tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post6522720017177806671..comments2023-10-16T06:23:18.135-04:00Comments on Yoga for Cynics: Talking BooksDr. Jay SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08631848276936859276noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-65888934085744790532009-02-03T07:13:00.000-05:002009-02-03T07:13:00.000-05:00So intimate and special... did you ever think perh...So intimate and special... did you ever think perhaps your dad considered that one day you might just read his notes?<BR/><BR/>And you? Who are you leaving your notes for??<BR/><BR/>Is it a sign of hope? A consideration of the past only, or also, of a possible future? <BR/><BR/>Who will read these two sets of notes? And what will they conclude?<BR/><BR/>Beautiful...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-23927282212094542142009-01-29T18:26:00.000-05:002009-01-29T18:26:00.000-05:00Fascinating, Yoga Cynic. I wonder what mental gate...Fascinating, Yoga Cynic. I wonder what mental gates kept you and your father from talking little during his last years? <BR/>His reading suggests an open and interesting mind, the kind that I imagine would welcome his son's thoughts with respectful and considered responses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-23834062408572868762009-01-29T16:31:00.000-05:002009-01-29T16:31:00.000-05:00Very nice observation of books! JayceeVery nice observation of books! <BR/>Jayceeachoiceofweaponshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14742415077326783252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-37245983017696229312009-01-28T05:58:00.000-05:002009-01-28T05:58:00.000-05:00That's cool that your dad was into so much cool li...That's cool that your dad was into so much cool literature. I am the only in my family that ever really got into things like Kerouac, Ginsberg, Buddhism, Burroughs (William Burroughs lived in my town in his last years; Lawrence, KS)and all the other great stuff that came out of that American cultural revolution. Also, I've been listening to some Lou Reed lately, very cool stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-78613235947720152362009-01-27T16:07:00.000-05:002009-01-27T16:07:00.000-05:00I write in my books as well. I have a whole room w...I write in my books as well. I have a whole room with shelves. I hope my daughters enjoy them as much. <BR/><BR/>I am so glad you had access to the works of these firebrands. How incredibly inspiring.<BR/><BR/>Your post inadvertantly made me feel very validated. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-38940635066793109962009-01-27T11:53:00.000-05:002009-01-27T11:53:00.000-05:00That's a touching story. My friends and I have pa...That's a touching story. My friends and I have passed around a copy of Black Spring by Henry Miller since high school, and it has notes and underlinings from everyone, including diary type entries in both covers. It's been to Brazil and Europe, and I'm waiting for it to come back around to me again. <BR/><BR/>I'm not even really into Miller anymore, but that book is precious to me for the history of my circle of friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-73880593568807234452009-01-27T04:36:00.000-05:002009-01-27T04:36:00.000-05:00"just so it’s clear who said what.... " The posthu..."just so it’s clear who said what.... " The posthumous communication you describe is really touching. <BR/><BR/>You would go and remind me that some in my generation rocked Woodstock then later developed rocks in their heads. I'll never understand why they changed the way they did, how they ever could have embraced Reagan.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-29947727822607512302009-01-27T02:49:00.000-05:002009-01-27T02:49:00.000-05:00And so on down the generations? What an interesti...And so on down the generations? What an interesting take on a book review ... margin notes from multi-generation readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515247027173641993.post-10568771737422816662009-01-27T02:07:00.000-05:002009-01-27T02:07:00.000-05:00Beautiful thoughts, really. My father turns 75 nex...Beautiful thoughts, really. My father turns 75 next week, my mother 74, so I commune with them over a tape recorder; but my grandfather left *his* books with notes, so I go through them in a similar way, sorry he died at 57. Hey, even similar tastes. Life's too short. Happy Tet'Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.com