tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18217342.post114483422215086844..comments2023-10-26T01:30:06.692-07:00Comments on Charm School: Nomenclaturekissyfacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12880453131963836140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18217342.post-6522244994674539012008-03-13T14:52:00.000-07:002008-03-13T14:52:00.000-07:00Anne, I'm thinking on invisible electronic paper h...Anne, I'm thinking on invisible electronic paper here because I know you will never see this:<BR/><BR/>Is there sadness experiencing beauty? Does experiencing beauty automatically result in whatever emotion is opposite sadness? Do other emotions apply?<BR/><BR/>Beauty as a notion, feels nothing of course. But a witness facing beauty is required to say something--or be struck dumb--because it is overwhelmingly moving in its various forms to sentient beings. Hence, you and I are moved to leave our mark here. How many others have been here and struck dumb is unknown and unknowable.<BR/><BR/>Let us agree for the sake of conversation, any essay can evoke any emotion in any reader. Were our host a pedestrian scribbler, her assertion that, names people are known by determines their fate, might evoke emotions ranging from indifference (if that is an emotion) to incredulity. <BR/><BR/>But our host is not pedestrian. She is gifted. She build a case patiently, humorously, ironically, touchingly, and finally overwhelmingly beautifully as the story of Claire is told.<BR/><BR/>Claire--the name--we read, denotes incisiveness, directness, clarity, humor, honesty, decency, and having faith in others.<BR/><BR/>Claire--the person--is described as having all these attributes while alive. But it is in Claire's death our host recognizes the truth of her assertion: Names determine destiny.<BR/><BR/>Our host experiences the death of her friend as tragic, senseless, sorrowful, needless. That the Claire's grave cannot be found is heartbreaking proof our host's sentiments are accurate. She grieves.<BR/><BR/>But then, in a dream, our host is told Claire is still with her. <BR/><BR/>Our host explains how this impossible event is possible by imagining Claire appearing, standing in a vision true to her name, "insouciantly, cigarette an[d] extension of her balletic limbs, hips in contraposto. The head lolls back and to the side, the eyes roll, and a sigh, low, gravelly and purring, 'Oh come onn, get ohhver it!' "<BR/><BR/>And our host, knowing Clair's faith in her, will move on.<BR/><BR/>Beautiful! <BR/><BR/>I am filled with joy having known Claire, and knowing such love and faith in friendship still exists. <BR/><BR/>ex LA guy <BR/>3/13/08Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18217342.post-1144988398663755702006-04-13T21:19:00.000-07:002006-04-13T21:19:00.000-07:00That was very sad...That was very sad...Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146952260883527437noreply@blogger.com