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[2004-10-27 01:17:44 +0000 UTC]
"ally"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 33; Deviations: 65; Watchers: 14
Watching: 25; Pageviews: 3595; Comments Made: 357; Friends: 25
# Interests
Favorite movies: magnolia, pink flamingos, pulp fiction, snatchFavorite bands / musical artists: aesop rock, the books, godspeed you black emperor, xiu xiu, tom waits, gong
Favorite writers: richard greenfield, jorie graham, stephen crane, james tate
# About me
Current Residence: ny (pa)Skin of choice: dark chocolate
# Comments
Comments: 46
Thanks so much for the support, Ally, much appreciated!
Take care and have a great day!
Reem
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.. long time no see...
I cannot believe you're still using "my" avatar... I'm stunned
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well I got a good chance to read through a significant amount of your writings and I like alot of what I see. You have lots of styles and write very well.. So I'll probably keep tabs.
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hehehe. Thanks for trying! -giggles madly-
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Oh Im sorry I posted in your thumbshare thread but I really dont know much about poetry and Im too tired right now to comment on anything. So Ill just give you this pageview.
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thanks for the watch... I like your poems a lot so....
Shhhhhhhhh... I'm watching you
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I love the way you write, i'm sending you a note.
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Heh, I saw a comment you wrote about the frontpage... It really sucks. all They post is long rambling drivel, depressy wessy shit about not getting the purse they wanted or FUCK ALL..... I dont understand the mindset of those that put that stuff up.. its always Writer indulgent and completly clumsy and predictable. So im with you in agression. The front page does not depict all the great work Ive seen at DevArt. Im headed to your gally.
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Hi 
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^.^ -sorry i didnt get around to say hi sooner (im a little lazy).
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Thanks for another comment. I'll take into consideration your suggestion.
I didn't really gather whether you liked the piece or not, but thanks anyway.
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Thanks for the comment on The Dragon Grins! Your shadow-interpretation is interesting, thank you for sharing it!
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youre into aesop rock? well i think i like you already.
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Kierkegaard says, βThat is, only I know the truth when it becomes a life in me. (53)β Can we argue then that truth can be birth and that at birth the parents are struck suddenly with the truth as though in laid latent in their minds since they were born?
Is the truth locked away until one contributes to the process of life, and is truth the great reward god gives for contributing to the cycle of life that he created? Soren also says, β... to merely βknowβ the truth is insufficientβit is an untruth. (53)β This is much like saying one can know the truth is there (or at least know itβs inherent in lifeβthat it does in fact exist), but in order for the lock to be opened, one must help godβs βexperimentβ along. This is birth. Perhaps this why there is so much at stake for a parent at birth and child rearing. Why the copulaters, as in many stories we have read, have sacrificed everything for their child.
Although Kierkegaardβs whole point to βProvocationsβ and many other books he wrote was to explain what, exactly a βrealβ Christian is (if such a thing does exists), he bears a fundamental answer in shape of a How- To model for those who cannot figure it out on their own. In this own way Kierkegaard contradicts himself (even though he admits not even he follows his own moral guidelines to the tee) because he forms a construct of religious thinking, even though he argues that every man walks along his own road.
In fact, the point he seems to be driving at is that every manβs road to salvation is the same, βbut... how one ought to walk along the road (56-57)β decides a manβs fate. Generally, the implication of the βroadβ is Christianity.
In contrast, I believe that organized religion as a whole has been detrimental to society, and where Kierkegaard argues βwhen he gets together in a crowd, untruth will be present at once, for the crowd is untruth (23).β Is organized religion not a crowd? Are great concepts stemming from the bible massacred by the ignorance of the masses? Soren argues that becoming part of a large crowd is the greatest danger, and that only as an individual can one find the truth.
So, is he not denouncing his own faith?
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Thanks for the latest comment; if you like, I'd be happy to explain what the piece is meant to say.
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on a short break:
womens rugby east coast playoffs in bethlehem PA.
wooo... gotta kick La Salle's ass. back sunday night,
[end excitement]
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you've got some amazing writing going on in here. most definitely ~
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I've decided that the only reason why writers say you must write for yourself and artists say you must create art for yourself is just another pretentious way of being able to hold an "abstract concept" over other peoples heads.
Because obviously all the people who don't write for themselves are sellout exploiters of the human language.
I scoff.
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I dunno, I think there's a truth in the importance of writing for yourself. Just because someone is commercially successful doesn't make them a sellout, nor does it mean they're not writing for themselves. I think that writing for yourself simply means that you write what you want, exactly how you want to, without worrying about how other people will interpret your work.
If you have a vision, it deserves to be pursued to the fullest. You shouldn't worry about someone getting offended by it, not understanding it, or even being interested in it. If other people like it, fine, but ultimately you should be pleased with what you wrote.
Just my $.02
Welcome to DA!
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Mostly what I wrote was sarcasm. Ie the line "Because obviously all the people who don't write for themselves are sellout exploiters of the human language." I was just stating that people tend to like to use the line "I write for myself" as a way to make people think their writing is more genuine. When in reality, who you write for doesn't matter to the reader, so long as the ideas are well-articulated.
Thanks for the response,
Ally
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Ah, I getcha. Yeah, I'm sure you see a bit of that kind of attitude around here. Great point about the reader's perspective. They don't ultimately care what you were thinking when you wrote it- they either like it or don't.
Good luck- I'll keep my grapes peeled for your works!
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Welcome to dA!
I hope you enjoy your stay!
If I can help in any way..
Please, let me know.
Okay, okay..
I'll stop. ;]
Seriously, you have some nice work in your gallery.
I'll be watching to see what you do with the talent you have.
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It's alright, I was actually glad to get a comment that wasnt, "wow how great." It didn't offend me in the least and although this is quaint and now I'm being that which I hate so much your writing is very well acomplished and it has a lot of meaning in it. I'm "totally digging your work" Heh.
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Welcome to DA thanks for the comment ^.^
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I reread the comment I wrote you, and though this isn't an excuse, I don't remember writing it and judging by the grammar errors I think I was drunk.
So sorry as coming off as a bitch, I really didn't mean it.
-ally
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heh. thanks.
this is a sort of interesting website.
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