tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544924080300827163.post1013705037770859450..comments2024-03-12T01:19:19.445-07:00Comments on Beloved Stranger: A Kind Of Intellectual ElationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238443632454897835noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544924080300827163.post-44634077766465847632009-11-18T23:39:30.605-08:002009-11-18T23:39:30.605-08:00Cindy, I'm Dan Dougan and you used to play @ S...Cindy, I'm Dan Dougan and you used to play @ Stache's, in Columbus, Ohio, that I used to own. Yes, I owned the whole damn town, at least I felt that way. Anyhoo, I'm preparing a radio show featuring music and personal tales of my "Glory Days!", and I found a disc of yours that you signed, significant, because I collected so little memorabilia. The show will air Thanksgiving Day, and my story for it will be about having turkey with the SunRa Archestra. But now I can also direct people to your marvelously manifested blogsite, that I just stumbled upon , quite by happenstance. Steve Earle and I share similar exhabits and in the recovery process I heard "coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous". He better stay that way, cause I might punch him for causing my wife's wonderful mother, to have to care for her alzheimer's/parkinsons, husband. Wes (Harding), also played there, so if you see him again tell him howdy from the heart of it all. I think I'll spin your song about highjumping over anything I gotta. PS. My wife blogs alot about our spaceloving son Declan@ tinymantras.com. All our best, DOD.TZThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115184964695756281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544924080300827163.post-21198889126521388242009-10-09T12:55:23.486-07:002009-10-09T12:55:23.486-07:00It was very enlightening to me to gain insight abo...It was very enlightening to me to gain insight about Japanese psychology from Takeo Doi through Paul and his life experience. His interpretation of the cherishment aspect is very astute. Cherish is the word...Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270887352900144899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544924080300827163.post-76861063740896771712009-10-06T14:36:39.371-07:002009-10-06T14:36:39.371-07:00Paul was very fond of that book and was fortunate ...Paul was very fond of that book and was fortunate enough to meet the author while in Japan. I think the American edition of it was called Anatomy of Dependence but Paul thought the word Amae was more like CherishmentAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238443632454897835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544924080300827163.post-57336210077031012822009-10-06T10:57:30.432-07:002009-10-06T10:57:30.432-07:00One experience that I had with Paul where I experi...One experience that I had with Paul where I experienced this kind of "intellectual elation" was while walking and talking with Paul along Venice beach in December 1998 while Cindy went for a run on the beach. We got into quite a discussion of the concept of Amae and he sent me an email with a chapter from his then book in progress...<br /><br />hi Keith...It was good to see you and fun hanging out on the Venice Boardwalk together. Here's the recent piece I mentioned, a chapter from my book-in-progress The 20th Century's Greatest Hits, A Top 40 List <br /><br />#20: The Anatomy of Dependence (published 1971) by Takeo Doi, M.D.<br /><br /> This is a book of transcultural psychology by a Japanese psychologist. Its <br />original title was Amae no Kozo, which means "the structure of amae" <br />(pronounced ah-ma-eh or ah-my-ay)...<br /><br /> Paul shows that Amae is the human desire to love somebody and to have somebody to love us. It can be God or the universe as well as another human being.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270887352900144899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544924080300827163.post-82840391029654336182009-10-05T02:36:11.509-07:002009-10-05T02:36:11.509-07:00You nail it on the head describing your experience...You nail it on the head describing your experience as "intellectual elation". My discussions with Paul, first at lunches and later on the phone, always took me to the next thought, revelation or understanding of where a song or text could lead us.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336168641544274947noreply@blogger.com