932010-01-25T19:31:28.978+01:002010-01-25T19:31:28.978+01:00The same type of thing happens to me; I don't ...The same type of thing happens to me; I don't realize that my mind has not been working very hard until I read something very REAL. And your comments about people wishing they could live in movies made me laugh, because I often think that people believe they do live in a movie. They act in ways that they have seen on the screen, never realizing that there are consequences for actions and that things don't always work out the way that movies might have you believe. <br /><br />Now you've got my wheels turning...stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236399150738812466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-7811470178840636782010-01-25T18:10:31.344+01:002010-01-25T18:10:31.344+01:00I have never been able to write in a book. Even i...I have never been able to write in a book. Even if I put an inscription for a gift, I think twice about it. I leave notes in the book, testing the binding! In my collection of old books, however, it is the ones with notes that I find most intriguing ~ I suddenly get two stories!Cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365918364420231384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-74739881311034625912010-01-25T15:05:43.893+01:002010-01-25T15:05:43.893+01:00I believe it is a double edged sword as well...gre...I believe it is a double edged sword as well...greatly advantageous, but dangerous to yourself if used incorrectly.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717459430504797508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-24991857838991117092010-01-25T03:44:32.102+01:002010-01-25T03:44:32.102+01:00i like, but only with a pencil and very gently
...i like, but only with a pencil and very gently <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.bpojobsathome.com" rel="nofollow"> Work from home </a>prashanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04583385332262124749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-13437426676685837482010-01-25T01:18:05.490+01:002010-01-25T01:18:05.490+01:00and don't even get me started about the twilig...and don't even get me started about the twilight peeps that do this.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851293154388793520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-45975689191978504472010-01-24T22:07:51.035+01:002010-01-24T22:07:51.035+01:00Maybe we all should LIVE real and not through fant...Maybe we all should LIVE real and not through fantasy and movies and TV.<br />I read books both fiction and non fiction but I have learned what is real and appreciate knowing that. I am better able to face life's challenges. Nice post.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-27303027683625162202010-01-24T21:53:13.331+01:002010-01-24T21:53:13.331+01:00i adore that you write in books. i have this book,...i adore that you write in books. i have this book, and it takes my breath away, with beauty. <br />xochristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541888793748453425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-63079778056032045822010-01-24T21:51:33.933+01:002010-01-24T21:51:33.933+01:00I'm on my way out the door to find this book. ...I'm on my way out the door to find this book. I could use some thought provoking reading and now I have more time than ever. Quit my job last week because I hated it. Now I can read, write and photograph to my heart's content. Thank you for posting on this book!Bocathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18291328706810602268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-60626681966326785882010-01-24T20:36:56.663+01:002010-01-24T20:36:56.663+01:00Intentions are soaked in desire and wishes. Art of...Intentions are soaked in desire and wishes. Art offers alternatives. Photographs seem real yet exist only on paper (or computer screen). <br /><br />Illusions, we swim in them and too often pretend they are real.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-75160373499477938112010-01-24T18:58:16.744+01:002010-01-24T18:58:16.744+01:00That must be some book you found yourself.
Althou...That must be some book you found yourself. <br />Although I haven't seen Avatar nor am I affected by this movie. First time I found out about it was here when you told the blogworld your opinion about this movie. <br />Since than I am paying a little bit more attention and just last week I read that they expect a hausse of avatar-names for newborns.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470810820417327936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-24614551413011321342010-01-24T16:33:49.070+01:002010-01-24T16:33:49.070+01:00I fear the demise of the book. Part of the joy of...I fear the demise of the book. Part of the joy of reading is feeling the book in one's hand and being able to make those notes in the margins. Just not possible with Kindle or online books. (She says as she spends her morning reading blog posts online.)http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888838201074339916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-60776305877276650292010-01-24T15:31:33.629+01:002010-01-24T15:31:33.629+01:00I can't believe I haven't read that book y...I can't believe I haven't read that book yet. Yesterday I wrote a discussion on photography on my blog which actually relates to something there on the left page. 'tis a sign; I must read Sontag. <br /><br />Härnösand is gloomily porridge-like, I want sunshine. Photography = drawing with light. <br /><br />♥ <a href="http://www.afiori.com" rel="nofollow">www.afiori.com</a> ♥Maria-Thérèse ~ www.afiori.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18369532662519310447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-37825279323724211582010-01-24T14:14:31.835+01:002010-01-24T14:14:31.835+01:00A good friend of mine in NY has a blog a city read...A good friend of mine in NY has a blog a city reader, http://www.acityreader.blogspot.com<br /><br />and we were just talking about books. How this world of movies and kindles have reduced the power of reading and books.<br /><br />I love that you leave notations on the pages. I do the same thing!<br />:-)f8hasithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195691823384775191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-32142165687469554552010-01-24T13:49:35.898+01:002010-01-24T13:49:35.898+01:00Well said and well underlined!Well said and well underlined!Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-19495841164230452222010-01-24T13:47:36.707+01:002010-01-24T13:47:36.707+01:00Post-modernism is a double edged sword, in the sen...Post-modernism is a double edged sword, in the sense that in the hands of the cynic, it strips the world of any meaning whatsoever. But there are others...Suecae Soundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949168285331693357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-24309452935836551832010-01-24T13:45:51.523+01:002010-01-24T13:45:51.523+01:00i used to underline, write comments, draw, and gen...i used to underline, write comments, draw, and generally have a dialogue with the text but only in my textbooks. in the books that i read for pleasure i sometimes mark the paragraphs that i like, but only with a pencil and very gently :)Jelicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903146833019745969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-31347211462081101472010-01-24T13:20:17.589+01:002010-01-24T13:20:17.589+01:00my son though the effects in the film were amazing...my son though the effects in the film were amazing. but he told me he thought is was a not so convincing fairytale.,, and made a comment about people living too much for hollywood.judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01514075228644109700noreply@blogger.com