tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post112483975585659192..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: LeavetakingsStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-1124901128962023132005-08-24T17:32:00.000+01:002005-08-24T17:32:00.000+01:00I'll refrain from using emoticons but Steve, I tho...I'll refrain from using emoticons but Steve, I thought this a wonderful, grown-up post, maybe even better than the one above it.<BR/><BR/>Not that it matters, but last summer I was reading Barthes and as they say 'falling, in love' or maybe just falling further. And it's comforting--though not the same, of course--to hear that for others too reading is not sacrificed in being lost. That in fact the latter would lose something--its (in)ability to fall--if this were the case.Matt Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336678358977647388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-1124892273071278612005-08-24T15:04:00.000+01:002005-08-24T15:04:00.000+01:00Well, there's a case to be made with both approach...Well, there's a case to be made with both approaches. But reading to me affects me like a narcotic. If it's a good batch, then I'm completely immune to the world around me and I am in that glorious realm of remaining lost. But this doesn't necessarily mean that one can't get lost in short clips. We're all adults here and I trust each reader to find her respective time commitment. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com