Comments on: The Shape of the Blanks http://glitteringmuse.com/2007/04/the-shape-of-the-blanks/ Unbearable Lightness. Humanist Spirituality. Balanced Living. Poetic Inspiration. Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Garnet David http://glitteringmuse.com/2007/04/the-shape-of-the-blanks/comment-page-1/#comment-30756 Garnet David Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:38:35 +0000 http://glitteringmuse.com/2007/04/23/the-shape-of-the-blanks/#comment-30756 Hi Betty- I'm glad the comment spam guards have finally recognize you and allow you access! I can see your point about the personality tests. They are in a way attempting to define you, fill in the blanks. But they might also help you figure out the "right" questions to ask about yourself, not necessarily answer. "Could I be such and such a way?" Your angle on the stress issue is novel; life would be "dull without it". That view at least helps alleviate inevitability of stress. The blanks are beautiful spaces to enjoy without cluttering them with forced answers. Thanks for stopping by. D Hi Betty- I’m glad the comment spam guards have finally recognize you and allow you access!

I can see your point about the personality tests. They are in a way attempting to define you, fill in the blanks. But they might also help you figure out the “right” questions to ask about yourself, not necessarily answer. “Could I be such and such a way?”

Your angle on the stress issue is novel; life would be “dull without it”. That view at least helps alleviate inevitability of stress.

The blanks are beautiful spaces to enjoy without cluttering them with forced answers.

Thanks for stopping by.

D

]]> By: betty http://glitteringmuse.com/2007/04/the-shape-of-the-blanks/comment-page-1/#comment-30745 betty Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:55:05 +0000 http://glitteringmuse.com/2007/04/23/the-shape-of-the-blanks/#comment-30745 I'd be better off leaving the spaces blank, for sure, rather than wearing out my eraser the way I have been. Also, this post reminds me of why I dislike those well-known personality tests, like the Myers-Briggs, a couple of which I took recently. Isn't it interesting that on two different days my results revealed two different personalities? And I like the idea of leaving stress unlabeled. Why not allow it to motivate, to mold, to inspire? It can provide a reason to get out of bed in the morning. As you say, we perceive stress as negative, as something to avoid, yet just imagine how dull life might be without it. Hugs, Betty I’d be better off leaving the spaces blank, for sure, rather than wearing out my eraser the way I have been. Also, this post reminds me of why I dislike those well-known personality tests, like the Myers-Briggs, a couple of which I took recently. Isn’t it interesting that on two different days my results revealed two different personalities?

And I like the idea of leaving stress unlabeled. Why not allow it to motivate, to mold, to inspire? It can provide a reason to get out of bed in the morning. As you say, we perceive stress as negative, as something to avoid, yet just imagine how dull life might be without it.

Hugs,
Betty

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