Comments on: What’s The Opposite Of Inspire? http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/ The art of writing, for non writers Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-29680 Joanna Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:21:37 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-29680 Hmm... have to say, disillusion captures a lot of it. Hmm… have to say, disillusion captures a lot of it.

]]> By: Andrew Gee http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-28870 Andrew Gee Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:00:32 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-28870 Disillusion Disillusion

]]> By: leal http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-28651 leal Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:08:15 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-28651 @<a href="http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/comment-page-1/#comment-1808" rel="nofollow">Brad K.</a>: Surpress? @Brad K.: Surpress?

]]> By: gerald foster http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-24379 gerald foster Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:27:33 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-24379 Great! This is really starting to get FUN! Brasso, I have to admitt I had trouble reading your last comment because, because, well, I'm afraid to admit: I was laughing (splitting a gut) so darned hard! Cucumbers! WOW! And Mozart not being able to balance his check book. HA Thanks for your input. What were we talking about anyway? Oh, yea, the word Inspire. And the opposite of ... Hum ... Of course, we all know who to blame for this plight, though: it is that devil with red hair, and Joanna is her name! HA But Joanna, don't think you are the only one around here who is fire-oriented, which can be explained - of course - by that quite beautiful red hair of yours. For I too have, or should I say HAD red hair too, that is when I HAD hair at all, once upon a time, so long ago. But alas: NEVERMORE! But allow me to point out that having just finished starting from the beginning, I have noticed quite a lot of deep thought being presented on this site, even though I admit I was sort of in a fit and that it was quite a fright to read my own comments; oh, what I might have said differently I think now. But somehow, I believe, with much relief that looking back I started this attack on the opposite of ... by presenting my first comment by saying that I would just use ... in order for my son to essentially fill in the meaning of the opposite of ... with a word of his own making. I also indicated that 'this is what T.S. would have wanted me to do'. Hum ... sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Oh, for certain I sure do come off as being some kind of Elliot NUT. But, it should be pointed out that although I began with wanting to send my son some T.S. quotes, I was not intending to send him a bunch of Jokes. For my inspiration came from finding out the opposite of ... because I had just come off another site called Inspire.com, which was not much fun; for this site is not for the faint hearted; for it deals with the very, very substanitally serious subject of Inspiring those who have or have had the dreaded disease which is called Cancer. Hum ... now what we are talking about is NOT all fun and games. We are talking about the opposite of the word Inspiration which is, I'm afraid ... the word which can only - within this context - be the word ... PAIN! The sound of footfalls in our memory, thus echo in our mind, down the path we did not take, into the rose garden ... hum ... T.S. Eliot Great! This is really starting to get FUN! Brasso, I have to admitt I had trouble reading your last comment because, because, well, I’m afraid to admit: I was laughing (splitting a gut) so darned hard! Cucumbers! WOW! And Mozart not being able to balance his check book. HA Thanks for your input. What were we talking about anyway? Oh, yea, the word Inspire. And the opposite of … Hum … Of course, we all know who to blame for this plight, though: it is that devil with red hair, and Joanna is her name! HA But Joanna, don’t think you are the only one around here who is fire-oriented, which can be explained – of course – by that quite beautiful red hair of yours. For I too have, or should I say HAD red hair too, that is when I HAD hair at all, once upon a time, so long ago. But alas: NEVERMORE! But allow me to point out that having just finished starting from the beginning, I have noticed quite a lot of deep thought being presented on this site, even though I admit I was sort of in a fit and that it was quite a fright to read my own comments; oh, what I might have said differently I think now. But somehow, I believe, with much relief that looking back I started this attack on the opposite of … by presenting my first comment by saying that I would just use … in order for my son to essentially fill in the meaning of the opposite of … with a word of his own making. I also indicated that ‘this is what T.S. would have wanted me to do’. Hum … sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Oh, for certain I sure do come off as being some kind of Elliot NUT. But, it should be pointed out that although I began with wanting to send my son some T.S. quotes, I was not intending to send him a bunch of Jokes. For my inspiration came from finding out the opposite of … because I had just come off another site called Inspire.com, which was not much fun; for this site is not for the faint hearted; for it deals with the very, very substanitally serious subject of Inspiring those who have or have had the dreaded disease which is called Cancer. Hum … now what we are talking about is NOT all fun and games. We are talking about the opposite of the word Inspiration which is, I’m afraid … the word which can only – within this context – be the word … PAIN! The sound of footfalls in our memory, thus echo in our mind, down the path we did not take, into the rose garden … hum … T.S. Eliot

]]> By: Brasso http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-24375 Brasso Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:39:05 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-24375 Hello Again, J. It seems the discussion to find an "Inspire" opposite has been mainly from the viewpoints of "Self-to-Others" or "Others-to-Self." Maybe it's the third flow, the "Self-to-Self" "Inspire" opposite that's the target. If so that puts it into more than just a word-meaning study, I'm thinking. That opens up the histories of the study of Psychology, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality in general isn't it. How to get relief from those elusive barriers, handicaps, distracting attention thieves that are self-limiting. Perhaps every Discipline has it's format....trying to recapture Creativity from some sort of Destuctivity. Simple word dichotomies may just be a trap in some way too. For instance, ask the question, "What is the opposite of Love?" Standard answering is "Hate." .....but the larger creative answer is "Fear." "Fear" in all it's forms is in opposition to "Inspire", right? Do some "Yoga" some would say. Mozart didn't have a focus problem; he just did it right out his head or somewhere. Wonder what he'd say. 'Course, he couldn't balance a checkbook either. Time out....got to get my cucumbers planted. Hello Again, J.
It seems the discussion to find an “Inspire” opposite has been mainly from the viewpoints of “Self-to-Others” or “Others-to-Self.”
Maybe it’s the third flow, the “Self-to-Self” “Inspire” opposite that’s the target.
If so that puts it into more than just a word-meaning study, I’m thinking. That opens up the histories of the study of Psychology, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality in general isn’t it.
How to get relief from those elusive barriers, handicaps, distracting attention thieves that are self-limiting. Perhaps every Discipline has it’s format….trying to recapture Creativity from some sort of Destuctivity.
Simple word dichotomies may just be a trap in some way too. For instance, ask the question, “What is the opposite of Love?” Standard answering is “Hate.” …..but the larger creative answer is “Fear.”
“Fear” in all it’s forms is in opposition to “Inspire”, right? Do some “Yoga” some would say. Mozart didn’t have a focus problem; he just did it right out his head or somewhere. Wonder what he’d say. ‘Course, he couldn’t balance a checkbook either. Time out….got to get my cucumbers planted.

]]> By: gerald foster http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-24374 gerald foster Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:41:07 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-24374 O .K, slowing down a little at your request. 'Intuition' concerning T.S.'s quotation "We shall not cease from exploration and the end of our exploring shall be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time" tells me that this thought is somehow related to our discussion. Please give me your 'take' on all of this - briefly- I suppose. Though may I suggest that what Mr T.S. is saying does have 'something' very important which has to do with the nature of defining the meaning of a word (any word) not to mention the meaning of the opposite definition of 'a' word. If you are able to solve this little mystery, what I am suggesting is that in our atempt to explore our own starting point that what we may end up doing in the process is' learning' something NEW! For, as Mr. T.S. states, if we are not carefull in our exploration, we may end up wasting our time. Intersting! I think. Perhaps T. S.'s comment is relevant, perhaps even essential to our own exploration of what the relevance of this site is when the objective is to 'learn' and not go around in circles, wondering what we are doing 'here' in the first place, for that matter. So I ask: What do you think? Is the scope of this of this site adequate enough to answer a question which is perhaps too broad, and perhaps too far-reaching and perhaps too relevent for this site to handle, in the first place? If so, I wish someone would have let me know earlier. Thanks. O .K, slowing down a little at your request. ‘Intuition’ concerning T.S.’s quotation “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of our exploring shall be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time” tells me that this thought is somehow related to our discussion. Please give me your ‘take’ on all of this – briefly- I suppose. Though may I suggest that what Mr T.S. is saying does have ‘something’ very important which has to do with the nature of defining the meaning of a word (any word) not to mention the meaning of the opposite definition of ‘a’ word. If you are able to solve this little mystery, what I am suggesting is that in our atempt to explore our own starting point that what we may end up doing in the process is’ learning’ something NEW! For, as Mr. T.S. states, if we are not carefull in our exploration, we may end up wasting our time. Intersting! I think. Perhaps T. S.’s comment is relevant, perhaps even essential to our own exploration of what the relevance of this site is when the objective is to ‘learn’ and not go around in circles, wondering what we are doing ‘here’ in the first place, for that matter. So I ask: What do you think? Is the scope of this of this site adequate enough to answer a question which is perhaps too broad, and perhaps too far-reaching and perhaps too relevent for this site to handle, in the first place? If so, I wish someone would have let me know earlier. Thanks.

]]> By: gerald foster http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-24373 gerald foster Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:13:33 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-24373 Come again? Come again?

]]> By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-24369 Joanna Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:49:59 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-24369 <b>Jaydon</b> we all have a long way to go and a lot more to learn :-) Enjoy the learning as you go. <b>Gerald</b> I appreciate you're trying to get conversation going, but in my experience comments on comments don't really work on blogs. Most blog readers are looking for interesting content to read and then gently respond to. That's pretty much all they have time for. I guess conversations between commenters take place on forums and message boards, though they're not places I spend time on... preferring the format of the blog. As far as I'm concerned, people are welcome to comment here just to say 'that's interesting' or 'I got something from that'. Not least because it works as useful feedback for me, the writer, author, publisher, moderator... and gives me the incentive to keep going. Jaydon we all have a long way to go and a lot more to learn :-) Enjoy the learning as you go.

Gerald I appreciate you’re trying to get conversation going, but in my experience comments on comments don’t really work on blogs. Most blog readers are looking for interesting content to read and then gently respond to. That’s pretty much all they have time for. I guess conversations between commenters take place on forums and message boards, though they’re not places I spend time on… preferring the format of the blog.

As far as I’m concerned, people are welcome to comment here just to say ‘that’s interesting’ or ‘I got something from that’. Not least because it works as useful feedback for me, the writer, author, publisher, moderator… and gives me the incentive to keep going.

]]> By: gerald foster http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-24362 gerald foster Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:27:46 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-24362 Ah, YES, this is EXACTLY the response I was after! Yes, do re-read previous comments made on this site. Critique Time, if we will. I suggest that - in order to really get this site 'off the ground' - we stop foolin' around, and start listening and commenting about each other's comments which I have found, now that you, Jaydon, have accepted this challenge, can begin by first focusing on the significance of the potential of A word (whether it be the word Inspire, or the Opposite of ... ) in terms of the word's context. This concept is what I was trying to make in my presentation of T.S.Elliots quotations (above) as being important in the understanding of how language can, or cannot be used successfully in terms of their intention, as demonstarted by another quote made by Mr. Elliot: "One can spend one's whole life trying to understand something 'in the wrong way', and in the end realize that what they have been doing all along has been wasting their time. HA. Now, WE wouldn't want to do this, would we? So, my suggestion is: Let ALL of us start a conversation amongst us who are on this site; thus providing each of us with a little feedback which - although it may be not exactly be something which is particularly 'nice' to say about someone else's comment; then, I say: so be it! To tell you the truth, this little quote from Mr. T.S. says it all. I mean, let's start talking for a change; and get things going! I mean we don't want to spend our whole lfe times 'beating aroud the bush' do we? Otherwise we WILL realize that in the end, we will have only wasted our time. Right? Critique anyone? Let us match 'reasonableness' with the 'rules' - so to speak, though. As Joanna expressed, we welcome your comments on this site, Jaydon. Yes, you have 'Breathed new life' into what we are all commening about. But, if no one else gives me any 'reasonable' feedback on MY comments, then I guess where we started our 'Exploration' will end up where we started and NOT know it for the first time, if anyone gets my 'drift'. This is the only reason I'm on this site in the first place. Jaydon, please read everthing I have presented previously very closely, and tell me what you think. To begin with, I would like to know who your favorite writers are; please pinpoint certain quotes or passages which relate to the subject at hand. Thank you very much, Jaydon! for your truly inspiring comments. Again, I would most appreciate your input into what I have been trying to say all along. Tell me what you think, even if you think that I am wrong, but do tell me what you think in an 'informed' way, and please do not just spout off what you want to say without first understanding the context in which you decide to use the words you decide to use. Thank you, again! Let's get REAL, for a change. Ah, YES, this is EXACTLY the response I was after! Yes, do re-read previous comments made on this site. Critique Time, if we will. I suggest that – in order to really get this site ‘off the ground’ – we stop foolin’ around, and start listening and commenting about each other’s comments which I have found, now that you, Jaydon, have accepted this challenge, can begin by first focusing on the significance of the potential of A word (whether it be the word Inspire, or the Opposite of … ) in terms of the word’s context. This concept is what I was trying to make in my presentation of T.S.Elliots quotations (above) as being important in the understanding of how language can, or cannot be used successfully in terms of their intention, as demonstarted by another quote made by Mr. Elliot: “One can spend one’s whole life trying to understand something ‘in the wrong way’, and in the end realize that what they have been doing all along has been wasting their time. HA. Now, WE wouldn’t want to do this, would we? So, my suggestion is: Let ALL of us start a conversation amongst us who are on this site; thus providing each of us with a little feedback which – although it may be not exactly be something which is particularly ‘nice’ to say about someone else’s comment; then, I say: so be it! To tell you the truth, this little quote from Mr. T.S. says it all. I mean, let’s start talking for a change; and get things going! I mean we don’t want to spend our whole lfe times ‘beating aroud the bush’ do we? Otherwise we WILL realize that in the end, we will have only wasted our time. Right? Critique anyone? Let us match ‘reasonableness’ with the ‘rules’ – so to speak, though. As Joanna expressed, we welcome your comments on this site, Jaydon. Yes, you have ‘Breathed new life’ into what we are all commening about. But, if no one else gives me any ‘reasonable’ feedback on MY comments, then I guess where we started our ‘Exploration’ will end up where we started and NOT know it for the first time, if anyone gets my ‘drift’. This is the only reason I’m on this site in the first place. Jaydon, please read everthing I have presented previously very closely, and tell me what you think. To begin with, I would like to know who your favorite writers are; please pinpoint certain quotes or passages which relate to the subject at hand. Thank you very much, Jaydon! for your truly inspiring comments. Again, I would most appreciate your input into what I have been trying to say all along. Tell me what you think, even if you think that I am wrong, but do tell me what you think in an ‘informed’ way, and please do not just spout off what you want to say without first understanding the context in which you decide to use the words you decide to use. Thank you, again! Let’s get REAL, for a change.

]]> By: Jaydon http://confidentwriting.com/2008/03/whats-the-oppos/#comment-24361 Jaydon Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:52:38 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=356#comment-24361 Hey and thanks for your welcomes ;) I'm 12 Years old now, and I realize I still have a long way to go, a lot more to learn and allow myself time to progress into my being. I was not sure what Gerald Foster was saying, my guess is that, My post was not helpful? It seems that This word has plagued you all for sometime, hm I think I'll read or re-read for that matter ALL the posts from way back when and then reply with a 'fresh' understanding and maybe I can better grasp the idea that you're trying to show me. Thanks again and to Joanna, I appreciate your comment! Breathing life into words, yeah that sounds just lovely! See you around ;) Hey and thanks for your welcomes ;)
I’m 12 Years old now, and I realize I still have a long way to go, a lot more to learn and allow myself time to progress into my being.
I was not sure what Gerald Foster was saying, my guess is that, My post was not helpful? It seems that This word has plagued you all for sometime, hm I think I’ll read or re-read for that matter ALL the posts from way back when and then reply with a ‘fresh’ understanding and maybe I can better grasp the idea that you’re trying to show me.
Thanks again and to Joanna, I appreciate your comment!
Breathing life into words, yeah that sounds just lovely!
See you around ;)

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