tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399067352255884223.post6568959403332054612..comments2023-04-01T02:10:28.823-07:00Comments on Either/Or: The Book of Laughter and ForgettingMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898924976144269919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399067352255884223.post-61764597111175055692008-03-13T18:50:00.000-07:002008-03-13T18:50:00.000-07:00if only i were so lucky to have "immediate and dir...if only i were so lucky to have "immediate and direct contact with other people." i find it a lot more difficult than that.<BR/><BR/>about kundera - i read 'the unbearable lightness of being' over last summer and thought it was beautiful and sad. i thought he was very rough with the characters, very real in exposing their weaknesses and nuances.<BR/><BR/>about nouwen - i'm about 2/3 the way through reading 'intimacy' by him now and i think it's kind of interesting how he treats our desires. he kind of says 'no' to some desires instead of the 'embrace but redirect' approach or the 'embrace the root of the desire' approach that i'm used to. thanks for blogging about him, you reminded me how great he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399067352255884223.post-78101071870180319532008-02-25T03:58:00.000-08:002008-02-25T03:58:00.000-08:00what a very cold view of humanity you portray, esp...what a very cold view of humanity you portray, especially from that of Nouwen. i would have left my comment there but you have raised him again here. so, this post has nothing to do with kundera.<BR/><BR/>this view of "otherness" i cannot relate to at all. where do we get the concepts to relate towards ourself as a self? from others. we are everything we are because of our closeness and contact with others. they are not some distant mind trapped behind a body. we have immediate and direct contact with other people.<BR/><BR/>i was not surprised to read that nouwen suffered from clinical depression. kundera is another miserable existentialist. we start with and alongside people in the world. its beauty is terrible and blinding and fragile. we finish with and alongside people in the world. there is no inside. there is no beyond.<BR/><BR/>this is not an attack on you mary, i thank for all your interesting and insightful posts, and for sharing them.god-free moralshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16607043107377719807noreply@blogger.com