tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post3114232314036735406..comments2023-04-17T06:26:11.866-04:00Comments on Theresa Williams-Author [Exile Edition]: ChangesTheresa Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00103717736011804799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-56692974909898564872007-08-20T16:21:00.000-04:002007-08-20T16:21:00.000-04:00OK I'm not going to be diplomatic or rational here...OK I'm not going to be diplomatic or rational here. DON'T STOP!!! What's happening to this blog and perhaps your creative life is a deepening process. You are experimenting with forms, going onward. Of course the commitment to the blog is difficult if you need comments and feedback from a community as reinforcement. That was a choice made in the exodus. The friendships may be richer, although fewer perhaps. If you're about to teach a demanding semester, you may feel overwhelmed and the blog could seem a burden. The quality of the writing may be at a juncture, a turning point, again. Good. Move forward. The blog is a chrysalis. Something great is about to happen. Let it. Allow this flux in your private writing and all creative endeavors. However, the blog has been a catalyst, a welling up, a stirring pot, a boiling over, and is about to explode. Just my reaction.<BR/>That said- Of course, it's up to you. I have felt your pulling back. If daily life calls for more attention, you must heed this. If your private writing and work demands concentration, then give it. Take a breather- let go- and see what happens. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. I will miss you terribly and seek you in whatever medium you choose to share. <BR/> “I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind--and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.” <BR/>-Michel de Montaigne <BR/> <BR/>Gretchenggw07https://www.blogger.com/profile/09772868120018616726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-36530810023679166372007-08-20T09:03:00.000-04:002007-08-20T09:03:00.000-04:00I would hate to see you go, but I agree that you h...I would hate to see you go, but I agree that you have to make the decision that's right for you. I come and go with my blog, but at the end of the day, it is another excuse for me to write, which isn't a bad thing.<BR/><BR/>I know exactly what you mean with this paragraph:<BR/><BR/>"It was overcast today, breezy. The humidity was low, the air crisp and cool. Such days make me feel alive."<BR/><BR/>When I was living in Honesdale (at the apartment you visited), I would leave all of the windows open longer into autumn than I should have, so I've have to wear sweaters and heavy socks around my apartment. I couldn't get enough of the change, of the crisp autumn air. It made everything seem so real and clear, while also very new.Erin Berger Guendelsbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355246903582432686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-83898390433811941372007-08-19T23:01:00.000-04:002007-08-19T23:01:00.000-04:00I hope you'll stick around. I'd love to read some ...I hope you'll stick around. I'd love to read some "academic" writing. Maybe you could decipher Brautigan for me. Best~ JimJim Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070895792085831471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-27020805535943278552007-08-19T20:37:00.000-04:002007-08-19T20:37:00.000-04:00I check in here almost every day to see if somethi...I check in here almost every day to see if something new is posted, and I'll miss the sense of connection and like mindedness if it goes away. But if the blog has served its purpose and gone stale, then... Teagrapple RaeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-33562727452034633462007-08-19T17:37:00.000-04:002007-08-19T17:37:00.000-04:00Yes, fewer people come around and leave comments, ...Yes, fewer people come around and leave comments, but some good friends are still here. Mine has become more of a commitment to myself, to keep up the practice... for my kids and to record an artistic soul's life in an honest way, all the inspiration and turmoil.<BR/><BR/>It still matters to me. I would hate to lose you here, this safe haven of words and ideas and sacredness.... I also want you to be happy and fulfilled, and will support whatever decision you make.<BR/><BR/>a warm hug,<BR/><BR/>judiJudith HeartSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950132362232278014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-83195122888416769732007-08-19T13:31:00.000-04:002007-08-19T13:31:00.000-04:00I think that unless your blog evolves over time th...I think that unless your blog evolves over time that it's going to become a burden. <BR/><BR/>My blog started out as a form of political commentary, and I still occasionally resort to that, but it slowly transformed to a a poetry blog, which became a literary blog, and then turned to a photo blog, which in turn seemed to shift to a birding blog. I doubt that it'll remain that way for too long.<BR/><BR/>Like you, I'm drawn to collages, so I wouldn't be surprised if I started making collages again, and included them in my blog.<BR/><BR/>If my blog ever keeps me from doing what i want to do, rather than serving as a means of reaching out to others who share my tastes and interests, than I'd be the first to dump it.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152302644577926337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-72167797806156743352007-08-19T12:29:00.000-04:002007-08-19T12:29:00.000-04:00Ever since the great exodus two years ago nothing ...Ever since the great exodus two years ago nothing has been the same. I plug along, not for one moment thinking I am in a league with you and Cindy, and find my "readership" has fallen off the nothing but google searches for Hippie and Gypsy. Everything evolves...did you publish the book about your trip down the Ohio?alphawomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12788721975727895601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-77650941103828379192007-08-19T07:36:00.000-04:002007-08-19T07:36:00.000-04:00This is an epidemic!I'm interested to hear about t...This is an epidemic!<BR/><BR/>I'm interested to hear about the Brautigan book. I remember being immersed in the father's poetry in high school.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19032705.post-52552551064735367532007-08-19T02:31:00.000-04:002007-08-19T02:31:00.000-04:00I think that a person's blogging changes with thei...I think that a person's blogging changes with their life. Goodness knows mine has changed, not really for the better, and I don't get the same enjoyment from it that I used to. I don't want to see you give up your blog, but only you know if it's worth it for you. It's a question we all have to ask at some point. What I hate would be losing this connection.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641264346663533706noreply@blogger.com