tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post964320327311696618..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: From the DepthsAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-1020203052915155582011-08-04T21:34:18.001-04:002011-08-04T21:34:18.001-04:00I was especially interested in your descriptions o...I was especially interested in your descriptions of the basement and rooms, because I know that in my own dreams usually the interior of a house is a symbol for the interior of my mind or thoughts. Very often the dream houses are haunted and of course basements can be very unpredictable dreams. I remember in the original Dracula novel by Bram Stoker, the Count warns Jonathan Harker by no means fall asleep in certain rooms of the castle because ". . . It is old, and has many memories, and there are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely . . ."<br /><br />If it were me though, I wouldn;t have thrown out all those drawings from your childhood. You might miss those someday.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-47551685508865584192011-08-04T12:43:41.604-04:002011-08-04T12:43:41.604-04:00I don't know about haunting, but my partner (V...I don't know about haunting, but my partner (Velvet Tripp) and I have both had an interesting few months in which we came to realise that we both had things in our past that were emotional triggers for the present, in each case a hangover from our previous relationships. And, separately and together, we managed to deal with them. She blogged about her experience on our joint blog, though I never blogged about mine - it may become a story someday though.Fulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959628434559905605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58196202881839811492011-08-04T10:00:43.478-04:002011-08-04T10:00:43.478-04:00Jean - Was is Lisabet who pointed out that we like...Jean - Was is Lisabet who pointed out that we like stories because they provide closure? Yeah. Life never follows the nice, predictable line of a rising story arc. Instead, it lurches around like a drunk, and is about as coherant. In real life, we never get that catharasis moment where we confront our demons and tell them off.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-55287352233375469642011-08-04T08:45:18.642-04:002011-08-04T08:45:18.642-04:00Hello Jean,
How true this is. "Relationships...Hello Jean,<br /><br />How true this is. "Relationships don't end with death." I actually find myself glad that this is so. I'd hate to think I'd forget the people who were dear to me. Childless (by choice), married to a man a decade older than I am, I wonder who will keep up a relationship with me when I am gone.<br /><br />I used to keep all my love letters. Then one day, I threw them out. Although they took up a relatively small amount of space, they weighed me down. I'd find myself going back and rereading my favorites, trying to recapture the breathless thrill of those youthful days. Then for a while I'd feel dissatisfied with my present. I didn't want that.<br /><br />The present is really all we have. As you say, though, the present never stands in isolation. There are always echoes, hauntings, all the messiness that makes us human.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com