Comments on: The solace of silence http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/ ...about Faith, the Feminine, and Telling the Truth Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:35:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wasted? | ivy league insecurities http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 Wasted? | ivy league insecurities Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:09:15 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1441 [...] * Is there a solace in silence? How do you manifest your rage? Deep questions that will make your brain buzz from Ronna Detrick of Renegade Conversations. AKPC_IDS += "4177,"; Share and Enjoy: [...] [...] * Is there a solace in silence? How do you manifest your rage? Deep questions that will make your brain buzz from Ronna Detrick of Renegade Conversations. AKPC_IDS += "4177,"; Share and Enjoy: [...]

]]> By: Revealed | RENEGADEconversations http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Revealed | RENEGADEconversations Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:10:20 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1439 [...] Desert: mirage and truth Desert truth continued A Brilliant Darkness Water in the desert: tears The solace of silence Spread the [...] [...] Desert: mirage and truth Desert truth continued A Brilliant Darkness Water in the desert: tears The solace of silence Spread the [...]

]]> By: Ronna Detrick http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1438 Ronna Detrick Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:46:26 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1438 So lovely. No. Silence is no kind of absence. Rather, it is a FULL, FULL space; the absence of absence, really. 'Appreciate this so much, Jeanne. So lovely. No. Silence is no kind of absence. Rather, it is a FULL, FULL space; the absence of absence, really. ‘Appreciate this so much, Jeanne.

]]> By: Ronna Detrick http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1437 Ronna Detrick Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:45:22 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1437 Mmmm, Aidan. My first response to your comment was to wonder with you as to why there's no rage. And then, upon more reflection, I was just grateful for the space in which you currently find yourself. There is something so beautiful about space/time that is NOT desert-like; rather an oasis of goodness, hope, and (mostly) satisfaction. Here's what I know about you (all through virtual contexts): you are honest, you are authentic, you know & tell your truth. If you know and feel rage, you'll express it. If you don't, you'll express all other things. Thanks for expressing all that you have here, Aidan. Mmmm, Aidan. My first response to your comment was to wonder with you as to why there’s no rage. And then, upon more reflection, I was just grateful for the space in which you currently find yourself. There is something so beautiful about space/time that is NOT desert-like; rather an oasis of goodness, hope, and (mostly) satisfaction. Here’s what I know about you (all through virtual contexts): you are honest, you are authentic, you know & tell your truth. If you know and feel rage, you’ll express it. If you don’t, you’ll express all other things. Thanks for expressing all that you have here, Aidan.

]]> By: whollyjeanne http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 whollyjeanne Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:39:00 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1429 makes me think of my favorite part of the poem "cartographies of silence" by adrienne rich: Silence can be a plan rigorously executed the blueprint of a life It is a presence it has a history a form Do not confuse it with any kind of absence .-= whollyjeanne´s last blog ..<a href="http://thebarefootheart.com/enigma/diving-in-at-last/">diving in, at last</a> =-. makes me think of my favorite part of the poem “cartographies of silence” by adrienne rich:

Silence can be a plan
rigorously executed

the blueprint of a life

It is a presence
it has a history a form

Do not confuse it
with any kind of absence
whollyjeanne´s last blog ..diving in, at last

]]> By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecurities http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecurities Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:09:37 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1427 Your post just made me realize something: I rarely feel rage. I don't know what this is all about. Maybe motherhood has softened me. Maybe things are going pretty well and there isn't much about which to feel angry. Maybe I am not wired to feel rage somehow. I do feel emotion and plenty of it. My days are stuffed with existential highs and lows. But they never seem to manifest in the form of rage. Now I am wondering why... Thanks for making me think about this. Your post just made me realize something: I rarely feel rage. I don’t know what this is all about. Maybe motherhood has softened me. Maybe things are going pretty well and there isn’t much about which to feel angry. Maybe I am not wired to feel rage somehow. I do feel emotion and plenty of it. My days are stuffed with existential highs and lows. But they never seem to manifest in the form of rage. Now I am wondering why… Thanks for making me think about this.

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]]> By: Ronna Detrick http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 Ronna Detrick Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:26:26 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1420 It's the whole "fix-it" thing that often gets us into trouble, I think...and brings the internalized rage. Anger is anger. And it's OK. And, in many cases, anger is what leads us to other places we need to go...like a following a path through the desert and finding an oasis. Thanks, Nicki. It’s the whole “fix-it” thing that often gets us into trouble, I think…and brings the internalized rage. Anger is anger. And it’s OK. And, in many cases, anger is what leads us to other places we need to go…like a following a path through the desert and finding an oasis. Thanks, Nicki.

]]> By: Nicki http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Nicki Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:25:26 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1418 That makes so much sense, Ronna. I also wonder if it is because being broken implies we can fix something in most cases. Anger is not fixable. .-= Nicki´s last blog ..<a href="http://nickisnook.net/2010/02/21/carriage-house-cafe-ithaca-review/">Carriage House Cafe, Ithaca – Review</a> =-. That makes so much sense, Ronna. I also wonder if it is because being broken implies we can fix something in most cases. Anger is not fixable.
Nicki´s last blog ..Carriage House Cafe, Ithaca – Review

]]> By: Ronna Detrick http://www.ronnadetrick.com/the-solace-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-1416 Ronna Detrick Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:57:20 +0000 http://www.ronnadetrick.com/?p=2762#comment-1416 I'm curious, Nicki, about "anger as invocation" being harder for you than "breaking as benediction." It doesn't surprise me...as I think most of us feel <em>better</em> (in a wacky sort of way) about being broken than about being angry. But I wonder... I wonder if perhaps it's our constant default to being broken (in not so-good ways) that creates the internalized rage in the first place. And if I can understand my anger as prayer? As the deepest expression of my heart? As what is heard, honored, and even <em>answered</em>? That's water in the desert. I’m curious, Nicki, about “anger as invocation” being harder for you than “breaking as benediction.” It doesn’t surprise me…as I think most of us feel better (in a wacky sort of way) about being broken than about being angry. But I wonder…

I wonder if perhaps it’s our constant default to being broken (in not so-good ways) that creates the internalized rage in the first place. And if I can understand my anger as prayer? As the deepest expression of my heart? As what is heard, honored, and even answered? That’s water in the desert.

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