Comments on: What Women Want

By: Want Women Want – The Lady Ragnell Story and Respect « A moment with God

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:10:56 +0000

[...] This morning I wanted to talk to You about RESPECTING OTHERS as opposed to LABELING OTHERS. This, God, is what comes of thinking. Or maybe it is what comes of shaking bits of information together as if the Mind were a Kaleidoscope? But, somehow, what came up was the old story of Lady Ragnell. [...]

By: solidgoldcreativity

solidgoldcreativity — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:22:14 +0000

Wow.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:19:22 +0000

I think what women really want initially is to be impregnated and what men really want is to impregnate. After that biological imperitive is decided, to or not to, all other wishes are psychological machinations brought on by our accidental self-consciousness.

Arthur

By: dafna

dafna — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:49:02 +0000

he, he, he,

i saw him up close in one of those big suits! no, his emails don’t seem like bulk junk… they seem so personal.

i don’t know how i started getting them, maybe from the web site. you can be special too and get them. he is brilliant.

Marianne Faithful used to come around from time to time and you could see her up close also. Cleveland used to be “the heart of rock and roll”.

By: solidgoldcreativity

solidgoldcreativity — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:15:13 +0000

Personal emails, hey? What does he say … “Dafna, come up and see my big suit”? :) I didn’t mean gay; I just meant he’s always seemed intelligent and questioning and imaginative.

By: dafna

dafna — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:42:14 +0000

yes saw the blog,

and i’m special because DB sends me “personal” emails :)

he was also one of the first to use performance art while entertaining?

always been a fan of performance art. if by not typical man, you mean… ahem “gay”, well then maybe that explains a bit.

By: solidgoldcreativity

solidgoldcreativity — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:07:13 +0000

Did you see DB’s got a blog on his site? Just like the rest of us it’s got boring bits, bits about dreams, too long bits. Nice. Thanks x (which means a kiss in Aust, and to be used liberally because we like to be liked).

By: solidgoldcreativity

solidgoldcreativity — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:42:50 +0000

Oooh, I love DB too. Haven’t heard from him in ages. Not quite your average man, what? :) The clip’s great. Did you see her face when she’s dancing with Kissinger? “Beam me up,” is written there, plain as day. And when she sees Ford dancing, she’s got to be whispering behind that hand, “This guy’s President????”

By: dafna

dafna — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:15:27 +0000

hello Sgx,

thought you might enjoy this link from another native of Cleveland and a brilliant artist… he is a man and he gets it :)

http://www.davidbyrne.com/here_lies_love/video.php

By: solidgoldcreativity

solidgoldcreativity — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:28:38 +0000

That sounds fun. The link was fun too. It’s so great how Irvine demonstrates the way in which men just cannot get it. He makes a point somewhere about the word “want” and how it’s crucial because it means not only “desire,” but also “lack.” This is one of the reasons why men cannot get it: because they cannot understand what it means to lack sovereignty.

The rebuttal is also great. As the women point out the story is not only about sovereignty, but honour and respect. As they also suggest Irvine incorrectly locates the power-generating crux of the story in the moment when Gawain answers Ragnell’s question; there are at least two scenes more powerful and essential: (1) when Ragnell stands her ground in the face of the king’s scorn; and (2) when Gawain kisses her despite her appearance.

Thanks so much for the link :)