tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000015729785263221.post8308974941347570188..comments2015-10-23T06:22:28.801+09:00Comments on Full Thangka: Indulge your aspirationsJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601227197137574887noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000015729785263221.post-53264965777098855702008-07-22T07:34:00.000+09:002008-07-22T07:34:00.000+09:00Hmmm...I suppose I am saying that a "chase your dr...Hmmm...I suppose I am saying that a "chase your dreams!" sort of message isn't the sort of blanket statement that it is sometimes made out to be. Some people don't even have the opportunity to chase around after some lofty goal like some of the rest of us (and I am including myself in the latter category) and really can only focus on day to day survival.<BR/><BR/>So say to these people, "Go Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656558849665616926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000015729785263221.post-34576698938196043672008-07-15T16:13:00.000+09:002008-07-15T16:13:00.000+09:00I'm, not sure what you want to say. That we can w...I'm, not sure what you want to say. That we can write these people off as having no chance to contribute to culture because they find themselves in impossibly grim situations? That they should not be encouraged to fulfill their aspirations? That they have none?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601227197137574887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000015729785263221.post-78650108636364666782008-07-15T10:49:00.000+09:002008-07-15T10:49:00.000+09:00My reality just involves people trying not to be e...My reality just involves people trying not to be either slaughtered or starve to death in say, Darfur. Or maybe just folks that want to raise their kids and be able to afford to do so in the depleting coal mines of say, Kentucky.<BR/><BR/>"than those of us with access to computers and the time to blog."<BR/><BR/>After review not certain where you were going with this one. Bloggers are a pampered Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656558849665616926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000015729785263221.post-68079954625187187482008-07-11T13:29:00.000+09:002008-07-11T13:29:00.000+09:00We're all realists - with different realities. No...We're all realists - with different realities. No fighting, just exchanging ideas.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601227197137574887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000015729785263221.post-11329846677286890842008-07-09T08:27:00.000+09:002008-07-09T08:27:00.000+09:00True, but they are in the tiny, tiny minority. I'm...True, but they are in the tiny, tiny minority. I'm not trying to start a fight over this, but I am a pretty hard core realist...for better or worse.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656558849665616926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000015729785263221.post-33599282404455922882008-07-08T12:30:00.000+09:002008-07-08T12:30:00.000+09:00Indeed, many in the world are faced with far fewer...Indeed, many in the world are faced with far fewer choices than those of us with access to computers and the time to blog. On the other hand, we've all heard stories of people who overcame immensely difficult or unfortunate conditions in the pursuit of their idea or vision.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601227197137574887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000015729785263221.post-71276496045950844772008-07-08T11:59:00.000+09:002008-07-08T11:59:00.000+09:00We may have to disagree on this one. The ability t...We may have to disagree on this one. The ability to blithely fly away on the wings of whimsey really isn't available to say a $10 an hour mother of two on the outskirts of Kansas City. <BR/><BR/>In a vast majority of the world I think it might be more rule of survival over follow your dreams. And I am talking survival in the "don't get raped", "don't starve to death" sense. Not the "gosh I can't Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656558849665616926noreply@blogger.com