Theresarrt http://journals.aol.com/theresarrt7/TheresaWilliams-author/entries/740 answered her queries so beautifully that she gave me the courage to comment, asking her to question me. Her queries are so thought provoking that I can`t answer the five in one post. In this post, I`ll try to reply to #3, 4, & 5.
3. What would you say to Freud in an e-mail.
From: deabt@aol.com
Subject: Psychology
65 years after your death, you must be proud to remain the most quoted Psychologist in the literature. And your secretary, Otto Rank, has done pretty well too! Of all your associates, he remains the most profound.
4. Many people have a metaphor which guides their lives. For example, for the fictional character Siddhartha it is the river. Siddhartha's final epiphany is that the answers to life's questions are in the river's voice. Do you have a central metaphor in your life...or are you looking for one?
Easy…..ART, in all of its manifestations.
5. What is something you wrote when you were a little boy that gave you joy? Try to recreate that piece of writing here.
called to dinner,
the boy and girl descend
from their bedrooms
where they must stay
in grandma`s house.
quietly, they pass the
dining room
through the kitchen
where grown-ups eat
to the shed.
unheated
quickly
they eat
in grandma`s house.
V
14 comments:
Interesting Q an A session here. :) I can relate to the poem.
Excellent! I love the e-mail to Freud. And I agree about Otto Rank! Your poem is wonderful--ah, Grandma's house. I remember how my boys loved going there (to my mother's). My grandmother lived with us until she died when I was 9. I didn't know my other grandmother all that well, and she was far away. Apparently, I missed out on a grand experience. The detail about the children eating in the unheated shed intrigues me. That seems worth writing more about, to me.
I enjoyed the email, and the poem. I wondered about the email to heaven.com...do you think it will be returned by the system...what do they call it...demon...hmmm
Thanks for visiting my front porch. I like your site and plan to spend some time on it.
--Beth
I'd ask siggy if he's come up with new answers for a "God complex!" V ... this poem is one of your saddest. Nothing worse then the wear of a child.
Loved the email address!
Candace
Vince:)
What an interesting journey your questions took you! This is a good game for the land, it's good to see our friends from new perspective. :)
Always, Carly :)
It's been interesting to read your answers and get a bit more of a peak inside of you.
Monica
http://journals.aol.com/photographybymon/Mamarazzi/
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love the email to freud!
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I'd be interested to know about the joy that poem gave you. Was it the accomplishment of writing a powerful and moving poem? Or did it have something to do with the content?
Vicky
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What a great poem! I love it when form mirrors content.
Theresa has asked some very thought provoking questions. I'll add my reply to #4.... For me the journey metaphor is a road... or path. Sometimes I can actually envision the symbolic "fork in the road" as I pause to take measure of which juncture to follow. right now I can see that fork looming ahead and it scares the crap outa my ADHD mind!
Oh, I agree with "Madman" about the road or path--that is the definitely the driving metaphor of my life--the journey, the quest. My art is my method for helping me choose which "path" to take.
Good poem. Thanks for visiting my journal. -Krissy
http://journals.aol.com/fisherkristina/SometimesIThink
Your wit and intelligence amaze me. I wish only that you showed this side of yourself more often. I think, Vince, you are the kind of person, I would enjoy hearing for hours. I'd say "talk to" but really, I'd just rather listen to what you have to say and maybe interject with a question or two, or fifty, every now and then. :-) ---Robbie
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