Comments on: An Artful Disorder: Symmetry is for Faces not Vases! http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/an-artful-disorder-symmetry-is-for-faces-not-for-vases/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: missmellifluous http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/an-artful-disorder-symmetry-is-for-faces-not-for-vases/#comment-1457 missmellifluous Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:52:16 +0000 http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/?p=288#comment-1457 Oh wow! So many new Atonement readers! Yay! We should have a book club! It is interesting, Kim, that you think your desire for order as sinful as my desire for disorder. You've got me thinking. Perhaps it is about control. I can also identify with Ellen's & Islandsparrow's desire for balance and order in some places. And you know, I think what I most appreciate about literature is when it is so finely crafted and writing is so masterful that it is well balanced and ordered yet still captures that unbridled intensity of feeling I see in a vase of wild flowers. Is that a strange paradox? That language must be well ordered, balanced and controlled to capture the sense of freedom and delight in the world, people and emotions? I love that we all appreciate a good wild garden though! :) It's good to be 'chatting' to you all again too! =D Oh wow! So many new Atonement readers! Yay! We should have a book club!

It is interesting, Kim, that you think your desire for order as sinful as my desire for disorder. You’ve got me thinking. Perhaps it is about control.

I can also identify with Ellen’s & Islandsparrow’s desire for balance and order in some places. And you know, I think what I most appreciate about literature is when it is so finely crafted and writing is so masterful that it is well balanced and ordered yet still captures that unbridled intensity of feeling I see in a vase of wild flowers. Is that a strange paradox? That language must be well ordered, balanced and controlled to capture the sense of freedom and delight in the world, people and emotions?

I love that we all appreciate a good wild garden though! :)
It’s good to be ‘chatting’ to you all again too! =D

]]> By: kim from hiraeth http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/an-artful-disorder-symmetry-is-for-faces-not-for-vases/#comment-1455 kim from hiraeth Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:00:43 +0000 http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/?p=288#comment-1455 I understand you perfectly, Kathie. I like your last sentence: I don’t like dullness, sameness or rigidity, either! I understand you perfectly, Kathie. I like your last sentence: I don’t like dullness, sameness or rigidity, either!

]]> By: Islandsparrow http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/an-artful-disorder-symmetry-is-for-faces-not-for-vases/#comment-1452 Islandsparrow Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:52:50 +0000 http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/?p=288#comment-1452 I just requested Atonement from the library - I love books with delicious words - thanks for the recommendation! I'm afraid I'm somewhat guilty of wanting order - that's probably why I don't like my curly hair and why I love my new Sedu straightener!! But I can feel a little rebellion rise up occasionally too - because I dislike a stifled feeling. I love creativity and I love beautiful order - I don't like dullness, sameness or rigidity. Does this make sense? I just requested Atonement from the library - I love books with delicious words - thanks for the recommendation!

I’m afraid I’m somewhat guilty of wanting order - that’s probably why I don’t like my curly hair and why I love my new Sedu straightener!! But I can feel a little rebellion rise up occasionally too - because I dislike a stifled feeling. I love creativity and I love beautiful order - I don’t like dullness, sameness or rigidity. Does this make sense?

]]> By: Ellen http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/an-artful-disorder-symmetry-is-for-faces-not-for-vases/#comment-1451 Ellen Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:52:12 +0000 http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/?p=288#comment-1451 I haven't read Atonement or seen the movie. Looks very interesting. I like wild bunches of flowers to be wild and I love gardens that aren't symmetrical. I do appreciate symmetry in my life though to a point. I have a hard time if I'm scattered about and not balanced in some way... I haven’t read Atonement or seen the movie. Looks very interesting. I like wild bunches of flowers to be wild and I love gardens that aren’t symmetrical. I do appreciate symmetry in my life though to a point. I have a hard time if I’m scattered about and not balanced in some way…

]]> By: Rebecca http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/an-artful-disorder-symmetry-is-for-faces-not-for-vases/#comment-1450 Rebecca Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:37:49 +0000 http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/?p=288#comment-1450 Wildlfowers should be wild and disordered, yes. I haven't read Atonement! I did just read On Chesil Beach and enjoyed it very much, though. Wildlfowers should be wild and disordered, yes.
I haven’t read Atonement! I did just read On Chesil Beach and enjoyed it very much, though.

]]> By: kim from hiraeth http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/an-artful-disorder-symmetry-is-for-faces-not-for-vases/#comment-1449 kim from hiraeth Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:05:38 +0000 http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/?p=288#comment-1449 I haven't read Atonement, but I've added it to my "must read" list on your recommendation. I am a person who naturally prefers symmetry. I love the look of rambling, natural gardens, but even when I try my best to plant randomly--upon further review I always discern a pattern or a symmetry in all that I do. It's in my nature. And I worry about MY nature, as you do. I worry that this characteristic of mine that desires symmetry and order is as rebellious as your desire to "mess things up!" In both instances, I think, we desire control. In this we are human and in this we are sinful. Praise be to God who is taming our fallen natures through Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. I do not think we will rearrange anything in Heaven. : D I haven’t read Atonement, but I’ve added it to my “must read” list on your recommendation.

I am a person who naturally prefers symmetry. I love the look of rambling, natural gardens, but even when I try my best to plant randomly–upon further review I always discern a pattern or a symmetry in all that I do.

It’s in my nature. And I worry about MY nature, as you do. I worry that this characteristic of mine that desires symmetry and order is as rebellious as your desire to “mess things up!” In both instances, I think, we desire control. In this we are human and in this we are sinful.

Praise be to God who is taming our fallen natures through Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.

I do not think we will rearrange anything in Heaven.

: D

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