tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post3698923290033037502..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: The Other Side of CreativityChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-60318537027039249202011-08-21T11:08:49.060-04:002011-08-21T11:08:49.060-04:00"The Rav does not speak about the other side ..."The Rav does not speak about the other side of creativity. But Henri Nouwen does."<br />for me this is enough of reason not to send my kids to schools that the gentile has THIS level of comparison to a RAVLehavdilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-17505309723496111862011-08-19T05:29:51.035-04:002011-08-19T05:29:51.035-04:00What an insight survey, I like your site.
G...What an insight survey, I like your site. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.zojirushibreadmachine.com" rel="nofollow">Get Cheap Zojirushi Bread Machine</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-13936856953595614072011-08-18T12:31:10.054-04:002011-08-18T12:31:10.054-04:00Oftentimes it's not the one with the creativit...Oftentimes it's not the one with the creativity that is faced with the choice of how to use it.<br />It wasn't Einstein that gave the order to bomb Hiroshima.<br /><br />I believe that it's the creative/passionate sometimes irrational choices that make us truly human and godlike.<br />Logical and intellectual choices are really just an advanced form of animal instinct if you think about it.David_on_the_Lakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755322374991538262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-25359361716768379202011-08-16T23:00:35.546-04:002011-08-16T23:00:35.546-04:00Great post.Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-57656518284751943252011-08-16T19:16:27.646-04:002011-08-16T19:16:27.646-04:00"the statement that 'all is in God's ..."the statement that 'all is in God's power except the Fear of Heaven'"<br />I think you've mistranslated. See Brachot 33b Its more like 'all is predestined by Heaven except one's fear of Heaven'<br />After all, what is the value of a god without omnipotence?Noamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-66260220429009918642011-08-16T14:31:12.751-04:002011-08-16T14:31:12.751-04:00"there is a disconnect between my intellectua..."there is a disconnect between my intellectual thought process and my feelings"<br /><br />I suspect that is true for just about everyone. It is when the disconnect gets so great that we act irresponsibly on feelings that we get into trouble.Charlie Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667135360784254574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-27189171955103621132011-08-16T14:31:03.598-04:002011-08-16T14:31:03.598-04:00"there is a disconnect between my intellectua..."there is a disconnect between my intellectual thought process and my feelings"<br /><br />I suspect that is true for just about everyone. It is when the disconnect gets so great that we act irresponsibly on feelings that we get into trouble.Charlie Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667135360784254574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-45702861908197612812011-08-16T13:09:34.633-04:002011-08-16T13:09:34.633-04:00Hamlet Act II scene 2:
for there is nothing either...Hamlet Act II scene 2:<br />for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so<br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-90700418554803310632011-08-15T23:47:29.916-04:002011-08-15T23:47:29.916-04:00Nice.
Incidentally, Chazal doesn't actually sa...Nice.<br />Incidentally, Chazal doesn't actually say "he who comes to sin is helped by God". It says "He who comes to sin, they open [the opportunity]for him".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-32366939691551708932011-08-15T21:39:36.379-04:002011-08-15T21:39:36.379-04:00Anon,
It depends. At least for me, there is a dis...Anon,<br /><br />It depends. At least for me, there is a disconnect between my intellectual thought process and my feelings. I may intellectually value one thing but my emotions lead me towards something else. I think that's where we find the secret things- in what we secretly value or lust after, and that's the place where we want to try to effect change or at least to learn to channel properly.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-81382235745115169032011-08-15T21:31:01.139-04:002011-08-15T21:31:01.139-04:00"What we value and revere is an expression of..."What we value and revere is an expression of our secret self"<br /><br />So if someone values positive creativity, they do not act self-destructive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com