tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post5227512059191701076..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: THOREAU, HEMMED INBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-30603547135566603632013-09-17T11:48:41.404-04:002013-09-17T11:48:41.404-04:00Hannah, thanks. Do you think creatives know they a...Hannah, thanks. Do you think creatives know they are, and are trying to be, weird? I agree that what we want from our days, and therefore nourish in ourselves, puts us in a minority. But isn't that different from consciously seeking to be weird? I wonder if the problem is partly the overlap between weirdness on the one hand and creativity/originality on the other. Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-8783169724316775582013-09-17T10:45:28.695-04:002013-09-17T10:45:28.695-04:00Those last words really get to me. Humor, and poig...Those last words really get to me. Humor, and poignancy...<br /><br />I think artists and creatives nourish the weird parts of themselves. So maybe it just grows a bit closer to the surface in us? :)<br /><br /><br />Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-20554752105320775732013-09-12T09:38:22.173-04:002013-09-12T09:38:22.173-04:00AH, FNS--Finite Noggin Syndrome. Loud and Clear. B...AH, FNS--Finite Noggin Syndrome. Loud and Clear. But seriously . . . yes, we might all survive in various enterprises, but at what cost? When i think about the paper work of a used car salesman, I drop my stereotype of those folks as white-collar criminals. (Sooner or later, I pick it right back up again). <br /><br />I seriously considered returning to the small town as a lawyer. That might have been the end of me. And when we cut up frogs in h.s. bio class, I was so fascinated that I briefly considered medicine. I can't imagine that having worked out. And later, when I went into "take this job and shove it" modes, I somewhat seriously thought about: long-haul trucker; barber; bartender. <br /><br />John, fascinating to wonder just when we begin to notice how we're like and different from the majority. I also think "a calling" vs. "a career" vs. "a job" constitutes a HUGE consideration, and I worry that too few youngsters think about it. <br /><br />I haven't read Rowling, but the TV outlines of her life, esp. her beginnings, are inspiring.<br /><br />Jean, thanks. It's interesting--and worrisome--to consider how ugliness, beauty, and the huge middle-ground affect our outcomes, isn't it. <br />Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-5175150626581530182013-09-12T07:15:54.474-04:002013-09-12T07:15:54.474-04:00Especially like the second photograph.
And the im...Especially like the second photograph.<br /><br />And the image of ugliness serving Thoreau better than beauty.<br /><br />Forty-four sounds so young.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-29228760194360887882013-09-12T00:57:20.048-04:002013-09-12T00:57:20.048-04:00I suspect Thoreau from a very early age sensed his...I suspect Thoreau from a very early age sensed his profound difference from -- what was to him -- the very alien world of so-called normal people. Perhaps he was so estranged from that world and felt such an isolation from it that, rather than adapt, he emphasized those differences, even to the point of baffling his colleagues in the arts.<br /><br />Your post raises that eternal question -- why are we artists so different, and what pushes us in such contrary directions?<br /><br />I think one is an artist by personality and make-up. For an artist, art or writing is a calling, and perhaps misery can result from failure to heed that calling.<br /><br />J.K. Rowling had it down, to me. On the one hand, there are the muggles -- normal, everyday folk who preside over such things as drill factories. On the other hand, you have the wizarding minority -- misunderstood, yet extremely talented, and hounded by the muggles to the point that they do their utmost to conceal their world.John Evanshttp://www.on-scenic-routes.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-73010971460409984092013-09-12T00:04:53.707-04:002013-09-12T00:04:53.707-04:00We probably all have it within ourselves to be wri...We probably all have it within ourselves to be writers, poets, real estate magnates, painters, stock brokers, photographers, car salesmen, car mechanics, scientists.<br /><br />But we have to choose at some point, because there's only room in that noggin for so much and no more. We are the curators of our own intelligence, experience, and desires. Decisions must be made as to what stays in and what goes out. Otherwise it's chaos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com