“What will you do?” they asked. I answered, truthfully, “I don’t know.”
I do hope you'll continue these autobiographical instalments! Would be wicked of you to leave us hanging in limbo, so to speak, at this juncture ... What happened next?
I've really enjoyed reading about your background ... albeit with a small sense of guilt (right word?) ... feeling like a voyeur; reading like it's an entertaining story (it is -- and well written!) but knowing it's another man's life ... can't explain this very well. You'd be surprised how many times I've thought 'Ah! me too!' when reading your story, even though we lived through different times in different societies. That's the bedrock of humanity laid bare for all to recognize, I think.
I did not comment much during reading because ... well, you can see how I tend to ramble on ... thoughts stumbling and tumbling. I'm mostly coherent when I stick to woodworking :-)
I wrote some autobiographical posts when I started up my Substack; felt I had to give some background ... but I didn't like it much ... made me feel vain. There is plenty of my ego as there is.
I hope you are well and that you'll let us know what happened next!
Those are very perceptive points. Thank you. I, too, feel concerned about the implied narcissism of autobiographical stuff and do take soundings from some who are close to me. Your point about the universality of some of the content encourages me.
My stated aim, at the start of this adventure, was to explore the adoption elements of my life. Maybe I'm fooling myself. As the story goes on I realize that what I'm trying to do is make sense of much of what has happened, whether adoption related or not.
What is coming up next is an example of this - something that has emerged as a revelation, one that I had not previously fathomed.
Thank you so much for your feedback and valued comments.
“What will you do?” they asked. I answered, truthfully, “I don’t know.”
I do hope you'll continue these autobiographical instalments! Would be wicked of you to leave us hanging in limbo, so to speak, at this juncture ... What happened next?
I've really enjoyed reading about your background ... albeit with a small sense of guilt (right word?) ... feeling like a voyeur; reading like it's an entertaining story (it is -- and well written!) but knowing it's another man's life ... can't explain this very well. You'd be surprised how many times I've thought 'Ah! me too!' when reading your story, even though we lived through different times in different societies. That's the bedrock of humanity laid bare for all to recognize, I think.
I did not comment much during reading because ... well, you can see how I tend to ramble on ... thoughts stumbling and tumbling. I'm mostly coherent when I stick to woodworking :-)
I wrote some autobiographical posts when I started up my Substack; felt I had to give some background ... but I didn't like it much ... made me feel vain. There is plenty of my ego as there is.
I hope you are well and that you'll let us know what happened next!
Those are very perceptive points. Thank you. I, too, feel concerned about the implied narcissism of autobiographical stuff and do take soundings from some who are close to me. Your point about the universality of some of the content encourages me.
My stated aim, at the start of this adventure, was to explore the adoption elements of my life. Maybe I'm fooling myself. As the story goes on I realize that what I'm trying to do is make sense of much of what has happened, whether adoption related or not.
What is coming up next is an example of this - something that has emerged as a revelation, one that I had not previously fathomed.
Thank you so much for your feedback and valued comments.