Comments on: Aphorisms by Eric Nelson http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-eric-nelson/ A blog by James Geary Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: More Aphorisms by Eric Nelson > All Aphorisms, All the Time http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-eric-nelson/comment-page-1/#comment-978 More Aphorisms by Eric Nelson > All Aphorisms, All the Time Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:25:40 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=475#comment-978 [...] Nelson, whom you may recall from this 2009 post, is back with some more of his haiku-like aphorisms. Some of these sayings have unmistakeable Zen [...] [...] Nelson, whom you may recall from this 2009 post, is back with some more of his haiku-like aphorisms. Some of these sayings have unmistakeable Zen [...]

]]> By: Drew Byrne http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-eric-nelson/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Drew Byrne Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:42:33 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=475#comment-528 This sort of “poetic” viewpoint on aphorisms is fine; but having these introverted “literary snippets” pop into your head all the time is often an irritating annoyance – especially when you haven’t anything better to do. Have you ever had an itch you cannot scratch? Aphorisms, I think, can be something like that, if you haven’t a poetic way of thinking about you that steers them in the right direction, or you might have a problem there… As John Morely the English essayist once said, “Beware of cultivating this delicate art,” – or you might drop a clanger by surprise. This sort of “poetic” viewpoint on aphorisms is fine; but having these introverted “literary snippets” pop into your head all the time is often an irritating annoyance – especially when you haven’t anything better to do. Have you ever had an itch you cannot scratch? Aphorisms, I think, can be something like that, if you haven’t a poetic way of thinking about you that steers them in the right direction, or you might have a problem there… As John Morely the English essayist once said, “Beware of cultivating this delicate art,” – or you might drop a clanger by surprise.

]]> By: marty rubin http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-eric-nelson/comment-page-1/#comment-408 marty rubin Fri, 01 May 2009 20:23:53 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=475#comment-408 Just noticed you posted me a message. Thanks for the acknowledgment. Enjoyed so many of yours it's hard to know where to begin. Please let me know where to find them when more are available. Just noticed you posted me a message. Thanks for the acknowledgment. Enjoyed so many of yours it’s hard to know where to begin. Please let me know where to find them when more are available.

]]> By: marty rubin http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-eric-nelson/comment-page-1/#comment-407 marty rubin Fri, 01 May 2009 20:15:09 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=475#comment-407 A dream separates, but a look unites. Don't fill in the blanks; they're supposed to be there. Spend yourself; there's plenty more. A dream separates, but a look unites.

Don’t fill in the blanks; they’re supposed to be there.

Spend yourself; there’s plenty more.

]]> By: Michael Theune http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-eric-nelson/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Michael Theune Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:13:02 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=475#comment-391 Wonderful! Wonderful!

]]> By: marty rubin http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-eric-nelson/comment-page-1/#comment-387 marty rubin Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:38:50 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=475#comment-387 To give up hope is to keep on hoping. Opposition completes a thought. We're all drowning, but don't say it out loud. To give up hope is to keep on hoping.

Opposition completes a thought.

We’re all drowning, but don’t say it out loud.

]]> By: Candadai Tirumalai http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-eric-nelson/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Candadai Tirumalai Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:47:24 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=475#comment-386 "Surreal": a word into which people have come to pack a bewildering variety of responses. “Surreal”: a word into which people have come to pack a bewildering variety of responses.

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