tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post1504596870783159337..comments2023-11-05T06:57:26.677-05:00Comments on The Weather in the Streets: The Falling ManLeahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-19288337314172924852010-05-21T11:30:42.669-04:002010-05-21T11:30:42.669-04:00The dance of the bumble bee.
Part duty part pleasu...The dance of the bumble bee.<br />Part duty part pleasure.<br />Graceful is the best if not by honor but in blind despair and without hope is only blind selfishness.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341478577481025783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-53420138062513795422010-05-06T19:09:03.042-04:002010-05-06T19:09:03.042-04:00...also maybe stupid......also maybe stupid...Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-44166332224427190572010-05-06T19:08:32.160-04:002010-05-06T19:08:32.160-04:00Mme: I am ambivalent too. Suicide, although the o...<b>Mme</b>: I am ambivalent too. Suicide, although the only true choice we really have, is selfish to begin with--to inflict it on a crowd of people (and let's be honest, there may have been kids there too--I often attended the opera with my grandparents) is the ultimate selfishness. Not to mention, he might have killed someone along with himself!<br /><br />Tragic on many levels...Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-75807838598409131362010-05-06T16:17:36.124-04:002010-05-06T16:17:36.124-04:00I feel rather ambivalent about this. His choice of...I feel rather ambivalent about this. His choice of death, but selfish in not caring (I make a sweeping assumption) about the affect on those who saw it.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-80198116637235731422010-05-05T20:12:22.031-04:002010-05-05T20:12:22.031-04:00Paul C: welcome to you! Yes, I did think the Chaga...<b>Paul C</b>: welcome to you! Yes, I did think the Chagall fit both poem and story, on several levels.<br /><br /><b>Mark</b>: will you lend me some of your sunshine, pretty please?Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-87527025572616066672010-05-05T20:11:14.802-04:002010-05-05T20:11:14.802-04:00Princess: I am so sorry to hear about your dad. A...<b>Princess</b>: I am so sorry to hear about your dad. And thank you for your lovely, soulful comment.<br /><br />xoxoLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-50784704072445415492010-05-05T20:10:46.293-04:002010-05-05T20:10:46.293-04:00Tina: I imagine it must strike a chord, and in a w...<b>Tina</b>: I imagine it must strike a chord, and in a way I am very sorry about that...xoxoLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-91150820042991893052010-05-05T20:05:33.959-04:002010-05-05T20:05:33.959-04:00Megan: no worries. It's pretty damn grim, let...<b>Megan</b>: no worries. It's pretty damn grim, let's be honest...<br /><br /><b>Ronda</b>: I like that well-placed quote, and I hope ultimately to live by it...<br /><br /><b>Willow</b>: I thought so too. I love that piece.<br /><br /><b>Nana Jo</b>: thank you so much. I found myself getting choked up as I read the Times account, and thought about my grandma telling me the story...<br /><br /><b>Bart</b>: thanks! I really like your blog too.<br /><br /><b>Subby</b>: it's some story, isn't it?Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-32079122579239715632010-05-05T20:02:34.362-04:002010-05-05T20:02:34.362-04:00Baino: thank you for the compliment dear! I apprec...<b>Baino</b>: thank you for the compliment dear! I appreciate it. I guess I don't feel flat exactly, but definitely blue. My blueness is unfortunately very intense at times, and it comes and goes, but sometimes stays awhile. It's chemical, really...<br /><br />But the puppy does cheer me up! He is so hilarious, it's hard not to laugh when he runs by with an enormous shoe in his mouth, or Sarge's jeans, or Hedgie's teddy bears...he knows he's being naughty, and I almost think he's smirking...Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-76156734312117550342010-05-05T20:00:10.038-04:002010-05-05T20:00:10.038-04:00Karen--you're right, saying the feelings out l...<b>Karen</b>--you're right, saying the feelings out loud really helps me. Anyway, I wonder about my grandparents. I guess by that time they'd really seen a lot in their many years on this earth...but still...<br /><br />I can imagine there would be a certain amount of replaying the image in your mind, almost compulsively.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-11655564065380494872010-05-05T18:21:52.860-04:002010-05-05T18:21:52.860-04:00That is one heavy first line in comparison to the ...That is one heavy first line in comparison to the place I'm coming from.Mark Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955914110575634224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-55971577441561348882010-05-05T09:34:18.198-04:002010-05-05T09:34:18.198-04:00Yes, this Chagall is so meaningful here as a prefa...Yes, this Chagall is so meaningful here as a preface to this story.Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-61370298236781607172010-05-04T20:24:59.177-04:002010-05-04T20:24:59.177-04:00Remember that when flying too close to the sun one...Remember that when flying too close to the sun one will always have their wings melt...<br /><br />Another beautiful Post Leah...<br />So poingnent. I lost my father to suicide, "Not at the Met" but one early morning in the family home. It can be interpreted as a very brave but at the some time selfish act... for those left behind..<br />"Leaving in Flight" is also difficult to deal with... but i find that tho we tend to dwell at times... and that 's quite OK when processing... Death is part of the reality of being human...<br /><br />Fly high with gracious acceptance....Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11021504621181130629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-56369743931378031972010-05-04T16:21:20.192-04:002010-05-04T16:21:20.192-04:00Whoa. I'm off to read the accounting...Whoa. I'm off to read the accounting...Subbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969166266526522612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-30728049614431718782010-05-04T15:38:19.407-04:002010-05-04T15:38:19.407-04:00This really strikes a chord with me. How beautifu...This really strikes a chord with me. How beautiful that she left hers in flight. If we have to go, better to go in the midst of joy.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761684333125786758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-30413992228977551912010-05-04T12:32:41.394-04:002010-05-04T12:32:41.394-04:00Wow, great blog! I'll follow you!
Please follo...Wow, great blog! I'll follow you!<br />Please followme @ http://justflirtingwithtime.blogspot.com/Flarfjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641411846815854062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-64925589590716558562010-05-04T10:35:07.815-04:002010-05-04T10:35:07.815-04:00You have written this so beautifully, it makes my ...You have written this so beautifully, it makes my soul ache. The Chagall was the perfect accompaniement, too. I guess the best we can hope for is to be welcomed into open, loving arms when we are born and to be surrounded by the same when we die. There is something profoundly sad about that man falling towards ao many unknown strangers to his death.Nana Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433490728933321152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-91352770479693983732010-05-04T08:37:53.992-04:002010-05-04T08:37:53.992-04:00The Chagall captures the sad tale perfectly.The Chagall captures the sad tale perfectly.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-84905600493011805282010-05-04T03:12:59.591-04:002010-05-04T03:12:59.591-04:00Hmmm...had to ponder a bit on this one. But, in th...Hmmm...had to ponder a bit on this one. But, in the end, yours, mine or his, whatever you do, do it with style. Yes, in the words of the Eagles, Take it to the Limit.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-15608020851549754902010-05-04T01:19:25.557-04:002010-05-04T01:19:25.557-04:00Whew. Can't handle this at this time. Excell...Whew. Can't handle this at this time. Excellently written, of course. I'll be back...Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-53092035296604671132010-05-03T22:47:44.345-04:002010-05-03T22:47:44.345-04:00I love the way you write. Your posts are written w...I love the way you write. Your posts are written with such depth and soul. You're definitely not flat even if you feel a little low. As for the poor falling man . .I think he was making a point. Such a public suicide. Those jumping from the twin towers were making a choice . . burn or fall? I would have jumped.<br /><br />I hope your melancholy is momentary. Then if you'd been bubbly and gay, we'd have had puppy shots instead! (that's not a bad thing!)Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-49323408526293733732010-05-03T22:16:20.641-04:002010-05-03T22:16:20.641-04:00Sunless and dim... I've been there. It's n...Sunless and dim... I've been there. It's not that we DWELL on the sad and melancholy but it just comes to us and we need to express it somehow so as NOT to dwell on it. This was quite a remarkable story. The poor onlookers... I wouldn't be quite right after witnessing such an event.Karen ^..^https://www.blogger.com/profile/05197114237324824217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-3823676336399445222010-05-03T20:49:46.347-04:002010-05-03T20:49:46.347-04:00mago--I looked it up and found it HERE. Every det...mago--I looked it up and found it <a href="http://kottke.org/08/07/the-most-beautiful-suicide" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. Every detail is haunting, including the fluttering white scarf...<br /><br />UB--you're right. Although the man's final hours were dark, the death itself may have been more flight than fall...Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-47138144993237394302010-05-03T20:40:06.582-04:002010-05-03T20:40:06.582-04:00nick--possibly he even wanted the drama of it all-...nick--possibly he even wanted the drama of it all--one last grand gesture, as if he himself were the show! An incredible way to go...Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5545649522016852351.post-88763230200289464982010-05-03T18:40:08.084-04:002010-05-03T18:40:08.084-04:00What a fantastic post and a great use of juxtapos...What a fantastic post and a great use of juxtaposition. I never knew the story of the suicide at the Met. Was his death so dark? Could it have been, for him, the most peaceful of exits? <br /><br />I love those huge Marc Chagall murals at the Met. You have to see them in person to really appreciate them.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.com