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(free) >   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  You never get over having been a child          literarydiscussions.myfreeforum.org Forum Index -> Dialogues View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Sitaram Site Admin Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 1079 Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:08 pm    Post subject: You never get over having been a child aiden_dream: what does that sentence mean? literarydiscussions: it means you have a question about a sentence literarydiscussions: ha ha aiden_dream: You never get over having been a child literarydiscussions: oh, you saw my post literarydiscussions: Edward Jones won a Pulitzer for his book which opens with a great first line, “You never get over having been a child. aiden_dream: yes suddenly literarydiscussions: ok.... it means that, all your life, as an adult, you carry about, inside you, that child that you were.... you never get over the memory of the wonder, the innocence, the aiden_dream: yes elaborate aiden_dream: whats getting over? literarydiscussions: you always nag me when i am typing 80 wpm literarydiscussions: you think i am machine aiden_dream: oh really? aiden_dream: I think you are a washing machine?perhaps literarydiscussions: in other words... i distinctly remember, when i was age 4..... running around in the yard on a summer day... literarydiscussions: and suddenly, i became acutely aware of how odd it is that I am me, HERE, at this moment... with this body literarydiscussions: and not some other child, across the street aiden_dream: really? aiden_dream: when you were 4 ? literarydiscussions: how odd that I have so little memory of anything before.... no memory of having been around a very long time literarydiscussions: yes... i was quite a philosophical child aiden_dream: yes god! aiden_dream: I cant remember my feelings when I was 24! literarydiscussions: i have one or two vivid memories of being in a baby carriage aiden_dream: I cant believe aiden_dream: literarydiscussions: and seeing a red rattle , translucent... aiden_dream: wow literarydiscussions: the redness looked like my favorite flavor, cherry aiden_dream: literarydiscussions: and.... i wanted to taste the color,... it was synesthesia... literarydiscussions: the confusion of senses... literarydiscussions: i could not understand WHY i could not eat the color aiden_dream: come on you couldnt remember you liked to taste it or not aiden_dream: how interesting!!!! literarydiscussions: well, if i have no credibility with you, then why do you solicit my opinion literarydiscussions: should i doubt your veracity that you cannot remember feelings at age 24 aiden_dream: because its unbelievably moving literarydiscussions: i do not doubt you, because i have known people, over the years, who utterly block out memories of words that i heard, and actions that i witnessed aiden_dream: hey I am not trying to offend you...when I say I cant believe this or that..means its incredible not that you lie! literarydiscussions: but, you see, what is moving to you is an ordinary state of consciousness for me... aiden_dream: aiden_dream: its really fscinating aiden_dream: tell me more! literarydiscussions: hmmm... let me think literarydiscussions: well... you know... if you truly like this sort of think... then i can give you a link to a page of reminiscences about that very time in my life... aiden_dream: wow yes aiden_dream: what you were talking about in main window? literarydiscussions: someone mentioned something about childhood i think literarydiscussions: i just happened to glance, saw it, and thought of that interesting first sentence to a novel aiden_dream: aiden_dream: whats the book called? literarydiscussions: http://toosmallforsupernova.org/fromtheauthor.htm literarydiscussions: that is the link aiden_dream: now let me drown in childhood literarydiscussions: Edward Jones won a Pulitzer for his book which opens with a great first line, “You never get over having been a child. aiden_dream: thank you for the lovely talk Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         literarydiscussions.myfreeforum.org Forum Index -> Dialogues All times are GMT - 5 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Showcase----------------You must CONTACT SITARAM directly to JOIN this message boardVoices of Africa UnitedHOW TO JOIN THIS FORUM. 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