Responses to Input from the Senses

I’ve been thinking or perhaps I should say pondering. I do so once in a while as I wander the hill.

I have noticed that persons seem to have a primary method of expressing themselves and/or of reacting to beauty and stuff and many people have at least one secondary method. But how people respond to an event/sight/sound/feeling varies so much.

For example, Cindy and Kent seem to respond to visual things with words that are at least sometimes expressed as poetry and usually expressed poetically.

My brother Earl, although he can appreciate a beautiful sight, rarely breaks into words. But he responds with words, often poetry, when he hears music or is thinking about an event.

I see pictures. When I read, even if the words are a description of an “abstract” concept or when I see something and want to capture the “feeling” inspired by the lighting or the beauty of a “line” by drawing or painting. But I don't see pictures in response to music.

I think that Cindy and Kent also both have at least one secondary response and that is visual through their ability to see in a way to take awesome photos.

Earl’s secondary(ies) – he responds by playing his own compositions on the piano in response to feelings, ideas and has been known to “doodle” by making an abstract drawing.

Me, my secondary might be words in that I respond with words sometimes but am more apt to “tell a story” in response to, well, just about anything rather than write anything faintly resembling poetry

Sharing

I have recently "joined" Facebook (if "joined" is the correct term). I even have admitted to be relatives of some persons - relatives all. All was going well until I received the following:

Your relatives are wanting to know one thing today, what are you doing this weekend? To share an update with your family on what you are doing this weekend (even if it is staying home...

Sharing to me would not be to know what you are doing this weekend. I might be interested in knowing to what sound you woke this morning? Did you see or hear something that stopped you in your tracks? Did you see something that you have walked past day and day without seeing it before? What made you smile today? Did you make someone smile today. Did you see/hear/read something so beautiful that it brought tears to your eyes. Have you taken pictures of fire hydrants? Share something with me or ask ME a question. BUT don't ask me to "share" by asking me to tell you what I did (unless I know you and know you care). So I answered with:

" I read a poem " :

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive…
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you’re telling me is true, I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it’s not pretty, everyday, and if you can source your life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!”

It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you, from the inside. When all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

"Oriah Mountain Dreamer"

Charles Schultz Philosophy

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read 1 straight thru 6... you'll get the point.

1. Name the 5 wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last 5 Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last 5 winners of the Miss America Contest.

4. Name 10 people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

5. Name the last 6 Academy Award winners for best actor.

6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday!
These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But...

The applause dies.
Awards tarnish.
Achievements are forgotten.
Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners .


Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name 3 friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name 5 people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated.

5. Think of 5 people with whom you enjoy spending time.

Easier?

The lesson:
The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards...

... they are the ones that care .

Typoglycemia

Typoglycemia: Don't skip over this because it looks weird. Believe it or not you can read it.

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American Newspapers - A Brief Guide {:<)

( source unknown )

1. Wall Street Journal : read by people who run the country...
2. Washington Post : read by people who think they run the country...
3. New York Times : read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crossword puzzles...
4. USA Today : read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The New York Times. They do, however like their statistics shown in pie charts...
5. Los Angeles Times : read by people who wouldn't mind running the country - if they could find the time - and if they didn't have to leave Southern California to do it...
6. Boston Globe : read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a far superior job of it, thank you very much...
7. New York Daily News : read by people who aren’t too sure who’s running the country and don’t really care as long as they can get a seat on the train...
8. New York Post : read by people who don’t care who are running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated...
9. Miami Herald : read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores...
10. San Francisco Chronicle : read by people who aren’t sure there is a country...or that anyone is running it: but if so, they oppose all that they stand for.
11. National Enquirer : read by people trapped in line at the grocery store....
12. Google News : read by people who click on it in this blog.

Hon DAC i ty

The human mind (not brain) ... domain of the intellect ... workplace of rationale, memory and imagination ... sphere of conscience? ... source of vision, revision and invention ... creator of advertisement .

Launch

Here begins the Mind Korner of my "Four Korners". My vision for this blog is to provide observation, inquiry, and discussion exclusively on the topics of philosophy, sociology, psychiatry and literature. These parameters will be understood to also allow material relating to political phenomenon, cultural icons, mental health, self help, film / TV and current "best-sellers". Look for photos and links to webpages I find exciting.