tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171305864989275706.post959873147886198132..comments2022-11-20T00:19:38.240-08:00Comments on Barefoot On the Ground: "Beauty and the Beast" with ShoesGwenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607818285209631368noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171305864989275706.post-25879188950376851812010-10-20T11:37:50.142-07:002010-10-20T11:37:50.142-07:00I am not the book reader, maybe that is why I have...I am not the book reader, maybe that is why I have to over think things in regards to reality. I too love Beauty and the Beast, the love story of it, however when my daughter was young it more of stories like Jungle Book, she never like the love stories, wonder what that means....I like to escape to my TV.Amy McGaw https://www.blogger.com/profile/04514272018398052910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171305864989275706.post-72820052529088698192010-10-20T09:24:39.740-07:002010-10-20T09:24:39.740-07:00I love books--have since before I could read--and ...I love books--have since before I could read--and slipping into that other world. But I am at the moment immersed in the now. There are other ways to escape of course from the "isness of it all." True about the reciprocity--but there's also the weird time frame. The rose drops on his 21st birthday--and it's been 10 years. The fairy cursed an 11 year old?????????Gwenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16607818285209631368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171305864989275706.post-54592757978823186912010-10-19T21:28:17.761-07:002010-10-19T21:28:17.761-07:00Someone commented in another blog that she couldn&...Someone commented in another blog that she couldn't imagine who these people are who only read three or four books a year. I responded by saying that I read books to stimulate my mind and my heart, to give new perspective to my thoughts -- but lately, my *life* has been so full of thoughts and feelings and ideas and analysis and experience that I have no need to seek the stimulation of books and, in fact, they can distract me from my <em>now</em> that I am living.<br /><br />As a side note, the problem I have with Beauty and the Beast (which, for the most part, I adore) is that the Beast needs to <em>earn</em> Belle's love, rather than merely learn how to love himself. I find that the requirement for reciprocity taints the meaning for me.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293208593054263056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171305864989275706.post-50653842976400222272010-10-19T16:03:08.130-07:002010-10-19T16:03:08.130-07:00Mary, you took the words right off the tips of my ...Mary, you took the words right off the tips of my fingers...I am so busy "seeing" what is going on that I get lost in that and loose sight of the wonder and the magic. Gwen, you and your brother can so easily get lost in a book, while I am stuck here in reality. I am envious.<br /><br />AND, I will never have more important things to do than to read what you have written. Tisk, Tisk!!Messy Kitchen, Frazzled Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392920084638811384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3171305864989275706.post-9222979170882566632010-10-19T13:34:02.966-07:002010-10-19T13:34:02.966-07:00Perhaps living in the moment means dealing too muc...Perhaps living in the moment means dealing too much with reality, and it's nicer to live in books and dwell on words, instead. Or not.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755421567113225113noreply@blogger.com