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Great pics MamaPeace. Here's another John Lennon quote I like.

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I could watch hummingbirds for hours.

 

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Mother Teresa didn't feel the need to forever parrot scripture. She had imagination. That's how dreams become reality.

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Janis had a voice and a vision. I love this quote.

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So now we're quoting poets. I think it's awesome.

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Here's a Sylvia Plath quote I like:

 

That's a really cool quote, Eavesdrop. Looks like Plath is as popular as ever. Here's another one...

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Meh, I simply cannot take advice from a drug addict who died of an overdose (Janis Joplin), or committed suicide (Sylvia Plath). I don't find anything by them or about them inspirational.

 

Why can't a drug addict say some (or a lot) inspirational things? Can't someone who committed suicide have had a different mindset during their life? I just don't see how a drug addiction or suicide implies they had nothing to say. It's not like you automatically approve of their less succesful actions.

 

I don't know, I tend to look at their life as a whole. Sure, it's great to some people, but I automatically reject their advice. Ah well.

 

I would be critical too but not reject everything they say by definition. I know from experience that the most retarded person can spout something inspirational
I agree though that I as well do dismiss most advice that comes from an addict that has never achieved anything but when I do not know much about their lifes why assume they did not achieve anything or found great insights earlier in life right. I know despite the tragic aspects of her life Janis Joplin was far from a worthless person despite her addiction and the tragic aspects of her life. Would you like to be judged by how your life would end or just by the most tragic aspect of it?

 

The thing is, I can say (and I am pretty certain about this), that my life will not end with suicide or drug addiction. It may be pretty mediocre, I may not achieve great things, maybe I won't even graduate, who knows, but I won't resort to such drastic things. It's weak, it's escaping. A person who does that is no role model, not to me.
Also, I don't like Janis Joplin's and Sylvia Plath's work, it has no appeal to me. It's okay if people like their stuff, but I don't see why would anyone celebrate their life. Although, I am not saying that someone in this thread has done that.
But, I would also like to say that when it comes to such artists people tend to romanticize them and their lives. I just don't see it. I don't see them as tragic figures, they're just people who worked (whether as actors, singers, writers) and couldn't really cope with some aspects of their lifes. I don't think they have the answers. I don't find them quotable, so sue me.

 

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