Comments on: Abandonment http://www.allengeorge.com/2008/01/28/on-abandonment/ Finding my way Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Allen George http://www.allengeorge.com/2008/01/28/on-abandonment/comment-page-1/#comment-6677 Allen George Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:37:12 +0000 http://www.allengeorge.com/2008/01/28/on-abandonment/#comment-6677 And just to clarify my reasons for writing this: while it may have started with my questioning the roots of my photographic pause, it was really meant to ask the larger question of why, <em>we</em> - whether now, or at another point in our lives - may abandon an activity that was previously so important to us. And just to clarify my reasons for writing this: while it may have started with my questioning the roots of my photographic pause, it was really meant to ask the larger question of why, we – whether now, or at another point in our lives – may abandon an activity that was previously so important to us.

]]> By: The Space Between http://www.allengeorge.com/2008/01/28/on-abandonment/comment-page-1/#comment-6675 The Space Between Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:37:13 +0000 http://www.allengeorge.com/2008/01/28/on-abandonment/#comment-6675 [...] the best option may simply be to work through the down periods, it’s not always so. Sometimes it’s space we need - but the question is: what will we make of it, and when will we end [...] [...] the best option may simply be to work through the down periods, it’s not always so. Sometimes it’s space we need – but the question is: what will we make of it, and when will we end [...]

]]> By: Allen George http://www.allengeorge.com/2008/01/28/on-abandonment/comment-page-1/#comment-6601 Allen George Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:28:13 +0000 http://www.allengeorge.com/2008/01/28/on-abandonment/#comment-6601 Thank you both for your comments; mixed reactions - that's what I felt after my first read through - and I had to return and reread them to understand <em>what</em> those reactions were. I'd like to think a bit before responding, but I was . . . well, I thought it interesting (and not in a detached way) that your takes on this were so different - almost diametrically opposite. There was this moment of odd parallelism. Thank you both for your comments; mixed reactions – that’s what I felt after my first read through – and I had to return and reread them to understand what those reactions were.

I’d like to think a bit before responding, but I was . . . well, I thought it interesting (and not in a detached way) that your takes on this were so different – almost diametrically opposite. There was this moment of odd parallelism.

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