Comments for TEDxGreenville http://www.tedxgreenville.org TEDxGreenville - Ideas worth Spreading Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Let’s not be freaked out by our bountiful nothingness. by Ann Marquette http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/let%e2%80%99s-not-be-freaked-out-by-our-bountiful-nothingness/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Ann Marquette Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:53:39 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=1158#comment-121 Maxim, this is wonderful and you speak my heart and psyche. Even within same race/gender/etc. there is otherness and we can think less of someone else because of that built in psyche. I have experienced it done to me, and I know, sadly, that I have thought that way of others. Thankfully I continue to try and get to know a person, believing that when I do, I see the wonderfulness of God's other child. Maxim, this is wonderful and you speak my heart and psyche. Even within same race/gender/etc. there is otherness and we can think less of someone else because of that built in psyche. I have experienced it done to me, and I know, sadly, that I have thought that way of others. Thankfully I continue to try and get to know a person, believing that when I do, I see the wonderfulness of God’s other child.

]]> Comment on Let’s not be freaked out by our bountiful nothingness. by Despina Yeargin http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/let%e2%80%99s-not-be-freaked-out-by-our-bountiful-nothingness/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Despina Yeargin Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:17:51 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=1158#comment-120 YAY for the cracks! Leonard Cohen (another Canadian) tells us that "there is a crack in everything--that's how the light gets in". Maxim, this is beautifully written and a wonderful talk that I'll listen to over and over again. Comfort from Cohen's song, "Anthem", http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/leonardcohen/anthem.html YAY for the cracks! Leonard Cohen (another Canadian) tells us that “there is a crack in everything–that’s how the light gets in”.

Maxim, this is beautifully written and a wonderful talk that I’ll listen to over and over again.

Comfort from Cohen’s song, “Anthem”, http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/leonardcohen/anthem.html

]]> Comment on Open Blog Post by Wendy Morris – Perceptions are Reality, or Are They? An Immigrant’s Journey by Wendy Morris http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/perceptions-are-reality-or-are-they-an-immigrant%e2%80%99s-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Wendy Morris Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:49:32 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=1042#comment-111 Thank you, Despina. My grandparents were a very integral part of our lives growing up. Our aunts, uncles and cousins were, too. My parents were divorced when I was little, and even though there were very difficult times, we still had lots of love, and they taught us great things. I remember my grandparents describing difficulties their families went through in Yugoslavia and Norway; and why they immigrated to the US. I know many people come here for a better life; and often to escape horrible conditions. In Minnesota; Dave and I helped a Vietnamese family immigrate to the US - through our church. They were a husband, wife, brother and small baby. It was very challenging to help them to become citizens, learn English, enroll in schools, find an apartment; and especially...learn to drive in a Minnesota winter! And, their little guy turned out to be Autistic. We helped them get connected to preschool support through Special Education. Huang and Yung became Engineers through Brown Institute, and they later bought a home and proceeded to bring more family to the states! It was a very touching experience for our us and our children. (Another great TED talk on immigration is one by Isabel Allende. I've enjoyed her as an author,too) Peace and blessings to you, and thank you again for your comments. Thank you, Despina. My grandparents were a very integral part of our lives growing up. Our aunts, uncles and cousins were, too. My parents were divorced when I was little, and even though there were very difficult times, we still had lots of love, and they taught us great things. I remember my grandparents describing difficulties their families went through in Yugoslavia and Norway; and why they immigrated to the US. I know many people come here for a better life; and often to escape horrible conditions. In Minnesota; Dave and I helped a Vietnamese family immigrate to the US – through our church. They were a husband, wife, brother and small baby. It was very challenging to help them to become citizens, learn English, enroll in schools, find an apartment; and especially…learn to drive in a Minnesota winter! And, their little guy turned out to be Autistic. We helped them get connected to preschool support through Special Education. Huang and Yung became Engineers through Brown Institute, and they later bought a home and proceeded to bring more family to the states! It was a very touching experience for our us and our children. (Another great TED talk on immigration is one by Isabel Allende. I’ve enjoyed her as an author,too)
Peace and blessings to you, and thank you again for your comments.

]]> Comment on Open Blog by Jay Spivey – Jeremy Rifkin on “the empathic civilization” by Ann Marquette http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/open-blog-by-jay-spivey-%e2%80%93-jeremy-rifkin-on-the-empathic-civilization/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Ann Marquette Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:14:56 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=1107#comment-109 Amen! Let us begin, if we have not already to open out hearts, to raise our consciousness and our voices to practice until we BECOME EMPATHETIC to ALL God's children and the creatures He has given us. What a beautiful world this will be when we DO IT! Thanks Jay for sharing this. Amen! Let us begin, if we have not already to open out hearts, to raise our consciousness and our voices to practice until we BECOME EMPATHETIC to ALL God’s children and the creatures He has given us. What a beautiful world this will be when we DO IT!

Thanks Jay for sharing this.

]]> Comment on Open Blog by Jake Knight – David Merrill demos Siftables by Despina Yeargin http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/open-blog-by-jake-knight-david-merrill-demos-siftables/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Despina Yeargin Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:19:50 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=1054#comment-108 Jake, that is SO coooooool. Way cool! You techie guys rock!!! Just don't rock the boat, okay? :) Jake, that is SO coooooool. Way cool! You techie guys rock!!! Just don’t rock the boat, okay? :)

]]> Comment on Open Blog Post by Wendy Morris – Perceptions are Reality, or Are They? An Immigrant’s Journey by Despina Yeargin http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/perceptions-are-reality-or-are-they-an-immigrant%e2%80%99s-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Despina Yeargin Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:15:54 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=1042#comment-107 BTW, I have a niece and an aunt named Ekaterina. BTW, I have a niece and an aunt named Ekaterina.

]]> Comment on Open Blog Post by Wendy Morris – Perceptions are Reality, or Are They? An Immigrant’s Journey by Despina Yeargin http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/perceptions-are-reality-or-are-they-an-immigrant%e2%80%99s-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Despina Yeargin Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:15:02 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=1042#comment-106 Very moving blog, post, Wendy. Thank you for this and for sharing kindness and understanding. Very moving blog, post, Wendy. Thank you for this and for sharing kindness and understanding.

]]> Comment on Open Blog by Ben Riddle – Tim Brown on creativity and play by Despina Yeargin http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/open-blog-by-ben-riddle-tim-brown-on-creativity-and-play/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Despina Yeargin Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:50:15 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=967#comment-78 I LOVE these thoughts. I LOVE Ben Riddle--he's my kind of person! Totally agree with you Ben. A few years ago, Dewey and our granddaughter (who was 6 at the time)were assembling everything for grilled cheese sandwiches. Suddenly there was a disappointed cry from Dewey (the conditioned adult), "Oh, no! There are holes in the bread! Now the cheese will ooze out." He'd tried a sliced Italian bread, instead of old faithful white. Corley (the creative and unafraid 6-year-old) said, "Don't worry. We can just do like we do with Play-Doh. We can get bits of bread to fill up the holes." AHA! I LOVE these thoughts. I LOVE Ben Riddle–he’s my kind of person! Totally agree with you Ben. A few years ago, Dewey and our granddaughter (who was 6 at the time)were assembling everything for grilled cheese sandwiches. Suddenly there was a disappointed cry from Dewey (the conditioned adult), “Oh, no! There are holes in the bread! Now the cheese will ooze out.” He’d tried a sliced Italian bread, instead of old faithful white. Corley (the creative and unafraid 6-year-old) said, “Don’t worry. We can just do like we do with Play-Doh. We can get bits of bread to fill up the holes.” AHA!

]]> Comment on Open Blog by Ben Riddle – Tim Brown on creativity and play by James Dority http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/open-blog-by-ben-riddle-tim-brown-on-creativity-and-play/comment-page-1/#comment-76 James Dority Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:21:01 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=967#comment-76 Great blog with great points, Ben. Looking forward to TEDx Greenville 2012. Great blog with great points, Ben. Looking forward to TEDx Greenville 2012.

]]> Comment on Open Blog by Ben Riddle – Tim Brown on creativity and play by aaron http://www.tedxgreenville.org/open-blog/open-blog-by-ben-riddle-tim-brown-on-creativity-and-play/comment-page-1/#comment-70 aaron Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:15:32 +0000 http://www.tedxgreenville.org/?p=967#comment-70 Great lessons from a creative genius on how to generate creativity individually or collectively. Lessons we intuitively understand as children but need to remind ourselves of as adults. Thanks for sharing Ben! Great lessons from a creative genius on how to generate creativity individually or collectively. Lessons we intuitively understand as children but need to remind ourselves of as adults. Thanks for sharing Ben!

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