tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post2633473649111238163..comments2023-11-05T03:06:30.977-08:00Comments on Mormon Midrashim: "In Which Eve Names Everything Else" DiscussionJames Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422536627746885883noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-1006674701686905312013-05-26T10:20:40.233-07:002013-05-26T10:20:40.233-07:00Some of life's experience and some emotions ar...Some of life's experience and some emotions are essentially, at the core, impossible to name, as shown in the second to last scene in "In which Eve Names Everything Else." That is why we have metaphor, narrative, and story--so we can come closer to describing, sharing and experiencing what is not easily named or explained.Sarah Blake Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849468829272752689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-4880634250017852312013-05-26T06:26:05.014-07:002013-05-26T06:26:05.014-07:00Love it. It seems to me a continuation of what hap...Love it. It seems to me a continuation of what happened in the garden...Adam most worried about following exact instructions, Eve thinking about the purpose behind it & challenging some assumptions/roles. Love the "agony."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-34256209421072256022013-05-26T05:49:43.330-07:002013-05-26T05:49:43.330-07:00Along with Marianne Hales Harding, I am interested...Along with Marianne Hales Harding, I am interested in how he is hesitant to extend naming to the spaces between "things." From his perception in the beginning, the only things that need names are "things." All that Eve names after becomes richer and more difficult to capture and yet all the more important to invest with language because they are harder to grasp and more essential to their inner-life together. k.k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18263491230656715050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-68675534427729298802013-05-25T15:45:07.891-07:002013-05-25T15:45:07.891-07:00I like the continuing naming, but I thought it was...I like the continuing naming, but I thought it was interesting how much time was spent on convincing Adam to let her name the first thing she came across with no name. He granted her permission to name things first because he was confident that the situation would never arise and when it did he was so reticent to give up that power. As time passes they find a way to be partners in naming. I like that journey.Marianne Hales Hardingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-19906738252869861982013-05-25T00:03:36.616-07:002013-05-25T00:03:36.616-07:00I love the fact that they keep communicating.
Is ...I love the fact that they keep communicating.<br /><br />Is there a word for that?Mark Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390977154664061150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-36038006631423597382013-05-24T21:00:50.186-07:002013-05-24T21:00:50.186-07:00Witty, warm, and wise. Great stuff.Witty, warm, and wise. Great stuff.(Japes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17146313170100070016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-37180043158641255892013-05-24T21:00:03.841-07:002013-05-24T21:00:03.841-07:00The BNL get a citation on Mormon Midrashim? Will w...The BNL get a citation on Mormon Midrashim? Will wonders never cease?(Japes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17146313170100070016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-27101223280850934652013-05-24T18:43:42.717-07:002013-05-24T18:43:42.717-07:00I am hard-pressed to find an underused word in a l...I am hard-pressed to find an underused word in a language, but I can definitely think of a word that I wish were naturally a part of it. I learned it from Steinbeck in _East of Eden_ and the word is "timshel". <br /><br />"Thou mayest". Not, in its way, a distant concept from hope.<br /><br />And I believe anyone who has sought to attend an AA/NA/Addiction Recovery Program of any kind, has a grasp of experiencing hope as if for the first time. Somewhere between realizing that you do not recognize yourself through your coping mechanisms, and deciding to try to cut your crippling crutch out from under you, you feel it. In this instance, obviously, the word "hope" is synonymous with the person Christ. Here it is both the feeling, and the solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-51839475925826930872013-05-24T14:17:43.039-07:002013-05-24T14:17:43.039-07:00I suppose that we have similar in English, with th...I suppose that we have similar in English, with the "neck of the bottle." I'm sure there's languages that actually have a word for that, rather than just using a metaphor for it.Kathy Cowleyhttp://katherinecowley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-73959711038724150212013-05-24T12:06:49.232-07:002013-05-24T12:06:49.232-07:00The word "aglet." But that was recently ...The word "aglet." But that was recently addressed in a Phineas & Ferb episode, so maybe that one's been promoted enough for now. I remember hearing once that a certain Polynesian language (don't remember which) didn't have a specific word for "wrist" so they described it as the throat of the hand. I have no idea if this is true, but I like the description.<br /><br />A time in my life when I felt hope in spite of pain? Right now. Several of my family members are dealing with difficult problems that I can do nothing about. Nothing besides sympathize and pray. Yet I feel sure that things will work out. Perhaps that is the real blessing of prayer--that you can do something even when you can't do anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-30913152057121927502013-05-24T11:54:12.713-07:002013-05-24T11:54:12.713-07:00The song also deals with the uvula and frenulum, w...The song also deals with the uvula and frenulum, which are also underused. Unfortunately there was no way to get them into the story.<br /><br />My other favorite underused word is aquabib, a water drinker, or more specifically, someone who only drinks water.Kathy Cowleyhttp://katherinecowley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-48469823762934820692013-05-24T11:50:34.328-07:002013-05-24T11:50:34.328-07:00I figure this is a good place for a confession. Th...I figure this is a good place for a confession. This idea was inspired by the song "A Word For That." Here's the words to the beginning of the song:<br /><br />There's a word for that<br />But I don't seem to know it<br />Sometimes I grow a mustache<br />Just so I don't have to show it<br /><br />The word for that<br />That someone somewhere chose<br />For that little dented skin<br />Between my upper lip and nose<br /><br />There's a word for that<br />What does it start with, the word for that?<br />I'd sound so smart if I only knew<br />The word for that, perhaps you do<br /><br />The word you're looking for is philtrum Kathy Cowleyhttp://katherinecowley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-71718447716379248592013-05-24T09:00:33.584-07:002013-05-24T09:00:33.584-07:00I love it!I love it!Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963232938369858175noreply@blogger.com