tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post113808465162700084..comments2023-04-17T06:26:11.866-04:00Comments on Theresa Williams-Author [Exile Edition]: Growth and ChangeTheresa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00103717736011804799noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1139088998823410082006-02-04T16:36:00.000-05:002006-02-04T16:36:00.000-05:00Love that quote, Theresa - thank you for sharing i...Love that quote, Theresa - thank you for sharing it,<BR/><BR/>Love, VickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1139020933404149582006-02-03T21:42:00.000-05:002006-02-03T21:42:00.000-05:00I am always doing that which I can not do, in orde...I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.<BR/>-Pablo Picasso <BR/><BR/>Change is good! Keep going!ggw07https://www.blogger.com/profile/09772868120018616726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1139009160750890082006-02-03T18:26:00.000-05:002006-02-03T18:26:00.000-05:00oh, a hearty amen from here on that Dickey quote.I...oh, a hearty amen from here on that Dickey quote.<BR/><BR/>I don't think you are headed for a dead-end, but we are always in the middle of a grand experiment aren't we? Artists I mean.Judith HeartSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950132362232278014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1138931854672605562006-02-02T20:57:00.000-05:002006-02-02T20:57:00.000-05:00I've come to like the phrase "the wisdom of insecu...I've come to like the phrase "the wisdom of insecurity." One take on this phrase is that with security is no change...we are dead. I liked thinking about the difference between change and growth. Somehow "growth" seems judgmental and laden with pressure. We're supposed to do it! It's good for us! We'll be a "better" person! But heck, now change is another matter. We can play with that one. ~Bethbeths front porchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106016793491584685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1138908294091689092006-02-02T14:24:00.000-05:002006-02-02T14:24:00.000-05:00I think that all writer's need to remember this qu...I think that all writer's need to remember this quote, indeed anyone who wants to be creative. When I lose that open-ness and willing to take chances, I get the same old thing. The urge to be safe though is so strong.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641264346663533706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1138906040927450782006-02-02T13:47:00.000-05:002006-02-02T13:47:00.000-05:00I think i heard somewhere, sometime.. that if you ...I think i heard somewhere, sometime.. that if you can't tear down the wall.. go around it. It may take longer to get to the otherside, but the trip may be more interesting.<BR/>Gosh, I wish i had said that lol.. not sure i quoted it correctly, but you get the idea.DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1138905388730482302006-02-02T13:36:00.000-05:002006-02-02T13:36:00.000-05:00Deslily, Dickey's quote has shown me that failure ...Deslily, Dickey's quote has shown me that failure can be good. Sometimes you try something different and it ends up sidetracking your project. You lose time and momentum, which can feel like failure. Dickey's quote encourages me to try anyway. Is the butterfly "better" than the caterpillar? Not necessarily (it's prettier to us, but is it more efficient or more significant?). These are the things I think about. I want to stop beating myself up when I hit a brick wall. Thank you for your wise counsel.Theresa Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00103717736011804799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1138900315728959282006-02-02T12:11:00.000-05:002006-02-02T12:11:00.000-05:00I like this distinction between change and growth,...I like this distinction between change and growth, and also the idea that change is good regardless of what it brings. Thanks for sharing the Dickey quote! As a person who makes several yearly (and sometimes several monthly) resolutions, it's good to think that I'm not wasting my time. :-)Erin Berger Guendelsbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355246903582432686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1138892724690971302006-02-02T10:05:00.000-05:002006-02-02T10:05:00.000-05:00Dickey was an excellent poet.I so admire your cour...Dickey was an excellent poet.<BR/><BR/>I so admire your courage; maybe you`re my Dickey.<BR/>VVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099178229759202562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-1138885521460835932006-02-02T08:05:00.000-05:002006-02-02T08:05:00.000-05:00you mention trying something new and chalking it u...you mention trying something new and chalking it up to failure. Is it failure if you learn something from it?? Can you really stop trying new things from fear of more failure? Maybe it's just failure to you but not to others?DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com