tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post9060498460663941894..comments2024-03-29T15:13:42.610+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: My special gratitude to Owen BarfieldBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-33262286691629752662021-12-14T13:14:34.420+00:002021-12-14T13:14:34.420+00:00@Lucinda - You're welcome.
And thank you for...@Lucinda - You're welcome. <br /><br />And thank you for your comments! Which have been among the most helpful in this blog's history; due exactly to your "typical-female pro-social" nature, which would otherwise have been lacking here. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-35979998451426856752021-12-14T13:02:01.309+00:002021-12-14T13:02:01.309+00:00Your gratitude is very touching. My husband and I ...Your gratitude is very touching. My husband and I took the opportunity to discuss how interacting with your writing has influenced our beliefs.<br /><br />I thought it would be annoying and awkward to go on at length, but one was that it is so much easier for me to forgive people, to recognize their right to interpret their own adventure, as I also must do for myself. My personality is very typical-female pro-social, so this has been very helpful in reducing neurotic thinking, which in turn allows for a better relationship with God. <br /><br />Thank you for your writings!Lucindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834799557675879450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49686021012181637622021-12-13T11:56:33.767+00:002021-12-13T11:56:33.767+00:00Thankyou Bruce. And for the link to your earlier F...Thankyou Bruce. And for the link to your earlier Final Participation Barfield post. You have come back with much from your walk through alienation. Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-72751050922750786542021-12-12T18:12:04.807+00:002021-12-12T18:12:04.807+00:00I find this happens as well with "philosopher...I find this happens as well with "philosophers" or "thinkers".<br /><br />But your post made me realize that I have different reactions to poetry and music. <br /><br />With music, say Haydn's Piano Trios after listening to them so much I don't really need to listen again. The thing is "in my head" permanently and will pop up at odd times and I can hear it whenever I want. <br /><br />Poetry like Shakespeare or Homer becomes overwhelming. For example, if I try and re-read The Illiad I get almost nauseated mentally from the complexity and intensity before the first book ends. I can't go on. But I can reflect on parts in my head. Same with say Coriolanus...Skarphedinnoreply@blogger.com