[stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!

James Canaday M.A. N6YR n6yr at sunflower.com
Sun May 10 02:37:35 UTC 2009


that wasn't your cold, I'm not sure what she meant either.

at first reading your paragraph looks okay.  I'm curious what is your 
problem?  you want some gratuous sex and violence?  a car 
chase?  this is nietche after all!
[tongue in cheek]
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 08:49 PM 5/9/2009, you wrote:
>Judith, trying to set something up for the newly disabled? I have a cold,
>and so am very slow on the uptake today. (smile)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Judith Bron
>Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:46 PM
>To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!
>
>Angela, I've been trying to set something up for the newly disabled for
>awhile now.  This hits it on the head.  Sounds good the way it is.  Judith
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
>To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 2:03 PM
>Subject: [stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!
>
>
> > Hey guys,
> >    Could someone give me some pointers on these two paragraphs? They
> > are driving me crazy!
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >         A far better response to the death of God, according to
> > Nietzsche, is for those of us who can to seize the moment and become gods
>ourselves.
> > "I
> > assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it
> > endures and knows how to turn to its advantage;" (382) Here-in lies
> > the will to power, going not with culture for cultures sake, but
> > having the strength to go against it. It is following our own
> > instincts, chasing our own dreams, even though society might deem them
> > unpermissible. Blind people living in a sighted world are constantly
> > flying in the face of cultural expectations when we attempt to do
> > every-day things which are thought to require vision.
> > Nietzsche would laud us.
> >
> >         Going against the cultural grain is anything but easy, but
> > Nietzsche contends that the tougher it is, the more we grow as a result.
> > "Actually, every major growth is accompanied by a tremendous crumbling
> > and passing away:" (112) As we take on new challenges and become new
> > versions of ourselves, we will lose some aspects of our old lives. The
> > losses will be painful; these things were a part of us and we will
> > miss them and grieve for them in a way. This pain and grieving,
> > according to Nietzsche, is liberating. In the end we will be freed
> > from the shackles of old beliefs, old scruples, and old habits which
> > had held us back for years. The personal growth we will experience
> > will make the pain and loss well worth it.
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Angela Fowler
> >
> > fowlers at syix.com
> >
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