tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258454099432493129.post7662196618467691009..comments2023-03-03T06:32:15.042-08:00Comments on to live a poem: Change vs. Growthgretehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05681306602983888686noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258454099432493129.post-1560586383006236542010-05-31T08:27:40.057-07:002010-05-31T08:27:40.057-07:00Marion -
Yes, I more than tried these clothes on...Marion - <br /><br />Yes, I more than tried these clothes on, I actually wore some of them :-) One of the jackets was, believe it or not, perfect for a funeral......(no, not the one where my boobies showed...).<br /><br />As for playing around with clothes - I’ve heard actors use shoes to get into their role character. As soon as they have the appropriate foot wear, they sense the personality of the one they are interpreting. <br /><br />Thanks for great quotes, especially the one by Confucius. <br /><br /><br />Erin - <br /><br />As usual you have profound thoughts, I read and reread to grasp the depth of what you are saying. <br /><br />The clothes issue in itself was more fun than anything. But it spurred me onto the topic of change. I know for myself that I hold on and keep back, because I need to recognize myself in what I am doing. On the good side this means I develop my qualities within a certain familiar framework, As you say, “who we are is not just this moment, but every moment preceeding it as well”. <br />On the not so good side, it means I easily get stuck. I think along lines like - if I did it THIS way yesterday, and it worked, why not today as well? <br /><br />Thing is - it doesn’t always work. And the seasons turn, turn, turn..... A green leaf on a winter day would shrivel and die. <br /><br />And yes, it’s me behind the leaves. Sometimes I dream I was a tree, just standing there, feet in the ground, body calm and collected, my green hair rustling gently in the wind.....<br /><br /><br />Becca - <br /><br />Yes, the thought of loss is often what comes between me and change. Even when what is lost contains negative elements. The non-desirable can also have advantages attached to it, strangely enough. <br /><br />Growth points forward, loss backwards. I think.....<br /><br /><br />Jos - <br /><br />Yes, makeup with moderation! <br /><br />As for changes in small leaps - I’m all for it....<br /><br /><br />Kelly - <br /><br />I agree, change can’t be forced. Genuine change is a mixture of conscious and unconscious decisions. Sometimes I wonder which is which. <br /><br />But it’s a process, for sure.....<br /><br />I like what you say, that the cause of growth is “something internal that cracks open with experience.”<br /><br /><br />Gretegretehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681306602983888686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258454099432493129.post-78049145383883226052010-05-30T04:24:11.401-07:002010-05-30T04:24:11.401-07:00I don't think that change can be forced. It ha...I don't think that change can be forced. It has to be organic. I don't think clothes or hair or makeup are really change agents. I think what causes us to stir, move, grow, is something internal that cracks open with experience. The clothes look lush and gorgeous. I'm sure you would look the same wearing them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258454099432493129.post-69736939697191426602010-05-28T10:16:02.458-07:002010-05-28T10:16:02.458-07:00I don't "do" make-up. Never have. A ...I don't "do" make-up. Never have. A few years ago a friend of mine made me up. I looked in the mirror ... I looked (felt) like a clown. It was a step too far. Sometimes we need to make changes in small leaps ... try stuff out, you know? Wear it for a day ... then two. Show a trusted friend. And don't take their response too seriously! xx JosJoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04681996675508746353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258454099432493129.post-81569297965881314512010-05-27T18:49:08.439-07:002010-05-27T18:49:08.439-07:00I like your thinking about change versus growth - ...I like your thinking about change versus growth - change is kind of scary word for me, because it has connotations of loss. Every change in my life seems to have come with a loss attached - the ensuing growth is often positive, but also painful. <br /><br />So this phrase of yours comforts me regarding the whole process of evolution..."Where change tells me I need to do things differently, growth grants me the permission to be more of who I already am."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258454099432493129.post-37471610314462860072010-05-27T04:27:58.927-07:002010-05-27T04:27:58.927-07:00Hummm. I'm thinking. Change...but when we ch...Hummm. I'm thinking. Change...but when we change, now, in this moment, it might alter us now, but what and who we are is not just this moment, but every moment preceeding it as well. I was thinking this very early in this piece. That me, trying on new clothes, a new look, it would not suit me because of my history. My history is too big to fit into something newly constructed, something created in the now by a decision. So change, yes, but even when we decide to change, as I have in my life, really, the fiber of who I am, I am not just generating a new perspective, but I am picking up the roots and tubers of me that have grown over the last forty years, I'm holding them in my palm, and I am changing with these things in tow. There is never a totally new regeneration. That is a modern day lie, I think. Too handy in our flush it down the toilet and start again society. Our changes, if we are lucky, are growth, connected to our pasts. <br /><br />Try on the clothing. Walk about in it. Feel expanded or uncomfortable, and learn more of your perimeters of self. Be glad for who you are. <br /><br />Is that you there behind those leaves? Organic you~<br /><br />xo<br />erinWoman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258454099432493129.post-60383674575207091402010-05-26T12:47:46.084-07:002010-05-26T12:47:46.084-07:00I think you should try some of the new 'chic&#...I think you should try some of the new 'chic' clothes. Play dress up! Change your clothes, change your life, I heard somewhere...I'm in a rut regarding my so-called wardrobe. I used to dress up for work in a law office, but I'm not working now and seldom wear the old 'uniforms'. I do good to put on a bra (especially in this already humid 95 degree heat). LOL! Hvae fun with your new clothes. If you don't like them, make you some pretty throw pillows with them. (If you can bear to cut them up!)<br /><br />A few of my favorite quotes on change. Blessings!<br /><br />"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom." ~Confucius<br /><br />"Change always comes bearing gifts." ~Price Pritchett<br /><br />"The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions." ~Ellen GlasgowMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com