tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post4824574291791796784..comments2023-12-30T18:56:13.073-05:00Comments on Land Mammal: Counting the obsessions, one by oneAnne Haineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038705452206752521noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-34628938490395782802009-08-30T09:33:20.059-04:002009-08-30T09:33:20.059-04:00Anne: I'm with you in regards to light. I ca...Anne: I'm with you in regards to light. I can still remember the quality of a ray of light crossing my dashboard as I drove to work one morning more than 10 years ago.<br /><br />It's one of the things I love best about Schuyler's poems--he seems to understand light and sky and how to articulate it better than anyone.RJGibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316748603303830322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-37604297184760323562009-08-22T11:28:25.520-04:002009-08-22T11:28:25.520-04:00Ah Radish King I bow to you :) What a beautiful po...Ah Radish King I bow to you :) What a beautiful post!<br /><br />And I had forgotten, I also went through a pirate phase, in 2nd grade I was obsessed with Blackbeard. Still can't turn away from a documentary about my favorite pirate :)Jessie Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-9516645044860962512009-08-22T11:02:13.687-04:002009-08-22T11:02:13.687-04:00Do you think perhaps what you call obsession is in...Do you think perhaps what you call obsession is in fact passion? Can you tell the difference in your own life between passion and obsession? Does your obsession ever become dangerous for you? <br /><br />Perhaps your true obsession/passion is poetry, perhaps that is what drives your seeking out. Except for the horse thing of course. I think most girls go through a horse stage. I didn't but that was only because I had horses. My young obsession was pirates to the point of dragging around a giant wooden sword at the time other girls my age were obsessed with Barbie. I know now that was simply my young burning weird love eventually brought me to poetry, a place and, god forbid, a community, where such weirdnesses were and are still perfectly acceptable.<br /><br />I think about this a lot. I've become dangerously obsessed, mostly about music, losing so much of myself in it. I've learned to watch for signs that my passion is turning to obsession. But that's just me. <br /><br />xorRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089616.post-1821911837266541992009-08-19T10:07:53.299-04:002009-08-19T10:07:53.299-04:00My sister one called it "the cycle of boredom...My sister one called it "the cycle of boredom" how you become fascinated with one thing - a book, a game, a musical genre - until you have your fill of it then you switch gears, but perhaps you will switch back to it again at some point.<br /><br />I think it is more of being inquisitive. And perhaps once you have truly delved the waters of a subject you are ready to move on to something else for a time.<br /><br />This is a great post though! I might have to borrow and discuss it myself :)Jessie Cartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423noreply@blogger.com