Comments on: Piercy, Phelps, Phillies, Phantastic Phootball Phanatics … and of Course the USWNT … and Elvis! http://www.jordancornblog.com/piercy-phelps-phillies-phantastic-phootball-phanatics-and-of-course-the-uswnt-and-elvis/ Just what you've been waiting for ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JordanCornblog http://www.jordancornblog.com/piercy-phelps-phillies-phantastic-phootball-phanatics-and-of-course-the-uswnt-and-elvis/comment-page-1/#comment-447 JordanCornblog Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:03:23 +0000 http://www.jordancornblog.com/piercy-phelps-phillies-phantastic-phootball-phanatics-and-of-course-the-uswnt-and-elvis/#comment-447 Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Alice - as always! (And I do hope you enjoyed the bobbleheads ... speaking of dislocation!) I hadn't thought about dissociation, but the two do seem closely related, huh? The dislocation seems perhaps more cultural than individual to me, though. Not-so-much trauma-based - maybe more related to lack of community, lack of roots, lack of ... something? I keep thinking of that Talking Heads song where he asks (with a bit of panic in his voice), "Is this my beautiful wife?" and "Is this my beautiful house?" and "How did I get here?" Something to that effect ... indeed! Interesting to think about whether people like Olympic athletes experience this. My guess would be absolutely not- when they are focused on their athletic pursuits (either training or competing). But in the interstices of their lives - the down times - I bet they are as subject to such feelings as the rest of us are. Okay, maybe not quite as much as you and me ... ;) Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Alice – as always! (And I do hope you enjoyed the bobbleheads … speaking of dislocation!)

I hadn’t thought about dissociation, but the two do seem closely related, huh? The dislocation seems perhaps more cultural than individual to me, though. Not-so-much trauma-based – maybe more related to lack of community, lack of roots, lack of … something? I keep thinking of that Talking Heads song where he asks (with a bit of panic in his voice), “Is this my beautiful wife?” and “Is this my beautiful house?” and “How did I get here?” Something to that effect … indeed!

Interesting to think about whether people like Olympic athletes experience this. My guess would be absolutely not- when they are focused on their athletic pursuits (either training or competing). But in the interstices of their lives – the down times – I bet they are as subject to such feelings as the rest of us are.

Okay, maybe not quite as much as you and me … ;)

]]> By: Alice http://www.jordancornblog.com/piercy-phelps-phillies-phantastic-phootball-phanatics-and-of-course-the-uswnt-and-elvis/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Alice Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:49:02 +0000 http://www.jordancornblog.com/piercy-phelps-phillies-phantastic-phootball-phanatics-and-of-course-the-uswnt-and-elvis/#comment-445 I had just read Marge Piercy's "Dislocation" on the Writer's Almanac website, and was so taken with it that I said to one of MY selves, I must share this with Jordan Cornblog--I think she, too, will be stunned by it, intrigued by it, provoked by it. But, JordanCornblog had already come upon it herself, no slouch she who is ever surfing and multitasking at superhuman speeds. What an interesting poem! It certainly resonates with me: lots of folks tramping around on my grave apparently. I wonder how dislocation and disassociating are related. I wonder if actors make use of these feelings in a creative way. I suspect world class athletes such as we've been seeing in the Olympics rarely experience the sense of dislocation that Piercy describes so well. Lots of food for thought. Thanks JordanCornblog for the morsel. I'll be chewing on it today. First, though, another self is itching to take a closer look at those bobbleheads: they are a hoot. I had just read Marge Piercy’s “Dislocation” on the Writer’s Almanac website, and was so taken with it that I said to one of MY selves, I must share this with Jordan Cornblog–I think she, too, will be stunned by it, intrigued by it, provoked by it. But, JordanCornblog had already come upon it herself, no slouch she who is ever surfing and multitasking at superhuman speeds. What an interesting poem! It certainly resonates with me: lots of folks tramping around on my grave apparently. I wonder how dislocation and disassociating are related. I wonder if actors make use of these feelings in a creative way. I suspect world class athletes such as we’ve been seeing in the Olympics rarely experience the sense of dislocation that Piercy describes so well. Lots of food for thought. Thanks JordanCornblog for the morsel. I’ll be chewing on it today. First, though, another self is itching to take a closer look at those bobbleheads: they are a hoot.

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