tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post6886887751028429355..comments2013-03-15T11:00:25.678-07:00Comments on Points of Departure - A Novel: EpilogueAnn (bunnygirl)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-60894325561864520282013-03-15T11:00:25.678-07:002013-03-15T11:00:25.678-07:00I meant to say --
Maybe now he can learn to LOVE...I meant to say --<br /><br /> Maybe now he can learn to LOVE in a giving rather than a taking way.Jazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-38613817806317066882013-03-15T10:58:15.512-07:002013-03-15T10:58:15.512-07:00Sorry I've been away for so long, after saying...Sorry I've been away for so long, after saying I'd be with you to the end. Life happens, and sometimes it aint easy. I just read the last several chapters all at once.<br /><br />There's a depth to this, but it's elusive. A bit like Elise, maybe.<br /><br />It's not so much about closure, I guess, as it is that each of these guys has an Elise-shaped hole in his life that can't be filled in any other way. Joe is trying to move on; Brent isn't even doing that.<br /><br />It's an interesting question you ask about love in your comment. I've been thinking for some time now that when somebody says, "I love you," there is a second message: "I need you to love me." <br /><br />And the answer to your question, perhaps different for each person, lies in the balance between those two messages. It can be all about possessiveness [more generally relevant than fantasy, IMHO] and ego, or hardly at all. Now that I say that, I think by the end of the story Joe made a transition along that axis [and for him it really was, at least in part, a fantasy concept of Elise that he still can't quite let go of.] Maybe now he can learn to live in a giving rather than a taking way.<br /><br />The contrast with Brent makes him a good foil. <br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-54485782399155507112013-03-14T08:53:51.715-07:002013-03-14T08:53:51.715-07:00The epilogue is like an angel in itself..i thought...The epilogue is like an angel in itself..i thought for a moment Elise was handing out the lemonade..i guess she is there..always there..how differently we deal with loss..maybe it's not even all about love..we all need a focal point to move from one moment to the next..Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-52530646663224596062013-03-14T01:29:09.406-07:002013-03-14T01:29:09.406-07:00the first half had me captivated, I could hardly b...the first half had me captivated, I could hardly breathe while reading itLLM Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199375981896229914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-85918704747249898832013-03-13T22:00:23.763-07:002013-03-13T22:00:23.763-07:00Very smooth. Thank you.Very smooth. Thank you.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-78578593360185640622013-03-13T16:16:42.939-07:002013-03-13T16:16:42.939-07:00I am glad you wrote this piece. I suppose we are a...I am glad you wrote this piece. I suppose we are all obsessed with love. However possessiveness is not love as it denies the other person to be their own self which maybe why they were loved in the first place. The fact that for a short while Elise belonged to each of them alone should be reason to say goodbye and start again, thankful they had part of her. If only they could say "I have lived, I have loved".Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-60824218058325603542013-03-13T14:27:47.954-07:002013-03-13T14:27:47.954-07:00@Sheilagh and Alice: How much of what we think is ...@Sheilagh and Alice: How much of what we think is love is really just fantasy and ego? This is a theme that comes up over and over in my writing, maybe because it comes up over and over in my life. My perception of people's willingness to draw the right lessons from their experiences isn't much different than it was when I wrote this story 12+ years ago, but I don't know if I would write anything this cynical today. Ann (bunnygirl)http://www.ampino.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-35815240670902521382013-03-13T14:09:04.335-07:002013-03-13T14:09:04.335-07:00Brent is so sad. It would have been better if Joe...Brent is so sad. It would have been better if Joe hadn't burnt the slip of paper so Brent could keep chasing after Elise. Then he might have achieved some kind of closure. Joe's attitude is much healthier, though I feel for his new love. I still wonder what it was about Elise that made her so special. Alice Audreyhttp://www.aliceaudrey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307085631797721644.post-80374361183983961332013-03-13T08:44:24.403-07:002013-03-13T08:44:24.403-07:00oh how sad even after all this time they are obses...oh how sad even after all this time they are obsessed with Elise they need closure.Sheilagh Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741333943021570641noreply@blogger.com