Comments on: A bit dispirited http://weblog.tetradian.com/2008/09/29/dispirited/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dispirited Random ramblings over the metaphoric edge Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom G http://weblog.tetradian.com/2008/09/29/dispirited/comment-page-1/#comment-20229 Tom G Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:59:48 +0000 http://weblog.tomgraves.org/index.php/2008/09/29/dispirited/#comment-20229 Hi Martin, Joakim - thanks, and yes, you -are- right about setting up a minimal charge for downloads, though the practicalities and costs of actually setting it up and getting it working and the rest would far outweigh any likely earnings (I've done the sums on this... :-( ). What I'll probably do instead is set up a simple PayPal-donation link. Apologies for the descent into rather pointless poor-me-ism! -Somehow- I survive, though I never quite know how! :-) I'll admit the sense of isolation does get me down from time to time, but it's by no means as bad in reality as I sometimes wail. Others have it a lot worse, I do know that. In any case (to quote a much-loved colleague who sadly is no longer with us), "Thank you for your support - I will wear it always!" :-) Best etc - tom g Hi Martin, Joakim
- thanks, and yes, you -are- right about setting up a minimal charge for downloads, though the practicalities and costs of actually setting it up and getting it working and the rest would far outweigh any likely earnings (I’ve done the sums on this… :-( ). What I’ll probably do instead is set up a simple PayPal-donation link.

Apologies for the descent into rather pointless poor-me-ism! -Somehow- I survive, though I never quite know how! :-) I’ll admit the sense of isolation does get me down from time to time, but it’s by no means as bad in reality as I sometimes wail. Others have it a lot worse, I do know that.

In any case (to quote a much-loved colleague who sadly is no longer with us), “Thank you for your support – I will wear it always!” :-)

Best etc
- tom g

]]> By: Joakim http://weblog.tetradian.com/2008/09/29/dispirited/comment-page-1/#comment-20208 Joakim Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:45:46 +0000 http://weblog.tomgraves.org/index.php/2008/09/29/dispirited/#comment-20208 Tom, I can only agree with Martin (the idea of applying a small charge for PDF downloads is excellent!). I encountered your ideas through Lionel Snell when WebOrama/occultebooks was launched years ago. As you know, your books and ideas have been my constant companions ever since. Warm hugs, Joakim Tom,

I can only agree with Martin (the idea of applying a small charge for PDF downloads is excellent!).

I encountered your ideas through Lionel Snell when WebOrama/occultebooks was launched years ago. As you know, your books and ideas have been my constant companions ever since.

Warm hugs,
Joakim

]]> By: Martin Straw http://weblog.tetradian.com/2008/09/29/dispirited/comment-page-1/#comment-20075 Martin Straw Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:31:24 +0000 http://weblog.tomgraves.org/index.php/2008/09/29/dispirited/#comment-20075 "Pretty much no-one is interested in what I do or what I say" - not true! "and certainly no-one here is willing to pay for it" -apply a charge for PDF downloads - just £1 per PDF would soon mount up. Don't let the general credit-crunch depression get to you. “Pretty much no-one is interested in what I do or what I say” – not true!
“and certainly no-one here is willing to pay for it” -apply a charge for PDF downloads – just £1 per PDF would soon mount up.
Don’t let the general credit-crunch depression get to you.

]]> By: Bessy http://weblog.tetradian.com/2008/09/29/dispirited/comment-page-1/#comment-19905 Bessy Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:58:27 +0000 http://weblog.tomgraves.org/index.php/2008/09/29/dispirited/#comment-19905 'The wyrd passes through everything, everyone, everywhere, everywhen; so anyone and anything can be an ally in helping us find our own power and our own choices. If we let them be so, that is, and if we can understand and accept what they show us...' TG Wyrd Allies (1996) Some midnight musings from Down Under offered in the spirit of wyldness... Moving from the edge of 'outsideness' takes some reaching out and being okay about shedding one's outsider identity. What would it feel like to embrace another identity? What would it look like? What will be lost and grieved in letting go of the outsider to make space for a self connected with wyrd allies? Is it possible to make other people think the way we do, or want them to, and be in authentic relationship with each other? Wicked questions, eh? ‘The wyrd passes through everything, everyone, everywhere, everywhen; so anyone and anything can be an ally in helping us find our own power and our own choices. If we let them be so, that is, and if we can understand and accept what they show us…’ TG Wyrd Allies (1996)

Some midnight musings from Down Under offered in the spirit of wyldness…

Moving from the edge of ‘outsideness’ takes some reaching out and being okay about shedding one’s outsider identity.

What would it feel like to embrace another identity? What would it look like? What will be lost and grieved in letting go of the outsider to make space for a self connected with wyrd allies?

Is it possible to make other people think the way we do, or want them to, and be in authentic relationship with each other?

Wicked questions, eh?

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