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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 649785" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>My son was interviewed recently, by a journalist intrigued by people living off-grid in extreme situations. My son sent me a copy of the interview. Part of the interview was about why/how he had ended up where he is. He spoke about his father. He said things that were partly true, negative things, but he left out a huge load of stuff, positive stuff, that was also true. It was a strange interview for me to watch. Like a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing. So, only part of the edge of the jigsaw was in place and my son had chosen to throw away a lot of the middle, maybe because it was too hard to do, or he didn't like the picture, or it didn't fit in with the jigsaw he has in his head of the sort of person he is and why he is that sort of person. So, it was hard to watch the first time. I was struck by the bits that he'd carefully selected to show. I found myself thinking. Was this true? Was this all there was? And then, as Cedar says, came the first little; "but... that's not really true". Well, it is 'sort of' true, but it was only a tiny part of the whole jigsaw. So I thought about the rest of the puzzle, and how this journalist has only captured a tiny bit of my son's picture, how it would be interesting if this journalist interviewed me and my daughter and even maybe my ex. But of course that's not going to happen. But it doesn't matter. I've got my integrity. The bits of the puzzle that my son has thrown away are still there, even if he chooses not to acknowledge them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 649785, member: 17650"] My son was interviewed recently, by a journalist intrigued by people living off-grid in extreme situations. My son sent me a copy of the interview. Part of the interview was about why/how he had ended up where he is. He spoke about his father. He said things that were partly true, negative things, but he left out a huge load of stuff, positive stuff, that was also true. It was a strange interview for me to watch. Like a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing. So, only part of the edge of the jigsaw was in place and my son had chosen to throw away a lot of the middle, maybe because it was too hard to do, or he didn't like the picture, or it didn't fit in with the jigsaw he has in his head of the sort of person he is and why he is that sort of person. So, it was hard to watch the first time. I was struck by the bits that he'd carefully selected to show. I found myself thinking. Was this true? Was this all there was? And then, as Cedar says, came the first little; "but... that's not really true". Well, it is 'sort of' true, but it was only a tiny part of the whole jigsaw. So I thought about the rest of the puzzle, and how this journalist has only captured a tiny bit of my son's picture, how it would be interesting if this journalist interviewed me and my daughter and even maybe my ex. But of course that's not going to happen. But it doesn't matter. I've got my integrity. The bits of the puzzle that my son has thrown away are still there, even if he chooses not to acknowledge them. [/QUOTE]
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