February 10, 2011

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  • Really? Going to make me go offsite to read a blog? I'll do it later tonight.

  • I really appreciated this piece: "He says to others what was once said to him, believing that they will
    feel the same hurt as he did, and still does. And somehow this will
    compensate him. The abused has been sold on the benefit of becoming the
    abuser."

    I think there is profound wisdom in this and a willingness to look into the life of the abuser.  This does not help to expand that "inner space"  where we can receive feedback without being on the defensive (smaller inner space).  Welp, that's all I got right now :)

    OH, and I loved his voice reading the poetry.

  • Hmm... Interesting... I had just been pondering the twin lions of flattery and disapproval. I use the word lions b/c not long before reading your blog (and the linked post), I'd opened to where I'd been reading in Pilgrim's Progress, a point where Bunyan quoted Paul's words in II Timothy about being delivered out of the mouth of the lion. Both flattery and disapproval are lions that will devour us and our dreams and aspirations and cause us to take our eyes off Christ and keep us from running the race set before us. Why I had been particularly pondering this today is that earlier today I had received some loving and thoughtful criticism from a very good friend re: my writing, and I found myself (and still do) somewhat confused over it and am still unsure how to proceed. (So that is a wholly different type of criticism than the article addresses.) The bottom line is this: Am I writing how Jesus wants me to write? Am I glorifying Christ and enjoying Him in my writing? I am accountable to Christ alone to steward the gifts He gives me. I'm not trying to get out of being accountable w/ others at all, and we must be listening to good counsel in community, but it all must be weighed in light of the Holy Spirit's individual leading of us.

  • I agree with Ken, who commented on that post.  Many people who are not artists themselves seem to believe that art is produced exclusively for consumers and also that they are entitled to whatever they want, even when it's free.  I don't know where the latter mindset originated, but it seems fairly predominant.  Gratitude and respect for effort are painfully rare.
    Also, I'm guessing that the person who complained about everything being in one voice didn't realize the man was doing it himself.  Another side-effect of the popular blogs is that people subconsciously expect others to have copied and pasted from some random source.  They forget that such things require real effort from Someone.
    We shouldn't allow the pointlessly nasty or whiny people to damage our joy.  Accept and consider only constructive criticism.
    I very much enjoy that man's voice.
    Margaret Atwood saddens me.

  • I've nothing thoughtful to add.  It was an insightful piece that quite resembles things I've read for psychology courses.  

  • It's always easier to harshly criticize someone who we don't directly know. This 'distance' often tricks us into thinking that he or she isn't a human with feelings.

    I think negative constructive criticisms are acceptable. It's unfortunate that many people, as a result of immaturity, choose to use criticism as an abusive tool.

  • I love the Chicago Suntimes. 

  • thought it was a touchy-feely article. people only make fun of you because someone made fun of them (making them feel inferior) and this is just their way of lashing out? sometimes people are just jackasses.

  • I find his take on it interesting but I also think that there is some measure of naivety to it. It's sort of to be expected of someone not born or raised into the internet generation. 

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