The Comments On “The Mommy Wars”
May 8th, 2006 by Laura Moncur in NewsIf you didn’t read the comments on my entry, “The Mommy Wars,” you should go back now and read them. They started out with a bang.
“I would rather see a person who raised 10 brand new productive members of society over someone who has no real legacy.”
That is the exact attitude that I am sick of. Ten human beings in the world, even if they are “productive” can’t compare with the poetry of Walt Whitman. Long after those ten people are buried, his poems will still inspire people. Is Walt Whitman “someone who has no real legacy” because he never had children? Is Shakespeare? Or Louis Armstrong? Or Jane Austen?
Why is it that birthing a child is considered a legacy? It’s a biological process. It’s a difficult 19 years, but you cannot take credit for anything that child has done, even if you fill with pride at every little accomplishment. Their accomplishments are their own, not yours.
A REAL legacy is created by YOU, not your children. The words I write will last far longer than the biological offspring that I could create. Passing on DNA is something animals do. Creating a legacy can only be accomplished with your hands and your mind.
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May 8th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
Ay, I would agree that what YOU create becomes your legacy, with that in mind ponder on this. Whitman created those peoms out of his own heart and soul, Shakespeare pulled them out of the very recesses of human imagination, doesn’t that, in some way, equal a birthing?
Sure, you do not need to leave any remanents of your physical DNA laying about, but don’t their works leave a DNA blue print of their souls?
So in the end, your leagcy is what is important. Creating new life biologically is easier in some respects, but harder in others. The process is easy, but the end result is a pain in the ass, but beautiful along with it. Creating new life creativly is harder in process, but the ending result is kind of nice because it is easier to manage, both end results are still enjoyable.
I am sorry that I was unclear by what I meant by ” no real legacy”. That statement was meant to be addressed to the people who leave this world and have no following of any sort, whether it be through a biological or creative means.
Poets are parents in their own respects; their children just behave a little better is all. In the end, it is the moral or ethical values that you imprint in your work (whether it be biological or creative) that make you something to be admired. A parent who teaches his child nothing of the world or it’s hardships, is not to be reveled over a lone writer who tell the truths of this world. But a parent who teaches his child the truths of the world, that the child becomes the one who is the writer, should be respected as the childs works will be.
Greatness is relative to each person however. What I think to be great, many people could disagree with. All that I ask of anyone who demands my respect is that they show me their works when they leave this world, that I may see their worth through an indirect refrence to their soul. For our souls are what is judged in the end, not our bodies, not our minds, not even our lives… just our souls.