tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post7876586396155443919..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Reverential TreatmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-5348251037206888192011-03-13T09:13:24.922-05:002011-03-13T09:13:24.922-05:00Sandra - Authors, normal? Not sure about that. I g...Sandra - Authors, normal? Not sure about that. I guess it's always been that way. Even when I was a lad, I'd scour magazines and newspapers for tidbits on my favorite personalities. The internet and modern media just make it easier.<br /><br />Dana - A keen sacrifice she told us about during the lecture. She went to a conference in 1986 and learned about all the bad stuff going on around the world in her field that she felt compelled to leave the idyllic world of study to become an advocate. Since then, she has not been in one place for longer than three weeks. That's 25 years of constant movement. Incredible.<br /><br />Patti - She mentioned that, for her first outing in the field, she had to bring her mom since Jane was such a young person. Jane is very much of a different cloth, and she urged the audience, especially the children, to do great things, even if those things are in our community.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-924065341419280502011-03-12T13:02:32.885-05:002011-03-12T13:02:32.885-05:00I think she brings something different into the ro...I think she brings something different into the room-a feeling she has done something brave and important with her life. YOu can't compare her with novelists, I think. It's not about the writing with her. It's about the project. <br /><br />And some people just seem touchable. Others, not.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-79758271647174377342011-03-12T12:25:16.882-05:002011-03-12T12:25:16.882-05:00Iy has less to do with authors and everything to d...Iy has less to do with authors and everything to do with Jane Goodall. People are aware of the sacrifices she's made for her mission in life, and how much good she's done, with really no appropriate recompense. When we talk as writers of our sacrifices, we talk of social engagements missed and income done without. She's gone without things we take for granted, and done it for as long as anyone can remember.<br /><br />Jane Goodall transcends common treatment.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-57401650957997346762011-03-12T08:04:38.212-05:002011-03-12T08:04:38.212-05:00I think the media has dispelled all of the author&...I think the media has dispelled all of the author's mystique. They're no longer just amazing wordsmiths transporting us into unknown worlds, they're human beings just like us. Heck, go read an author's twitter feed and you can see that they eat and drink and get dressed just like the rest of us. God! They're normal!?! Knowing everything about an author tends to wipe away the wonder of what they do.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.com