Comments on: The Smiling Bird http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/ Trying God's patience since 1958 Wed, 23 May 2012 04:13:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ruralurbanwitness http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-14204 ruralurbanwitness Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:30:28 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-14204 I kind of zoned out, but I finished it anyways. I kind of zoned out, but I finished it anyways.

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5482 John Shore Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:18:54 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5482 Give into it, man. Surrender to the fiction brilliance that is this story...revel in the metaphoric symbolism, the raw irony, the disjointed harmony, the stylistic innovation, the ... stuff that I thought was pretty funny even though going back to look at it just now I couldn't actually find anything in it funny at all...the part about the bird. Give into it, man. Surrender to the fiction brilliance that is this story…revel in the metaphoric symbolism, the raw irony, the disjointed harmony, the stylistic innovation, the … stuff that I thought was pretty funny even though going back to look at it just now I couldn't actually find anything in it funny at all…the part about the bird.

]]> By: skerrib http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5480 skerrib Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:11:44 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5480 wineymomma, same here. There are very few times I haven't finished a book/story/whatever. I'm on the fence, but I admit I got fairly sucked into this one. wineymomma, same here. There are very few times I haven't finished a book/story/whatever.

I'm on the fence, but I admit I got fairly sucked into this one.

]]> By: wineymomma http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5473 wineymomma Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:13:35 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5473 Nicely written, John! I have a compulsion to finish reading something once I start it. And I happen to like your stories even if they do make me feel uncomfortable. That just means I am growing! Nicely written, John!

I have a compulsion to finish reading something once I start it. And I happen to like your stories even if they do make me feel uncomfortable. That just means I am growing!

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5470 John Shore Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:26:34 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5470 Shell: Good night! (And yeah, I was very surprised to learn that the FIVE largest mega-churches in the world are in South Korea.) Shell: Good night! (And yeah, I was very surprised to learn that the FIVE largest mega-churches in the world are in South Korea.)

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5469 John Shore Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:12:16 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5469 Free: Nice comment. Sweet. Thanks. I WISH I could read that way. I'm a Nazi when I read. For me, reading is like what it must be to be, say, an architect looking at a building: He (or she!) can't help but register all the technical stuff, all the style choices, the intentional flourishes, the nature of the support system, etc. I'm like that when I read: The whole time, I'm terribly aware of all the CHOICES the writer has made. Anyway, it's ... stupid. But it makes a ridiculously picky reader. I almost never read ANYTHING I think is really great; I'm forever not finishing books I've started. But when I think someone IS a great writer, man, I'm in like Flynn. Free: Nice comment. Sweet. Thanks.

I WISH I could read that way. I'm a Nazi when I read. For me, reading is like what it must be to be, say, an architect looking at a building: He (or she!) can't help but register all the technical stuff, all the style choices, the intentional flourishes, the nature of the support system, etc. I'm like that when I read: The whole time, I'm terribly aware of all the CHOICES the writer has made.

Anyway, it's … stupid. But it makes a ridiculously picky reader. I almost never read ANYTHING I think is really great; I'm forever not finishing books I've started. But when I think someone IS a great writer, man, I'm in like Flynn.

]]> By: Shell http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5468 Shell Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:09:49 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5468 Wow--cool. Well, being on the other side of the world, I'm off to bed as you are starting your day. Have a nice day! By the way, when I was in Korea, I was struck by how many Christians there were. Being totally ignorant, and just passing through the country overnight, I wasn't expecting the people (Korean people, not white missionaries) handing out Christian literature in the airport. And the churches! From the airport to the hotel and back, I saw so many churches! Crosses everywhere. Steeples everywhere. I was really suprised. Anyway, good luck with your book there. Wow–cool. Well, being on the other side of the world, I'm off to bed as you are starting your day. Have a nice day!

By the way, when I was in Korea, I was struck by how many Christians there were. Being totally ignorant, and just passing through the country overnight, I wasn't expecting the people (Korean people, not white missionaries) handing out Christian literature in the airport. And the churches! From the airport to the hotel and back, I saw so many churches! Crosses everywhere. Steeples everywhere. I was really suprised. Anyway, good luck with your book there.

]]> By: FreetoBe http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5467 FreetoBe Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:05:32 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5467 John: don't all people read that way? I always have; the story is real life as long as I'm reading. I didn't realize everyone doesn't become totally engrossed in a story. Shell: thanks for sharing your falling asleep imagery. I will certainly try that tonight! John: don't all people read that way? I always have; the story is real life as long as I'm reading. I didn't realize everyone doesn't become totally engrossed in a story.

Shell: thanks for sharing your falling asleep imagery. I will certainly try that tonight!

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5457 John Shore Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:42:36 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5457 Shell: You read that whole story? Awesome. That's ... a pretty major commitment to ... reading online. Anyway, yes: BEAUTIFUL THING YOU'VE SAID HERE. It's amazing what a healing "excercise" that is. It must be universal; I, too, while "praying," used to imagine almost that exact same thing. I always imagined me, the size I am now, curling up in the giant lap of giant Jesus, and/or him simply hugging me, and me relaxing into that. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Thanks for sharing this with me--and reminding me to go back and do that lovely, natural imagining again. It's been too long since I did that. Thanks again. Shell: You read that whole story? Awesome. That’s … a pretty major commitment to … reading online. Anyway, yes: BEAUTIFUL THING YOU’VE SAID HERE. It’s amazing what a healing “excercise” that is. It must be universal; I, too, while “praying,” used to imagine almost that exact same thing. I always imagined me, the size I am now, curling up in the giant lap of giant Jesus, and/or him simply hugging me, and me relaxing into that.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Thanks for sharing this with me–and reminding me to go back and do that lovely, natural imagining again. It’s been too long since I did that. Thanks again.

]]> By: John Shore http://johnshore.com/2008/03/27/the-trouble-with-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-5464 John Shore Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:27:09 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-5464 Shell: I don't know if I get it, either. And, actually, I'm with you: To me, as I'm writing them, they really are real characters. The way you read is a writer's dream, by the way. But you knew that ... Hey, I shared your wonderful excercise with my readers on Crosswalk.com. You can find that post here: <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/johnshore/11571852/" rel="nofollow">http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/johnshore/11571852...</a> Shell: I don't know if I get it, either. And, actually, I'm with you: To me, as I'm writing them, they really are real characters. The way you read is a writer's dream, by the way. But you knew that …

Hey, I shared your wonderful excercise with my readers on Crosswalk.com. You can find that post here:

http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/johnshore/11571852…

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