Comments on: Living the Questions http://www.ornaross.com/2008/09/living-the-questions/ Go Creative! It's Your Native State. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:57:48 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Orna Ross http://www.ornaross.com/2008/09/living-the-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Orna Ross Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:00:18 +0000 http://www.ornaross.com/?p=304#comment-43 Hi Dee, You know what I think about school and its ways -- often so removed from real creativity and learning. I hated history at school (battles and dates - yikes! yuk! - but now write novels that are steeped in history. Your instinct is right - there is nothing you can do here except give your daughter space and time. She'll find her way. Robin, As always, your responses are so generous. For me, this has been the great advance of getting older. When young(er), I was very impatient. Now an open space, a place of uncertainty, seems like a great adventure. You're singing my song on the noise pollution that surrounds us - everywhere - these days. I think we pull in noise around us because we're afraid of what rises in us when we grow quiet. I know I was. But of course nothing drowns that out and then I found there was nothing to fear in the first place. The opposite. I too love the idea of "living the question". Rilke is amazing, isn't he? I commend this book (and his poetry, of course) to all who want to write -- or who like read wise words. Hi Dee,
You know what I think about school and its ways — often so removed from real creativity and learning. I hated history at school (battles and dates – yikes! yuk! – but now write novels that are steeped in history. Your instinct is right – there is nothing you can do here except give your daughter space and time. She’ll find her way.

Robin,
As always, your responses are so generous. For me, this has been the great advance of getting older. When young(er), I was very impatient. Now an open space, a place of uncertainty, seems like a great adventure. You’re singing my song on the noise pollution that surrounds us – everywhere – these days. I think we pull in noise around us because we’re afraid of what rises in us when we grow quiet. I know I was. But of course nothing drowns that out and then I found there was nothing to fear in the first place. The opposite. I too love the idea of “living the question”. Rilke is amazing, isn’t he? I commend this book (and his poetry, of course) to all who want to write — or who like read wise words.

]]> By: Robin Easton http://www.ornaross.com/2008/09/living-the-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Robin Easton Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:22:32 +0000 http://www.ornaross.com/?p=304#comment-42 I love your first line here...and all that follows. Very beautiful and so true. I think that is a key to rich deep living. We miss so much when we avoid space and silence. Many are very afraid of it and constantly fill every waking minute with doing and busy and noise and TV and Radio and all the rest. Space and silence seem almost extinct in comparison...but they aren't. They are still there waiting for us with open arms. It is in space and silence that I get to breathe, slow down and just "BE". I also liked this line: "...live your way into the answer.” For me there is nothing like life experience. You are a gifted and beautiful soul. I am touched by all that you express. There is no doubt that you have really lived and it has made you wise and full of grace. So lovely. With love and thankfulness, Robin I love your first line here…and all that follows. Very beautiful and so true. I think that is a key to rich deep living. We miss so much when we avoid space and silence. Many are very afraid of it and constantly fill every waking minute with doing and busy and noise and TV and Radio and all the rest. Space and silence seem almost extinct in comparison…but they aren’t. They are still there waiting for us with open arms. It is in space and silence that I get to breathe, slow down and just “BE”.

I also liked this line: “…live your way into the answer.”

For me there is nothing like life experience.

You are a gifted and beautiful soul. I am touched by all that you express. There is no doubt that you have really lived and it has made you wise and full of grace. So lovely.

With love and thankfulness,
Robin

]]> By: Dee http://www.ornaross.com/2008/09/living-the-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Dee Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:19:15 +0000 http://www.ornaross.com/?p=304#comment-30 Wow, I really needed to read this today! My 17 year old daughter is failing history, and I can't seem to do anything about it. I am trying to stay calm. Thanks. Wow, I really needed to read this today! My 17 year old daughter is failing history, and I can’t seem to do anything about it. I am trying to stay calm. Thanks.

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