tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804148397927127420.post827434934191685563..comments2023-04-30T03:52:36.732-04:00Comments on das Ding an sich: Random babblings: On corvids and connectionsKaliDurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13218716336939570814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804148397927127420.post-32695786120598894302012-11-06T15:13:28.451-05:002012-11-06T15:13:28.451-05:00Agreed. I think that, like anything else on the i...Agreed. I think that, like anything else on the internet (or, indeed, many things that have nothing to do with the internet), it is what you make of it. If all you ever have on the internet is shallow conversations, then that's all that your on-line "friendships" will be. But what's important to note is that that also applies to in-person friendships-- If your face-to-face relationships with people consist of little more than football scores, the weather, or drinks on Friday night, then what makes them any more valid a connection than one that's, in a literal sense, more detached? The potential for deep relationships via spoken word has been proven by examples just like the one you gave. Though in that sort of relationship, I do still find myself wishing at some point that I could put a face to the name and hear a voice at some point (as I'm sure Kafka and his fiancee must have). <br /><br />Would be fantastic to see those crows swooping by your house! I've been so happy to see them coming back after the virus that took so many of them away a few years ago.<br /><br />And thank you!KaliDurgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218716336939570814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804148397927127420.post-34483970289199341172012-11-05T13:04:15.319-05:002012-11-05T13:04:15.319-05:00Decidedly not like a Sex in the City ramble. What ...Decidedly <i>not</i> like a Sex in the City ramble. What you speak of in terms of 'internet relationships' often rattles through my mind, too. I do not think that these are any less 'real' due to their lack of an in-person aspect. I like how you compare them to those of literary figures writing letters to each other. I recently read some of Kafka's letters and diaries. He so rarely saw his fiancee (including, I believe, only once or twice briefly before they became engaged) and yet his letters represent deep outpourings of his inner life to her. Those of us who read each others' blogs, comment, and sometimes even start up email correspondence often know more about each other than people we may actually <i>see</i> everyday. But seeing is not the same as knowing, as I think we both are aware.<br /><br />Beautiful photos of the cemetery...it's not too far from where I live and yet I still have not visited. I also live near an ancestral winter crow roost in the city, so every day at dusk hundreds of crows fly over my house, cawing and swooping through the air. It is an awesome sight.<br /><br />Nice to see you posting again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com