tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post113895024666879481..comments2023-10-24T09:17:19.207-04:00Comments on The Perpetual Beginner: False Expectations and the Dichotomy of Art and PersonalityPerpetual Beginnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-1138984894929884342006-02-03T11:41:00.000-05:002006-02-03T11:41:00.000-05:00Thank you, Paula. You're right, I think it is a si...Thank you, Paula. You're right, I think it is a similar phenomenon to putting people on pedestals. A tendancy to see what we like of a person, and to forget that the best parts of someone are never all there is.Perpetual Beginnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625596315528064536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041374.post-1138979422360619202006-02-03T10:10:00.000-05:002006-02-03T10:10:00.000-05:00how interesting that this very topic arose in my p...how interesting that this very topic arose in my philosophy of art class yesterday. even more interesting is how i am bored and putzing around the 'net looking for those points of connection through art, writing, expressions of difference experiences. i find this phenomenon really interesting, but perhaps just as interesting (and more common in my life) is meeting someone, raising them up on a pedestal, only to have them climb down, uninterested in being raised up above the rest of us. indeed, i've been pushed up onto similar pedestals, and have no interest in existing there, so....perhaps it all boils down to our expectations vs. opening our eyes to who someone "really" is.....and choosing to view them (and subsequently ourselves?) with a sense of equanimity....i don't know. but i love that you wrote what you did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com