tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post2604643228021874872..comments2023-05-05T02:55:31.459-07:00Comments on The Girl Who Lived: The Scalding PointKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813577761881391935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post-78970923010147449972013-01-06T15:22:36.195-08:002013-01-06T15:22:36.195-08:00Some of this really hits home, though I wasn't...Some of this really hits home, though I wasn't in a car accident. What's up with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post-86898501917183745842012-10-06T14:34:21.772-07:002012-10-06T14:34:21.772-07:00The whole determined-to-feel-more thing is weird. ...The whole determined-to-feel-more thing is weird. It took me years and years and years to even notice I wasn't doing it. Because it doesn't feel like something you *do,* it just feels like the way the world works, and you never have a reason to question that.<br /><br />This journey feels sometimes like I've gone through life believing that the sky is blue and slowly, over the past five years or so, it's begun to seep into my consciousness that everyone else thinks the sky is purple, and I'm the one who's wrong, and this changes everything--every little thing-- and if this is true then who knows how many other things there are that I've been wrong about, but no matter how hard I stare at it, wanting to see the purple, the sky just looks blue to me.<br /><br />No purple anywhere.<br /><br />So now I've begun the task of turning my sky purple, which is about as simple as it sounds. (insert what-the-everloving-fuck emoticon here).<br /><br />And as for the unfurling and blooming, I'm about to post some thoughts on that. I've been talking to a 19-year old today about metamorphoses, and no one feels that exquisite edge more sharply than a 19-year old, and it's got me thinking...KateTheGirlWhoLivednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977195274999180297.post-12016350960702343632012-10-04T19:26:55.239-07:002012-10-04T19:26:55.239-07:00"Feeling more means feeling more. And though ..."Feeling more means feeling more. And though it might feel bad at first, the bad part will eventually be over, and I'll start to experience good feelings as good instead of overwhelming, and somewhere beyond that is equilibrium."<br /><br />Here's to that. One of the things that's ground-breaking about your story, at least for me, is your determination to feel things that the rest of us take for granted. Would I work that hard to feel more if I didn't already feel plenty? I kind of think not, which is why your story is so interesting and inspiring. <br /><br />The image of your inner self ultimately unfurling and blooming is lovely. What do you think that will be like? How will it manifest itself?Mirithnoreply@blogger.com