tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post3342420852452170254..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: The Importance of Being ImportantAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-51586179301305001052015-10-11T18:44:09.171-04:002015-10-11T18:44:09.171-04:00"Fame! I wanna live forever!" is running..."Fame! I wanna live forever!" is running through my head. But of course, what Lisabet said is very true: having 5 minutes of fame is different from having a lasting influence on others. Sacchi, your work will probably still be read when the Elephant in the Room (Fifty Shades of Media Attention) is generally forgotten.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84563606374081320292015-10-08T02:26:23.836-04:002015-10-08T02:26:23.836-04:00You've said a lot of wise things here, Sacchi....You've said a lot of wise things here, Sacchi. I particularly appreciate your final question. Ranking the importance of things discomfits me a bit, the same way I've always had trouble choosing a favorite anything. And I may have found the topic for my post, so thanks for that. :)Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-2053304096428239052015-10-06T21:57:37.032-04:002015-10-06T21:57:37.032-04:00I just saw this today, "shared" by a Fac...I just saw this today, "shared" by a Facebook friend, and, though most of it has little or nothing to do with this topic, the parts about what is expected of males in our culture is very interesting indeed: <br />http://uncannymagazine.com/article/masculinity-is-an-anxiety-disorder-breaking-down-the-nerd-box/Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-19833418930091495822015-10-06T21:54:08.216-04:002015-10-06T21:54:08.216-04:00I think success may sometimes be equated with appr...I think success may sometimes be equated with approval, and a desire for approval (beginning with parental approval) may be hard-wired into us. What a particular culture (or sub-culture) sees as worthy of approval has a lot to do with what we think is important. Some cultures are better than others at emphasizing cooperation and the greater good. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-56347329539854290452015-10-06T09:38:31.922-04:002015-10-06T09:38:31.922-04:00I'm glad you came around to the realization th...I'm glad you came around to the realization that making a difference and being superficially "important" by some external measure are not the same thing at all. Unless we're hermits hiding out in some cave for years on end, we all have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. Just think about the difference you've made when you've accepted new writers into one of your anthologies, for example.<br /><br />I agree, too, with your aside about the pathological need to be noticed in our society, and how dangerous that is. It's ironic that the hugely public world in which we live, everything splayed across our screens 24 hours a day, actually makes it more difficult to be "important". How do you get heard above the noise?<br /><br />All at once I'm thinking of "Tommy" again: "See me; feel me; touch me; heal me." This could be the refrain of the desperate child inside many adults.<br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-62418839498192333862015-10-05T11:46:54.384-04:002015-10-05T11:46:54.384-04:00I think we all need to be recognized for our accom...I think we all need to be recognized for our accomplishments on some level. Of course, it's okay for some people to get that recognition among our circle friends and relatives, but others need it on a larger scale. Too bad we can't harness that desire for greatness with acts that bring us closer. Too often success becomes an ego trip, done for one's own gratification with no regard for consequences. Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com