tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post6986506689524862916..comments2023-10-16T01:08:13.590-07:00Comments on Surviving Amelia: Amelia Earhart needs to raise a little moneyroseduncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146205623848645811noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-15834506166599703282010-02-11T09:16:37.348-08:002010-02-11T09:16:37.348-08:00No trouble at all to locate; I have a copy at home...No trouble at all to locate; I have a copy at home. I just need to note the reference when I get home tonight.mkendrick24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649000520068080665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-77612059940811868322010-02-11T06:46:09.177-08:002010-02-11T06:46:09.177-08:00Thanks so much for this clarification! The more I ...Thanks so much for this clarification! The more I learn about Amelia the more my appreciation for her grows. I'm glad you've corrected my understanding which was very fuzzy and incorrect. If it's not too much trouble to locate, I would be interested in reading her article "Flying the Atlantic." My e-mail address is colleen.loehr@gmail.com. Thanks again!Colleen Loehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048649046228516513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-91536671906358439702010-02-10T21:41:39.661-08:002010-02-10T21:41:39.661-08:00Your reference to Amelia wanting to pilot the plan...Your reference to Amelia wanting to pilot the plane herself, and thereby become worthy of the fame she already had, pertains to her 1932 solo crossing of the Atlantic. Soon after that flight, she wrote a thought-provoking article for Mercury magazine concerning her motives for the flight. It's called "Flying the Atlantic" and I can look up the reference if you're interested. As to why she undertook the world flight in 1937, I think there was a complex mix of motives, not least of which was that she'd always wanted to see the world. Read her book "Last Flight" and notice how she reminisces about childhood fantasies of travel to exotic lands. Another factor was that she planned to retire from record-setting (though not from ordinary flying) and wanted to finish up with a notable record; no one had ever flown the equator before.mkendrick24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649000520068080665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-86898657208689940622010-02-10T17:45:54.164-08:002010-02-10T17:45:54.164-08:00I don't know much about Amelia, though I'v...I don't know much about Amelia, though I've always admired her from the little that I do know. I had heard that she felt uncomfortable with the fame that she received for being the first female passenger in a trans-Atlantic flight; that she felt that she hadn't done anything as just a passenger and therefore didn't deserve the glory she received. (I think she was incredibly brave to be the first female passenger on such a flight and that she completed deserved our admiration for this.) It's my understanding that part of what drove Amelia to undertake her fatal flight was that she wanted to pilot the plane herself and therefore become worthy of the acclaim she had received- is my understanding correct? Also, about fame, I was wondering what fame actually is, and it boils down to human attention. The famous person receives a lot of human attention. What is human attention and why does it feel so good to receive it?Colleen Loehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048649046228516513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-85258245491451226752010-02-10T05:44:10.286-08:002010-02-10T05:44:10.286-08:00It springs from self-doubt and poses as self-confi...It springs from self-doubt and poses as self-confidence. I find it actually kind of maddening. Yet this is what's rewarded in our insta-culture.rose duncanhttp://roseduncan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-21056452305541383932010-02-09T17:35:09.067-08:002010-02-09T17:35:09.067-08:00There are a lot of great and thought-provoking que...There are a lot of great and thought-provoking questions in this post and the comments. I read a short book by Maria Shriver (takes about an hour to read) called "Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question, Little Book". She cites a study that found that the number one goal of young people in the United States is to be famous. She makes the exact point you make Naomi, being famous is all well and good, but the real question is- what are you doing to become famous- what is your passion or creative contribution that will lead you to become famous? She talks about how she was famous because of the family she was born into and the man she married, but that she was really driven to achieve because she is an insecure people-pleaser. It seems to me that there is a natural drive to communicate, to create, and to connect with others that is healthy. And then it seems like there is a craving for external approval and validation that is different, that springs from self-doubt and in the end reinforces that self-doubt.Colleen Loehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048649046228516513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-32008436237480082952010-02-09T12:07:07.163-08:002010-02-09T12:07:07.163-08:00And think of what so many women use fame for now. ...And think of what so many women use fame for now. Women and men, hey let's not just damn my own sex. I find it disconcerting and really kind of depressing, still there are many examples of selflessness out there, and of people who inspire. I just find that there's a much lower threshold, fame should have something to do with accomplishments, and being famous though undoubtedly wonderful, seems like a fairly frivolous goal.rose duncanhttp://roseduncan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638292761241716183.post-40020818950756008212010-02-09T11:55:18.994-08:002010-02-09T11:55:18.994-08:00She used her fame as a pulpit from which to advoca...She used her fame as a pulpit from which to advocate for women's rights and capabilities. That advocacy was her mission in life; she worked the message into virtually everything she wrote and spoke (3 books, 45 magazine articles, and several hundred public lectures). I think she probably best summed up how she saw her career and her purposes in the sentence, "Probably my greatest satisfaction has been to indicate by example now and then that women can do things when given the chance." 'Indicating by example' is a reference to her own record flights.mkendrick24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649000520068080665noreply@blogger.com