Comments on: Reprise: What’s it like to have one leg? http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:57:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Link http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-382659 Link Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:28:40 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-382659 Will return to read again. Beautiful, angelic thoughts, skillfully expressed. Will return to read again. Beautiful, angelic thoughts, skillfully expressed.

]]> By: nasking http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-382592 nasking Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:06:38 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-382592 Kim, I read your piece out to my wife...we both found it insightful & filled w/ warmth & passion. Charming...displayed a touch of fragility...& yet enduring strength of character. "You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of the body, the sound of the voice, the ease of the gestures. It is not at all necessary to be handsome or to be pretty; all that is needful is charm." (SARAH BERNHARDT) "Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind." (Marcel Proust) Kim, I read your piece out to my wife…we both found it insightful & filled w/ warmth & passion. Charming…displayed a touch of fragility…& yet enduring strength of character.

“You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of the body, the sound of the voice, the ease of the gestures. It is not at all necessary to be handsome or to be pretty; all that is needful is charm.”

(SARAH BERNHARDT)

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”

(Marcel Proust)

]]> By: Brian http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364278 Brian Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:16:11 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364278 <blockquote>Hope [the post is] of interest to folks who may not have seen it the first time around.</blockquote> Kim it's of interest to those of us who did see it then. As <a href="http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/07/09/what-its-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-12764" rel="nofollow">Mark said:</a> <blockquote>A very rich and rewarding text, Kim, worth savouring, returning to, and reflecting on.</blockquote> It says things I think, believe and feel in a way I could never find words to express. And more. Similarly with the comments Mark made on the old thread just above the comment I linked to. When I was 18 I suffered a small physical disability from a short but quite severe illness. Since then I can be reminded of it with a searing shaft of pain, almost any time with one false move but a definite possibility when pleasure of a kind is on the menu. I can't say I've learnt to love this condition, or circumstance or however one might put it. But accept it I must and I don't spend any time or energy railing against fate or wishing the unalterable alterable. I am what I have become. You can't change the past, or the present, but your disposition towards both is important for future presents (and the future past, if that makes sense). Not sure I should have said that, as this thread is yours, and I think magnificently so.

Hope [the post is] of interest to folks who may not have seen it the first time around.

Kim it’s of interest to those of us who did see it then. As Mark said:

A very rich and rewarding text, Kim, worth savouring, returning to, and reflecting on.

It says things I think, believe and feel in a way I could never find words to express. And more.

Similarly with the comments Mark made on the old thread just above the comment I linked to.

When I was 18 I suffered a small physical disability from a short but quite severe illness. Since then I can be reminded of it with a searing shaft of pain, almost any time with one false move but a definite possibility when pleasure of a kind is on the menu.

I can’t say I’ve learnt to love this condition, or circumstance or however one might put it. But accept it I must and I don’t spend any time or energy railing against fate or wishing the unalterable alterable. I am what I have become. You can’t change the past, or the present, but your disposition towards both is important for future presents (and the future past, if that makes sense).

Not sure I should have said that, as this thread is yours, and I think magnificently so.

]]> By: MH http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364242 MH Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:51:15 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364242 <blockquote>But it’s a very conflicted lack of anonymity, if you catch my drift…</blockquote> No doubt.

But it’s a very conflicted lack of anonymity, if you catch my drift…

No doubt.

]]> By: philip travers http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364236 philip travers Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:15:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364236 Well,I say having two legs is a problem for those who were born that way and are not relatives of droptail lizards.As a design principle,artificial design,that is, not replicates redesigns or modifications would make it easy to believe two-leggedness is only an efficient means to get around on only if you get around on them regularly.So the monstrosity view of the one-legged is a bit antiquaited,but obviously still felt and experienced at times. A leg over,a description of sex seems not to be so impeding for the already adequate in those regards.So the species could continue with some luck and being hitched or married amongst the various form of leggedness could still win a three legged race in potato bags.And lil Abner and blonde chasing the fastest and most athletic farmer around the place,may not be as efficient in the three limbed potatoe sack race. A case of counting your blessings? No! Count your negative numbers first,and a genius at calculation forever from that day! Well,I say having two legs is a problem for those who were born that way and are not relatives of droptail lizards.As a design principle,artificial design,that is, not replicates redesigns or modifications would make it easy to believe two-leggedness is only an efficient means to get around on only if you get around on them regularly.So the monstrosity view of the one-legged is a bit antiquaited,but obviously still felt and experienced at times. A leg over,a description of sex seems not to be so impeding for the already adequate in those regards.So the species could continue with some luck and being hitched or married amongst the various form of leggedness could still win a three legged race in potato bags.And lil Abner and blonde chasing the fastest and most athletic farmer around the place,may not be as efficient in the three limbed potatoe sack race. A case of counting your blessings? No! Count your negative numbers first,and a genius at calculation forever from that day!

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364226 Kim Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:18:06 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364226 Interesting, MH. But it's a very conflicted lack of anonymity, if you catch my drift... Interesting, MH. But it’s a very conflicted lack of anonymity, if you catch my drift…

]]> By: MH http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364194 MH Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:55:43 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364194 Thanks. I wonder, if I may ask, if there is a certain lack of anonymity in "hav[ing] one leg". As you so eloquently say, our lives are written on our bodies, but for most of us, having all our limbs and senses offers an anonymous sameness. There is no particular life story made visible. But missing a leg speaks - whether one wants to or not - about a very dramatic life event, and even of physical and emotional pain and suffering. Thanks. I wonder, if I may ask, if there is a certain lack of anonymity in “hav[ing] one leg”. As you so eloquently say, our lives are written on our bodies, but for most of us, having all our limbs and senses offers an anonymous sameness. There is no particular life story made visible. But missing a leg speaks - whether one wants to or not - about a very dramatic life event, and even of physical and emotional pain and suffering.

]]> By: skepticlawyer http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364189 skepticlawyer Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:17:06 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364189 Thankyou for a beautiful piece of writing, Kim. Thankyou for a beautiful piece of writing, Kim.

]]> By: Helen http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364165 Helen Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:26:16 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364165 Beautiful post, Kim, thanks. Beautiful post, Kim, thanks.

]]> By: professor rat http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364136 professor rat Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:48:53 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364136 Please do not laugh at the disabled - ever. I may have smiled while watching a trailer for the movie,' The Idiots' and thinking of the Danish Royal family but I think I got away with it. DO NOT LAUGH AT THE DISABLED! Please do not laugh at the disabled - ever. I may have smiled while watching a trailer for the movie,’ The Idiots’ and thinking of the Danish Royal family but I think I got away with it.
DO NOT LAUGH AT THE DISABLED!

]]> By: tigtog http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364116 tigtog Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:26:52 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364116 I'm glad you reposted this. <blockquote>Would I still be me, if I could tickle you with all ten toes?</blockquote> We are the sum of our experiences. I’m glad you reposted this.

Would I still be me, if I could tickle you with all ten toes?

We are the sum of our experiences.

]]> By: su http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364113 su Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:46:22 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364113 Kim that was so wonderful- a gift. And everything you have said I can see has relevance to my own family where there are no physical issues but where developmental disability and psychological issues blossom so chaotically. Really- thank you so much. Kim that was so wonderful- a gift. And everything you have said I can see has relevance to my own family where there are no physical issues but where developmental disability and psychological issues blossom so chaotically. Really- thank you so much.

]]> By: Jan http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364111 Jan Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:56:11 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/28/reprise-whats-it-like-to-have-one-leg/#comment-364111 Beautiful. Thank you. Beautiful.
Thank you.

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