tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post6022632538075450503..comments2024-03-28T14:22:37.153-07:00Comments on mole: Lighted WindowsDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-63882032117129302422011-05-15T13:52:52.166-07:002011-05-15T13:52:52.166-07:00I don't think I'd ever understood before t...I don't think I'd ever understood before these comments, and others on Facebook, that I was exercising privilege, and particularly, masculine privilege, by thinking in public. I still intend to take it, but I'm holding it a bit differently now. Thank you.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-47152461433393183802011-05-15T12:55:53.987-07:002011-05-15T12:55:53.987-07:00I don't think I'd ever do that, certainly ...I don't think I'd ever do that, certainly not with a stranger, I think I sometimes bother Tom a bit when he's frowning, needing to check he's OK, which is stupid really. <br /><br />I can't remember anyone doing it to me for a long time, I think I rather assumed their right to do it, so perhaps like Deb I've stopped dreaming or thinking in public as a defence. As a young woman being told to smile or cheer up, usually by complete strangers, was most maddening; middle-aged invisibility seems to have absolved me of that obligation. I have to say that that absent state is not usually, for me, one of deep thought but simply of distraction and, usually pleasant, idling, often replaying things in my head, but it's still a private space which one has a right to.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-39681484706014727182011-05-09T13:16:23.094-07:002011-05-09T13:16:23.094-07:00Anne, I would have the same response, reading this...Anne, I would have the same response, reading this, and I almost didn't post it because of that. And really this is not about that recent interaction, but about growing up in a family that valued thought and dreamtime, in the midst of a society that feared and hated it. The discord has had a lot to do with how I live in the world.<br /><br />Thanks everyone!Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-58057186316396329782011-05-09T12:57:22.370-07:002011-05-09T12:57:22.370-07:00Some people are just plain uncomfortable with deep...Some people are just plain uncomfortable with deep thought. Some just like to be noticed. "How can you be in outer space when I am right here, in real time, before you?!"<br /><br />My son is a great daydreamer. I love to let that process be. Some beautiful things come of it. <br /><br />Makes me smile when I see that going on with my son, or others. It's a gift. ;)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-43471714901312709072011-05-09T12:44:34.835-07:002011-05-09T12:44:34.835-07:00Somehow, even though I understand your annoyance, ...Somehow, even though I understand your annoyance, I want to defend the waitress. Perhaps she was feeling lonely and wanted some interaction. Perhaps she thought you looked sad and wanted to cheer you up. Perhaps she was just kinda dumb and didn't understand the importance of thought. Who wants to be a waitress, anyhow?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-4831239876999333062011-05-09T06:47:44.638-07:002011-05-09T06:47:44.638-07:00Well said. I had forgotten that pain (I don't ...Well said. I had forgotten that pain (I don't believe I think in public anymore :-)), but you painted it completely. <br /><br />I dislike the devaluing interruption of "a penny for your thoughts" for similar reasons.Debhttp://stoneymoss.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-64644166851129803932011-05-08T14:04:48.119-07:002011-05-08T14:04:48.119-07:00There's a fear thing at work here, surely. Thi...There's a fear thing at work here, surely. Thinking will get you into trouble. It will lead directly to book larnin', which will foment ideas, which will lead to heresy and sedition. That waving of the hand before the face of the reckless dreamer is intended to bring him or her back from the edge. "Oh, sorry, I was miles away..." "That's okay. Everything's back to normal now..."Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-34346375500177219792011-05-08T12:12:21.152-07:002011-05-08T12:12:21.152-07:00Those are people incapable of understanding the ne...Those are people incapable of understanding the need for thinking. I pity them, but wish them far, far away from me. They are the same people who, when seeing someone dozing off in public will want to tie their shoelaces together, rather than throw a blanket over them and protect their sleep. Sad people, insensible of compassion or intelligence.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com