I think that if Wittgenstein's statement is taken too concretely it goes too far, because there is so much more to life experiences than simply words....
As you showed reference to the singer in Purple Mountains, I am wondering about whether you have listened to the album. I had read the reviews and was...
But, it does seem that people are not following the 'gut', or may not be reading the stories, because, at the moment, only 5 people have voted at all....
Of course, we are being encouraged to vote for our favourite here. I think that in viewing any piece of writing it is worth paying attention to person...
I think that the 'out there' being 'in there' in the brain is probably captured in the idea, which goes back to Plato, of the microcosm and the macros...
I probably suggested that the making of the album didn't help him because he committed suicide, even though he was probably aware that the album was c...
I realise how much effort you are putting into reading the stories and how I rushed to vote. I decided what to vote on the basis of what story remaine...
It is interesting about what are the measures and Baden's suggestion, 'Your main competition is yourself', because sometimes it is hard enough to put ...
Yes, I get a notification if my name is in @ and I do get a thread of the couple of people I follow. It could be that I need to follow more people. I ...
I am really missing the 'Trending' page. I know that the 'likes' was problematic but I am surprised that the trending page has gone too. Perhaps, it w...
Even if you can't download your posts they are on the site permanently, so you can access them. If you were to download all your threads it would prob...
Actually, I have 'failed' in quite a few things in life; including some exams. So, if I get 0 I may be able to accept it bravely and, not give up writ...
Really, I think that I may participate in a future contest even if I get 0 votes and everyone else gets loads, for the sheer fun of it. It is not as i...
I don't really mind if I come away with no votes at all. But I would like to learn something from the stories or the process of the short story compet...
We are all in the process of trying to work out who wrote particular stories. That is part of the fun and apart from revealing that I have been critic...
The difference between here and creative writing groups is that in groups one goes round and the various people make comments. As it is, on this site,...
The comment which I have received on the site was one hundred per cent negative, with absolutely no strengths identified in my story at all. However, ...
Absolutely, and I will try to do that in all senses, way beyond this particular competition. Life is more than competitions, and is about valuing the ...
I know that I am probably being seen as over the top, and I have received some positive interaction on this site, but, in many aspects of my life I ha...
That is helpful, rather than seeing it as the day of judgement. We don't want to be cast into the fires of being seen as never being able to write any...
Anyway, I have read others' stories and given my vote based on my own connections. We will have to wait and see what the results are and I will congra...
I am reading a book, 'The Ruins' by Mat Osman, who was the drummer of the band, Suede, and I am finding it as very good. I think that subjective inter...
I do believe that writing failure is a something worth considering. I am even wondering how I will feel if my own entry to the competition is the abso...
I am hoping that if my own story receives absolutely no votes at all that I can remain as anonymous. I take creative writing seriously, but how we eva...
Rejection is such a big issue. Personally, I struggle with it. My own entry was one which I wrote a few years ago in a creative writing workshop, so i...
I think that it is possible that very few people will look at the stories because they are posted in the lounge. But, of course, it is complicated how...
I definitely don't think that technological control is the best approach. If anything, my thread question of 'control' is a critical aspect of this be...
The problem of mastery of nature and human nature are interconnected, and bound up with the idea of chaos. We have areas of wilderness and storms with...
I think that it does open up a picture of a mythical world picture and does work as a short story. However, in some ways it does seem like it could be...
I think that it is rather surreal, and the use of the notebook works, with the notebook almost appearing as a character present, in contrast to the un...
I think what I am suggesting is that there is probably some kind of ordering behind nature but we can't try and explain it by our human meanings alone...
I think that there is a danger in reading meanings into natural occurrences, especially how some people interpreted Aids as nature's vengeance against...
I think that people are struggling to know what to do with the knowledge of the mess we are in. Generally, the approach seems to be that we need to us...
I am presuming people aren't meant to give write replies to any feedback because it would make it obvious that it is their entry. I think that it woul...
You say that; 'Our control of nature is very deceptive' and I think that many human beings do like to feel in control. That is connected to our psycho...
I think that if governments tried to enforce population control in the Western world it would cause outrage. I think that such measures were in place ...
I think that it is tricky because we want to have progress and the best possible life. But, petroleum is running out and it may not be possible to sus...
As far as use and abuse is concerned, I think that human beings have seen themselves as the top of the hierarchy with a right to use all resources for...
In England we are still wearing masks and there is still talk of people having to have Covid_19 passports to show that they have been vaccinated to en...
I think that your point, ' We can control nature until we can't, then we perish' may be pertinent to our times. We have come so far in technological a...
I am glad for your response and I do think that ' perspectives' is important. However, I do believe that if no one other than you responds to my threa...
I am left wondering about the experiences of suffering in this, both that of the individual and of others. I think that it involves balancing the two,...
I do believe that ego plays a very important but precarious role. There is the 'will to power' identified by Nietzsche, in contrast to our fears of an...
I think that it is interesting that you link the idea of nature with human nature. But, when you speak of our relationship with nature, I think that i...
Having thought about the whole question of good and evil in this thread, I do think that it so much easier to think about our own conceptions of these...
When you say that, 'If we were incapable of thinking but we were didn't (before birth and after death) it could be said that we were in hell( before b...
I think that the truth of the matter is that we don't know what 'near death experiences' signify. We don't know how widespread they are. I think that ...
I think that there are various aspects involved in contemplating our death and one aspect is imagining the world without our existence in it. This wou...
I agree that sentience is important, and I am not sure that there is any absolute 'reality' behind the way we construct our own meanings, but I do bel...
I am glad to see your thread discussion and the article links, and I think that the ethics of war and peace is an interesting area. I have always had ...
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