tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547528150734877997.post8094688722873083076..comments2023-05-16T06:55:23.409-07:00Comments on Elephantiasis: the Bloated Nose: Turn and Turn.Elephantiasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671378968195971031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547528150734877997.post-53244150951947754262013-01-11T12:55:50.798-08:002013-01-11T12:55:50.798-08:00Mike, you leave the best, most thoughtful comments...Mike, you leave the best, most thoughtful comments. I love you.<br /><br />Kathleen taught me that demons rise to protect a part of me from harm. They're as much a part of me as the Little Kid, hard as that is for me to swallow, most of the time. That awful voice nagging at me, telling me I'm worthless, talentless, will amount to nothing, that I'm fundamentally unloveable--that's serving to PROTECT me??<br /><br />The answer is yes. By avoiding entering the dating scene, I dodge getting hurt. I avoid trying for the brass ring, I dodge the pain of disappointment should I miss with my first grab. Christ, it IS part of me. The part of me that wants to hide forever.<br /><br />Knowing gives you power. It lets you calm the demon. Or, as you wrote, you can welcome them. You can't heal the broken parts by burning them out or chopping them off. You embrace them and the sickness begins to melt away.<br />Elephantiasishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671378968195971031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547528150734877997.post-41784976009974651862012-12-12T19:39:21.493-08:002012-12-12T19:39:21.493-08:00I like how you make the demon do the twisting in t...I like how you make the demon do the twisting in the image, as if 'one twist at a time' isn't something we experience, it's something we apply to the pressures inside us, pressuring us back. I remember all sorts of little mistakes, things I regret through the years and they're still scars even though I'd be willing to bet that those I'd 'wronged' haven't thought of those moments since then. I think demons can serve another purpose; to keep us from treading their paths again. If they pop up just before we re-invoke them, then I welcome their presence. Others, though, seem to constantly nit pick past the point of usefulness. As usual, you write and draw extremely well about universal subjects. Thank you, sir.T'https://www.blogger.com/profile/07986564213736430022noreply@blogger.com