I agree. LaVona --- Harriet Holmström-Sand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey thanks, that was absolutely todays FAVOURITE > word so far, I mean the > word "femail". In my opinion. Because playing with > words is one of my > passions. It doesn't have to be any one elses > passion. I can't force > myself to be as passionate about cooking or breeding > pigeons or watching > television or singing or climbing mountains as I am > about a number of > other things, and why should I try to? We make > hundreds or thousands of > more or less irrational choices every day, based on > what else if not - > favour? Without constantly being able to favour one > out of many > alternatives life is extremly confusing, or > impossible, to live. That's > what usually happens when a person becomes > psychotic. You can't focus on > one task or one impression at a time, you absorb > everything around you > without being able to filter out anything. That's > really as damaging as > the 'damaging of excluding'. Narrowing, excluding > and isolating is a > strategy to keep sane in a world overwhelmed by > images, sounds, people, > opinions, impressions. Some kind of middle course > is, as always, the > wisest, I think. > > Haje > > > Guido Vermeulen skrev: > > This is an interesting side debate. > > Favorite things = self damaging, well yes because > it is damaging > > altogother. > > When you say this is my favorite you exclude all > others, meaning you put > > others down for a so called favorite which is > often dictated by > > fashion or > > "the culture of the moment in your own soicety or > environment". > > A quote of a Flemish poet I saw recently in the > Brussels Center for Fine > > Arts (where I work in the evenings as a second > job): > > "admiration and favoritism are the blindfolds for > people who are able to > > see" > > This in a way is more or less also that what Guido > B. says. > > The damaging of excluding leads to self damaging, > to a reduction of > > personal vision, heart and soul. > > Everything is connected, when you hurt someone, > you hurt yourself. > > > > I was 16 or 17 and I read a book by a contemporary > author (Willy > > Spillebeen) and had the chance to meet him with a > group of students. > > His book starts also with "the dangers of > favoritism". > > He used the example or the metaphor of a group of > young kittens that are > > born. What to do with them? > > Well, what are the most pretty kittens? (your > favorites) > > They stayed alive, the others were killed without > remorse. > > This strong image (for a teenager anyway) lead me > to write a poem and to > > have a very suspiscious attitude to all kind of > hit parades or lists like > > "give me your favorite color, author, book, music > piece, femail or male > > person" and so on. > > How can we always narrow us down so much? > > We are able to see the beauty of differences in a > complex world but still > > we tend to isolate a few things and embrace that > as "the ones". > > Justice is also blindfolded for a reason, I > guess... > > > > Postal Greetings, > > > > Guido Vermeulen > > > http://groups.msn.com/POPOPEINT/guidovermeulenartiste.msnw > > > > Memorial BLOG > > http://shadowtributes.blogspot.com > > > > BLOG on artist books and small print publications > > http://boklist.blogspot.com > > > > FRIOUR zine blog(s): > > http://Friour1.blogspot.com > > > > A BLOG ON MY LIFE IN BRUSSELS > > http://brusselsesjoekes.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > " If everyone demanded peace instead of another > television set, then > > there'd be peace." > > > > - John Lennon - > > > > > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: Tamara Wyndham > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Verzonden: zaterdag 1 april 2006 14:39 > > Aan: [email protected] > > Onderwerp: (",) favorite color > > > > What a new idea to me, that having a favorite > color > > would be a "self damaging choice". I had always > > thought of it as a kind of self expression of > > individuality. But, you are pointing out that it > can > > also be self limiting. > > > > It is in meditative states that we make no > judgements. > > > > - T > > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > > Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:13:47 -0800 (PST) > > From: guido bondioli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: suicide continued. > > > > > > > > --- LaVona Sherarts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I haven't had a tv set since 1957. > > This does not prevent you from adopting the > fiction > > derived sentimentality of TV. > > > I felt the pain of the loss of a good person. > There > > is nothing > > > egocentric about that in my mind > > To me it seems extremely egocentric. There is no > loss > > to you. what would confuse you in that way if not > some > > constant irritation to conform such as is offered > by > > media? > > Just as you probable have a favorite color, a self > > damaging choice, You have many other unconscious > self > > damaging choices. Feeling loss about someone else > > taking care of themselves can only come from the > > expectations placed on you by your choice of > > associates just in the way you acquired a favorite > > color. These responses are the work of fiction > > writers. Get them in books, at church or where > ever. > > They remain self damaging. > > > Yes, the people need to go but I have a right to > > > feel a loss just as you do not. > > We have many rights to do wrong. There is little > > reason to use those rights just because they are > > there. Use damages us as well as the rest of the > > world. > > As you know by now at age 72, there are many GOOD > ways > > to be evil. And that phrase reminds me of the good > > Baptists I witnessed burning to death a black man > in > > Arizona in 1947. All those people believed they > were > > doing GOOD. Good seems less relative than many > people > > prefer to believe. > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > === message truncated === http://www.picturetrail.com/lavonasherarts __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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