tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post2407688373965525386..comments2023-10-28T04:53:32.505-07:00Comments on View From The Northern Wall: Sun Dappledchristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-34654613824453396372010-05-12T16:28:11.775-07:002010-05-12T16:28:11.775-07:00You know how you sometimes want to giggle at a fun...You know how you sometimes want to giggle at a funeral, well......<br /><br />This whole concept sends a little chill up my spine. Seems to me that, if I look for it, there is always something out there wanting a little piece of me, so I prefer not to look for it, mostly :)<br /><br />Other times I give a little piece gladly.<br /><br />xxxMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816138640432897870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-75423605155180337352010-05-11T04:10:14.274-07:002010-05-11T04:10:14.274-07:00Michelle, I presume you meant the poem made you gi...Michelle, I presume you meant the poem made you giggle. The prose, while light enough, has little amusement in it. I did not really write to introduce the poem, because I was more interested in easing off the post of the day before. I presume as well that your comment on your own density was concerning how the poem fit the prose.<br /><br />It doesn't. I didn't feel the poem really needed any intro.<br /><br />You are not dense, not at least in this matter, or else I am too, because I don't really know how prose and poem fit in any but the deepest ways. I will say that there is something beneath the playful spirit of the poem that resides in the world of an open and unguarded walk through the world. <br /><br />You cannot shift your boundaries and allow mind caterpillars to munch on your edges if you are too concerned with your own dignity.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-62740305488561105472010-05-10T21:45:24.145-07:002010-05-10T21:45:24.145-07:00This actually made me giggle....but I can be a lit...This actually made me giggle....but I can be a little strange and quite dense at times....xMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816138640432897870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-42254970972924644682010-05-10T15:07:25.356-07:002010-05-10T15:07:25.356-07:00I love this idea of a template and your resolve an...I love this idea of a template and your resolve and strength in times of aloneness are inspiring to me. You are a complicated man, and I thank the hand that led me here. I am nearby.Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-73000792896237041382010-05-10T10:17:48.392-07:002010-05-10T10:17:48.392-07:00I agree, Annie, that I must look in many places, f...I agree, Annie, that I must look in many places, feeling that I must trust my own insides since something so strong happened to them. I carry an inner template against which the rest of it measures, now trimmed and reshaped many times by years of work on top of the original vision. If I had no inner vision, then I would be forced into choosing some tradition to follow. I am grateful that I do have this inner vision. It makes the leap of faith that we all must do a smaller leap.<br /><br />On the other hand, I have always been a maverick because of this inner vision and I have the anxiety of being in a minority of people at best, and sometimes I am isolated and alone. It just depends on who is nearby.<br /><br />I quit expecting that everyone would somehow get together on this thing decades ago. That was all part of realizing that the Hippie thing was fading away and that I was going to have to go underground in straight society :)christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-42603345212002612112010-05-10T09:33:41.190-07:002010-05-10T09:33:41.190-07:00Wisdom and insight comes in so many colors and fla...Wisdom and insight comes in so many colors and flavors. To reject their influence seems counter productive. I loved this especially, "The strength that's needed is the courage of heart to remain undefended and open.." It is part and parcel to your earlier instruction...open wider.Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.com