tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post3207996684335642361..comments2023-05-12T02:29:02.116-07:00Comments on Adventures, Ink: safia chistisusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-18996388957277192302012-06-12T18:42:24.293-07:002012-06-12T18:42:24.293-07:00Hi Ghetu,
I'm very pleased to make your make ...Hi Ghetu,<br /><br />I'm very pleased to make your make your acquaintance and delighted to know you've been by to visit. It's wonderful you and Ian found one another and that he's provided you with a wider audience. Your writing is so impressive I'm quite at a loss for compliments worthy of the magnificent pieces of short fiction I've had the opportunity to read. Now I've linked directly to your main blog and will come by to visit. <br /><br />Thank you for leaving such a kind note about 'Safia Chisti'. Her story provided me with a means to describe an ineffable series of experiences that also relate to our modern hard-edged background. We in the West have been conditioned to only take seriously that which is material but that isn't all that is.<br /><br />Very best wishes,<br />Susansusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-80147772231082517922012-06-12T00:25:31.055-07:002012-06-12T00:25:31.055-07:00Dear Susan,
Thank you for your encouragement on I...Dear Susan,<br /><br />Thank you for your encouragement on Ian's blog. I came to your blog for the first time and was spellbound to see your sketches. Kind comments from talented people like you make one feel blessed too! <br /><br />I was reading your excellent posts but I couldn't help but comment on this strange post of yours. It is so beautiful and surreal that it is inspiring me to write another short story. I insist it is 'strange' because of the outstanding beauty and deep message hidden in it. We are so engrossed with our physical world that we forget that there could be something else beyond us. Really, who knows the people you met on the road could be God sent or not. Even if they are living breathing human beings, what business they had to come and guide you unless there was some cosmic connection in it.<br />It is an amazing post and I can't thank you enough for this. <br /><br />Be well! <br />Ghetughetufoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10180437940833356902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-3737876929403175512012-03-09T07:51:47.342-08:002012-03-09T07:51:47.342-08:00Hi Susan,
Thanks for your wonderful blog. I saw a...Hi Susan,<br />Thanks for your wonderful blog. I saw an earlier blog from 2009 about David Orcutt. I was a close friend of David's in the late 1980's, early 1990's. I lived at Perryland and we traveled to Ireland and Asia together. Sadly, I didn't know David had passed away until recently. Do you know how I can get in touch with Belle? I would like to talk to her about David. You can email me at orange_vermilion@msn.com. Peace and thanks, SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892333676752198220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-26563973242078709922010-04-06T20:41:17.266-07:002010-04-06T20:41:17.266-07:00sera - I miss writing the little stories too but I...sera - I miss writing the little stories too but I'm not sure how to return to the sweet naivety. Then there are the ones where my lessons were hard. For now, I've gone back to some real (for me) painting and I was just getting ready to post the most recent when I saw your note. I've always wanted to see New Zealand and think I'd be happy in a bakery there forever.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-55833517221135839282010-04-06T19:54:22.200-07:002010-04-06T19:54:22.200-07:00i miss you little stories and drawings.
and now i...i miss you little stories and drawings. <br />and now i want to throw "everything to the wind" and go somewhere else. studying abroad. i'd even work in a bakery for six months in new zealand, just for the experience of being somewhere else for a while.Seraphinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06527934346602655741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-35727988804842959362010-02-16T20:52:07.851-08:002010-02-16T20:52:07.851-08:00braja - It's good to find something that can&#...braja - It's good to find something that can't be lost.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-21433633543347530682010-02-16T19:26:00.137-08:002010-02-16T19:26:00.137-08:00I found it too :)I found it too :)♥ Brajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693196044262677095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-60983592519529336522009-11-25T21:52:56.948-08:002009-11-25T21:52:56.948-08:00dr. zaius - He was. Had it not been for him Christ...dr. zaius - He was. Had it not been for him Christianity might have been Christian. Of course, he didn't even embrace the version he foisted on the world until he was sure he was on his death bed :-)susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-8804359550320255062009-11-25T20:36:06.624-08:002009-11-25T20:36:06.624-08:00Yeah! Emperor Constantine was such a dickhead!Yeah! Emperor Constantine was such a dickhead!Dr. Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153875976834518896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-28609860098693375732009-11-21T12:46:47.088-08:002009-11-21T12:46:47.088-08:00steve - That's something I've thought abou...steve - That's something I've thought about often. We never know what effect we'll have on anyone so it's best to keep our hearts open.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-59913203314938207832009-11-18T19:39:01.924-08:002009-11-18T19:39:01.924-08:00Susan, That insight about the tapestries... that...Susan, That insight about the tapestries... that sounds so right. So much more than one line, one thread. So many weavers. Many we'll never realize or recall...Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-34494602230700231602009-11-17T20:43:26.620-08:002009-11-17T20:43:26.620-08:00steve - I'm so glad you came by to read it. Ou...steve - I'm so glad you came by to read it. Our lives are more like tapestries than trips along highways with clear road signs, yes?susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-16854801969821349112009-11-17T20:02:52.395-08:002009-11-17T20:02:52.395-08:00What an amazing story! And I love that you illust...What an amazing story! And I love that you illustrated someone else's memories with as much exuberance and detail as you do your own. Life is wilder than we generally credit - if we will listen... Thanks for sharing this!!! It comes at a perfect time, when I am puzzling over a possible intersection in my life.Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-57611604807109905702009-10-23T16:26:14.131-07:002009-10-23T16:26:14.131-07:00dr. zaius - Unfortunately, Christianity's myst...dr. zaius - Unfortunately, Christianity's mystic branch was chopped off by the Emperor Constantine about 300 years after it began.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-47845053490039684022009-10-22T16:17:05.896-07:002009-10-22T16:17:05.896-07:00A very interesting story! I knew someone that was ...A very interesting story! I knew someone that was into Sufi as well. I thought it was interesting.Dr. Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153875976834518896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-46458957281575888912009-10-16T21:25:30.638-07:002009-10-16T21:25:30.638-07:00g-fid - I'm glad to know you're tired but ...g-fid - I'm glad to know you're tired but well and happy you enjoyed the story. The evening can't be done until a favorite reader or two have dropped by.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-1637826380024565352009-10-15T20:59:46.670-07:002009-10-15T20:59:46.670-07:00i managed to stay awake all the way through your d...i managed to stay awake all the way through your delightful and heartwarming bedtime story.... the difficulty staying alert is no reflection on content and illustrations. both as brilliant as ever.... weariness a result of exhaustion induced by overwork and stress..... so i'm nodding off now. will try to post something vaguely interesting soon.... thanks ever so, dear lady.gfidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452490194253665370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-89508489946901916632009-10-09T22:29:23.457-07:002009-10-09T22:29:23.457-07:00the crow - Safia was a pretty neat lady and very i...the crow - Safia was a pretty neat lady and very intense. I'm delighted you enjoyed her story.<br /><br />linda - Your words describing what the story and drawings have meant to you have deeply touched my heart. I am deeply happy that you enjoyed it in the way I'd hoped it would work. Safia was an amazing lady - one I'll never forget.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-36462753618560968372009-10-08T23:11:56.142-07:002009-10-08T23:11:56.142-07:00i am sorry, i was so engrossed with my own feeling...i am sorry, i was so engrossed with my own feelings and thoughts, i forgot to mention the talent you possess in your drawings...somehow by telling the story in black and white, no color, it doesn't get in the way and thus, tell it's own story...you have a way with the crook in the neck as the head is cocked just so or the bent forward determination as the woman crossed to the black opening of the unknown that comes across as if by magical sign language, one we all understand but it's so subtle, we aren't aware you are moving us to your own beat...I have decided it's simply your gift, not to be copied nor explained, it's just what is..brilliant.<br />xoxoxL'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-68681958930635176192009-10-08T23:05:13.985-07:002009-10-08T23:05:13.985-07:00susan, you have moved me to tears with this one......susan, you have moved me to tears with this one...a long unspoken dream, a story unraveled that didn't no matter the journey, bravery above all else or perhaps something even deeper, quieter, stronger than the thread of silk spun... I could imagine your words as if we sat together in a dimly lit room... your friend's courage and tenacity, some of that spirit must have kept her with this world much longer than had been predicted...the wondrous nature of the Sufi, the expectation of the miraculous in everyday, what a magical interlude for me this night, after the medical ups and downs of the past couple of days..you could have no idea and this was posted a few days ago besides and so, I was meant to come across it tonight, alone in the dark but for the white glow of my little laptop screen...and your magical sharing has not crept away to my mind's recesses but lingers, like incense on the breeze...<br /><br />thank you...<br />xoxoxL'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-16591024343775718352009-10-07T17:30:30.869-07:002009-10-07T17:30:30.869-07:00Wonderful story and drawings, Susan. Pulled me in...Wonderful story and drawings, Susan. Pulled me in and took me along for the great ride through the universe. I hope to meet a Safia someday. I hope to meet you, someday, too! Oh, the stories you could tell.<br /><br />:)The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-45998394126221065362009-10-06T20:47:19.548-07:002009-10-06T20:47:19.548-07:00sera - It took me a long time to learn how true th...sera - It took me a long time to learn how true that is.<br /><br />nunly - Ah yes, how much braver to do such a thing than to get flown in with your buddies in the military. You would have liked her.<br /><br />randal - Her lesson to me is that none of us know what we'll do depending on the circumstance.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-59625841957822584132009-10-06T08:42:34.648-07:002009-10-06T08:42:34.648-07:00Speak for yourself, I'm very paranoid and self...Speak for yourself, I'm very paranoid and selfish. ;-) And I don't think I could ever do what she did.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-21500170444806560152009-10-06T06:46:02.780-07:002009-10-06T06:46:02.780-07:00That was a very cool story. I just love the part w...That was a very cool story. I just love the part where she finds herself standing in Pakistan with the piece of paper, a sleeping bag, a suitcase and her purse. I could just picture it in my head.<br /><br />I love the way you write...it just sucks me into the story. <br /><br />Thanks!Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835150057881066641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450270830860120345.post-27326896820388018022009-10-05T21:03:21.572-07:002009-10-05T21:03:21.572-07:00most people live ordinary lives.
what a precious g...most people live ordinary lives.<br />what a precious gift that is.Seraphinehttp://encoreseraphine.comnoreply@blogger.com