Comments for Intransient Autumn http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com Living the colors Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:45:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Harpy and loving it. by longblackveil http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/harpy-and-loving-it/#comment-50 longblackveil Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:40:01 +0000 http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-50 *nod* I believe I used to live about thirty seconds from the CIS on North Road. If I walked slowly. I loved that neighbourhood. *nod*
I believe I used to live about thirty seconds from the CIS on North Road. If I walked slowly.
I loved that neighbourhood.

]]> Comment on The ‘Fairness’ of Eman by Stayingcolors http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/the-fairness-of-eman/#comment-45 Stayingcolors Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:07:46 +0000 http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-45 Salaaam Sabby cat! Yes, rowr along please. Whatte drama of a booklet, I say! I couldn't stop snickering all through, Insha Allah, HE won't hold it against me. Salaaam Sabby cat!

Yes, rowr along please. Whatte drama of a booklet, I say! I couldn’t stop snickering all through, Insha Allah, HE won’t hold it against me.

]]> Comment on The ‘Fairness’ of Eman by longblackveil http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/the-fairness-of-eman/#comment-44 longblackveil Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:30:23 +0000 http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-44 Ouch. What's all this then? Wish-lists being published in the guise of booklets? Whatte bizarre. How you been, sistah? Salaaaaaaam! Ouch. What’s all this then? Wish-lists being published in the guise of booklets? Whatte bizarre.
How you been, sistah? Salaaaaaaam!

]]> Comment on Ayn Rand by Stayingcolors http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-43 Stayingcolors Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:38:26 +0000 http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-43 Salaams Sabby cat! ((((Hugs)))) I'm sure there won't be many to fault your abandoning of that book. I'm keeping mum until the nipping stops, does nothing to encourage a hopeless argument :D And thank you for your 'vaavs', I'm ill derserving of such high praise :D :P Salaams Sabby cat!

((((Hugs))))

I’m sure there won’t be many to fault your abandoning of that book. I’m keeping mum until the nipping stops, does nothing to encourage a hopeless argument :D

And thank you for your ‘vaavs’, I’m ill derserving of such high praise :D :P

]]> Comment on Ayn Rand by longblackveil http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-41 longblackveil Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:56:21 +0000 http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-41 Hello, hello, salaams then. Aha. Now to come to the point. I am a HUGE reader. Meaning I myself am of average build but I read quite a bit. Read 'Fountainhead' when I was around 13 and, a foolish victim of peer pressure, assured self that I absolutely loved it. But,o, I actually didn't LOVE it. It was a good read is all. Cut to a few years later when I read 'We, the Living'. Now this book I truly liked much. But, but, but, a few more years hence and I find myself picking up 'Atlas Shrugged'. I start reading it. I certainly don't enjoy the beginning. (Who is John Galt? is amusing only so many times). I almost hated the way it was written, the patronization I find in Rand's tone, the unbelievable characters and the extremely grandiose, long-winded, boring soliloquies. YAWN. In a few days, I STOP READING A BOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. For any self-respecting reader, this is a shocker. I mean, to put things in perspective, another book I have not completed is Tasleema Nasreen's something. Eeyuk. I stopped reading for very different reasons in either case and of course Atlas... is a far, far better book. But... still. Rand fans, don't start throwing things at me now. I just didn't like this book and for those imaginary interviews where people ask me which id the most overrated piece of fiction, I have my answer ready. There. Hello, hello, salaams then.
Aha. Now to come to the point. I am a HUGE reader. Meaning I myself am of average build but I read quite a bit. Read ‘Fountainhead’ when I was around 13 and, a foolish victim of peer pressure, assured self that I absolutely loved it. But,o, I actually didn’t LOVE it. It was a good read is all. Cut to a few years later when I read ‘We, the Living’. Now this book I truly liked much. But, but, but, a few more years hence and I find myself picking up ‘Atlas Shrugged’. I start reading it. I certainly don’t enjoy the beginning. (Who is John Galt? is amusing only so many times). I almost hated the way it was written, the patronization I find in Rand’s tone, the unbelievable characters and the extremely grandiose, long-winded, boring soliloquies. YAWN.
In a few days, I STOP READING A BOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. For any self-respecting reader, this is a shocker. I mean, to put things in perspective, another book I have not completed is Tasleema Nasreen’s something. Eeyuk. I stopped reading for very different reasons in either case and of course Atlas… is a far, far better book. But… still.

Rand fans, don’t start throwing things at me now. I just didn’t like this book and for those imaginary interviews where people ask me which id the most overrated piece of fiction, I have my answer ready. There.

]]> Comment on Ayn Rand by M http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-38 M Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:46:21 +0000 http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-38 The goal of an author and the goal of a psychologist are quite different. Perhaps you were expecting that Atlas Shrugged is some sort of self-help book hidden under the guise of a fiction novel; it is not. Ayn Rand's objective with Atlas Shrugged was to dramatize her philosophy. Not to just reflect the world around her, but to show the world as it ought to be. The novel is intended to shock and challenge. Everyone who reads the novel finds something in a character that reflects what they see in themselves - some things good, some things bad. Ms. Rand wants to show how the good are those things that promote life while the bad usually are hidden under a cloak. I can see how others (especially those wishing to help or counsel) might choose a different approach when talking to people about actions or thoughts that are harmful. You might choose kid gloves when talking to a friend about a problem that has caused him stress. But Ms. Rand is not writing as though she is having a polite conversation with a friend. Ms. Rand is writing to a audience of healthy passionate adults who want to be challenged. Perhaps you prefer a novel that is written with all the openness and compassion of a warm glass of milk with a friend. Ms. Rand has chosen to pull no punches and has written a novel that challenges us directly. If you find that Ms. Rand has shocked you by attacking some value you hold dearly, consider that _that_ may have been one of her goals. M The goal of an author and the goal of a psychologist are quite different. Perhaps you were expecting that Atlas Shrugged is some sort of self-help book hidden under the guise of a fiction novel; it is not. Ayn Rand’s objective with Atlas Shrugged was to dramatize her philosophy. Not to just reflect the world around her, but to show the world as it ought to be. The novel is intended to shock and challenge.

Everyone who reads the novel finds something in a character that reflects what they see in themselves - some things good, some things bad. Ms. Rand wants to show how the good are those things that promote life while the bad usually are hidden under a cloak.

I can see how others (especially those wishing to help or counsel) might choose a different approach when talking to people about actions or thoughts that are harmful. You might choose kid gloves when talking to a friend about a problem that has caused him stress. But Ms. Rand is not writing as though she is having a polite conversation with a friend. Ms. Rand is writing to a audience of healthy passionate adults who want to be challenged.

Perhaps you prefer a novel that is written with all the openness and compassion of a warm glass of milk with a friend. Ms. Rand has chosen to pull no punches and has written a novel that challenges us directly. If you find that Ms. Rand has shocked you by attacking some value you hold dearly, consider that _that_ may have been one of her goals.

M

]]> Comment on Ayn Rand by Stayingcolors http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-37 Stayingcolors Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:47:08 +0000 http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-37 I just googled for Ayn Rand and blogs- the excerpt from my post that the search engine pops up is not the edited version of the post I put up here two minutes after I put up the original, no wonder you think I'm being dishonest. I felt the same way (about being dishonest with myself) and had to remove that line, >>>'It’s the hardest I’ve ever tried to finish a book by sheer force of will.'<<< coz I knew it was not the truth, I was just being mean. *Shaking fist at google/wordpress/whoever's incharge :) I just googled for Ayn Rand and blogs- the excerpt from my post that the search engine pops up is not the edited version of the post I put up here two minutes after I put up the original, no wonder you think I’m being dishonest.

I felt the same way (about being dishonest with myself) and had to remove that line, >>>’It’s the hardest I’ve ever tried to finish a book by sheer force of will.’<<< coz I knew it was not the truth, I was just being mean.

*Shaking fist at google/wordpress/whoever’s incharge :)

]]> Comment on About by Stayingcolors http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/about/#comment-36 Stayingcolors Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:27:32 +0000 #comment-36 I refer to faith here in the Islamic sense. The word ‘Islam’ means two very important things- Submission and peace. Submission is not only the recognition of the truth of One God but also what this submission entails- A recognition of what is right from wrong and following it up with action that stem from sincere intentions. My struggles come from the awareness of how easy it is to let go, how easy it is to overlook, how easy it is to be careless, how easy it is to be uncaring. Man is a social being after all, sometimes there are moments when I know exactly why we’ve dedicated reams on ‘Peer Influence’. And in these moments, I’m also aware of my ability to discern two sides of an argument and the choice to be on either side. In Islam, faith (eeman) has various levels. The highest level being the state of ‘Ihsan’, a state where one feels as if they’re ‘seeing’ God- the actions having such purity of purpose and consequences or a state where one is aware of being watched over and basking in the tranquility that flows within , nourishing the soul and cherishing it. This state of ‘Ihsan’ is what I aspire to be in- sometimes the world clouds my senses and this feeling of tranquility ebbs, I feel restless, adrift and yearn to achieve it again. This is my ‘down’ in faith, the demotion to a lower level of awareness. Faith, Favela, is the beginning of happiness, truth and sanity and I couldn’t have put it any better :) I pray that someday you’ll blessed with the joy of finding it. I refer to faith here in the Islamic sense. The word ‘Islam’ means two very important things- Submission and peace. Submission is not only the recognition of the truth of One God but also what this submission entails- A recognition of what is right from wrong and following it up with action that stem from sincere intentions. My struggles come from the awareness of how easy it is to let go, how easy it is to overlook, how easy it is to be careless, how easy it is to be uncaring. Man is a social being after all, sometimes there are moments when I know exactly why we’ve dedicated reams on ‘Peer Influence’.
And in these moments, I’m also aware of my ability to discern two sides of an argument and the choice to be on either side.

In Islam, faith (eeman) has various levels. The highest level being the state of ‘Ihsan’, a state where one feels as if they’re ‘seeing’ God- the actions having such purity of purpose and consequences or a state where one is aware of being watched over and basking in the tranquility that flows within , nourishing the soul and cherishing it. This state of ‘Ihsan’ is what I aspire to be in- sometimes the world clouds my senses and this feeling of tranquility ebbs, I feel restless, adrift and yearn to achieve it again. This is my ‘down’ in faith, the demotion to a lower level of awareness.

Faith, Favela, is the beginning of happiness, truth and sanity and I couldn’t have put it any better :) I pray that someday you’ll blessed with the joy of finding it.

]]> Comment on Ayn Rand by Stayingcolors http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-35 Stayingcolors Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:19:14 +0000 http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/ayn-rand/#comment-35 Favela, thanks for stopping by. I assure you that I was entirely clueless about Ayn Rand until someone gave me a stunned look mixed with utter distaste that I'd managed to survive without Rand's guiding hand and that itself would be a questionable existence- the situation was hilarious. If you read one of my previous posts titled 'Cramming the Shelves' you'll see I even mistook Rand for a 'he'. This must give you a fair idea about my degree of ignorance, I haven't been able to live it down,yet. Even if I'm a christian which I'm not or even if I was from any other religious background, it would not automatically disqualify my interest in Rand's works. I've always been open to learn about different streams of thinking, only in the name of curiosity and understanding. I did not 'force' myself to read the book, I remember being mildly amused through the course of the book and more than curious to learn the ending. To live life without understanding is a crime, one would be unable to engage in a human exchange with justice or respect. I always try my very best to be honest about my experiences Favela :) Favela, thanks for stopping by. I assure you that I was entirely clueless about Ayn Rand until someone gave me a stunned look mixed with utter distaste that I’d managed to survive without Rand’s guiding hand and that itself would be a questionable existence- the situation was hilarious. If you read one of my previous posts titled ‘Cramming the Shelves’ you’ll see I even mistook Rand for a ‘he’. This must give you a fair idea about my degree of ignorance, I haven’t been able to live it down,yet.

Even if I’m a christian which I’m not or even if I was from any other religious background, it would not automatically disqualify my interest in Rand’s works. I’ve always been open to learn about different streams of thinking, only in the name of curiosity and understanding. I did not ‘force’ myself to read the book, I remember being mildly amused through the course of the book and more than curious to learn the ending. To live life without understanding is a crime, one would be unable to engage in a human exchange with justice or respect.

I always try my very best to be honest about my experiences Favela :)

]]> Comment on About by Favela Cranshaw http://intransientautumn.wordpress.com/about/#comment-34 Favela Cranshaw Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:28:07 +0000 #comment-34 If your faith "has its ups and downs,"' it would seem to me to be not very useful. Faith is a dead-end for happiness, truth and sanity. If your faith “has its ups and downs,”‘ it would seem to me to be not very useful. Faith is a dead-end for happiness, truth and sanity.

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