tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post8109343324842580595..comments2023-09-30T08:53:15.486-07:00Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: Ordinary Pleasureslowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-18230116093832633182010-10-14T02:28:18.777-07:002010-10-14T02:28:18.777-07:00It appears that a central point of this post rest ...It appears that a central point of this post rest on wishing to portray or frame the ordinary using the obscure even absurd. <br />I argue with the premise since I believe writers are very rarely interested in depicting the ordinary world. Most stories depict a journey to special worlds hidden within the confines of the ordinary world.<br /><br />This little paradox points out another subject of dissatisfaction is the ordinary in itself. Nowere is existence a homogeneous entity, rather this is just one of life's cruel illusions. The ordinary man seems an absurd notion, an oversimplification of the real world.Oren Bochmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491175578474499548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-41012444834429042302010-05-22T12:37:12.471-07:002010-05-22T12:37:12.471-07:00It's the absurd that give me the best ideas, I...It's the absurd that give me the best ideas, I think...the strange conversations I sometimes overhear having my Friday sandwich have sparked some good stories.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810904674620501236noreply@blogger.com