tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11921782.post4661598801301282654..comments2023-07-30T07:20:00.952-05:00Comments on Say Something Wonderful: Here's How it Happens...E. M. Selingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11921782.post-13160997716314508252013-05-06T04:43:15.322-05:002013-05-06T04:43:15.322-05:00I suppose some people might see that (and, indeed,...I suppose some people might see that (and, indeed, the reading of fiction and poetry) as a negative, "escapist" experience but I think there may be impulses and emotions which it's good to acknowledge and indulge to some extent, but not follow up on. Repressing them completely might lead to frustration and regret, so thinking them through and working out why the impulse is not one wishes to pursue is a much better way to proceed.Laura Vivancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906661869372622821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11921782.post-53772311574785021582013-05-05T19:50:07.634-05:002013-05-05T19:50:07.634-05:00Thanks, Laura! You encourage me to think of my in...Thanks, Laura! You encourage me to think of my instrument window-shopping less as a distraction and more as the kind of perusal (and refusal) that Thoreau talks about in Walden:<br /><br />"My imagination carried me so far that I even had the refusal of several farms — the refusal was all I wanted — but I never got my fingers burned by actual possession." <br /><br />More soon!E. M. Selingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11921782.post-37554801084667677492013-05-03T18:13:54.631-05:002013-05-03T18:13:54.631-05:00Yes, that's how time passes sometimes, and if ...Yes, that's how time passes sometimes, and if you didn't think things through before taking actions wouldn't you at some point have regrets about not having spent a bit of time doing that? <br /><br />In any case, it seems to me that all work and no daydreaming might make for a dull (albeit super-efficient) Eric.Laura Vivancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906661869372622821noreply@blogger.com