tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post8618109651406466791..comments2023-05-31T09:43:17.901+01:00Comments on The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: and so lose his love for water...Thoreau's Journal: 11-Mar-1856Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-57166705027937555192012-03-12T00:54:54.180+00:002012-03-12T00:54:54.180+00:00"If Paris is much in your mind" seems ke..."If Paris is much in your mind" seems key here. James Joyce lived in Paris while writing "Ulysses," and his mind was in Dublin. I'm not sure the geography is an obstacle. But I think Thoreau is right that the "much in your mind" has to be the think best known-- your roots.Quinton Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928416546714241961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-28039002522336341002011-03-11T16:45:53.429+00:002011-03-11T16:45:53.429+00:00okay i will keep writing at your request,even thou...okay i will keep writing at your request,even though i have written my thoughts!. yes this is our world and our heaven!, treat it as such, as it is perfect everywhere man has not been, for he destroys his path!, i am told heaven is green fields and waterfalls with an abundance of animals!, no my friend that is earth, you live here, now shed a tear,michael jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01335259827354843311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-60723477217125318902010-03-11T20:13:14.474+00:002010-03-11T20:13:14.474+00:00I totally see Henry's point, but I do still wa...I totally see Henry's point, but I do still want to see Europe. Not to drink wine or brandy with social people, but to enjoy the places for what they are. As Robin Williams tells Will Hunting, he can describe the Sistine Chapel but he can't tell him what it smells like! That kind of thing! I can look at van Goghs online all day, but to actually see the way Vincent slapped the paint on theAuthorMegNorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904198925755610190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-27970926640556828732010-03-11T15:05:19.430+00:002010-03-11T15:05:19.430+00:00living in the high society of paris or london shou...living in the high society of paris or london should only be done for a very short while,putting on heirs drinking fine brandy, they have forgotten if they ever knew the simple life of home and the magic of the common peoples spirit,nature is all but lost to them,it is on their plates and lapels,theirs is a world of how others see you, not as you see yourself,i hope heaven is my little cottage onmichael jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01335259827354843311noreply@blogger.com