tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post719148167174210899..comments2023-10-28T02:59:37.028-07:00Comments on E m e r g i n g ...Q u a k e r i s m ..L i t e r a t u r e ..R e l i g i o n ... L i f e: Coffee Party, part IIDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-57120059863627129742011-01-07T07:35:16.900-08:002011-01-07T07:35:16.900-08:00But Bill,
I think we are culturally paralysed at ...But Bill,<br /><br />I think we are culturally paralysed at this minute--so much of our culture is derivative--we look back to Spiderman or Jane Austen or True Grit--much of what we are generating presently that is "new" tends, imho, to be kind of sick or twisted or extreme. I'm not saying get caught in a nostalgic or sentimental past moment but to use the past to generate a better future vision.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-61663039583539351772011-01-07T07:10:34.022-08:002011-01-07T07:10:34.022-08:00I don't think the issue should be which past e...I don't think the issue should be which past era we use as a model. They all have serious problems, albeit they all also have some positive attributes.<br /><br />We need a positive vision for the future that is <b>not</b> a return to some faux "golden era" in the past, but one that reflects the realities of today's world and the coming years. Of course, some elements of that may reflect some of the better things in the past, but it shouldn't be a nostalgic vision.Bill Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752443575410023776noreply@blogger.com