tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post4771906152009475472..comments2023-11-24T01:41:06.381-07:00Comments on The Whole Blooming World: Naked in the Town SquareSusan Carpenter Simshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-64331540789235060842009-10-17T15:39:28.459-06:002009-10-17T15:39:28.459-06:00Absolutely!
I watched You've Got Mail again...Absolutely! <br /><br />I watched You've Got Mail again the other night, and saw it a whole different way because of blogging. You really can reveal a deeper truer part of yourself this way, at least more easily, because of the anonymity. It reminds me of the way masks are used in tribal rituals. <br /><br />I find it a great compliment that you thought about me while you were vacuuming! Thanks for your comment.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-12368987715023511432009-10-17T13:55:30.833-06:002009-10-17T13:55:30.833-06:00My last comment to you wasn't anything like I ...My last comment to you wasn't anything like I wanted to say. <br /><br />As I was vacuuming the floor today, I was thinking of your last post- this post.<br /><br />For me, it's a weird deal. Blogging. Letting people know your thoughts. Letting people know ne *at all*.<br /><br />I don't want anyone I really know to read my blog. So I don't go around telling anyone about it anymore. <br /><br />It's inevidable that I am going to offend- and I'd rather not offend my employees or my clients. Uh, espcially my clients.<br /><br />Yet, while I do not want anyone to know me, I want to be known! What a dichotomy. <br /><br />"Since I started this blogging business, I've sometimes felt like I'm naked in the town square. While this can be uncomfortable, it's also freeing. I feel more like myself. I feel more of myself."<br /><br />Now see, that's truly poignant of you, Polly. This completely articulates my experience, unexpectedly, about blogging.<br /><br />When I feel I have "something to say", and I write- it's, for lack of using this buzz word too much- empowering. <br /><br />In summary, blogging probably gives us both an opportunity to express ourselves in ways that I imagine would go unexpressed, if not for this medium. <br /><br />Does this seem right to you?Entrepreneur Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560499933792398415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-30046893750023784152009-10-15T10:29:39.619-06:002009-10-15T10:29:39.619-06:00rabbit dear - I am waiting eagerly to see your blo...rabbit dear - I am waiting eagerly to see your blog.<br /><br />Dan - Ah yes - the guy thing. I really should know better by now. Just yesterday in the class I teach, we were discussing gender roles/differences.<br /><br />The heart-guarding issue is a tricky one for me. It's taken me a long time in life to realize the importance of boundaries and to implement some in my life. I used to just be all over the place. It's a balance, that can only be achieved moment by moment, I find. <br /><br />I too sense a kindred spirit there. Thanks for visiting.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-26811848501043626862009-10-14T21:55:08.137-06:002009-10-14T21:55:08.137-06:00Thank you for this post. You are a kindred spirit....Thank you for this post. You are a kindred spirit. I'll be back. <br /><br />For me, the image of nakedness/clothing is difficult to untangle from sexual energy (I'm a guy) and I think what you're really getting at here is our impulse to armor our hearts, our soft and vulnerable hearts from hurting too much. <br /><br />At a deep level we know that this impulse to guard our hearts only adds to our difficulties. Our hearts want and need to be open to the world and take it in just as it is. It hurts sometimes to be that open. Yes, it does. If we trust our hearts to respond appropriately, they will. And our hearts will be happier and stronger because of it.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-62897544073593010992009-10-14T21:47:44.021-06:002009-10-14T21:47:44.021-06:00it's almost disconcerting how relevant your po...it's almost disconcerting how relevant your posts are to where i'm at when i read them. and to where i want to be. <br /><br />i've been, like, hiding in the coat closet outside the throne room. but this that you said helps: "to whom must i render an account? why am i rendering an account?"nicole morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01240200290062767638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-64868423548363051802009-10-14T12:20:42.274-06:002009-10-14T12:20:42.274-06:00It'll be our little secret. Shhh.It'll be our little secret. Shhh.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-58805544455644807852009-10-14T11:58:40.559-06:002009-10-14T11:58:40.559-06:00I just want you to know I'm coming right back ...I just want you to know I'm coming right back to finish reading your (excellent!) post- BUT I made a deal with myself that I have to finish my work first before I play. Don't tell that I was here, k?Entrepreneur Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560499933792398415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-58805066177080085742009-10-13T21:03:20.270-06:002009-10-13T21:03:20.270-06:00I'd forgotten about the Emperor's New Clot...I'd forgotten about the Emperor's New Clothes! Thanks for reminding me.<br /><br />Very well put, all those responses, especially the very last. I love the mysterious threads, and I'm very grateful for the one that brought me to you.<br /><br />Thank you.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-58945130633888608112009-10-13T20:48:11.831-06:002009-10-13T20:48:11.831-06:00Hello Polly
this is another very thoughtful and p...Hello Polly<br /><br />this is another very thoughtful and provocative post you have written so eloquently...<br /><br />the words that popped into my mind as I read you narrative were...<br /><br />to thine own self be true...<br /><br />it doesn't matter what we wear on the outside, even if it is the 'Emperor's gown' riding naked through the streets...<br /><br />and it doesn't matter to what religion or philosophy we adhere,<br /><br /><br />what matters is, that we are true to ourselves - if we walk and talk and act with integrity .... feeling connected within to the highest good, then we wear the cloak of truth and honesty and authenticity...<br /><br />we are accountable to our consciences, our individual characters with their gifts and spirit and to that deeper unknown and most mysterious of threads that link us all together...<br /><br />Thank you Polly<br /><br />Happy daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-45858586806292996322009-10-13T20:21:12.121-06:002009-10-13T20:21:12.121-06:00Thank you, thank you. It makes me happy that you ...Thank you, thank you. It makes me happy that you enjoy my writing. <br /><br />It's so good to know that, after a lifetime of talking about things that mostly fall on deaf ears because people don't have the same interests as me or aren't on the same wavelength, I've finally found a few people who get it, and actually want to share in it with me.<br /><br />That's the real reason why it's expanding, because it has a place - a community - to expand into. <br /><br />I didn't realize how much I needed to be writing until I started doing it again. You're right - it is like breathing.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7591166782373724315.post-61114210873294355602009-10-13T18:46:17.701-06:002009-10-13T18:46:17.701-06:00This was a very VERY beautiful post today. Your ...This was a very VERY beautiful post today. Your writing EXPANDS. It is as if it is Breathing deeper and the lungs are expanding. Its really BEAUTIFUL to be a part of this, and Exciting.<br /><br />I loved EVERYTHING about this POST, EVERYTHING! <br /><br />I committed myself to be Free in my writing and to stay connected with the creation I am and the creator that made me. Writing among other things is my part of creation. I feel I have to do it, to breathe. <br /><br />So Great, Thank You for the Refreshment in this Work!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270178527947291611noreply@blogger.com