Comments on: Translation and cultural context http://www.hiromigoto.com/archives/468 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:45:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hiromi http://www.hiromigoto.com/archives/468/comment-page-1#comment-242 Hiromi Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:22:57 +0000 http://www.hiromigoto.com/?p=468#comment-242 Beauty found in the unexpected of places, strength after a lifetime of weakness, being compassionate when every cell in your body tells you to inflict pain-- these moments are a burst of transcendance. These moments make us human. Beauty found in the unexpected of places, strength after a lifetime of weakness, being compassionate when every cell in your body tells you to inflict pain– these moments are a burst of transcendance. These moments make us human.

]]> By: thu http://www.hiromigoto.com/archives/468/comment-page-1#comment-237 thu Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:07:41 +0000 http://www.hiromigoto.com/?p=468#comment-237 from Janet Landis, "It is one of the last brave acts available to us in the modern world. " I second that, it is one of the reason why I love your stories. They're not just stories of courage, they also embody it. I'm glad you didn't let editors change your connection to the Japanese language. It's wonderful to read and feel in english, a sense of poetry that has been lost. Pop culture (Disney*cough) would deny that poetry exists in a smelly fat girl but you gave it back to her. <3 from Janet Landis, “It is one of the last brave acts available to us in the modern world. ”

I second that, it is one of the reason why I love your stories. They’re not just stories of courage, they also embody it. I’m glad you didn’t let editors change your connection to the Japanese language. It’s wonderful to read and feel in english, a sense of poetry that has been lost. Pop culture (Disney*cough) would deny that poetry exists in a smelly fat girl but you gave it back to her. <3

]]> By: Hiromi http://www.hiromigoto.com/archives/468/comment-page-1#comment-215 Hiromi Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:44:40 +0000 http://www.hiromigoto.com/?p=468#comment-215 Thank you, Janet.... Writing, and reading, has always been an act of hope and faith for me. Before we can change ourselves and our world, we need to be able to imagine it. Stories are a way we can share our ideas with someone we might never meet. Writing and reading allows us to share a kind of relationship with strangers, who go on to touch others' lives in ways that might not be measurable. It's a kind of magic. Thank you for sharing your response and thoughts with me. ^__^. Blessings to you and the people in your life. Canada is fraught with its own legacy of colonialism and systemic racism. Sexism. I don't think it's fundamentally so different from the US; maybe the articulation of its oppressions takes on a more subdued form. But the issues remain the same. There are pockets of activists, dreamers, writers, teachers, librarians, artists, cyclists, farmers, children, feminists, men, in every community who strive to make even small changes in an often unlovely world. Let's continue growing and dreaming.... And if you decide to emigrate to Canada, there are people waiting to welcome you. Thank you, Janet….
Writing, and reading, has always been an act of hope and faith for me. Before we can change ourselves and our world, we need to be able to imagine it. Stories are a way we can share our ideas with someone we might never meet. Writing and reading allows us to share a kind of relationship with strangers, who go on to touch others’ lives in ways that might not be measurable. It’s a kind of magic. Thank you for sharing your response and thoughts with me. ^__^. Blessings to you and the people in your life. Canada is fraught with its own legacy of colonialism and systemic racism. Sexism. I don’t think it’s fundamentally so different from the US; maybe the articulation of its oppressions takes on a more subdued form. But the issues remain the same.
There are pockets of activists, dreamers, writers, teachers, librarians, artists, cyclists, farmers, children, feminists, men, in every community who strive to make even small changes in an often unlovely world. Let’s continue growing and dreaming…. And if you decide to emigrate to Canada, there are people waiting to welcome you.

]]> By: Janet Landis http://www.hiromigoto.com/archives/468/comment-page-1#comment-214 Janet Landis Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:05:08 +0000 http://www.hiromigoto.com/?p=468#comment-214 I came to your blog from an interview about Half World that you did on Writer's Block. I was so moved by your perspective, by the open style of your interview and how you summed up the terrible things Disney has done from the absence of mother's in their movies to the passive waiting for a Prince to come to the rescue. Being an American, born and raised, I was steeped in this myth that also comes from Western Europe perhaps? Certainly it's been raised to an iconic level here, and I've often felt like a square peg. My country is also becoming less and less a place I recognize, and after working on Obama's campaign, but seeing how he's had to govern, I've lost hope and fantasize about emigrating somewhere that my values would be tolerated, if not embraced. I hope to read your writing now, and long for Canada despite the fun they poked at it on The Daily Show last night. Thank you for writing and giving voice to your thoughts, for allowing the true expression of your creativity to bloom. It is one of the last brave acts available to us in the modern world. From the land of Disney, the romance novel, and reality T.V., I send you best wishes for a life blessed with the rewards of an imagination explored with courage, and imbued with truth - whether or not it is the accepted or the expected truth. Peace and blessings to you and your family. Janet Landis, Harleysville, PA. I came to your blog from an interview about Half World that you did on Writer’s Block. I was so moved by your perspective, by the open style of your interview and how you summed up the terrible things Disney has done from the absence of mother’s in their movies to the passive waiting for a Prince to come to the rescue. Being an American, born and raised, I was steeped in this myth that also comes from Western Europe perhaps? Certainly it’s been raised to an iconic level here, and I’ve often felt like a square peg. My country is also becoming less and less a place I recognize, and after working on Obama’s campaign, but seeing how he’s had to govern, I’ve lost hope and fantasize about emigrating somewhere that my values would be tolerated, if not embraced. I hope to read your writing now, and long for Canada despite the fun they poked at it on The Daily Show last night. Thank you for writing and giving voice to your thoughts, for allowing the true expression of your creativity to bloom. It is one of the last brave acts available to us in the modern world. From the land of Disney, the romance novel, and reality T.V., I send you best wishes for a life blessed with the rewards of an imagination explored with courage, and imbued with truth – whether or not it is the accepted or the expected truth. Peace and blessings to you and your family.
Janet Landis, Harleysville, PA.

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