tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468471283937804953.post6981850459153496107..comments2024-01-01T08:08:40.231-06:00Comments on Pen and Palette: Dare We All Die?Susan Cushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513534110522851590noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468471283937804953.post-29227735128991851312009-10-13T14:51:39.306-05:002009-10-13T14:51:39.306-05:00I am blown away by these three comments, Frank, Lu...I am blown away by these three comments, Frank, Lucy and Ali. I have actually printed them off and have re-read them over and over. I feel so validated by your words, at a time when I'm questioning so many things. THANK YOU for taking time to comment.Susan Cushmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513534110522851590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468471283937804953.post-10335698421141956162009-10-12T09:20:31.132-05:002009-10-12T09:20:31.132-05:00I so appreciate your honesty here, Susan. You capt...I so appreciate your honesty here, Susan. You capture so much of what someone who lives an examined life feels. Often Christians gloss over the hard times and make their lives appear perfect on the surface, and that is simply a facade.<br /><br />Your post reminds me of what my priest said yesterday in his homily about getting past the surface of a person and trying to find out who is the real Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837986242441519383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468471283937804953.post-22987164750530105142009-10-09T22:49:47.447-05:002009-10-09T22:49:47.447-05:00Susan, I loved your blog and the
thoughts expre...Susan, I loved your blog and the <br />thoughts expressed therein. As a performing musician, the artist in me totally relates to your feelings so aptly put here. How true it is that we have to get ourselves out of the way in order to let the true creative process flow through us. This is something that has taken me so many years to really learn, and I still have to surrender daily for God toLucy Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212464958183007286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468471283937804953.post-89811968514981046602009-10-09T20:26:28.519-05:002009-10-09T20:26:28.519-05:00Susan--This part of your post stood out to me like...Susan--This part of your post stood out to me like a flashing neon sign: "And it seems the harder I try to write, the louder the negative voices scream in my head: 'You’re wasting your time. Why don’t you do something more valuable, like volunteer work?'"<br /><br />I spend hundreds of hours each year as a volunteer photographer at Millsaps sporting events. The thought has frank_ezellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16022704587879936948noreply@blogger.com