tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post721264250433429185..comments2023-09-08T02:39:21.112-07:00Comments on Jessica Snell's blog: Links - Lenten prayers, Lenten sonnets and learning to dye (not die! for once!)Jessica Snellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17185831697537364088noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post-16609911320850065512011-04-10T19:24:31.872-07:002011-04-10T19:24:31.872-07:00Thank you, Tienne. It's such a strange paradox...Thank you, Tienne. It's such a strange paradox: people who are famous usually sought the fame, and that involves a loss of privacy. But it seems like there should be - I don't know - privacy that is okay to give up (i.e., you can choose to give up your right to go to Starbucks w/o being photographed) and privacy that no one should give up (i.e., details of your relationships, health, etc.). I don't know though.<br /><br />And, Elena, it seems that you should write that book! Or at least that poem. The parallel you see there between her and Eve is fascinating, and now I want to read a piece of literature that tells that story!Jessica Snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185831697537364088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post-76580621152006497362011-04-08T11:01:11.996-07:002011-04-08T11:01:11.996-07:00Britney Spears has achieved a near-perfect union o...Britney Spears has achieved a near-perfect union of form and content. We know that words that she lip-synchs aren't her own, but they nonetheless ring with a necessary truth, because the songs are about the (very real and compelling) pathos of a little girl turned into a performing puppet for men to ogle. The very fact that they aren't her words is part of their meaning and power.<br /><br />Her music was like a syllogism, establishing her with absolute deductive certainty as the perfect embodiment of a particular vision of femininity.<br /><br />And now, as her life plays out, we can't stop watching, because ultimately, the story isn't hers, but Eve's. <br /><br />Anyway... I think there's fodder for a fantastic novel somewhere in there--you should see where it goes, Jessica!Elena Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380956132236257767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post-31206215191838769302011-04-07T17:49:46.132-07:002011-04-07T17:49:46.132-07:00Oh, hon, I don't think it's terrible of yo...Oh, hon, I don't think it's terrible of you at all. Writers are like psychologists: we are students of human nature. If you didn't start thinking about how someone's personality issues would impact their lives and their relationships, you could never write a good story.<br /><br />That was a compelling article. I definitely feel we as a society need to back off. Maybe we have too much time on our hands so we discuss things that shouldn't be everyday topics of conversation. Sort of like news overload.Tiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315891571577431883noreply@blogger.com