Re: death and humor

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michael_thistle@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Since I didn't want to intrude on the TC thread but I thought this post
brought up an interesting subject I thought I'd move it to a different
thread. The specific issue, a one line joke, was really very small and
its not my purpose to dwell on it. But it sparked some thinking about
more general concepts. Humor as armour or a filter.


Sharon posted
Meanwhile, after talking w/Swan yesterday, still not really getting
Woodstock's "joke" regarding TC, yet hearing her message to let go and
let love...i cried a little more and softened a little more, too.
(*And* i still wish that some folks would actually get it that there
are quite a few of us on the planet who are still very, very sensitive
and wear our hearts not just on our sleeves but stay drenched in
feeling and prefer to live w/o the filters that society wants to armour

us in.)

I don't see humor necessarily as a filter or armour. Since I've never
seen woodstock post a joke when there was another annoucement of some
well known rainbow person passing on and since I've never met TC I
guessed that it was probably an inside joke meant affectionately.
People wear their hearts and espress their feelings in many different
ways. Sometimes being irreverant in some stituations is the most apropo
way for some people to express those feelings. I think if I were laying
in a box and my friends were around the person who knew me the best and
loved me the most would probably say, (with a totally straight face)
"I'm surprised thistle showed up, you know how he hated crowds and we
always had to practically drag him to any gettogether." And the perfect
response, "Oh, he showed up, but just keep your eyes on the casket, in
a few minutes he'll get up and leave early." Only someone who cared
enough to really get to know me, (which is not an easy task given how
hard I am to get to know) knew how important a part of my life humor
was, and got to understand my skewed sense of humor, would say such a
thing. Now I don't know if woodstock's joke was based on such intimacy
or knowledge, but what I'm trying to show is how humor, rather than
being a filter of the emotions or armour, could be the deepest way of
expressing one's feelings.



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existing model obsolete.


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