tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13415309.post3905934126308778958..comments2023-08-19T06:38:23.659-07:00Comments on elnellis: will beauty transcend?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13415309.post-91021870278094212682007-05-25T13:49:00.000-07:002007-05-25T13:49:00.000-07:00Hi Phil,I've been a distant observer of your work ...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>I've been a distant observer of your work via the web and Park Pub (and via Jen, my wife and your classmate).<BR/><BR/>I know this is an old post at this point, but it reminded me of another public music performance that DID get noticed. In this case, though, the audience was captive... but it still gives me hope:<BR/><BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=NXWwOY_ydv4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13415309.post-16049159087784342222007-04-26T16:08:00.000-07:002007-04-26T16:08:00.000-07:00i wonder what would happen if you placed a pricele...i wonder what would happen if you placed a priceless pearl on a department store manaquin, a beautiful exotic bird in a city pigeon nest, an original van gogh in wal mart, the son of god among men? our context drives our perception. how then are great things possible in the movement of routine? how do we gain eyes that are not only attuned to beauty not in just rarity and flukes, but then seeing them in the very fabric of the mundane.<BR/><BR/>great thought provoking blog phil. thanks for being attuned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13415309.post-4115169204807230112007-04-17T06:06:00.000-07:002007-04-17T06:06:00.000-07:00well put chad. so often i catch myself killing my ...well put chad. so often i catch myself killing my son's curiosity. how do i allow that to be preserved and still get from the car to the house with all the groceries?<BR/>sometimes we go on "discovery walks" where we take as long as he wants to go around the block, looking at every flower, picking up sticks and noticing oddities... but even then, he does not share my agenda of "getting around the block." (i've been able to check a lot of my own frustration just by naming that simple reality- that we don't often have a shared vision for how an activity will go... very basic, but most parents yell at their kids because of that...)<BR/>we absolutely need children to pull us out of our pragmatic, practical, and driven adult worlds...elnellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797708866823750436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13415309.post-90675611650147884752007-04-16T21:04:00.000-07:002007-04-16T21:04:00.000-07:00I think this is one of the reasons that children a...I think this is one of the reasons that children are important in life. As illustrated in "CHildren of Men" the movie, the world becomes a horrible place to live as everyone waits to die. Children draw our attention downwards to the amazing, delicious little crumbs that normally we'd just vaccum up.Lianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483828257807465995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13415309.post-50433303634698773862007-04-16T12:22:00.000-07:002007-04-16T12:22:00.000-07:00Amazing article - thanks for the lead . . . and fo...Amazing article - thanks for the lead . . . and for the reminder.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01432097266338789860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13415309.post-72854532361674808922007-04-16T08:35:00.000-07:002007-04-16T08:35:00.000-07:00Phil,This is a really wonderful post - a great rem...Phil,<BR/>This is a really wonderful post - a great reminder not to let life run away with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13415309.post-36936963763257590652007-04-14T16:48:00.000-07:002007-04-14T16:48:00.000-07:00wow. this really moves me. I need to stop to think...wow. this really moves me. I need to stop to think about why...<BR/><BR/>the eyes of a child...one of my favorite things about being a parent.crishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128244505505563360noreply@blogger.com