tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post4214415070300738606..comments2024-03-29T09:54:57.650+00:00Comments on Going Gently: Eli's StoryJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-66474609738420549202013-12-03T12:56:11.010+00:002013-12-03T12:56:11.010+00:00Flipping brilliant. As already said above, plug ...Flipping brilliant. As already said above, plug in my drug of choice (alcohol) and I relate totally - I wish I'd have known what she clearly knows at that age, would have saved 25 years of insanity.Furtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-94383942531927102013-12-02T16:13:02.422+00:002013-12-02T16:13:02.422+00:00Amazingly talented young lady.
She writes with a ...Amazingly talented young lady.<br /><br />She writes with a knowledge only imagined and yet gets it so right.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-38546593171265733632013-12-02T15:44:11.330+00:002013-12-02T15:44:11.330+00:00What a talented young lady ... I am sure she will ...What a talented young lady ... I am sure she will go far. She needs to nurture her amazing imagination ... too often we grow up and leave it behind. Vintage Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695570690989980599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-76066108225223084482013-12-02T00:44:00.143+00:002013-12-02T00:44:00.143+00:00Wow! That left me speechless. I'm amazed tha...Wow! That left me speechless. I'm amazed that a 16 year old can write with such a depth of maturity. If she chooses to pursue it, she has an amazing future ahead of her as an author.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465050441931715127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-73774143569324094812013-12-01T23:12:51.555+00:002013-12-01T23:12:51.555+00:00Good God, that's excellent. Thanks for posting...Good God, that's excellent. Thanks for posting it and tell her she's great.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-35042797910313700992013-12-01T11:23:50.689+00:002013-12-01T11:23:50.689+00:00Thanks for that, John. Not quite your usual scenar...Thanks for that, John. Not quite your usual scenario, though still features an animal as befits 'Going Gently'.<br /><br />Unlike some of your readers I don't think one has "to have been there". Anyway, I believe it irrelevant where her insights come from. All that matters WHAT Eli was able to put on paper. <br /><br />I love the way she paints a picture, draws you into an atmosphere, giving you the shivers. My interpretation was very different to those of some of your commentators: At first I had no idea where her narrative was leading: A fairy tale? The imaginations of a feverish nightmare? Someone in the claws of her Svengali? When I came to her sublime "shattered fragments of prospect and aspiration in a puddle at her waste" I thought she might be referring to how sometimes life may derail, smashing our hopes and ambitions. Which of course she did.<br /><br />It was only Hippo's comment which made me link her essay to 'heroin'. Do laugh if you must: I thought her "She was no heroine, he was the heroin" to be a typo which should have read 'hero'. So, with my newly gained insight, I read it again. Let's just say my first interpretation is tame compared to the true picture she has painted. Powerful stuff.<br /><br />Keep your imagination fertile, Eli, (your Uncle John is most generous with his chicken manure). Imagination not least being a useful tool for any actor. Wishing you a great future.<br /><br />UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-28613217197419910332013-12-01T10:20:42.058+00:002013-12-01T10:20:42.058+00:00I was thinking the same as Cro Magnon. A beautiful...I was thinking the same as Cro Magnon. A beautifully written piece about a heart breaking subject. Although my children have made mistakes, I thank God every day it wasn't that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-79978883012332765522013-12-01T09:50:58.333+00:002013-12-01T09:50:58.333+00:00This young girl is deeper than a mole with a pench...This young girl is deeper than a mole with a penchant for caving .....jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11768412051072046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-90830895265550070662013-12-01T09:15:26.743+00:002013-12-01T09:15:26.743+00:00A very grim view of what so many chose as a way of...A very grim view of what so many chose as a way of life. Perhaps they should read her résumé before they take the inevitable path. <br /><br />Well written Eli.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-7549813976636820752013-12-01T08:43:35.989+00:002013-12-01T08:43:35.989+00:00Wow ! She should be invited to schools to tell tha...Wow ! She should be invited to schools to tell that story; powerful stuff.<br /> I like, " It’s laced with cynicism "<br />BadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-73321150675331456122013-12-01T08:07:46.777+00:002013-12-01T08:07:46.777+00:00Deep and disturbing. If she can write this, she c...Deep and disturbing. If she can write this, she could write anything. Brilliant. Keep us posted as to her career path. One to watch.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-58746693975299273992013-12-01T05:10:46.705+00:002013-12-01T05:10:46.705+00:00She gets it. She will go far with her observation...She gets it. She will go far with her observations; her ability to put life into writing is a gift, and one that by all appearances she doesnt take lightly...<br /><br />brava!Janice Grinyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363741660626407979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-90805238202642577422013-12-01T04:03:58.134+00:002013-12-01T04:03:58.134+00:00When I took a writing class with a bunch of 18-yea...When I took a writing class with a bunch of 18-year-olds, I was writing about ducks down by the river, and they were writing some serious, deep, meaningful, and angsty stuff. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-31578591914491210922013-12-01T01:30:04.712+00:002013-12-01T01:30:04.712+00:00WOW !
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What a story I was pul...WOW !<br />WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW !<br />What a story I was pulled in by the first sentence. <br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52829330890319110802013-12-01T01:27:14.185+00:002013-12-01T01:27:14.185+00:00Very well written and she has a lovely nose for me...Very well written and she has a lovely nose for metaphors. I have a thirteen year old who writes like this.....and it is not from experience, but as you mentioned John, from an incredible imagination and well developed sense of empathy. I'll bet your Eli is a voracious reader as well; writers also gain their "experiences" from what they read.Spinners End Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378599044206074919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-50423835009388380842013-12-01T01:14:26.237+00:002013-12-01T01:14:26.237+00:00She is most likely very perceptive and exceptional...She is most likely very perceptive and exceptionally empathetic for her age-it can happen. Wonderfully written piece. bbarnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399421440007975826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-21681580500181760362013-11-30T23:55:40.089+00:002013-11-30T23:55:40.089+00:00She's got quite the vocabulary.She's got quite the vocabulary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-5485512235222061052013-11-30T23:50:18.369+00:002013-11-30T23:50:18.369+00:00What a writer!!! Did she get a grade on this? Extr...What a writer!!! Did she get a grade on this? Extraordinary for a teenager! Linda Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706004604567190617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52678034132685587242013-11-30T23:18:55.726+00:002013-11-30T23:18:55.726+00:00good news john! there is no area i like being wro...good news john! there is no area i like being wrong in as much as this! my red flags fly up very easily!jaz@octoberfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249328159454897124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-14363198806472825322013-11-30T23:12:54.431+00:002013-11-30T23:12:54.431+00:00This blog entry is going in a direction I didn'...This blog entry is going in a direction I didn't think it would goJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-15221205444618663362013-11-30T23:08:42.577+00:002013-11-30T23:08:42.577+00:00Sorry forgot to add ....but a very well-written pi...Sorry forgot to add ....but a very well-written piece.Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-15471322328662415782013-11-30T23:07:44.135+00:002013-11-30T23:07:44.135+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-21069163565017533412013-11-30T22:52:52.059+00:002013-11-30T22:52:52.059+00:00I think she has a wonderfully mature and florid im...I think she has a wonderfully mature and florid imagination<br />Nothing to worry about<br />She is an actress aged 16John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-26199117654046986862013-11-30T22:50:09.435+00:002013-11-30T22:50:09.435+00:00i sincerely hope she is not writing this from her ...i sincerely hope she is not writing this from her own experience but it sounds like she is. this is what i do. i spend all my time with addicts. if you don't embrace your disease and truly understand it, you will die. if you think it will help, have her contact me.jaz@octoberfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249328159454897124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-86721703532099498502013-11-30T22:32:28.765+00:002013-11-30T22:32:28.765+00:00Almost sounds as if she's been there. What gra...Almost sounds as if she's been there. What grade did she receive for this?Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.com