tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574271952579140160.post4009691466521414280..comments2024-02-02T03:30:23.617-05:00Comments on Divinipotent Daily: SenselessMichele Hushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979878503237070839noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574271952579140160.post-82919588671221914102011-07-23T18:47:27.480-04:002011-07-23T18:47:27.480-04:00Thank you, Angela.Thank you, Angela.Michele Hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979878503237070839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574271952579140160.post-56879313395236214012011-07-22T12:24:43.832-04:002011-07-22T12:24:43.832-04:00Excellent article. I enjoy reading your workExcellent article. I enjoy reading your workAngela Cohanhttp://angelacohan321.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574271952579140160.post-40321281057798797742011-06-28T19:16:58.126-04:002011-06-28T19:16:58.126-04:00Hi J,
How could I have forgotten about Roger Eber...Hi J,<br /><br />How could I have forgotten about Roger Ebert? I haven't seen the TED talk (although I just bookmarked it), but I read that remarkable article in Esquire.<br /><br />I must, must watch the Ron Gutman/smile video. It seems like it could be cause for a sequel.<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />MicheleMichele Hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979878503237070839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574271952579140160.post-84886892980053517512011-06-28T17:50:10.221-04:002011-06-28T17:50:10.221-04:00Love that John Milton quote. And it's timely f...Love that John Milton quote. And it's timely for me today.<br /><br />Your post reminded me of two TED talks. One was by Roger Ebert, who talked about the loss of his voice and the difficulties he has in using a computer voice. He touched on many of the same issues you do - the flatness, the fact that it doesn't sound like him and that there is quite a bit of identity stored in the sound of one's own voice. <br /><br />The second was called the Power of Smiling, and that one I have a link for. http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_gutman_the_hidden_power_of_smiling.htmljhttp://zebrasounds.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574271952579140160.post-81516190372999695532011-06-27T19:41:45.105-04:002011-06-27T19:41:45.105-04:00Katherine, you surely went through a terrible time...Katherine, you surely went through a terrible time, the sort of thing that can break a person. I'm glad you've turned it into wisdom. It's very hard to understand how all these things are affecting you when they're happening, but you figured it out. Some people never do. They spend their whole lives feeling like victims. I can't imagine what that must be like. <br /><br />When I was a miserable teenager my sister Barbara was the first person to tell me to take what I can learn from bad experiences and leave the rest behind. I remain grateful.<br /><br />That Milton quote is so wonderful and reading it brought to mind my late, wonderful cousin Joel Morkan. He was a Milton scholar. He died very young -- in his thirties -- but work is still cited in books and dissertations. Thank you for prompting the thought, and for your thoughtful comments.Michele Hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979878503237070839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574271952579140160.post-6041148529084395852011-06-27T16:52:30.355-04:002011-06-27T16:52:30.355-04:00This is a touching piece. I am sorry you experienc...This is a touching piece. I am sorry you experienced this. But, I am happy you found a way to become yet wiser as a result of it. I agree with you: our body tells us things, and we tell our body things. When I broke a bone in my foot two months after both my cats had died and my husband had left, I felt as though I had emotionally and physically lost eveything, and because I was telling myself this, I was losing more things. The pain in my foot, and my limping walk began to become one with my sadness and loss. It all began to be me. I realize more each year how powerful I can be in directing my feelings; lowering my blood pressure by breathing, feeling less pain in response to a shot by relaxing and floating away in my mind. We are such powerful beings, and we don't always open our arms to ourselves. I have always felt what John Milton said was true: "The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." I would add that the body is also its own place; we are not just a brain. The power of reframing and the power of balance are transformational.Katherine C. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08834591103511225376noreply@blogger.com