Comments on: Lobotomy http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/ by Patrick Edwards-Daugherty Sat, 19 May 2012 11:20:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: orinoco womble http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3562 orinoco womble Sat, 09 May 2009 08:45:03 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3562 Lorraine Hansberry said: That which makes you extraordinary, if you are at all, is also that which has the power to make you lonely. Indeed. Lorraine Hansberry said: That which makes you extraordinary, if you are at all, is also that which has the power to make you lonely.

Indeed.

]]> By: ritz http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3556 ritz Fri, 08 May 2009 23:09:59 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3556 Should one be mutually exclusive of the other? Mayhaps some people achieve peace by facing the parts of their life that is ugly. ...and the way that they face those parts of their life may be different from how we view ugliness or beauty, peace or lack of it. How do you live your life? How do I live mine? I guess that's the premise behind uniqueness. Supposed to be. Should one be mutually exclusive of the other?

Mayhaps some people achieve peace by facing the parts of their life that is ugly.

…and the way that they face those parts of their life may be different from how we view ugliness or beauty, peace or lack of it.

How do you live your life?

How do I live mine?

I guess that’s the premise behind uniqueness.

Supposed to be.

]]> By: alex http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3554 alex Fri, 08 May 2009 20:15:51 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3554 <i>"She told me about a group of people in Guinea who carry the sky on their heads. They are the people of Creation. Strong, tall, and mighty people who can bear anything. Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your life, it is because you were chosen to carry part of the sky on your head." Edwidge Dandicat, "Breathe, Eyes, Memory"</i> <b>The thought of world peace always kind of horrified me, even as a child. To give up on, or to refuse to face the parts of your life that are ugly, is to refuse to live your life.</b> “She told me about a group of people in Guinea who carry the sky on their heads. They are the people of Creation. Strong, tall, and mighty people who can bear anything. Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your life, it is because you were chosen to carry part of the sky on your head.”

Edwidge Dandicat, “Breathe, Eyes, Memory”

The thought of world peace always kind of horrified me, even as a child. To give up on, or to refuse to face the parts of your life that are ugly, is to refuse to live your life.

]]> By: ritz http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3518 ritz Wed, 06 May 2009 01:26:48 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3518 What is worth giving up in order to be calm and happy? That desire to control other people's calmness and happiness? In Ashanti's Colors of the Wind, we have the line : "And we are all connected to each other, In a circle of a hoop that never ends". I believe people will find their own fulcrum of calm and solitude, their center, their core.... their happiness.. if they be allowed to define these for themselves. I believe if a good number of people will be allowed this, they will be sincerely happy and they, in return, will spread their own stamp of calmness and happiness... allowing a continuum of positive energy darting back and forth. What is worth giving up in order to be calm and happy?

That desire to control other people’s calmness and happiness?

In Ashanti’s Colors of the Wind, we have the line : “And we are all connected to each other, In a circle of a hoop that never ends”.

I believe people will find their own fulcrum of calm and solitude, their center, their core…. their happiness.. if they be allowed to define these for themselves.

I believe if a good number of people will be allowed this, they will be sincerely happy and they, in return, will spread their own stamp of calmness and happiness… allowing a continuum of positive energy darting back and forth.

]]> By: Shana http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3509 Shana Tue, 05 May 2009 23:57:09 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3509 Nothing. Ever! I love, need, want the conflict in life. I used to hate it and now I like struggling through it. I mean, calmness? happiness? those things are void, empty, unknown -- unless you have other emotions -- rage, anger, passion, hate, sadness, fierceness, vengeance, love, desire -- to balance and -create- them. Nothing.
Ever!

I love, need, want the conflict in life.
I used to hate it and now I like struggling through it.

I mean, calmness? happiness? those things are void, empty, unknown — unless you have other emotions — rage, anger, passion, hate, sadness, fierceness, vengeance, love, desire — to balance and -create- them.

]]> By: You know who I am http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3503 You know who I am Tue, 05 May 2009 19:19:47 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3503 I won't give up a thing, but this will have to go down as one of my favorite SVs, if for no other reason where it was written. I won’t give up a thing, but this will have to go down as one of my favorite SVs, if for no other reason where it was written.

]]> By: MalikTous http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3479 MalikTous Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:30:43 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3479 'I'd rather have a Bottle in front of me than have a Frontal Lobotomy...' ‘I’d rather have a Bottle in front of me
than have a Frontal Lobotomy…’

]]> By: Horror Show http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3471 Horror Show Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:58:58 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3471 You say "Oh no! Another lobo!" But I'm happy now Or don't you know? Freedom from thought Is the way to go. :) You say “Oh no!
Another lobo!”
But I’m happy now
Or don’t you know?
Freedom from thought
Is the way to go.
:)

]]> By: Grace http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3468 Grace Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:55:16 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3468 Things are better for me, easier now, because of him. He had to leave for me to realise that what I had learnt didn't leave with him. I thought it was all in him. I don't want a lobotomy. I want to remember what I've learnt. I think I'll miss him for a long time. Things are better for me, easier now, because of him. He had to leave for me to realise that what I had learnt didn’t leave with him. I thought it was all in him.
I don’t want a lobotomy. I want to remember what I’ve learnt. I think I’ll miss him for a long time.

]]> By: Triss Teh http://secretvespers.com/2009/04/19/lobotomy/#comment-3465 Triss Teh Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:59:23 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=723#comment-3465 You went the natural way? Yeah, trepanning does have its benefits. You might be able to be more intimate with God, hear Him sing in the shower sometime. You went the natural way?
Yeah, trepanning does have its benefits. You might be able to be more intimate with God, hear Him sing in the shower sometime.

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