tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post7065289599239918045..comments2023-10-24T09:29:32.492-04:00Comments on the golden fish: me and my shadowstevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-80058139582264354632011-06-23T20:33:53.743-04:002011-06-23T20:33:53.743-04:00After reading your reply to Lorenzo, and rememberi...After reading your reply to Lorenzo, and remembering that you said you paint, I'm wondering if you might imagine the "dark gems" in visually in paint before trying to "present' them in words? For me, pulling things up from the deep inner cauldron is easiest in color, form and emotion, not until I explore an inkling with those can I then really name something. But maybe I've missed your point and gone off on my own little tangent. If so, then thanks for the diving board!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-64713634661021422122011-06-23T05:39:38.100-04:002011-06-23T05:39:38.100-04:00No Steven, I feel no sorrow. In fact I feel so muc...No Steven, I feel no sorrow. In fact I feel so much bliss, I will be perhaps unable to filter it. I have heard it said that first time grandmothers can be real loonies. I just don't want to make anyone roll their eyes too bad.<br /><br />But I can take it if they do.<br /><br />:-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-28807901097815224342011-06-22T19:21:49.584-04:002011-06-22T19:21:49.584-04:00jj - "love will understand" . . . oh my,...jj - "love will understand" . . . oh my, my friend . . . beautiful! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-48313603148781340172011-06-22T19:21:07.379-04:002011-06-22T19:21:07.379-04:00sg - bringing the idea of "baby steps" i...sg - bringing the idea of "baby steps" into the comments is interesting because of course, that's where everything begins for better or for worse, the layering of our selves and our sense of our selves. i wish you well - the same well as i wish myself - in your quest to unpack the facets of yourself and re-present them in the public domain (if you wish). stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-1390580318692755902011-06-22T19:19:27.858-04:002011-06-22T19:19:27.858-04:00aguja thankyou for sharing your kind and insightfu...aguja thankyou for sharing your kind and insightful understanding of the human condition. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-57546397177687870852011-06-22T19:16:02.911-04:002011-06-22T19:16:02.911-04:00reya thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. you open out wh...reya thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. you open out what crept out of my mind and through my fingers and it begins here. an expansion of the presentation of what i am ... not a dark focus, but an expression of the acceptance of those parts of my self that watch from behind almost closed doors, peer from behind heavy pulled curtains, or sleep in the shadows . . . the dark gems. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-11956762620545212942011-06-22T19:11:24.851-04:002011-06-22T19:11:24.851-04:00lilith it is - and i have much greater comfort wit...lilith it is - and i have much greater comfort with other's obviation of their flaws than my own. but they are here. time to change. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-84696508633534380862011-06-22T19:10:25.325-04:002011-06-22T19:10:25.325-04:00ruth i hope you feel no sorrow in seeing your self...ruth i hope you feel no sorrow in seeing your self and your thoughts through the lens of your grandmotherhood. there are few clearer and more precise lenses. sharing flaws - which are entirely present even in our most polished jewels - runs counter to what i think of as "right". but apparently not because here they are knocking at the door. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-37175502633826036672011-06-22T19:08:01.879-04:002011-06-22T19:08:01.879-04:00lorenzo - one of the features of this blog for me ...lorenzo - one of the features of this blog for me has been my gradually moving closer to the centre of what i envision its possibilities to be. it's moved from being purely represented information, to photography of my world, to words and photography, to images and interpretive text. to images and poetry. my sense of the next phase or step is that i will likely welcome the shaowd, the dark gems, into the whole. i can feel them but i'm not quite sure how to present them. i am all too keenly aware of some of the eyes and hearts watching. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-64160001673366785832011-06-22T15:40:42.221-04:002011-06-22T15:40:42.221-04:00i understand the fear as i do have them... but lov...i understand the fear as i do have them... but love is love it's unconditional, it will understand... <br /><br />a lot of reader would surely relate to this... <br /><br />nice post!<br /><br />JJRod'zJJ Roa Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501127870785148555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-80157407442475078232011-06-22T10:54:57.018-04:002011-06-22T10:54:57.018-04:00Very beautifully put. That is my fear too, I guess...Very beautifully put. That is my fear too, I guess has been my fear all through; it is only now that I've realized the extent of it. I'm trying to overcome it now, but it is just baby steps.SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439071211238467709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-55549436666537222962011-06-22T10:48:02.835-04:002011-06-22T10:48:02.835-04:00Reya's comments about the person we are are be...Reya's comments about the person we are are beautifully put across. All of our facets are important. i love the idea carrying through of the jewels and treasure. It is so important to accept that we are all of these things, both outside and in, and that they make up the treasure of our very being; not all jewels are perfect, but are precious just the same.agujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857809123531088629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-17918438237033160272011-06-22T09:50:39.490-04:002011-06-22T09:50:39.490-04:00Apologies for typos and misspellings. I was so exc...Apologies for typos and misspellings. I was so excited to read today's poem!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-42531755472073021742011-06-22T09:49:53.999-04:002011-06-22T09:49:53.999-04:00OK. I'm sure you can guess that I LOVE this on...OK. I'm sure you can guess that I LOVE this one, Steven. I am quite fond of the dark gems that are a part of being human. I love our fallibilities, delusions, mistakes, I really do. They are the stepping stones to character. No one is free of them, no one. <br /><br />We are taught to be ashamed of these quintescential human qualities - never have understood why. <br /><br />Depth of character, insight into ethical behavior, artfulness, gracefulness, all depend on a deep cache of dark gems.<br /><br />I, too, am quite careful about what I reveal over the internet, though because once it's out here, there's no taking it back. I'm protective of dark and bright gems in my own life story, very protective.<br /><br />I love you, Steven, all the facets of you, even the ones I can't see.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-49381322787129665032011-06-22T08:56:13.706-04:002011-06-22T08:56:13.706-04:00"my fear is that
they might
reveal that i
am ..."my fear is that<br />they might<br />reveal that i<br />am made of things<br />you could not bear<br />to see inside yourself<br />or someone that you loved"<br /><br />That's it, isn't it? What we can't even stand to look at in ourselves and then see inside another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-36937897029870406222011-06-22T06:28:51.973-04:002011-06-22T06:28:51.973-04:00I can't help read this through the lens of eme...I can't help read this through the lens of emerging grandmotherhood. (Sorry, this is going to be common in the days ahead, I'm afraid.) I am contemplating how much we will shape this child, we can't help it. Some will be intentional, some will not. What 'mistakes' and disappointments will be part of her/his shape? If there are 'flaws' in us, in you, do we not see ourselves in them, and take heart?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-66077909769362814142011-06-22T06:12:32.008-04:002011-06-22T06:12:32.008-04:00A rich and revelatory reflection, showing just eno...A rich and revelatory reflection, showing just enough to pique our interest for all that is left unsaid and is perhaps unsayable. I tend to think that people (readers) who love us will do so us for our so-called imperfections as much as for our supposed virtues; indeed, perhaps 'true' love is not knowing how or caring to make a distinction between the two. As Leonard Cohen said/sang: everything has a crack in it; that's how the light gets in.Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.com