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

Sun May 10 04:11:37 UTC 2009

okay,
one thing from the first paragraph, "unpermissible" I think the 
proper word is "impermissible."
I think a little bit of fleshed out detail how doing ordinary things 
without sight flies in the face of societies expectations.  how being 
independently blind challenges societal assumptions.  these would 
strengthen the two paragraphs.
otherwise, good.  don't ask me to help you on Kierkegard (sp?) I'm 
rather ignorant of him.

oh yes, Re Nietzsche, I wonder if he ever addressed the question of 
having a disability in this world.  as I mentioned before, the 
problem with nietzsche is that he thinks that we in and of ourselves 
can know and properly judge what is "good" for us, and for society.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 10:08 PM 5/9/2009, you wrote:
>Lol, I've been struggling with these damn essays for the last year. Well,
>maybe not that long. I'm on my third rewrite. Well, third draft, I guess
>that would be the second rewrite. My first draft was a car crash, a train
>wreck, all of the above.
>Now I'm starting one based on Kierkegaard's aesthetic and ethical ways of
>existence, and I can't even think of a good thesis. Talk about writers'
>block! Two more weeks of school, and I have to write two more of these silly
>essays, and I just want the semester to be over! I'm practically done with
>all my classes but this one. Ok, Ok, I'll stop whining.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 7:38 PM
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>Subject: Re: [stylist] Help! I'm being tormented by my essay!
>
>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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