tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post5138096988904253260..comments2023-10-16T01:08:13.590-07:00Comments on Surviving Amelia: All things Amelia and notroseduncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146205623848645811noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-16083603479277665052011-02-09T15:08:12.267-08:002011-02-09T15:08:12.267-08:00Actually as soon as you mentioned it I went online...Actually as soon as you mentioned it I went online. It sounds like the same old Amelia as reckless slightly distracted pilot idea. I have no patience for that.roseduncan aka naomirandhttp://roseduncan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-65806725179344758722011-02-09T12:17:44.583-08:002011-02-09T12:17:44.583-08:00It's the first AE bio to be done by a writer w...It's the first AE bio to be done by a writer who is both a pilot and a woman, so should have been a fresh read ... but isn't. Also be forewarned that some of her interpretations are quite debatable.mkendrick24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649000520068080665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-50168431820431488362011-02-09T11:25:37.830-08:002011-02-09T11:25:37.830-08:00I haven't, but now I have to get it! Thanks. I...I haven't, but now I have to get it! Thanks. I've been very much otherwise engaged. Last book I read and loved was a novel by David Mitchell and that was way back in September.roseduncan aka naomirandhttp://roseduncan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-60909113984622961772011-02-08T19:37:43.826-08:002011-02-08T19:37:43.826-08:00Speaking of biographies of Amelia, have you read t...Speaking of biographies of Amelia, have you read the most recent one, by Kathleen Winters, released in November?mkendrick24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649000520068080665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-40406896240049852162011-02-08T15:47:50.089-08:002011-02-08T15:47:50.089-08:00Empathy is not as common an emotion as I would hop...Empathy is not as common an emotion as I would hope. Nicely put.roseduncan aka naomirandhttp://roseduncan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-34983962696889697862011-02-08T15:29:34.167-08:002011-02-08T15:29:34.167-08:00Probably yes and yes. I tend to think that if we ...Probably yes and yes. I tend to think that if we can see ourselves as we are, we can see others as they are without projecting ourselves on them, or with only judicious projections. (Some things just don't make sense unless you imagine yourself in the other person's shoes. But then, as one person explained to me, if you know that you're projecting, then by definition it isn't a projection. :))mkendrick24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649000520068080665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-18068577685272492802011-02-08T14:12:01.061-08:002011-02-08T14:12:01.061-08:00Really an interesting response. I took a non ficti...Really an interesting response. I took a non fiction class once long ago with Geoffrey Wolff. He spoke about writing memoirs and what it meant to tell the 'true' story. In memoir it's so evident that there are a number of 'true' stories. But with biography and history too, certainly the biographies of Amelia show that each author has their very specific take. I'd say that non-fiction is a loose term when it comes to some of what get's written. Is it because those writers were less aware of the self they were putting into the work? Or it because some people are just more able to separate and see others as they are, while the rest are more likely to see the world and those who inhabit it as projections of themselves?roseduncan aka naomirandhttp://roseduncan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-53451079299568084552011-02-08T10:11:37.748-08:002011-02-08T10:11:37.748-08:00I think your observation that the novel is about y...I think your observation that the novel is about yourself applies to non-fiction writers, too. I'm thinking specifically of biography and history. No matter how objective we try to be, it's inevitable that the writer's own needs and values will filter what he's able to perceive, and thus influence the selection of what facts to tell and how to interpret them. The finished work is to one extent or another a projection of the writer's own self. So maybe how close we come to objectivity depends on how well we know ourselves; the more aware we are of our own assumptions, the more we can label them as such. <br /> Darn. Your posts always make me think, when I could be doing other things like working. :)mkendrick24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649000520068080665noreply@blogger.com