tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post6226069222310799383..comments2023-09-26T03:53:17.142-04:00Comments on Pentimento: UnmediationPentimentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-65440798990130777012011-12-08T08:24:55.364-05:002011-12-08T08:24:55.364-05:00Yeah, probably not, Rodak. ; )Yeah, probably not, Rodak. ; )Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-56630821682334220192011-12-08T07:55:10.429-05:002011-12-08T07:55:10.429-05:00The novel sounds interesting. I'll give it a t...The novel sounds interesting. I'll give it a try. <br />Btw, one can't even talk about "radical kenosis" in polite company, I find.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-38645762286535258642011-12-04T14:45:17.647-05:002011-12-04T14:45:17.647-05:00Absolutely well said, E. It seems to me that the c...Absolutely well said, E. It seems to me that the current attempts of the highly-educated (at least in this country) to live the unmediated life can never really be successful, though, because real "unmediation" would require us to empty ourselves with a kind of radical kenosis, as the hermit saints did, and that's pretty rare nowadays.Pentimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554498168264477884.post-51825194960279252732011-12-04T14:32:57.446-05:002011-12-04T14:32:57.446-05:00+JMJ+
There was a time when beautiful dresses on...+JMJ+ <br /><br />There was a time when beautiful dresses on <i>young</i> women in the prime of life would have inspired <i>"Now the leaves are falling fast"</i> thoughts in me. =P <br /><br />It seems to me that the rich and well-lived lives that seem so unmediated are the "art" of people who just translate their philosophies and their pasts into living more smoothly than the rest of us do. But it would be too much of a parody of G.K. Chesterton (or Ayn Rand?) for me to wax lyrical about the courageous convictions embodied in the jewel-coloured skirts of the English Country dancers . . . or the hundreds of years of religious tradition still alive in the Italian market.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.com