tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17699332.post5314756179381944373..comments2023-12-01T01:12:57.912-08:00Comments on MindSieve POSTS: Why, what, how long do we mourn?Dianna Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901349180265745138noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17699332.post-64023288176786619902008-11-19T08:32:00.000-08:002008-11-19T08:32:00.000-08:00Lucy - sorry for confusion - the #s 1-4 will be cl...Lucy - sorry for confusion - the #s 1-4 will be clarified in PART II of this post. The random 5 are yet "more" tragedies I relate to - a lot out of fear of random circumstance as in the air tragedies. Stayed tuned:)Dianna Woolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901349180265745138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17699332.post-58793396253008513912008-11-18T21:37:00.000-08:002008-11-18T21:37:00.000-08:00i really want to comment thoughtfully but i am a l...i really want to comment thoughtfully but i am a little confused and thus distracted by your mentioning of 4 events with dates and then going on to mention 5 more that i don't think coincide with those dates. maybe tomorrow's post will help clarify :-)<BR/><BR/>i have been doing some reading about myth and i wonder particularly in the instance of the kennedy's and dr. king that these individualsKayce aka lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17699332.post-51651657123983748962008-11-18T14:45:00.000-08:002008-11-18T14:45:00.000-08:00Tess - your perceptive comment is very meaningful ...Tess - your perceptive comment is very meaningful and I appreciate your insight into loss/tragedy. Particularly the emptiness/sorrow we feel over what you've named - "the loss of possibility".....which may be what most mourning is really about - the loss of possibility.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for our comments - part II of these thoughts is showing up later today....Dianna Woolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901349180265745138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17699332.post-77583053367203910612008-11-18T08:21:00.000-08:002008-11-18T08:21:00.000-08:00If I understand you correctly you are asking how w...If I understand you correctly you are asking how we can take the impersonality of a tragedy and perceive it as a personal loss?<BR/>Perhaps a lot of it is to do with the loss of possibility - the Kennedy brothers, Dr King and others. We feel a wistfulness for what might have been.<BR/>I think though that the ever-present media we live with today stirs up sentimentality rather than genuine emotionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com