tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post2300637387811908502..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Forgetting How to DreamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-16736159417902200522008-09-16T11:46:00.000-04:002008-09-16T11:46:00.000-04:00"Men at some time are masters of their fates:The f..."Men at some time are masters of their fates:<BR/>The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,<BR/>But in ourselves, that we are underlings.--Shakespeare, <I>Julius Caesar</I><BR/><BR/>And there was the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Edsel_500px.jpg" REL="nofollow">Edsel</A>, the dream that turned into a nightmare.<BR/><BR/>You're so right, Counterlight. We've lost it for now, and, I fear, for the near future. What the more distant future holds, I can't say.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-60430698615982327922008-09-16T10:25:00.000-04:002008-09-16T10:25:00.000-04:00"We cling to the old car because it's wha..."We cling to the old car because it's what we know, and the thought of changing cars frightens us. He says that we've forgotten how to dream, how to imagine anything better than what we have. We're so preoccupied with clinging to what we've got, always afraid that someone is going to take it from us, that we've forgotten all our hopes and expectations."<BR/><BR/>And the Lehman Bank & c. going down wouln't make it any better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-35050338377137443842008-09-15T11:04:00.000-04:002008-09-15T11:04:00.000-04:00It's so very important for you to keep saying and ...It's so very important for you to keep saying and painting these things. Positive creative imagination is so often greeted with cynicism. All I need is a scrap of bread to keep me going, and you just gave me my serving for the day. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>In case you missed it, there is good news at black sheep's. Often we need to take up where the news media leaves off (they do have to make a profit, after all).<BR/><BR/>http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/alaska-women-reject-palin-rally-is-huge/<BR/><BR/>ht to blacksheep and amyjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-30772055553835112132008-09-15T10:13:00.000-04:002008-09-15T10:13:00.000-04:00Thank you for the word of hope and inspiration. An...Thank you for the word of hope and inspiration. And please thank your beloved for such a wonderful image of "what's wrong."it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.com