Passing It Around To Get The Conversation Flowing...sabre_hawkeDecember 5 2005, 17:21:59 UTC
Dad -- I copied you on an email I sent to some of my WynDragon friends (Lord Mortir, I think you know -- he is Lady Rhiannon's husband), who are very cool people and serious theological academics, at various stages of their studies. Thought you'd appreciate their take on this subject, too. Also sent them your email address so they could introduce themselves. Love you!
More about Man in Blacknman_in_blackDecember 5 2005, 21:50:48 UTC
"Goes forth" and "brings back" is rather apt.
There's also another phase to being on the boundary, one foot on each side. The bearer of the archetype is also the one who holds a hand out and helps the person in transition to make the passage.
The times I've been in that passage-guide role have been the most loaded episodes of my life.
The language of metaphor and story is the only means of giving voice to the "liminal." I was profoundly in awe when I first read Tolkien's *Lord of the Rings.* One of the key elements in Tolkien's storycraft was to give voice to boundary experience.
Re: More about Man in Blacksabre_hawkeDecember 6 2005, 04:20:18 UTC
Yes, me, too! I think you were the one responsible for me reading it at an influential age, too. I now feel the same way about WOT (Jordan) -- I just wish I could talk more people into reading it. They complain about "verbosity" and too complicated character and plot development. That's why I love it! (And read it, over and over again
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Re: More about Man in Blacknman_in_blackDecember 6 2005, 14:49:13 UTC
Are not those memories of times like at Uncle Merle's wonderful! I miss June and Merle. I loved them, especially June.
I, too, am in the midst of another re-read of WOT in part. I bought New Spring and Knife of Dreams from Amazon this summer, KOD in prepublication. When it came, I read it, then reread the prior volumes in reverse order back to Winter's Heart, then forward again. It is amazing what I've missed in dropped hints and casual references to major movements of the story line developed later. Seeing them in the context of knowing where the story was headed was a pleasure and an education in story development
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The thumnail photonman_in_blackDecember 6 2005, 14:54:57 UTC
This is not a picture of me as such, but in fact it is "me." This is one of my iris seedlings and a future introduction to the commercial market. The color, texture and so on speak to me of "transcendence" in a way. It is an extraordinary color, with the contrasting blue beard an accent and an exclamation point.
I am using this, as the only photo I have of me taken even vaguely recent looks awful. I am haggard, look miserable and ill. I don't feel that way anymore. I need to get a new, current photo, then post it. One of these days....
The trouble with a digital camera is that one has to use it, not let it sit on the shelf. It is automaticl--up to a point. The automation doesn't extend to the decision and execution of photo making. That's what the button is for when the user presses it. Hummmm--another metaphor of the spiritual life.
Re: The thumnail photosabre_hawkeDecember 7 2005, 00:03:29 UTC
Ah -- iris. Do you still have any? Bob (my housemate) loves breeding plants (has won awards for coming up with new tomato hybrids while in high school, etc.) and he and I plan to expand the gardens --both the practical and the landscaped-- next year. If you still are looking for a home for irises, we will take some!
Re: The thumnail photo/irisesnman_in_blackDecember 7 2005, 01:35:35 UTC
Yes, I do have some but not many surviving. Almost EVERYTHING died in August from the sauna steam-bath temps. I'm sure we can come up with some though.
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There's also another phase to being on the boundary, one foot on each side. The bearer of the archetype is also the one who holds a hand out and helps the person in transition to make the passage.
The times I've been in that passage-guide role have been the most loaded episodes of my life.
The language of metaphor and story is the only means of giving voice to the "liminal." I was profoundly in awe when I first read Tolkien's *Lord of the Rings.* One of the key elements in Tolkien's storycraft was to give voice to boundary experience.
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I, too, am in the midst of another re-read of WOT in part. I bought New Spring and Knife of Dreams from Amazon this summer, KOD in prepublication. When it came, I read it, then reread the prior volumes in reverse order back to Winter's Heart, then forward again. It is amazing what I've missed in dropped hints and casual references to major movements of the story line developed later. Seeing them in the context of knowing where the story was headed was a pleasure and an education in story development ( ... )
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I am using this, as the only photo I have of me taken even vaguely recent looks awful. I am haggard, look miserable and ill. I don't feel that way anymore. I need to get a new, current photo, then post it. One of these days....
The trouble with a digital camera is that one has to use it, not let it sit on the shelf. It is automaticl--up to a point. The automation doesn't extend to the decision and execution of photo making. That's what the button is for when the user presses it. Hummmm--another metaphor of the spiritual life.
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