tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post1716898365988941452..comments2023-08-14T04:21:28.224-07:00Comments on Blackland : the regular fearsangela simionehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657554247759367168noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-81871000930836439802010-08-25T13:39:56.573-07:002010-08-25T13:39:56.573-07:00i couldn't agree with you more, marylinn. and...i couldn't agree with you more, marylinn. and it is a knowledge that i am actively trying to trust. i know that the outline and contours of my personal past are not something that i need to feel ashamed about. and i know that, in order to learn and grow, that shame and guardedness must be defeated. or maybe the defeat of those emotional responses is what learning looks like? i like imperfections and i want to embrace them. i want to unlearn the doctrine that states imperfections must be hidden, corrected. <br /><br />i took life-drawing classes for 7 years and, long before the end of that stretch, it became boring to draw people who had "perfect" bodies. the bodies that had a high level of "flaws" were the most interesting, the most challenging, the most available for exploration. and therefore the most rewarding, the most beautiful, the most gracious and stunning.angela simionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657554247759367168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-45741361656246982552010-08-25T09:29:08.217-07:002010-08-25T09:29:08.217-07:00There is a connection which I am trying to process...There is a connection which I am trying to process that involves the courage or assurance to speak what needs to be told while at the same time beginning to see - each of us - how extraordinary we are. It is not about ego, possibly the reason why one struggles with it, but about our simple, essential worth. Assimilating all aspects of our truth is, as I lurch through it, a life-long task. But part of the truth has to include embracing our unique and imperfect beings. Those of us, and probably it is all of us, who arrive in this moment with a sense of lack or brokenness, of fragmentation, the shame or guarded responses we learned, are more sound than we know. This is, for today, what I believe.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-11243523471608278452010-08-24T20:01:29.041-07:002010-08-24T20:01:29.041-07:00:D AHHHHHHH! thank you! i'm so glad that yo...:D AHHHHHHH! thank you! i'm so glad that you and john are enjoying it! i definitely wanted to do right by the book, and right by you in my handling of it. and also to hopefully do right by others who have read the book and loved it as well. the book is a mirror in so many ways and i think it's so important that it find its way in to the hands of those who need such a mirror. <br /><br />the internet is a strange and wonderous place. i definitely see the need to keep certain bits of information private and that not ever sloppy thing i happen to bang out on the keys end up being let loose in this land. but writing will always continue. always always. <br /><br />thank you so much, kate. :)angela simionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657554247759367168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-85915471999158312862010-08-24T19:47:20.410-07:002010-08-24T19:47:20.410-07:00well, also virginia woolf wasn't aware of the ...well, also virginia woolf wasn't aware of the internet! it is a question, i think, that we both might face, as bloggers of the personal essay...how much do we want to be that public. i think it's okay if you choose not to always publish things on the internet, as long as you write them, as long as you still publish them! doesn't mean you should suppress ANYTHING, your manifesto is extraordinary, but that can always be an option.<br /><br />angela my partner john just read your essay as well, and reread some parts out loud to me. it's really extraordinary what you perform in this work.Kate Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303016339751799218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-89921102119751703612010-08-24T19:36:39.685-07:002010-08-24T19:36:39.685-07:00kate, yes... i think it'll be an on-going stru...kate, yes... i think it'll be an on-going struggle for me as well. at least the shoving-it-out-in-public part. which i must find ways to keep confronting and seeking out. the victorian ideal of "the angel of the house" is quite prevalent. still. and it is such an effective means of silence and shaming.angela simionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657554247759367168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-87408280381034034522010-08-24T19:21:12.381-07:002010-08-24T19:21:12.381-07:00i love how woolf phrases it - killing the angel in...i love how woolf phrases it - killing the angel in the house, the necessary bravery women writers need in order to speak their truth, in whatever form. i think of this as needing to kill the dutiful daughter, and i too struggle with it all the time.Kate Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303016339751799218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-23729706529581157552010-08-24T19:17:46.533-07:002010-08-24T19:17:46.533-07:00hahahaha! WORD! there's no arguing with that...hahahaha! WORD! there's no arguing with that!angela simionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657554247759367168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499380851432081366.post-54381256390445348252010-08-24T19:10:45.699-07:002010-08-24T19:10:45.699-07:00Like Kesey said, You're either on the bus or o...Like Kesey said, <i>You're either on the bus or off the bus.</i><br /><br />xoxoxRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.com