Comments on: how to tell the truth (note: this post does not contain an answer) http://www.sarazarr.com/archives/958 The Official Web Site of Author Sara Zarr Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gordon http://www.sarazarr.com/archives/958/comment-page-1#comment-42064 gordon Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:20:55 +0000 http://www.sarazarr.com/?p=958#comment-42064 YOu make me think it's hard for me to share the truth with anyone who's not a teacher - they don't "get it". And then there are virtually no teachers I know who share my experience of the world, so there too truths are refashioned to fit their context (as I perceive it). I wonder if someone like Beuchner gets one done and says - Ahh - at last - I've written the truth - the final word on the subject. If there were a final word, maybe it would mean we aren't growing, learning, changing any more. YOu make me think it’s hard for me to share the truth with anyone who’s not a teacher – they don’t “get it”. And then there are virtually no teachers I know who share my experience of the world, so there too truths are refashioned to fit their context (as I perceive it). I wonder if someone like Beuchner gets one done and says – Ahh – at last – I’ve written the truth – the final word on the subject. If there were a final word, maybe it would mean we aren’t growing, learning, changing any more.

]]> By: Kari http://www.sarazarr.com/archives/958/comment-page-1#comment-42059 Kari Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:40:05 +0000 http://www.sarazarr.com/?p=958#comment-42059 I really appreciated this, Sara. I struggle a lot with wanting to be liked and approved of. I really appreciated this, Sara. I struggle a lot with wanting to be liked and approved of.

]]> By: Sara http://www.sarazarr.com/archives/958/comment-page-1#comment-42058 Sara Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:41:58 +0000 http://www.sarazarr.com/?p=958#comment-42058 People ARE funny that way. I think for me the blog feels so ephemeral. If there's ever anything I decide is too personal or honest, there is always the delete key. Stuff in print feels like forever and ever and ever. People ARE funny that way.

I think for me the blog feels so ephemeral. If there’s ever anything I decide is too personal or honest, there is always the delete key. Stuff in print feels like forever and ever and ever.

]]> By: J.L. Powers http://www.sarazarr.com/archives/958/comment-page-1#comment-42056 J.L. Powers Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:21:56 +0000 http://www.sarazarr.com/?p=958#comment-42056 Actually, I always had a hard time blogging the truth until recently, which is why my blogs were kind of shallow. But I'm writing a nonfiction book--Herbs, Knives, and the Spirit: Journeys into the Worlds of Healing in South Africa--that ends up delving deeply into my own need for healing. And it's not always pretty, and it sure will hurt some people that I haven't said some of the things outloud, to them, that I say in the book. (Not that those things are about those people at all, they're entirely about me, but people are funny that way.) So I've been reflecting on just this fact, how hard it is to be vulnerable, how HARD to write nonfiction. So I know what you're talking about. Actually, I always had a hard time blogging the truth until recently, which is why my blogs were kind of shallow. But I’m writing a nonfiction book–Herbs, Knives, and the Spirit: Journeys into the Worlds of Healing in South Africa–that ends up delving deeply into my own need for healing. And it’s not always pretty, and it sure will hurt some people that I haven’t said some of the things outloud, to them, that I say in the book. (Not that those things are about those people at all, they’re entirely about me, but people are funny that way.) So I’ve been reflecting on just this fact, how hard it is to be vulnerable, how HARD to write nonfiction. So I know what you’re talking about.

]]> By: Sara http://www.sarazarr.com/archives/958/comment-page-1#comment-42055 Sara Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:13:19 +0000 http://www.sarazarr.com/?p=958#comment-42055 I don't know what it is about blogging, but it always feels easier to be honest here. I don’t know what it is about blogging, but it always feels easier to be honest here.

]]> By: Amy S. http://www.sarazarr.com/archives/958/comment-page-1#comment-42054 Amy S. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:55:38 +0000 http://www.sarazarr.com/?p=958#comment-42054 very thought provoking, excellent post. and the irony, of course, is how truthful this writing seems... very thought provoking, excellent post. and the irony, of course, is how truthful this writing seems…

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