[stylist] Writing exercise

[Homme, James]

Hi Brad,
Maybe, assuming that you get this ready for publication, when you edit the piece down and shorten it a bit, there will be room for some of the other point of view. Were you working with a word count?

Thanks.


Jim

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Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing exercise

Thanks Chris I appreciate the feedback and as always, taking the time
to read. I'd started writing this after those posts to the list and
didn't really sit down to run an iron over it until this morning. I
agree Jim tolerance is key. I probably ought reference that more.
Maybe  I can tweak it without adding to the slightly too lengthy bit
now :). I think it is important, in all walks of life to live
our  lives knowing that 100% of the people we meet, live outside our
skin and experiences. Expecting them to understand us perfectly on
first meet or even several is presumptuous. In fact, I'll go as far
to say that "because" we have a vantage point of having experience as
recipient of stereotypes and assumptions, we ought be better
positioned as the  mature ones to suck it up and educate, which we
most often do eventually :). It does wear one down occasionally
though, hence the rephrasing the situation in our mind as the mirror
metaphor.  It is not unlike two people with a stalemated difference
of opinion and words have been said. Sooner or later someone has to
step up as the mature one and reach  out for a hand shake or both are
the loser.

Brad

On 9/20/2011  10:29 AM Chris Kuell said...
>Brad -
>
>This was an exceptionally good piece of writing. Bloody brilliant, I
>might say if I were British. After our discussion on this list a few
>weeks ago (following Bridgit's blog post and several folks,
>including yourself, posting thoughts about his phenomenon of the
>spectrum of responses)I wrote something myself, but it explored more
>the blind person's reaction, or lack of reaction, to the ignorisms
>that sighted people inevitably throw at us. I hadn't thought about
>it from the perspective you did, and I thoroughly enjoyed doing so.
>Thanks for sharing.
>
>chris
>
>PS - interestingly, I didn't receive your post, at least not yet,
>but I'm responding to Jim's response to it.
>
>
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