This is the last of the Virtual Pint archives.
The furniture is cleared, the floors are swept, and the virtual pub is now officially closed. But I hope that the spirit lives on, and that the conversations will continue. Start one anytime.
It’s nice to have all the words under one roof. I like it here. Thanks for being a part of it.
Enjoy your day.
- Art and commerce (April 2007) — The economics of art.
- It’s a party! (June 2007) — Nicola’s memoir. It, and she, are made of awesome.
- More hope (August 2007) — The conversation about hope has been ongoing here, in fits and starts, for years. I hope (smile) that it continues.
When I was just a kid, I read the Greek myth about Pandor’s box. You know, she was snoopy, so she opened the box and let out all human troubles which had been trapped within. The last one to escape the box was hope. I was angry about this and wrote an essay that said, let us have troubles or let us have hope, but not both. That’s just cruel. I’ve learned a few things since then and I’m glad we have hope, but I haven’t repudiated my youthful anger all together.
Barbara. Very interesting. Your reaction surprises me. Isn’t the idea that hope will help with the troubles, not make them worse? To me it seems more cruel to never let hope out of the box/jar and leave only troubles…
Jennifer, my idea was that hope would keep you alive just to keep on having troubles. Narrow minded because I forgot about the effect of love, lust, beauty and joy. I was very impatient when I was young. If something I wanted did’nt happen RIGHT NOW, it wasn’t going to happen. I’ve since slowed down enough to have a little fun.