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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
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Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

December 21, 2015 at 11:43am
December 21, 2015 at 11:43am
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Prompt: Sue Erikson Bloland the integrative psychotherapist said, “The pursuit of fame is basically a tragic pursuit.” Can it be that people pursue fame to use it as a successful defense against shame or feelings of inadequacy, even after realizing it could be tragic?

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Pursuing fame for fame itself can bring tragic results. I agree with that, especially when the person, in order to become famous, does wrong things or spends all his money and worldly goods for this quest. This type of undertaking is probably a defense for feelings of inadequacy, and if failure ensues, then it would be disastrous.

On the other hand, if a person is interested in an undertaking and gives it his all to it just because he feels a great love for it, believes in the outcome of his efforts, and as the result of his hard work becomes famous, I don’t see anything wrong with it or how that kind of fame can be avoided. It is true that with any kind of fame, a person’s privacy and other freedoms can become compromised. Still, if the quest to reach that fame is an important one, any person with an ideal would overlook that little bit of inconvenience.


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