Comments on Mental Blog: Werds By The Pound Pt. II

I'm looking for some good blogs to read and th...

2011-10-12T01:58:07.325-04:00

I'm looking for some good blogs to read and these things interest me. I can relate to them. Any addiction and any mental disorder but Schizophrenia or Bipolar interest me most.

I opened a new book to read. Two quotes introduced...

2009-04-21T09:19:00.000-04:00

I opened a new book to read. Two quotes introduced it. It struck me how they fit in with what is being discussed here. It happens to me so often that I fall into a discussion and then the next thing I read seems to be a continuation of my thoughts. Herman Hesse 's theory was that "Books come to you."

"The oldest preserved maps of the world originate from, Babylonian times, that is, from the third millennium before Christ. On these maps, that Earth is depicted as a flat disk floating on the ocean. Babylon is the centre of the disk. To make a centre of power the centre of the world, just because it is one's own, is essentially a religious act.
Gerhard Staghun, Das Lachen Gottes

If God did not make us then we must make ourselves.
Leon Rooke, the Fall of Gravity

The book is Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas. 383 Pages of "Werds" waiting for me.

Talking I forgot one point that had come to mind. ...

2009-04-20T23:43:00.000-04:00

Talking I forgot one point that had come to mind. Hans due to his M.S could hardly speak. He lost the words he needed and had to think of replacements. (Which he did amazingly well for a long time.)But he could just sit somewhere, being quiet, and people would come to him, often down and out people, native people, and they would talk to him and told him of all their wishes and sorrows. He never said much, just listenend. And I know he meant to those people what they saw in him. I bet a book could be written with all the different characteristics brought into being by the ones that put their trust in Hans.

I so agree, Larry. I have read neither of the book...

2009-04-20T23:17:00.000-04:00

I so agree, Larry. I have read neither of the books, but read with interest your description. When you came to how others made or dreamed up the character, I thought , yes, that's what we all do. And then you said it. It is true. You could say we are thought into being, by others how they shape us, and by how we then think of ourselves.

I'm not sure how it is with babies. They seem to start as empty vessels and depend on what we pour into them. But I've also noticed that they do come with something that is their own, not possibly yet picked up in this life. I guess that can be cultivated or destroyed?

Did you know that there is a place in this world, (leave it to me to forget where) where women try hard to eat as much as they can and be as fat as possible because that's what men want of them there? Thin girls are in for staying single. The men however are expected to be slim. They better stay away from beer I guess...LOL

I like Peter Sellers as actor. I can so see him play that roll, even though I did not see the film.

Thanks for that post, Larry.