tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post442616419033916672..comments2023-10-20T08:28:27.175-07:00Comments on Writerquake: Poetics: The Art of Letting GoLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-11680381336202576462013-02-16T06:53:09.526-08:002013-02-16T06:53:09.526-08:00Practice practice practice...
But I never seem to ...Practice practice practice...<br />But I never seem to get any better at it...Citizen of Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725229459557808120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-47834869716466128962013-02-15T00:40:21.875-08:002013-02-15T00:40:21.875-08:00Sabio~ Three cheers for your PPP!Sabio~ Three cheers for your PPP!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-42883608873306587822013-02-14T03:08:07.265-08:002013-02-14T03:08:07.265-08:00"amazing thoughts"? Are your kidding? ..."amazing thoughts"? Are your kidding? I pride myself in my pedestrian, plebeian proclivities!<br />;-)Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-18671057760862542562013-02-14T02:25:26.085-08:002013-02-14T02:25:26.085-08:00Sabio~ You had not had your morning coffee yet, an...Sabio~ You had not had your morning coffee yet, and you shared these amazing thoughts with me! I am honored and delighted by this exchange. Many thanks. <br /><br /><br />Anonymous~ You sound like a keeper, yoyo.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-39773311974066253892013-02-13T19:25:03.911-08:002013-02-13T19:25:03.911-08:00Never let go
YOYONever let go<br />YOYOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-72750940195844254242013-02-13T02:37:24.845-08:002013-02-13T02:37:24.845-08:00Hey Lydia,
People, myself included, don't fol...Hey Lydia,<br /><br />People, myself included, don't follow comments, so they know the person replied. <br /><br />My cynical view is that most folks visit blogs just so that others come to read their poetry. <br /><br />But then a lot of poetry blogger don't really write their poetry nor their comments to really communicate.<br /><br />But then, I haven't finished my morning coffee yet.<br /><br />Again, I loved the expression -- "hurtful art" and what surrounds it, because it was not trying to touch up the ugliness and pain that is real.Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-29359766310971134412013-02-13T01:34:04.836-08:002013-02-13T01:34:04.836-08:00Sabio~ You are the first person to ever thank me f...Sabio~ You are the first person to ever thank me for replies! :) Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-56451472321022329802013-02-12T03:20:48.257-08:002013-02-12T03:20:48.257-08:00Fun replies to our comments -- thanx
Fun replies to our comments -- thanx<br /><br />Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-62123790223440389842013-02-12T02:25:10.347-08:002013-02-12T02:25:10.347-08:00Brian~ I guess we can like the idea of hurtful art...Brian~ I guess we can like the idea of hurtful art, but not necessarily want to experience it first-hand.<br /><br />Claudia~ Your daughter is very lucky to have a mother like you who processes this important letting-go. It will make her Australian study experience sweeter and fuller.<br /><br />Heaven~ Yes, the finding ourselves again.....<br /><br />Sabio~ Your comment was great; thanks. <br /><br />rosaria~ Oh, but you have been showing us how to let go with grace in this last year after losing your son, dear friend.<br /><br />lucychili~ Thank you for your visit and I respect your comment.:)<br /><br />mythopolis~ Yes, and if lucky, you find someone who loves you....<i>and</i> the letting go will be long into the future. (Did you read recently about the couple who celebrated 80 years of marriage? Even they have had to practice letting go of some children and probably most all of their old friends...) <br /><br />Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-2292057922224744742013-02-11T15:24:30.829-08:002013-02-11T15:24:30.829-08:00I'm not sure what I think about this. You com...I'm not sure what I think about this. You come into this world alone, you die that way too. In between you figure out what to do, and if you are lucky, you find someone who loves you. mythopolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164758700393086005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-3974829009955434972013-02-11T01:54:30.847-08:002013-02-11T01:54:30.847-08:00ah this is true. trying to navigate respectfully a...ah this is true. trying to navigate respectfully and gently.lucychilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519163424062626658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-38452112906841020472013-02-10T09:08:51.467-08:002013-02-10T09:08:51.467-08:00This is poignant, something we all need to learn, ...This is poignant, something we all need to learn, and yet...Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-37660152949929224932013-02-10T06:32:55.797-08:002013-02-10T06:32:55.797-08:00Indeed! It is a life-long required hobby.Indeed! It is a life-long required hobby.Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-89424964292493133572013-02-10T05:15:32.192-08:002013-02-10T05:15:32.192-08:00This is lovely, artful hurt, maybe hurtful art ~
...This is lovely, artful hurt, maybe hurtful art ~<br /><br />I agree, its a journey of letting go and finding ourselves again ~ Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-90391129576947039212013-02-10T04:51:44.392-08:002013-02-10T04:51:44.392-08:00artful hurt, maybe
hurtful art... yep... we're...artful hurt, maybe<br />hurtful art... yep... we're practicing all our lives but sometimes i wonder if we ever become any better at letting go... just had to let go of my daughter who's studying in australia for half a year...that's what sparked the prompt...thanks for your nice words as well...smilesClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-40142184358658526702013-02-10T03:53:21.671-08:002013-02-10T03:53:21.671-08:00so true that it is a life long act of letting go.....so true that it is a life long act of letting go...it is all a work of art...each of our actions adding just a bit more...interesting to think on what that might look like as well...smiles...i rather like the use of hurtful art as wellBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-82778843118655810432013-02-10T03:49:58.731-08:002013-02-10T03:49:58.731-08:00Marina~ Thank you for your comment. I am not famil...Marina~ Thank you for your comment. I am not familiar with Elizabeth Bishop's poetry, and even though it is early morning I will google her before getting some sleep. :)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-25428798536709866842013-02-10T03:44:25.652-08:002013-02-10T03:44:25.652-08:00I love this. Has something of the Elizabeth Bisho...I love this. Has something of the Elizabeth Bishop poem about it. I especially liked the 'artful hurt', 'hurtful art' and ultimately 'art'.Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com