Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for October 04, 2009

  1. Flyingflower
    flyingflowerpot  over 15 years ago

    Wow. Powerful words and art.

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    flyingflowerpot, Amenā€¦

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    ejcapulet  over 15 years ago

    Very artistic.

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    Sisyphos  over 15 years ago

    Silence does not heal. Silence conceals. Silence covers over. Silence slowly festersā€¦.

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    The Old Wolf  over 15 years ago

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    zero  over 15 years ago

    ā€¦and words are all I have to steal your heart away

    B. Gibb

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    CoBass  over 15 years ago

    Every once in a while, Ms. Dowlatshahi and Frog Applause makes me just stop cold and think long and hard. This is one of those times.

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    reocares  over 15 years ago

    if you were silent in the first place. Better to say nothing than nothing at all, or is it if you donā€™t have anything nice to say donā€™t say anything? I think both apply. Very good T. Dowlatshahi

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    John Lustig (Last Kiss) creator over 15 years ago

    This is excellent. One of your very best, Teresa!

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    Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago

    I want to make a comment on something 3hourtour said yesterday. He was wondering how much of Teresaā€™s comic depended upon our comments and how much our comments added to the impact of the comic itself.

    I think todays comic proves the answer in both cases to be, none. It is so powerful, so poignent that it can stand alone. I could have easily read todays comic and felt itā€™s full impact without ever having read your comments.

    I do want to add why I think the comments section is important. While I can enjoy, appreciate and understand the comic on itā€™s own my experiance is improved by being able to share it with you all. Rarely do we see something as thought provoking as todays comic. Without the comments I would be enjoying it in solitude. It is nice to have someone to share it with, thank you.

    And thank you Teresa. When I read todays comic it made me think of my wife. A woman long ago damaged by words that I struggle every day to help heal.

    And Iā€™ve used too many words today. Hope you all enjoy your weekend.

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    rishiwelcome  over 15 years ago

    sorry kinda noob hereā€¦couldnā€™t get the idea behind this cartoonā€¦care to explain

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    leighyah  over 15 years ago

    words are so powerful, but so is the tone and body language that carry themā€¦ a word itself can be innocuous, but the way it is said can do all of the damage. unfortunately that seems to be a lesson lost on a lot of people.. thanks Theresa for a wake up call

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    rishiwelcome, what does it say to you and your life experiences?

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    Ray_C  over 15 years ago

    They say, rightly, that actions speak louder than words. But Iā€™d have to say that there are some words that even actions canā€™t heal. At least, not for a long time. In the end, only forgiveness heals. And that is in the lap of the offended, not the offender.

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    gangerh  over 15 years ago

    gangerh is in some awe of this one.

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    4deerinmyyard  over 15 years ago

    4deer joins you there.

    A vicious silence can gouge more deeply than a vicious word.

    I have a feeling E glossa kokkala den echei kai kokkala tsakizeiā€¦ is part of a famous quotation we should all know; Iā€™m so embarrassed. Old Wolf? Donā€™t just throw that out there and then wander offā€¦.

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    4deerinmyyard  over 15 years ago

    That looks eerily like my favorite aunt, now deceased, when she was that age.

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    Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Often I look at the words people use on each other on-line. Talk about wounding. Sometimes we should all practice more silence.

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    Sisyphos  over 15 years ago

    4deerinmyyard, ā€œThe tongue does not have bones, yet it breaks bonesā€ is a Greek proverbā€¦.

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    Ray_C  over 15 years ago

    4deer: ā€œGlossaā€ is Greek for ā€œtongue.ā€ I had guessed it was from the book of James, which has a famous passage about the tongue, but I donā€™t see it there. Sorry to say, Iā€™ve forgotten almost all my high school Greek, so weā€™ll have to wait for Old Wolf to show up.. Anyway, itā€™s appropriate to quote James Chapter 3, verses 6-10:

    ā€œ6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

    7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

    8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

    9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in Godā€™s likeness.

    10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. ā€

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    MisngNOLA  over 15 years ago

    In New Orleans, there is a group caled ā€œSilence Is Violenceā€ which refers to the astounding lack of witness cooperation in curbing the insane murder rate there.

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