Re: & other…such…turbulence
heathcliffe
location: woods
listening to: silence
registered: 2008.11.18
posts: 956
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Has your son read that 1986 poem of yours?If not, I'd be interested in his reaction to it, his critique of it, in his current state of mind.I thought of not writing what I did here on this venue but as a pm instead.It is because I consider the opinions of members of this board as too great of an asset to exclude them from the conversation.Clearly you have an extraordinary way of writing that attracts attention and draws the reader into the subject. Not in some superficial way but in a way that insists the reader examine himself as well as consider the personal problems you are willing to share.It is the way great conversations and considersation of values find their way into the frontal lobes. Good teachers are rare, and you are one whether you think you are or not, notwithstanding the horrible price you have had to pay in order for it to surface.One last thought: I believe with all my being that your son has brought these new ideas home to freely discuss them with you because he has great respect for your opinions however harsh they may be in critiquing the nihilism he's considering adopting.He could have remained silent. He could have maintained the image he left town with. And remember, leukemia does not hit like a girl. It shatters the thinking, makes one question all values when it strikes someone at such a young age, especially one's mother. In short, causes one to throw away all values and consider the absurd, become nihilistic.I ache for him.
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Has your son read that 1986 poem of yours?If not, I'd be interested in his reaction to it, his critique of it, in his current state of mind.I thought of not writing what I did here on this venue but as a pm instead.It is because I consider the opinions of members of this board as too great of an asset to exclude them from the conversation.Clearly you have an extraordinary way of writing that attracts attention and draws the reader into the subject. Not in some superficial way but in a way that insists the reader examine himself as well as consider the personal problems you are willing to share.It is the way great conversations and considersation of values find their way into the frontal lobes. Good teachers are rare, and you are one whether you think you are or not, notwithstanding the horrible price you have had to pay in order for it to surface.One last thought: I believe with all my being that your son has brought these new ideas home to freely discuss them with you because he has great respect for your opinions however harsh they may be in critiquing the nihilism he's considering adopting.He could have remained silent. He could have maintained the image he left town with. And remember, leukemia does not hit like a girl. It shatters the thinking, makes one question all values when it strikes someone at such a young age, especially one's mother. In short, causes one to throw away all values and consider the absurd, become nihilistic.I ache for him.
