tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post5280005708995225388..comments2024-03-27T12:58:00.592-07:00Comments on Snowbrush: “…existence…monstrous masses all in disorder—naked, in a frightful, obscene nakedness.” SartreSnowbrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-85442591637476045552011-09-24T00:44:54.676-07:002011-09-24T00:44:54.676-07:00Sighhhh i love the way you write... i wish i had t...Sighhhh i love the way you write... i wish i had the same ability for then i would be able to explain how very weird i find it that since i have been doing the quick step with death i have never been so alive... It is the strangest thing!nollyposhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205974328143335552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-76365229592509424582011-09-17T22:24:35.854-07:002011-09-17T22:24:35.854-07:00"I have never been able to think of nudity as..."I have never been able to think of nudity as obscene."<br /><br />My blogger friend, All Consuming, put up a post about a British man who might spend the rest of his life in prison because he refuses to wear clothes--even to court. I think this is one of the ways that one should accommodate one's culture, it being unrealistic to expect one's culture to accommodate oneself.<br /><br />In Sartre's quotation, nakedness was combined with the states of being monstrous and disordered. In other words, it was horror as seen unadorned, close-up, and straight on; a look into the abyss, in a manner of speaking.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-73018655747708698322011-09-17T15:24:34.363-07:002011-09-17T15:24:34.363-07:00I have never been able to think of nudity as obsce...I have never been able to think of nudity as obscene. To me the human is a gorgeous form to be admired like all life forms. Sexuality and sensuality are also objects of beauty in their own right. Sadly we keep spinning negatives into the dance, the ballet?<br />But I do share your words about the finality of death at it's onset. Immortality is an absurd concept that appears to be around for those who need to believe in it.<br />Satre is a powerful writer. Perhaps it is ideas that may be immortal?Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-57985181292758561642011-09-15T12:09:13.548-07:002011-09-15T12:09:13.548-07:00The painting makes me feel happy. Like I'm da...The painting makes me feel happy. Like I'm dancing with all my best friends. <br /><br />Love how you express our inevitable fates. I was actually thinking somewhat along those lines this morning on my walk.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-13957727333474062202011-09-14T14:45:57.614-07:002011-09-14T14:45:57.614-07:00And I recommended it to you especially because wha...And I recommended it to you especially because what you wrote in response to this post reminded me of it.<br /><br />As you can tell, I'm so scattered today that it's hard for me to stay on track or even be coherent.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-5057933608619189372011-09-14T14:43:30.927-07:002011-09-14T14:43:30.927-07:00Ed, I just did something to you that I hate it whe...Ed, I just did something to you that I hate it when people do it to me, and that is to recommend that you read something without giving you a clue as to why you should. "The Wall" is about three men's thoughts about death as they await execution by a firing squad during the Spanish Civil War. I liked it because it so eloquently expresses many of my own thoughts.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-57795204840580174602011-09-14T13:49:11.945-07:002011-09-14T13:49:11.945-07:00Ed, you should read Sartre's story "The W...Ed, you should read Sartre's story "The Wall." Here's a link to it: <br /><br /><br />http://chabrieres.pagesperso-orange.fr/texts/sartre_thewall.htmlSnowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-21425675224145578482011-09-14T13:29:43.440-07:002011-09-14T13:29:43.440-07:00the art makes me think of living in the moment. an...the art makes me think of living in the moment. an ocean swell i can easily imagine. what a challenge to emerge, if possible, from our culture and realize that life is a dream, that we are guests for such a brief time. i have that insight within my grip now, but, i fear i will lose it soon as i dash off to run an errand in heavy traffic...Ed Pilollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09139531369534586168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-69878638528363166112011-09-11T08:54:44.520-07:002011-09-11T08:54:44.520-07:00The painting makes me think of fairies...The painting makes me think of fairies...CreekHiker / HollysFollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987597104795294851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-23596838003562479332011-09-10T23:28:04.351-07:002011-09-10T23:28:04.351-07:00what i say is i don't see happiness in that pa...what i say is i don't see happiness in that painting. definitely drug induced dancing :^)<br /><br />aww snow, you've said this well. please dear god let me hold on to the reality that i can do whatever the fuck i please most of the time.<br />that fact seems to be both the easiest and hardest part of living and dying.<br /><br />nice post, snow<br />♥<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-75177390437712639252011-09-10T12:22:20.506-07:002011-09-10T12:22:20.506-07:00P.S. to C Woods. The marijuana that I use is legal...P.S. to C Woods. The marijuana that I use is legal under Oregon law, and I have a state-issued card to prove that I'm not in violation. I am having a rather severe problem with the pot, however, due to the fact that--since my overdose--even one hit leaves me so wasted that I literally have some trouble walking. I belong to two medical marijuana groups here in town, and one of the big things they like to do is to get together and sample different kinds of pot that have been processed in different ways. In a group of strangers, I don't know if I could hold it together emotionally if I did that, and I sure as hell wouldn't be sampling more than one product. If you haven't had marijuana in a decade or more, you wouldn't believe how strong it has become. I've had LSD and psilocybin that hit me less hard than marijuana bud or hashish does today.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-23134110936247840702011-09-10T12:06:22.029-07:002011-09-10T12:06:22.029-07:00I've been out of town, so I'm behind here,...I've been out of town, so I'm behind here, and am just going to address a couple of questions for the moment.<br /><br />Rhymes, you made a statement that I took to be an implied question, if not a challenge, but I don't understand what you meant by: "To say that your species is deeply and irredeemably...flawed is to recognize an ideal." So?<br /><br />CW Woods said: Did your last surgery result in any improvement?<br /><br />I'm still in significant pain that quickly becomes intense if I try to do physical therapy or use my shoulders for much of anything. However, full recovery from my last surgery (on my left shoulder) could take two years. If, after that time, I'm no better, I would anticipate having an even more extensive surgery. I also need another surgery on my right shoulder, but I don't dare ask for it until the left one is better.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-76853433762931598982011-09-10T05:59:12.613-07:002011-09-10T05:59:12.613-07:00Subjectively speaking, I have always existed and w...Subjectively speaking, I have always existed and will always exist. I cannot mentally occupy any space or time other than that which I am cognizant of. My consciousness persists and there is no point at which it fails to do so – show me that point, and I reveal that point to be instead the failure of the universe, which is the sum of everything perceptible. My lifespan was, is, and forever will be, eternity (subjectively speaking).Reubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807367297410846530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-9586693086110695902011-09-09T18:41:43.735-07:002011-09-09T18:41:43.735-07:00A humble reminder, thank you!A humble reminder, thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-6421391959370619992011-09-09T11:38:59.562-07:002011-09-09T11:38:59.562-07:00Oh my ! I'm finally back in Blogger land and ...Oh my ! I'm finally back in Blogger land and I've just been catching up with your posts. I'm sorry you have been having such a rough time and sorry that I haven't been able to comment. Sending you a warm hug x<br />(I don't know what that painting makes me think of but I like it... a lot)Selina Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515746813047397411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-26561581016567622922011-09-08T23:20:59.987-07:002011-09-08T23:20:59.987-07:00"Life is short, art long, opportunity fleetin..."Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult."<br />Hypocrites<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by my blog. Yes, I've been AWOL. I was involved in several big projects that I had to complete before leaving the country for a month. And now that I have returned, I am involved in one more volunteer project before another trip (in-country this time.) And it seems that no matter where I am or what is happening in my life, I get caught up in huge projects that zap all of my time. I'm also organizationally-impaired, so I don't budget my time well. <br /><br />"Dost thou love life?<br />Then do not squander time,<br />for that is the stuff life is made of."<br />Benjamin Franklin<br /><br />I have been following your painful journey, including your drug-induced trips. I have had short periods of pain, and even those few days nearly took me to the edge. I've never taken illegal drugs ---never had the desire ---but I think, with the kind of pain you have suffered, I might have given in to drugs a lot faster than you did.<br /><br />Did your last surgery result in any improvement? After following you for some time, I have been thinking that no surgery at all might have been better, but I don't know the intensity of our initial suffering. Pain can make us try almost anything, even if there is only the slightest hope that it will go away. <br /><br />Although I have no desire to take marijuana (or anything else) as a recreational drug, our country's "war on drugs" has cost more than any real war we have fought ---and with what result? People are still taking addictive drugs and committing crimes to feed their habits. Drugs like marijuana that can help relieve suffering are still illegal in most areas. Drug lords are getting rich. People are dying in Mexico (& other places) if they oppose the cartels.<br /><br />I just hope the MJ helps you cope with your pain and that it is legal in your area.C Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13053858627632648020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-26969406162143505592011-09-08T20:01:37.033-07:002011-09-08T20:01:37.033-07:00To say that your species is deeply and irredeemabl...To say that your species is deeply and irredeemably (I'd argue with that second adverb) flawed is to recognize an ideal. <br /><br />"A man's reach should exceed his grasp, else what's a heaven for?" --Robert Browningrhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-48741659730665186612011-09-08T17:12:41.881-07:002011-09-08T17:12:41.881-07:00This is weird. I enlarged the photo and stared at...This is weird. I enlarged the photo and stared at it. What <i>I</i> saw was a bunch of women wasting time and looking bored while they did it.<br /><br />ANOTHER aspect of life. WASTING it.THINGS YOU'D NEVER GUESS ABOUT MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627183704637063465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-50550649200506422302011-09-08T14:07:07.598-07:002011-09-08T14:07:07.598-07:00"Has anyone in this whole wide world ever act..."Has anyone in this whole wide world ever actually read Oscar Wilde?" Yes and some of his writing is cracking stuff, some not so much. <br /><br />I'm with E-Child about the painting. Sparklers. <br /><br />xxAll Consuminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089119991474852732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-68721372184594840582011-09-08T08:54:49.190-07:002011-09-08T08:54:49.190-07:00The painting reminds me of how I looked in 1984! ...The painting reminds me of how I looked in 1984! <br /><br />Everything ends.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-88954357709872166742011-09-08T06:21:11.120-07:002011-09-08T06:21:11.120-07:00The mayfly is said to live for just one day. But ...The mayfly is said to live for just one day. But the mayfly still lives its <b>whole lifetime</b>. We measure <i>our</i> time in hours, days, years etc., but our lifetime is, in reality, no longer than a mayfly's, if you get my meaning.<br />As Albert would probably have said: 'it's all relative'.<br />The painting reeks (to me) of a Victorian disco dance scene - lacking only a few handbags on the floor for the lassies to jig around.PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-26225042755755238012011-09-08T04:23:45.266-07:002011-09-08T04:23:45.266-07:00The wallpaper (mis) quote was Wilde. google it.
H...The wallpaper (mis) quote was Wilde. google it.<br />How does the painting make me feel? Not horny anyhow. They are all way too young. I have daughters older. Men with sons need not think of such things.<br />I get philosophic when I look at endless miles of grasslands. Never changing yet ever changing. Appearing empty yet swarming with life both plant and animal. Eternity!The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-76065280920914261862011-09-08T00:42:14.177-07:002011-09-08T00:42:14.177-07:00You win Snowbrush. You have even made me feel a l...You win Snowbrush. You have even made me feel a little bit guilty. I have read (with pleasure) some Oscar Wilde, some Dylan Thomas, though not to be best of my recollection any William James.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-2384691933042916752011-09-08T00:31:32.011-07:002011-09-08T00:31:32.011-07:00Child said: I believe the quote is attributed to O...Child said: I believe the quote is attributed to Oscar Wilde<br /><br />Has anyone in this whole wide world ever actually read Oscar Wilde? To me, he's one of those authors like Dylan Thomas or William James, people who I think that maybe I should want to read, but I know I won't simply because there are so many other writers and subjects that I'm already interested in. The line of things that a person wants to read has to be kept manageable, eh, Child?Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23830899.post-75475919261799034082011-09-08T00:17:17.757-07:002011-09-08T00:17:17.757-07:00OK: If we are going to be pendantic - I believe t...OK: If we are going to be pendantic - I believe the quote is attributed to Oscar Wilde - and would be in keeping with all I have read about his life. And I hope someone did say it, just because it is such a wonderful thing to think of and say in the circumstances.<br /><br />And I wasn't v clear. When I said 'I don't see water..' I meant I didn't get the feeling of water.<br /><br />Petty quibbling aside. Thanks Snowbrush - a post to make me think as always.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com