tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977259929006387665.post3581329096407379487..comments2023-06-12T12:46:22.713-07:00Comments on Poet Teacher Seeks World: Hidden ThemesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282208532610013522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977259929006387665.post-32643755327522116272011-12-08T08:13:10.184-08:002011-12-08T08:13:10.184-08:00There's respect in keeping one's distance,...There's respect in keeping one's distance, in trying to learn about others without disturbing them, without the assumption that they need an outside influence to interact with. How to do that, and why it's important to you, is both an investigation and itself an insight about each person's value, about privacy, about self-definition through as well as independent of cultural inheritance. It's a deep theme. CaseyCaseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482150016197321546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977259929006387665.post-84381662408346531532011-12-07T23:07:50.544-08:002011-12-07T23:07:50.544-08:00These photos are totally amazing! Have you conside...These photos are totally amazing! Have you considered creating a photo journal, in actual printed format? As far as watching groups - perhaps you're secretly a cultural anthropologist or sociologist. As a sociologist myself (and an obsessive photographer) groups of people provide endless insight into other cultures as well as our own. So next, it might be time to go to Idaho and observe groups of cross country skiers or snow shoe fanatics? One last thought: perhaps the element of "themes" in our writing is a vastly over-rated one? Nice stuff, Lisa!Marlene Samuels, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10776672400105695569noreply@blogger.com