tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22258965.post2620700176760688443..comments2023-05-14T05:16:28.471-04:00Comments on Passing Understanding: Post SixteenAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490694024529550949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22258965.post-73493371840402248372009-11-17T16:56:00.922-05:002009-11-17T16:56:00.922-05:00I think that story heals. It is through sharing ou...I think that story heals. It is through sharing our story with community that we are able to transcend a situation. It is through hearing another's story that we are able to witness and learn from another.<br />I think an artist can not escape the need to express their experiences. To do ignore such a way of being is like cutting off part of soul.<br />I think that there is opportunity in everything; that we do not know how grief will shape is; but that we must embrace it and let it do so. The gifts that follow are all based on that embrace.<br />I think that all art, all action is a reflection of our conversation with the Divine. Some people are not listening, not speaking to the Divine. Some are in a tepid conversation while waiting for better things to come. Some are bargaining. Some are listening and asking and waiting with their entire hearts.<br />From all these conversations, from all the art and stories that come from them, we can learn and grow and take the gifts into our walk. If we listen... if we are open...<br /><br />Great topic. Wish it were born of a happier experience.CassandraMadeItnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22258965.post-13040128516593823352009-11-17T00:44:59.015-05:002009-11-17T00:44:59.015-05:00Very well said Amy. I have more experience with w...Very well said Amy. I have more experience with written art than performance art, but on many occasions, I've "felt" that an author has gone through something deep even though there isn't anything specific in the story indicating that. Something in the expression, style, something. Once I even got to find out the rest of the story and learned I was right.Jerrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271792846082907078noreply@blogger.com