But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Robyn,
I was thinking a discussion of sorts might be in order as to the role of acceptance in Man’s personal internal relationship; perhaps a blog-scussion, to leave room for consenting/dissenting voices from class?
In my eyes, it seems to be the age-old idea of remembering only those who have a story worthy to record, or at least this is what good ol’ Dante proposes – he in fact spends just about the entirety of his trip through Hell discovering souls who plead to be a part of Dante’s writings. Some of them are worth it, & others (see: Corrupt Popes) are so despicable that not even words should be spent on them. Since I can’t help but connect everything I read at this point in my life to Dante, I noticed the correlation of Eben’s fame to Jennie’s life in Nathan’s book, & was wondering how necessary recognition is. Is it possible that fame only comes with originality, & the fame of an originator is what sparks unoriginality in the first place? Personally, I can’t help but hoping that everyone’s got something original to offer the world, & hope that this original SOMETHING will bring recognition, but perhaps originality is only that which can be earned? I guess I’m proposing that creativity – which I tend to equate with originality, although I can understand why one wouldn’t want to – is inherent in a child based on the type of bearing he received growing up, & that it is possible to find this original SOMETHING in yr life…no matter how many days or months or years it takes. Was wondering about yr sentiments concerning this; are we all original on our own, sticking to “crowd mentality” only for selfish, obscured reasons? Let me know,
Brad