Comments on: 2007 Books http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/ incantations at the edge of uncertainty Mon, 21 May 2012 01:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Karl http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 Karl Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:09:23 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/#comment-1847 Berry definitely doesn't seem practical, with his technology-eschewing ways. But maybe that's part of what appealed to me in reading him. Unlike a lot of people (like me) who agree with much of what he says, he is willing to take things to their logical conclusions and tries hard to live in a manner consistent with his convictions. He admits that he uses a chainsaw but writes about a man who does not, who still chops his wood by hand and comments something to the effect of "he is a wiser and saner man than I." That's how I feel about Berry. I'm not willing to go to his lengths, but he is probably wiser and saner than I, in part because of his willingness to go to those lengths and do without things that I and most others can't imagine lacking. Berry definitely doesn't seem practical, with his technology-eschewing ways. But maybe that's part of what appealed to me in reading him. Unlike a lot of people (like me) who agree with much of what he says, he is willing to take things to their logical conclusions and tries hard to live in a manner consistent with his convictions. He admits that he uses a chainsaw but writes about a man who does not, who still chops his wood by hand and comments something to the effect of "he is a wiser and saner man than I." That's how I feel about Berry. I'm not willing to go to his lengths, but he is probably wiser and saner than I, in part because of his willingness to go to those lengths and do without things that I and most others can't imagine lacking.

]]> By: Julie Clawson http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 Julie Clawson Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:36:06 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/#comment-1843 There was a lot I liked about Berry, he does state it like it is with choosing sides. I did get occasionally annoyed with his "grumpy old man" persona as he continually complained about "kids these days" and labeled anything new as bad. I am all for reclaiming tradition, but I don't think that a complete and total rejection of say computers and the internet would be the most effective or feasible way of doing so. There was a lot I liked about Berry, he does state it like it is with choosing sides. I did get occasionally annoyed with his "grumpy old man" persona as he continually complained about "kids these days" and labeled anything new as bad. I am all for reclaiming tradition, but I don't think that a complete and total rejection of say computers and the internet would be the most effective or feasible way of doing so.

]]> By: Shawna R. B. Atteberry » Updates and Housecleaning http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Shawna R. B. Atteberry » Updates and Housecleaning Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:01:52 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/#comment-1842 [...] Clawson, John Smulo, and other wonderful writers in the emergent movement. In fact, Julie has a great list of books from 2007 that is worth going over and looking at. A very good friend of mine, Bon, has a great post up on [...] [...] Clawson, John Smulo, and other wonderful writers in the emergent movement. In fact, Julie has a great list of books from 2007 that is worth going over and looking at. A very good friend of mine, Bon, has a great post up on [...]

]]> By: Karl http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1841 Karl Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:09:04 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/#comment-1841 Wendell Berry is a clear sighted, powerful voice and will be missed when he is gone. As with C.S. Lewis, another favorite author of mine, I can never decide which I like more - his poetry, his fiction or his non-fiction. I've appreciated that Berry is perfectly willing to prick balloons on both the right and the left, and simply calls it like he sees it while ignoring and defying such categorizations. Wendell Berry is a clear sighted, powerful voice and will be missed when he is gone. As with C.S. Lewis, another favorite author of mine, I can never decide which I like more – his poetry, his fiction or his non-fiction. I've appreciated that Berry is perfectly willing to prick balloons on both the right and the left, and simply calls it like he sees it while ignoring and defying such categorizations.

]]> By: Pistol Pete http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1839 Pistol Pete Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:19:24 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/#comment-1839 You are quite the reader! I was very pleased to see Wendell Berry's "Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community," on your list. I'm convinced Berry is one (if not the only) true prophet of our age and I'm happy he is still being read. It probably didnh't hurt sales that his publisher put "Sex" in the title. Keep reading and blogging through the new year. You are quite the reader! I was very pleased to see Wendell Berry's "Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community," on your list. I'm convinced Berry is one (if not the only) true prophet of our age and I'm happy he is still being read. It probably didnh't hurt sales that his publisher put "Sex" in the title.

Keep reading and blogging through the new year.

]]> By: Lori http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1838 Lori Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:16:26 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/30/2007-books/#comment-1838 WOW girl, that's a lot of books! WOW girl, that's a lot of books!

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