Comments on: Grief: a perfect crystal, or travel by roundabout

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:11:45 +0000

Most of us are content loll around in circles with snow goggles on when it comes to the cavernous hugeness of love, death, and grief; it takes a truly robust spirit to navigate the dark caves with the compassion and grace of Meagan Yellott. That shit’s made you superlative, a truly empathetic person. Or maybe you always were.

By: molly

molly — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:15:15 +0000

you are right. if given the textless option between those two images, my (very differently affected psyche) would clearly have chosen the first. why would i go in circles around a suburban roundabout when i could climb into a massive crystal cave and feel like a tiny pewter wizard placed atop a geode? but in my quests for the ultimate sensations and extreme experiences i can childishly ignore the fact that some experiences are preferably missed out on and there are ones that cause scars. i’m not pewter. giant crystals might hurt my feet. outer space is awesome but it is also really cold and probably lonely. really, isnt self-discovery just as new and huge and mind-bogglingly weird as what’s at the bottom of the sea? cool man; once i got inside that crystal cave i would miss those telephone wires for sure. and with a pair of rainbow-making paper glasses what else does a girl really need?

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:33:04 +0000

I am so happy to say that I have been close to you for most of these seven years, happier that our friendship is in fact longer than that, happiest that you have gradually turned grief into such eloquent words and open emotions.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:05:59 +0000

I have written and erased around five comments. I think what I mean to say is thank-you-for-this. I too grieve every day.