tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post3601658794785740478..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: What we're told and what we learnDave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-92200616480311422182012-12-12T12:36:03.481+00:002012-12-12T12:36:03.481+00:00Things are never quite as they seem because, I sup...Things are never quite as they seem because, I suppose, we perceive situations around us in our own way.<br />Something that may seem 'unnatural' to us can be perfectly normal to others.<br />I guess that human diversity is what makes for an interesting life.<br />A thought-provoking and enjoyable read, Dave. Many thanks :)Ygrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300519608303898969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-63480200909485996412012-12-12T11:30:38.451+00:002012-12-12T11:30:38.451+00:00Brian
I don't actually recall any mention of ...<b>Brian </b><br />I don't actually recall any mention of the topic at home. It was like it didn't exist. Anything I'd heard was as playground talk -- difficult to know how seriously to treat it.<br /><br /><b>Mary </b><br />Yes I did, but not immediately. It was years later, looking back whenI could assimilate it that the lessons went home.<br /><br /><b>Manicddaily </b><br />Many many thanks for all your comments and observations. I think you are quite right to distinguish between "childiish" and mature children. A distinction not drawn frequently enough in my view. (so I have heard the view expressed officially that children are ALWAYS to be believed. THEY DO NOT LIE. (!)<br /><br />I have been trying to work out how old I was. I am not sure exactly, but I think it must have been 13 - 14. Of course, by today's standards we were ALL immature back then! As to AIDS. We had not heard of it. Was it around? It certainly wasn't known about. In that respect it was a time of innocence.<br /><br />Thanks for the link. Haven't explored it yet, but certainly will do so.<br /><br /><b>Tommaso </b><br />Thanks for these kind words, a really helpful comment.<br /><br /><b>Cloudia </b><br />Exactly. What if I had?<br /><br /><b>The Elephant's Child </b><br />Yes, they had a mountain of prejudice to climb back then.<br /><br /><b>haricot </b><br />Thank you, yes, it certainly does point that way.<br /><br /><br />Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-10693501639445844852012-12-12T08:17:11.295+00:002012-12-12T08:17:11.295+00:00Your piece of writing is a reminder of how numerou...Your piece of writing is a reminder of how numerous time of turnning points would be waiting for us...including the matters of eros and thanatos.haricothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052133324297115131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-36184324049438528262012-12-12T04:51:18.642+00:002012-12-12T04:51:18.642+00:00And growing up heterosexual, no was not accepted n...And growing up heterosexual, no was not accepted nearly as easily. Not once, but often. Yet I too was presented with 'the reality' that homosexuals had no decency. I am glad that experience countered this universal truth for both of us. And I loved this piece - thank you.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-20897523818915531082012-12-11T22:29:47.133+00:002012-12-11T22:29:47.133+00:00What might have been. . . . . coming of age. . . ....What might have been. . . . . coming of age. . . . <br /><br /><br />Warm Aloha from Waikiki<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> ~ > < } } ( ° ><br /><br />> < 3 3 3 ( ' > Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-45758921125061916972012-12-11T19:06:46.021+00:002012-12-11T19:06:46.021+00:00Superb David, the whole story, the pace of it, the...Superb David, the whole story, the pace of it, the dreamy atmosphere with the fundamental, in contrast, reality. And the final question-doubt, the perfect "what might have been" pointing to the present.<br />Tommaso Gervasuttihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137499390434949734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-16175290529000048632012-12-11T12:15:19.446+00:002012-12-11T12:15:19.446+00:00Here's link if interested:
http://www.nytimes...Here's link if interested:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/arts/design/toxic-beauty-the-art-of-frank-moore-at-nyu.html?pagewanted=allManicddailyhttp://manicddaily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-27471159277049580242012-12-11T12:13:23.856+00:002012-12-11T12:13:23.856+00:00A really intriguing almost dream-like story, Dave,...A really intriguing almost dream-like story, Dave, with the rabbits and the light and coat - you have a gift for "in medias res" - great story telling. And then the gay business a whole added dimension. <br /><br />Statutory rape laws pose difficult questions, I think. On the one hand, children are children and easily subject to influence, wanting to please, feeling bullied etc. So they make a great deal of sense on that level. I'm sure that there are situation in which the children are pretty mature, and may even have a lot of leverage, and yet there is still that situation of childishness, not fully understanding all kinds of things. <br /><br />I'm thinking of your age (as I guess it) and what may have happened on a physical level in terms of AIDS. Now that's so much less of an issue and this may have happened pre-AIDS, but I knew many in New York who were caught at the beginning of the epidemic when safe sex wasn't really a concept. So sad. I just went to the art show of an incredibly talented gay artist, I knew, a wonderful person, who died some time ago. (You might enjoy looking him up since you are an artist too - Frank Moore.) Just an incredibly moving show. <br /><br />Great story/poem. Much enjoyed. You make things flow easily and discursively in a way that works so well. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-82103448854762058582012-12-11T11:38:06.789+00:002012-12-11T11:38:06.789+00:00Quite a story, Dave. Glad there was a good ending ...Quite a story, Dave. Glad there was a good ending and you learned something important as well. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-22915053512037455692012-12-11T11:08:11.816+00:002012-12-11T11:08:11.816+00:00i am glad that they were able to help shape your p...i am glad that they were able to help shape your perception, an intriguing interaction dave...growing up where i did there was little tolerance back in the day, but i had several friends and in many ways my interactions with them shaped mine as well..Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com