tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692438911153853144.post3983259193996272317..comments2023-03-23T06:35:47.841-07:00Comments on Plenty Better to Do: Truth and ConsequencesCaryn Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105680035948787907noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692438911153853144.post-34790909568303479182010-01-15T16:20:19.036-08:002010-01-15T16:20:19.036-08:00Yann Martel says that a movie is in the works, but...Yann Martel says that a movie is in the works, but negotiations etc are slow. I have no idea if Shamalan is directing, though. Kind of hope he's not - he's gotten progressively worse over the years. And I'm pretty sure we spelled his name wrong.Caryn Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105680035948787907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692438911153853144.post-6927653655405212642010-01-15T09:51:26.468-08:002010-01-15T09:51:26.468-08:00I wish you were my English teacher. I loved this ...I wish you were my English teacher. I loved this book. LOVED it. It was so beautifully written, and made me think about faith on lots of different levels.<br /><br />My biggest take-away was the ending. Do the small facts of my journey really matter as much as the fact that I was there and now I'm here? Are we spending all of our time worrying over the details that we're missing the point?<br /><br />In an aside, I've heard that M Knight Shamalan (spelled wrong I'm sure) is making this into a movie, but that was a while back and alas, no movie. : (Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571969860110343175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692438911153853144.post-33738377252769099652010-01-15T09:33:26.074-08:002010-01-15T09:33:26.074-08:00Sounds good to me, but deeper than I was going for...Sounds good to me, but deeper than I was going for. What I see when I teach is that no one seems to ponder the distinction between truth or fact anymore. No one wants to apply reason before leaping to truth. There's too much comfort in just saying "everybody has their own truth." This is an assignment for my students - to respond to a line from Pi. I'm glad they can see your comment; discussing "truth" isn't quick or easy. We are forever students of Truth.Caryn Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105680035948787907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692438911153853144.post-52845929794368349492010-01-15T09:18:49.704-08:002010-01-15T09:18:49.704-08:00From your post, there's more Truth in the Leap...From your post, there's more Truth in the Leap than in the reasoned path leading to it... something like that.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968721641385680296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692438911153853144.post-43115496208113950162010-01-15T09:18:21.269-08:002010-01-15T09:18:21.269-08:00I'm of the mind that there's a distinction...I'm of the mind that there's a distinction between fact and truth, and that Truth is much more a person than a reasoned conclusion. And that within relationship with the Person, the notion of Truth takes on a less certain, less clear, more contradictory color than before. But that's just me.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968721641385680296noreply@blogger.com