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04-09-2006, 05:38 PM
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With a Single Step
Deleted. Thanks for the comments.
Last edited by silverwriter : 02-07-2007 at 04:39 PM.
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04-09-2006, 08:27 PM
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The journey of one thousand words
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what is it you're referring to, with this repetitively-used phrase... none of the rest of the text really explains what you think it is... or am i just missing the obvious?
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04-10-2006, 12:23 PM
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nope. not missing a thing. it's meant to be general for anyone who has ever been put down for who they are. it is meant to be applied as the reader sees fit. i have my idea, but i am just one individual with one experience. apply it to your own life, your own closet, whatever that may be.
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04-10-2006, 06:25 PM
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sorry, but it still makes no sense to me in re 'journey' and 'words'...
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04-11-2006, 05:20 PM
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That is a nice peice of writing: poetic, although maybe some of it is ambigous (whether it is metaphor or literal or what exactly the metaphor is). Depsite that, as a whole, I thought the way it describes a phenomenon of life was interesting.
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04-11-2006, 05:21 PM
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Wordsmith
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maia - ah, i see what you're saying. eesh. i've made a bit of a misstep with this one. the piece is incomplete seeing as i haven't said why the speaker needs to speak the countless words. thank you for pointing that out to me.
Cipher2 - thank you for the comments and for reading. i'm afraid a revamp to be more specific is in order, but i'm glad you got something from it.
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04-11-2006, 07:08 PM
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i'm glad you finally 'got' the glitch, sw... that's exactly why it was a major problem for me... there was no reference to what words were being referred to... whether spoken, or written... and by whom...
hugs, maia
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04-13-2006, 02:52 AM
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This is way deep. You can tell you sat down and took a lot of thought and heartfelt effort in to this. Coming out of the closet...so to speak. LOL Sorry, bad analogy.
I liked it, and I will refer others to read this. In fact, all the newcomers here should read it, because they are, as you say, taking that first step of a thousand.
Great job.
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04-13-2006, 08:00 PM
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Personally, a bit of an uncommon thing you've written here. Not that uncommon is bad (even said so in your essay  ), but... wel... uncommon 
I like oddities 
The message --meaning-- got through clear.
And honoustly, it makes me wonder, was their a special 'event' (in your life) that made you write this?
NOTE: Sorry for the emoticons, I felt they were needed  |
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04-15-2006, 02:51 PM
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mammamaia - i still have the goal for this to be about anyone who sees something of him/herself in it. but, yes, i understand that the 'words' of the journey are not talked about and the first step toward the first words is.
Bt - i'm glad you liked it and thought of it as deep because i don't often let my philosophical side out. i like to keep that locked away before i start confusing even myself. hehe. thank you for the comments.
Ruben - hehe. thank you for commenting. let's say that this is a culmination of events of my life and observations in the life of one other who really inspired me to write this. i like oddities too. (and emoticons )
*hugs*
jaime
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04-15-2006, 03:26 PM
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Jamie,
This is an excellent piece of writing. How true every word of it is.
Great job.
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04-17-2006, 05:59 PM
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Wordsmith
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Selorian - many thanks for the kind comment. i can't help but write with a passion on subjects such as this.
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