tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post552467123354256898..comments2023-06-28T22:58:28.247+10:00Comments on Sixth In Line: My body, a suitcaseElisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-13283045332355475352009-10-24T23:14:30.205+11:002009-10-24T23:14:30.205+11:00'the body's memory and affect'
my shi...'the body's memory and affect'<br /><br />my shins remember all those hockey balls of 40+ years ago - there are still lumps.<br />Guitarists have calloused pickin' fingers, surfers have callouses on the top of their feet (from all the kneeling and paddling, our hair remembers what we ingest - it's well-proved that drugs taken, will show in hair analysis, RSI is a bodys memory of poor ergonomics - I suppose violinists and cellists need physio as much as dancers do - and ballerinas mis-shapen feet remember every strained step.<br /><br />the bodys memory of snuggly womb warmth is why we like slipping into a soft bed under a doona.iODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394268529143990889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-38724648475470608902009-10-14T23:22:59.662+11:002009-10-14T23:22:59.662+11:00I think your basic metaphor is very powerful. Agai...I think your basic metaphor is very powerful. Again though you're straying into using your own life / body as a basis for discussion. Since this has made people uncomfortable in the past you might want to think about how far down that road you want to go. There are times I've changed the pronoun in a poem to distance myself from the subject matter; I wanted to present an everyman. <br /><br />I have never been very comfortable with my body. My wife says I'm handsome. I don't see it. But even when I was young I didn't see it. I'll admit to the fact my face has character but that's your lot. There is a scripture I remember from my childhood which describes the human frame as a leaky vessel (Google has let me down, I can't find chapter and verse) and I've always been acutely aware of the liquids I secrete, excrete, ejaculate, bleed or just plain cry without getting onto metaphorical 'leaking', thoughts pouring out of my mouth or onto scraps of paper. <br /><br />My body has always caused me pain. I developed asthma at an early ago and had a miserable childhood because of it but over the years it let me down in so many ways. I resent its demands on me, it wants food or sleep when it's not convenient, and if I insist on pushing it (which I have done and continue to do) it lets me know in no uncertain terms that it objects. I disagree with Descartes: <i>I hurt therefore I am</i> makes so much more sense to me.<br /><br />Glad you and Dave have made contact. I have a lot of time for our Dave.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-77793300057549709892009-10-13T22:57:08.483+11:002009-10-13T22:57:08.483+11:00Thanks for signing on, Jim. I appreciate your comm...Thanks for signing on, Jim. I appreciate your comments. I, too, came to you via Jim. <br /><br />I started blogging in 2006, but have only started taking it more seriously this year, for all sorts of complicated reasons. <br />I'm glad you enjoyed my writing. I worry that my postings are too long and autobiographical and with the occasional nudge in the direction of the academic, which I suspect many people are suspicious of. <br />I love the democracy of the blog world, the freedom to experiment, even as I find myself quaking in my shoes every time I put in a post, for fear of offending someone, or worse still for fear of being totally ignored. To me there's nothing worse,. <br />Jim has been wonderfully kind and helpful to me in this regard and I'm very grateful to him. He seems such a wise and unpretentious soul.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-3712387207441859532009-10-13T21:54:47.822+11:002009-10-13T21:54:47.822+11:00Ouch! I went to sign up as a follower and saw that...Ouch! I went to sign up as a follower and saw that I already had! What it is to be old - but at least it shows I'm consistent. I hope!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-66175538207882730552009-10-13T21:53:01.768+11:002009-10-13T21:53:01.768+11:00A fabulous piece of writing. I came to you from Ji...A fabulous piece of writing. I came to you from Jim's blog, and don't have time to mooch through your blog now, but shall come back to do so.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com