Your kids see you as you, the well-known human being close to them, not anything else. A poet may be something distant to them - seeing you as a poet would alianate you to them and they don’t want that.
I agree with your friends and understand your kids.
I have nothing to add. This was beautiful. And I kind of like thinking that every text we write is shaped by hundreds of ghosts. Some of my favorite people are ghosts now, but they live on. A pretty timely post for the beginning of fall.
Thank you. As I mentioned elsewhere, the fall is when nature gives back all the wealth it has accumulated over the spring and summer. You could see, perhaps, the end of a human's physical life as when the the universe gets all the accumulated value back, making it bigger and richer for all eternity. And all the ghosts are there with us - good and helpful.
What a lovely idea. It's also the time for Día de Muertos (day of the dead) here in my country. You probably know that since Disney's Coco made it popular.
I know about it, yes, but now from Disney :) You have a much richer understanding of the need to be connected with the dead - while we here, where I live, fear death above all, considering ghosts to be mostly dangerous.
It is a fascinating celebration, if I dare say so myself, mainly because it is a great representation of the blending of prehispanic tradition and Catholic All Saints' Day. I'm not particularly religious, and my husband is, but we both place an altar to welcome back our deceased loved ones to come and feast with us once a year. We are the only culture, as far as I know, that views death in such a festive way.
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I really like this, thank you. That even the shape of me, my faith or kindness or my smile, may leave an imprint on the sands of life. Thank you.
Thank you. My friend says I even speak like a poet. My kids don’t agree!!
Your kids see you as you, the well-known human being close to them, not anything else. A poet may be something distant to them - seeing you as a poet would alianate you to them and they don’t want that.
I agree with your friends and understand your kids.
That's a nice way of putting it.
I have nothing to add. This was beautiful. And I kind of like thinking that every text we write is shaped by hundreds of ghosts. Some of my favorite people are ghosts now, but they live on. A pretty timely post for the beginning of fall.
Thank you. As I mentioned elsewhere, the fall is when nature gives back all the wealth it has accumulated over the spring and summer. You could see, perhaps, the end of a human's physical life as when the the universe gets all the accumulated value back, making it bigger and richer for all eternity. And all the ghosts are there with us - good and helpful.
What a lovely idea. It's also the time for Día de Muertos (day of the dead) here in my country. You probably know that since Disney's Coco made it popular.
I know about it, yes, but now from Disney :) You have a much richer understanding of the need to be connected with the dead - while we here, where I live, fear death above all, considering ghosts to be mostly dangerous.
It is a fascinating celebration, if I dare say so myself, mainly because it is a great representation of the blending of prehispanic tradition and Catholic All Saints' Day. I'm not particularly religious, and my husband is, but we both place an altar to welcome back our deceased loved ones to come and feast with us once a year. We are the only culture, as far as I know, that views death in such a festive way.