Comments on: Day 354: Why I Blog http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963 From Kuwait To Katrina And Beyond Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marco http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52494 Marco Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:24:02 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52494 Soulfully put. I watched the video of you today on peopleofneworleans taped in may. You know who you are and NO is the better for you living there. Soulfully put. I watched the video of you today on peopleofneworleans taped in may. You know who you are and NO is the better for you living there.

]]> By: schroeder http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52479 schroeder Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:53:04 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52479 You are a beautiful spirit. I value your very essence. Thank you for what you offer to each and every one of us. Together we share, together we learn, together we are Katrina dissidents and citizens striving for a better world. Failure is not an option. You are a beautiful spirit. I value your very essence. Thank you for what you offer to each and every one of us. Together we share, together we learn, together we are Katrina dissidents and citizens striving for a better world.

Failure is not an option.

]]> By: blew http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52460 blew Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:14:26 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52460 i was just thinking about what do we know in new orleans that the rest of the country will know soon?  we know that forces greater than imaginable can reach directly into your life and turn your world upsidedown overnight. we know the confused fear of evacuation, the ironic gratitude and indignation of the refugee, the bone deep ache of uprootedness, the determination to return and the shock in the aftermath of catastrophe. we know what remains of your home after the loss of your house, and what remains of your neighborhood after the loss of your streets. we have learned to take the blows that fate and folly serves up. now our opportunity is to retain our soulfulness whilst we regain our footing. we are challenged to overcome disillusionment, doubt and fatigue, to shake off the stun and stay. we can do this. seeing new orleans now is like seeing your good friend after she just got the stuffing beaten out of her. it is a most intimate and precious moment for a loving hand to be there reaching out to help bring the old girl to. i was just thinking about what do we know in new orleans that the rest of the country will know soon?  we know that forces greater than imaginable can reach directly into your life and turn your world upsidedown overnight. we know the confused fear of evacuation, the ironic gratitude and indignation of the refugee, the bone deep ache of uprootedness, the determination to return and the shock in the aftermath of catastrophe. we know what remains of your home after the loss of your house, and what remains of your neighborhood after the loss of your streets.

we have learned to take the blows that fate and folly serves up. now our opportunity is to retain our soulfulness whilst we regain our footing. we are
challenged to overcome disillusionment, doubt and fatigue, to shake off the stun and stay. we can do this.

seeing new orleans now is like seeing your good friend after she just got the stuffing beaten out of her. it is a most intimate and precious moment for a loving hand to be there reaching out to help bring the old girl to.

]]> By: Karen http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52445 Karen Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:38:07 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52445 Here is why I blog. We live in a time and a place where there is no answer to the question, will it get better? Cause we know it could still get worse. What makes it better you ask, bear witness I tell you. See the story say the story. And one day we will blog roll this thing into a big fat document of the Hell and Glory Days in New Orleans Here is why I blog. We live in a time and a place where there is no answer to the question, will it get better? Cause we know it could still get worse. What makes it better you ask, bear witness I tell you. See the story say the story. And one day we will blog roll this thing into a big fat document of the Hell and Glory Days in New Orleans

]]> By: TravelingMermaid http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52421 TravelingMermaid Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:52:47 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52421 BRAVO! (Seems to be my word of the day.) BRAVO! (Seems to be my word of the day.)

]]> By: GentillyGirl http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52404 GentillyGirl Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:37:38 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52404 Maitri, you summed up so much of what I feel being a Blogger in this city at this point in time is all about. Keep it up! *curtsey* Maitri, you summed up so much of what I feel being a Blogger in this city at this point in time is all about. Keep it up! *curtsey*

]]> By: Doctor Daisy » Mind the Blog http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52401 Doctor Daisy » Mind the Blog Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:19:32 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52401 [...] Maitri has a wonderful post up in preparation for the Rising Tide conference next week. I especially like this remark: New Orleans is not my domain, anyone on this planet can write about it, but I would encourage those who know it the most and can offer original perspective and news that really helps, whether it makes them money or not. [...] [...] Maitri has a wonderful post up in preparation for the Rising Tide conference next week. I especially like this remark: New Orleans is not my domain, anyone on this planet can write about it, but I would encourage those who know it the most and can offer original perspective and news that really helps, whether it makes them money or not. [...]

]]> By: Daisy http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52398 Daisy Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:04:30 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52398 Excellent post! The more we write these the better! Excellent post! The more we write these the better!

]]> By: Easton Ellsworth http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52394 Easton Ellsworth Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:23:03 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52394 It's good for everyone to do a post like this once in a while. Makes me think about why I blog, too. Thanks, Maitri, for your openness and sincerity. My favorite part: "VatulBlog is not here to give you the truth. It is here to provide information so that you make your own choice. Having a sea of options and viewpoints makes a more enlightened human being. What you make of it is the truth, your truth." Well said. It’s good for everyone to do a post like this once in a while. Makes me think about why I blog, too. Thanks, Maitri, for your openness and sincerity. My favorite part:

“VatulBlog is not here to give you the truth. It is here to provide information so that you make your own choice. Having a sea of options and viewpoints makes a more enlightened human being. What you make of it is the truth, your truth.”

Well said.

]]> By: rachel http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/comment-page-1#comment-52388 rachel Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:18:59 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/963/#comment-52388 Thank you for this post. I've been reading Loki's blog since Katrina partly because I wanted to know what was going on in N.O. and partly because I miss the loud ranting voice of my dear friend...but I've been curious about the "why" of blogging and this has helped. So thanks again. Thank you for this post. I’ve been reading Loki’s blog since Katrina partly because I wanted to know what was going on in N.O. and partly because I miss the loud ranting voice of my dear friend…but I’ve been curious about the “why” of blogging and this has helped. So thanks again.

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