tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post2027196033512720482..comments2023-10-17T08:41:19.983+01:00Comments on One Man's Travels: Freedom to express one's selfGraham Ettridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483586705365890235noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-77230657572223605712009-07-04T11:47:47.184+01:002009-07-04T11:47:47.184+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-78091805793797986062007-07-09T18:17:00.000+01:002007-07-09T18:17:00.000+01:00On a more sombre note (sorry), with reference to t...On a more sombre note (sorry), with reference to the part of your post about the concentration camps, I remember once listening to a soldier talk who had liberated one of the camps (I forget which, but possibly Bergen Belsen), he talked of how he walked into a hut and saw two children sitting there playing.. as he approached he realised they were in fact sitting upon a very decomposed corpse, literally playing among the spilling out entrails as if it were a perfectly normal thing, because this had BECOME normality for them.<BR/><BR/>I've never forgotten that.<BR/><BR/>On a lighter note, you should watch Life Is Beautiful(if you've not already), I guarantee it will make you cry, just like "It's a wonderful life"<BR/><BR/>God bless, rasp xxRaspberry Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929861819282491764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-27932247913016073632007-07-07T19:37:00.000+01:002007-07-07T19:37:00.000+01:00Hey, Graham! I'm supposed to comment on this post,...Hey, Graham! I'm supposed to comment on this post, but...just need to tell you now that I've Tagged You!! I know, I know...but you have to...he he...thanks!!Choc Mint Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-90779676187159663382007-07-04T18:07:00.000+01:002007-07-04T18:07:00.000+01:00quite a freedom of speech isn't it? hand it to eur...quite a freedom of speech isn't it? hand it to europe to be bold and intruiging. i think much of the expressions that were shown trully got people's attention. was there something done about it? well, i guess when it comes down to it, the only thing that matters was that they were heard...or seen. <BR/><BR/>fascinating!Marjiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12534443796050162164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-42094189354556270402007-07-04T09:49:00.000+01:002007-07-04T09:49:00.000+01:00Heh, the "demon of the press" hit my previous comm...Heh, the "demon of the press" hit my previous comment... you are part of the "Known blogging accomplices" list not the "Merc's hit list". It is all in the details, heh.<BR/><BR/>I must be more hungry than I thought...<BR/><BR/>DP out!Deadpoolitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764796598421240921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-64393317123287017032007-07-04T09:44:00.000+01:002007-07-04T09:44:00.000+01:00Hi Graham! It was about bloody time I visited your...Hi Graham! It was about bloody time I visited your blog again, this damn visit was long overdue I must admit (good thing my mask is red then you cant see me blush with shame, lol). My timing couldnt be more right it seems since this particular blog entry was well worth it. <BR/><BR/>It is actually quite ironic if you think about it, never before did we have so many ways to communicate with eachother but then again never before were we so alone... (OK where is my best Merc nobel prize...what there is no such prize... oh there bloody should have been one... heh).<BR/><BR/>Blogging is a good means to an end and if anything else you can be more open about sides of yourself you wouldnt easily display to a head to head meeting with someone in fear of rejection or misunderstanding.<BR/><BR/>Loved the art and comments on the graphitti artist by the way!<BR/><BR/>Ok, ok I officially award you with an honourary place in my Merc's Hit list!!! No, no, no stop cowering in fear and writing your will it isnt an actual "hit list" (well not yet anyway, but you never know where my ambition will lead me eventually, lol), just a merry bunch of blogging links I tend to visit.<BR/><BR/>Guess what, I cheerfully include you in that lot now:)<BR/><BR/>Ok, enough talk! Time for some much needed nourishment (oh the poetry of the moment, oh the hunger...)<BR/><BR/>Till next time, take care!Deadpoolitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764796598421240921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-23140662563488314112007-07-04T01:03:00.000+01:002007-07-04T01:03:00.000+01:00I finally got to read your post on my third visit ...I finally got to read your post on my third visit here.I was here this morning before you came to mine.<BR/>I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said.cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075735967153709260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-47295344912124500932007-07-03T19:36:00.000+01:002007-07-03T19:36:00.000+01:00Hi epoch [z]! To start, I would love to take this...Hi epoch [z]! To start, I would love to take this opportunity to say how much I like your user name. It sounds really cool. To top it, your blog is great too! Thank you for your kind comment and I would like to raise my glass in a toast to the blogging community. Best wishes :)<BR/><BR/>Somegirl, thanks for your comments and insight. I think you are right, perhaps community isn’t dead and we have just kinda lost our desire to find it. <BR/><BR/>Rachel, thanks for your comment and consider yourself well and truly added xx<BR/>Oh! Before I forget, good luck with reformatting your blog!!! I look forward to seeing the finished article.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again everybody for your kind comments, best wishes ~ GrahamGraham Ettridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483586705365890235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-58645844248545580482007-07-01T10:36:00.000+01:002007-07-01T10:36:00.000+01:00Thankyou for introducing me to your blog - however...Thankyou for introducing me to your blog - however i am a little offended tht my blog isnt on your 'blogs i am reading' list haha.<BR/><BR/>The pictures you have of your travels are awesome, they capture the moment perfectly.. a kinda wish you were here feel!<BR/><BR/>I will be sure to keep reading!Practically Dutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835800140199219392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-67310532646139868372007-07-01T07:05:00.000+01:002007-07-01T07:05:00.000+01:00Graham, thanks for stopping by... So, here I am, t...Graham, thanks for stopping by... So, here I am, taking you up on your offer to read your post about community and graffiti and [coincidently] I have the following to offer: My younger brother is a graffiti artist here in California, he does some amazing stuff. Years ago, when we all knew that art was his path, we just assumed he would do the ‘typical’ aspiring-artist-thing [whatever that is!] but he quickly rejected that route. His reason for doing so was that he wasn’t happy with the ‘artist community” and its’ pretentiousness. He felt he had to fit and mold himself and his art into a preconceived idea....He’s taken to the street as a personal crusade against that idea, against that community. <BR/><BR/>I feel that communities haven’t ceased to exist... We’ve all just ceased our search to be a part of one. In his search to be an individual, I fear my brother might have given up a group to which he shared a commonality....Graffiti art is a solitary activity [for obvious reasons!] but than again so is blogging ....yet he and I can safely say we have friends ‘out there.’ .......I guess ‘community’ has gotten redefined.someGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402423805008884314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-56674878614656968492007-07-01T01:17:00.000+01:002007-07-01T01:17:00.000+01:00Funny thing... I was just reading through your pos...Funny thing... I was just reading through your post earlier today and now here I am commenting on something that is quite inspiring. I get where you're coming from when you talk about the community. It's like that over here in America. You work, give the occassional (if any) greeting to the neighbor, come home and sleep. Then do it all over again. <BR/><BR/>Blogging has become something that brings people (ALL people) together. Young and old alike. Thanks for the post, because what you say is true. Actualized community has gone to hell on a modernized jack.<BR/><BR/><BR/>~Epoch [z]Epoch [z]https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526410081477276405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-74196430351898159012007-06-30T23:43:00.000+01:002007-06-30T23:43:00.000+01:00Hiya folks,Muse, Thanks for your comments...I am s...Hiya folks,<BR/><BR/>Muse, Thanks for your comments...I am sooo sorry to hear about the issues with your apartment ceiling collapsing :( My thoughts are with you and Mia the cat at the moment. I hope things get sorted for you very soon.<BR/><BR/>Azzitizz, thanks for your kind comments and all the great encouragement :D<BR/><BR/>Fraggledragon, welcome to the blogging world and thank you for your nice words. I look forward to reading your blog too!!<BR/><BR/>Lorelai, interesting...I will search the net and see if I can find anything about him.<BR/><BR/>Heyyy Zhu :),you are so right. So much talent, that may never have been seen. I will definitely be adding more travel stuff soon...watch this space :D (Oh! I loved the post of your business trip...great photos too!!)<BR/><BR/>Sebs, thanks mate!! I have just read your latest posts...you have such a fine way of expressing things...a "must read" for everybody!!!<BR/><BR/>Livingsword, I agree the Church can hold a great community spirit. Keep up your great blog, it is a pleasure to visit and read.<BR/><BR/>Paper fan club, thanks for the nice comment. It does make you wonder what is happening to the world.Graham Ettridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483586705365890235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-90441330269186885562007-06-30T15:54:00.000+01:002007-06-30T15:54:00.000+01:00Graham: thanks for sharing another very thought-pr...Graham: thanks for sharing another very thought-provoking post. Brilliant. Indeed, what has happened to that sense of community that we grew up with? It's funny to think that now, the only true communities we know are faceless and nameless places to belong.Paper Fan Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928857582941296653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-86425075327830164722007-06-29T22:47:00.000+01:002007-06-29T22:47:00.000+01:00Graham;Io like you was surprised by the sense of c...Graham;<BR/><BR/>Io like you was surprised by the sense of community derived from the blogging community.<BR/><BR/>I grew up in several very small towns, they had a notion of community but much of it was negative. Now I live in the big city and there is little sense of community.<BR/><BR/>Later in life I have found myself in a predicament that I would never have believed, in a place I would have abhorred. I have found myself as part of a community that is vibrant, and dynamic, with genuine caring and expression. It is a place that is not popular with some in this world, when I name it many will pour the wrong meaning into it, perhaps repeat with bad memories, I do no have these. I have only the best of experiences with my fellow human beings… at Church. I don’t go for community but that is a wonderful “add on”.<BR/><BR/>I am not preaching just listening and sharing my life as I see it, which is what I think the point is.Livingswordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619320099363943460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-58080504384630092592007-06-29T10:43:00.000+01:002007-06-29T10:43:00.000+01:00You sure said it! I started my blog as a way to e...You sure said it! I started my blog as a way to express my thoughts and emotions - I never really intended it for others, but more as an outlet for myself. <BR/><BR/>Those people I have met through my blog (including you!) are just awesome and I couldn't imagine another way I could have met and shared so much with others so far away from me. <BR/><BR/>thanks for writing such a wonderful blog!!<BR/><BR/>salud,<BR/><BR/>sebastianSebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047074748147710854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-81507460919035057272007-06-28T02:36:00.000+01:002007-06-28T02:36:00.000+01:00I think you're totally right. People are dying to ...I think you're totally right. People are dying to express themselves, and I was surprise of the number of real artists (writers, cartoonists etc.) in the blogosphere. There are a lot of talented people here, and their voice is important.<BR/><BR/>Hope you can add some travel art to this world too ! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-5925896459580758472007-06-28T02:19:00.000+01:002007-06-28T02:19:00.000+01:00In Washington DC, we have a spray paint artist nam...In Washington DC, we have a spray paint artist named Cool Disco Dan. He doesn't draw much but he does leave his signature all over the Metro line.Lorelai236https://www.blogger.com/profile/07843508795513619233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-47099248385689403622007-06-28T01:10:00.000+01:002007-06-28T01:10:00.000+01:00Love your blog, its so interesting! Keep up the gr...Love your blog, its so interesting! Keep up the great work!<BR/>Fraggle DFraggleDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14874863711011235629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-23301145312826312562007-06-28T01:09:00.000+01:002007-06-28T01:09:00.000+01:00I love your blog! Its so interesting!It really is ...I love your blog! Its so interesting!<BR/>It really is becoming a part of my life too, but I do equate it to talking to myself sometimes!<BR/>I have not posted as much as you, but I enjoy it. Keep up the great work!<BR/>Fraggle DFraggleDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14874863711011235629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-6488770721034742232007-06-28T00:57:00.000+01:002007-06-28T00:57:00.000+01:00And so say all of us!!And so say all of us!!AZZITIZZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16889396275384559236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3310508986394220032.post-72283247859968385612007-06-28T00:51:00.000+01:002007-06-28T00:51:00.000+01:00Blogging - what goes on behind closed doors. Diary...Blogging - what goes on behind closed doors. Diary access granted to all.<BR/><BR/>Community is gone because of technology - which has turned the past generation inward to be self absorbed. The types of technologies out there prevent interaction and socialization. Even sitting on the computer - it gives us something to do. Back in the day we didn't have these distractions, we had to actually talk to neighbors and that gossip was our form of entertainment.<BR/><BR/>Cellphones, blackberries, mp3's and ipods, computers, video games, tv...all keep people from interacting with a 'live' personno morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971877084181053374noreply@blogger.com