tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post7861030835954169744..comments2013-02-25T09:16:38.483-08:00Comments on Impressions...: "Making a Mark" by Michael SerafinMichael Serafin-St. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222406476906035537noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-8420061336811445362008-03-05T20:24:00.000-08:002008-03-05T20:24:00.000-08:00Guidance, Mary? The purpose is simply the search ...Guidance, Mary? The purpose is simply the search for truth and knowledge, and the efforts, failures and successes involved in doing so...at least that was my intention!<BR/>The term "impression" can mean either of two things: the effect the world has on us, or the effect we have on the world.Michael Serafin-St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222406476906035537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-60367799215319346432008-02-27T20:30:00.000-08:002008-02-27T20:30:00.000-08:00I tend to be too spontaneous to worry but if I wer...I tend to be too spontaneous to worry but if I were leaving tracks though the snow, I would like the to make a delicate arching filigree, like fox tracks or the tiny traces of a mouse.<BR/><BR/>How about some more guidance as to the purpose of this blog and what should be posted here?Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-55791057843724487662008-02-25T18:34:00.000-08:002008-02-25T18:34:00.000-08:00I have always thought that well-known people are s...I have always thought that well-known people are social. They draw attention to themselves. Sometimes they even do so purposefully so that they gather praise (do they do great things in order to hear the praise?). Others are so averse to praise they don't want anyone to know what they have accomplished. <BR/><BR/>Newton defended himself vigorously against claims of Leibniz. If I had been Newton, I would've gladly let Leibniz claim the discovery of calculus and simply disappeared.Andreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159511912645034019noreply@blogger.com