tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post6395639694972378101..comments2023-11-07T07:53:32.305+11:00Comments on The Passionate Crone (poetry): A Conversation About Creating a VisionRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-27727562968631912742017-01-08T13:46:38.448+11:002017-01-08T13:46:38.448+11:00Facts are hard to shift. You trip over them like r...Facts are hard to shift. You trip over them like rocks.<br />To me that is the crux of the poem.<br />Shock and rage is necessary I agree. These are healthy emotions that we are dissuaded from expressing.When some outrageous crime is committed . the victims relatives are encouraged to say they were 'disappointed' at the behaviour of the perpetrator. Language no longer expresses our true feelings...the corruption of semantics is a real problem Rage in a normal person does not need to descend into violence.This is where articulated literary expression is important.You can make mince meat of your opponent without laying a hand on them. Sure words hurt but much preferable to being permanently physically damaged.You can always block your ears and switch off but there is no way of preventing broken bones with physical violence <br /><br />I like your reference to the deranged and homelessness in your area.One of the reasons I left that geographically magnificent area was because of the drug induced derangement of too much of the population. It permeated everything. <br /><br />There must be a solution. Hope. Change. Change in values. <br />It will be a David and Goliath situation. The juggernauts of Mammon are all powerful and great indoctrinateurs through the Archangel called media. David has to find that vulnerable chink and knock them out.It is a different kind of war...but the battle has to be won with a well thought out campaign. Otherwise we are all up * polluted waterways * without a paddle:)<br /><br />And this is my rave for today . Thank you for a thought provoking poem. <br /><br />rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-76758903602967966232017-01-06T14:50:51.042+11:002017-01-06T14:50:51.042+11:00While the rest of the world appears to be irration...While the rest of the world appears to be irrational or even mad we comfort ourselves with that small seed of hope that can can be nurtured into effectiveness and your vision and perhaps ours as well can be realised for my children and their childrens sake. Beautifully written Rosemary.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-48052424033164050312017-01-06T10:08:20.398+11:002017-01-06T10:08:20.398+11:00Well thought out vision. You drew me in to journey...Well thought out vision. You drew me in to journey with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-83667702147122195922017-01-06T06:47:16.955+11:002017-01-06T06:47:16.955+11:00This gives so much to contemplate, to think and po...This gives so much to contemplate, to think and ponder on Rosemary, sigh.. "Pausing for reflection is a thing we can do. We can pull the vision close, make it an act of creation." Beautifully executed.<br /><br /><br />Lots of love,<br />SanaaSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-56894224891046625052017-01-05T23:33:51.502+11:002017-01-05T23:33:51.502+11:00Wow! there is seeing and then there is really seei...Wow! there is seeing and then there is really seeing..and feeling.. i think we have tripped over many rocks..perhaps on the path of life each trip teaches us a new lesson - i do hope soJae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-16986267553687326862017-01-05T22:31:26.654+11:002017-01-05T22:31:26.654+11:00see your vision now...despite a body trapped in ti...see your vision now...despite a body trapped in time...wonderful thoughts Rosemary...much to ponder about here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-61214028025902609652017-01-05T16:12:41.579+11:002017-01-05T16:12:41.579+11:00a most wondrous work Rosemary. Kudos.a most wondrous work Rosemary. Kudos.Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-68026051989072075092017-01-05T12:37:12.284+11:002017-01-05T12:37:12.284+11:00Wow. I have clicked "follow" on your gro...Wow. I have clicked "follow" on your group vision site, and I am very impressed with this very wise and comprehensive poem. The world needs every bit of positive we can muster, my friend. Thanks to you and your group for doing this fine visioning work.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-10705893732545912532017-01-05T12:30:44.955+11:002017-01-05T12:30:44.955+11:00Love everythingLove everythingLinda Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12826064420206218439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-73109838425977046862017-01-05T12:22:11.609+11:002017-01-05T12:22:11.609+11:00Just as your comment was coming in, I added a note...Just as your comment was coming in, I added a note that the concepts in our vision are not new – though we arrived at them anew – but we believe they bear reiterating.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-88369918225707079112017-01-05T12:09:45.059+11:002017-01-05T12:09:45.059+11:00To live like this--stepping in and out of time in ...To live like this--stepping in and out of time in order to ebb and flow with creation--is already a vision. Imagine! And so, now I have to go and read this thing you created through all things that matter to me: spirit, faith, love, community, conversation, holding on and letting go. Thank you for sharing this process!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.com