tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post4048183302321054009..comments2024-03-16T12:33:09.741-05:00Comments on <center>Landscape Plotted and Pieced</center>: Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child: Chapter FiveKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-15333571553599185142011-02-19T09:44:25.842-06:002011-02-19T09:44:25.842-06:00I totally agree. I recently wrote a short article ...I totally agree. I recently wrote a short article for our homeschooling newsletter titled "Why Science Fiction should be part of a homeschoolers diet"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-77180578037458993062011-02-12T09:44:45.261-06:002011-02-12T09:44:45.261-06:00Wonderful quotes and so well woven together!
Yes...Wonderful quotes and so well woven together! <br /><br />Yes, I think GNAC is anything that distracts you from thinking. Newspapers, magazines, even.Mystiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489205990532734556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-72800571370578551092011-02-11T14:39:54.362-06:002011-02-11T14:39:54.362-06:00Great post! I especially like that last point abou...Great post! I especially like that last point about fantasy being a more accurate type of Christian reality - and I've always loved that story about Elisha's servant. :)Mahers Hill Academyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928138869772131744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-69281724929348108312011-02-11T13:43:18.924-06:002011-02-11T13:43:18.924-06:00I really think you made a case much more persuasiv...I really think you made a case much more persuasively and clearly than Esolen did. I loved reading this.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372272007182679464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-57176540611542487462011-02-11T09:46:07.666-06:002011-02-11T09:46:07.666-06:00"Is everyone convinced that the GNAC is the t..."Is everyone convinced that the GNAC is the television (or electronic games)?"<br /><br />Yes, or the computer/internet. =8^o<br /><br />Actually, I think it can be a lot of things -- for some people it's their jobs, or their personal troubles. It could be romance novels or comic books or alcohol.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-29853581321702701492011-02-11T09:41:45.662-06:002011-02-11T09:41:45.662-06:00Dana, I think that understanding a story at face v...Dana, I think that understanding a story at face value is essential -- it's not only the place to start, but I'd say if a story can't be understood that way, if the only way for it to make any kind of sense is to figure out the theme or the author's message, then it's not a good story.<br /><br />I don't know if I'm being too strict in that, but I can't think of a good story that's like that.<br /><br />Poetry can be like that, but in that case the sounds and the imagery are fundamental, so there doesn't have to be a narrative at all for it to be a good poem, though it seems to me that a good poem will tell a story of some sort, even if it's the same way a snapshot tells a story -- by capturing one brief moment.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-39265316316632190482011-02-11T09:09:53.136-06:002011-02-11T09:09:53.136-06:00Yes, Kelly ~ your essay definitely undergirds the ...Yes, Kelly ~ your essay definitely undergirds the case for reading fairy tales, adventure stories, and folklore in a way that Esolen did not.<br /><br />And sometimes it's fine to understand them at face value, no?<br /><br />Just enjoy them for the storytelling.<br /><br />Is everyone convinced that the GNAC is the television (or electronic games)?Dana in Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973506073487871220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-48252349583159972522011-02-11T09:08:37.016-06:002011-02-11T09:08:37.016-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dana in Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973506073487871220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-60592369134651452662011-02-11T01:24:30.166-06:002011-02-11T01:24:30.166-06:00Another thank you, Kelly. You did a great job dra...Another thank you, Kelly. You did a great job drawing from others and clarifying the issues.<br />You also touched on one of Lewis's themes about children's literature and the dangers of giving them 'real' stories where they can imagine themselves into the situation rather than fantastic stories which avoid the temptation to distort reality.Debrahttp://fuelthemuse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-11389294335538744002011-02-10T18:55:15.828-06:002011-02-10T18:55:15.828-06:00Thanks, ladies, and you're welcome.
:-)Thanks, ladies, and you're welcome.<br />:-)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-15764674251424726762011-02-10T17:22:38.167-06:002011-02-10T17:22:38.167-06:00Wonderful, wonderful, Kelly! Thank you not only fo...Wonderful, wonderful, Kelly! Thank you not only for saying this, but for saying it so well.<br /><br />It was <i>fine</i>. :)Brandy Vencelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17945305890488681685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-11880505554114251012011-02-10T17:16:30.570-06:002011-02-10T17:16:30.570-06:00Kelly,
I think this is a great post and I apprecia...Kelly,<br />I think this is a great post and I appreciate that you took the time to draw from so many worthy sources. Maybe we should skip the chapter and just blog about this post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413838626377092356noreply@blogger.com