tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post2448191658281899195..comments2023-09-26T03:53:17.142-04:00Comments on Pentimento: The Medicine of BrokennessPentimentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-51632066128140913292011-01-12T13:49:47.098-05:002011-01-12T13:49:47.098-05:00I think that being open to other ways of being, as...I think that being open to other ways of being, as you put it, Grunting Weenie Man, is not usually a worthy goal *per se*. It all depends on what those other ways of being are. If there are casualties along the way, I can't see how this openness can be justified. As someone wise once said, you don't have to go to hell to know it's hot; how I wish I had followed that sage advice myself. On the other hand, I'm not arguing for bland indifference; those are not the only two alternatives. One has to work out one's own salvation with fear and trembling, but the key there is that it's salvation one is working towards.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-18850261631301833382011-01-12T12:58:24.925-05:002011-01-12T12:58:24.925-05:00lovely - i hadn't heard of her -
a problem man...lovely - i hadn't heard of her -<br />a problem many of us have is that we won't accept our brokeness<br />- artists do have a rough time of it sometimes - but i wonder, which is more sacred, more true to the grace in us, to accept what we are told by the Church with a bland indifference, or without doubt, or to open to other ways of being?<br /><br />winter reminds me of mahler's kindertotenlieder, which can be moving sung by the right soprano<br /><br />it gets kind of lullaby by the end tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com