tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post5388122148988656822..comments2023-08-21T04:11:25.436-04:00Comments on Get the Big Idea: Derek Paravicini: beautiful mind, big questions.Susannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-60012334586052084142010-11-25T10:53:02.374-05:002010-11-25T10:53:02.374-05:00Dan~ Thanks so much for coming by & for your t...Dan~ Thanks so much for coming by & for your thoughtful comments. Yes, the Rainman story was/is fascinating. <br /><br />Derek's story is so poignant (to me) b/c of the emotional depth he seems to convey. Like you said, the capacity for emotion is essential to touch the beauty of music. There's such a vast chasm between who he is in the real world & the living, breathing, Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-11810691580959311342010-11-22T16:14:53.761-05:002010-11-22T16:14:53.761-05:00Of coarse this brings back memories of "Rainm...Of coarse this brings back memories of "Rainman" with Dustin Hoffman. I remember it was Dustin's character's ability to do complex math that was amazing. For math however, there is no emotional connection. Seeing the beauty in math is seeing the beauty in pure logic, which takes thought and therefore the beauty of it escapes most. <br /><br />I also read recently <a href="Danny Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006024707303951009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-3408510023014620292010-11-21T00:08:03.255-05:002010-11-21T00:08:03.255-05:00Duta~ Andrea Boccelli is one of our FAVORITES! He ...Duta~ Andrea Boccelli is one of our FAVORITES! He opens his mouth & dark velvety music pours forth. Wow. And the emotion that his music elicits...magical - brings me to tears at times...Beethoven - amazing, truly. <br /><br /><i>"I believe it's God that guides them in this digging."</i><br />Indeed. How could it <i>not</i> be? <br /><br />As for my daughter, like most children, Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-75945885771859498962010-11-20T19:12:23.481-05:002010-11-20T19:12:23.481-05:00Your post reminds me of other great talents with d...Your post reminds me of other great talents with disabilities: Andrea Bocceli, the italian opera singer,who is blind, and of course Beethoven , the genial composer who was deaf.<br /><br />People with disabilities have the gift of digging deeper than others in their soul and minds, and come up with divine creations. I believe it's God that guides them in this digging.<br /><br />And your DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-49457554126343468862010-11-19T21:02:00.132-05:002010-11-19T21:02:00.132-05:00Jing! So glad you've stopped by! Truly a provo...Jing! So glad you've stopped by! Truly a provocative story, no? And thanks for 'listing' me -- an honor. ;) (I just got on board as one of your followers, too.)<br /><br />Z, darling! Any friend of yours is a friend of mine...I'm sure Jing & I will get on famously. :)<br /><br />I spent almost an hour this morning watching videos about Derek; this one was the most succinct. Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-36456835849461858932010-11-19T20:08:13.779-05:002010-11-19T20:08:13.779-05:00Well, Jingoist finally got with the program :-) (...Well, Jingoist finally got with the program :-) (He's a REALLY good buddy of mine and I'm glad he's here at GET THE BIG IDEA!!)<br /><br />As for Derek...this phenomena isn't UNcommon but it surely isn't COMMON, is it, by a long shot. <br /><br />THe Scriptures have some bearing on this, I think....I hope. <br />How can one look at Derek and think it's an accident, justZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-34218927525716703012010-11-19T20:00:00.900-05:002010-11-19T20:00:00.900-05:00That was a wonderful post! So inspiring. I've ...That was a wonderful post! So inspiring. I've added you to my favorites. :-)JINGOISThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767545065448290469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-67273431709465593782010-11-19T17:45:25.489-05:002010-11-19T17:45:25.489-05:00Joe~ I like your analysis, esp this part: "I ...Joe~ I like your analysis, esp this part: <i>"I also conclude that simple people like Derek have been put here by God to confound those "wise" among us."</i><br />Now, I can't even claim to be 'wise,' but I'm confounded...and mesmerized, and haunted. Wow.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-12198485812906597312010-11-19T17:42:37.635-05:002010-11-19T17:42:37.635-05:00A comment via email from one of my dearest of frie...A comment via email from one of my dearest of friends, "B":<br /><i>"I was intrigued by your question! So I did some searching…"<br /><br /><b>Ps. 139:</b> <br />13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. <br />14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. <br />15 My frame Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-34967876169031048182010-11-19T13:50:16.011-05:002010-11-19T13:50:16.011-05:00Here is my analysis...for what it's worth.
Th...Here is my analysis...for what it's worth.<br /><br />The most complicated thing in creation is the universe itself and all of its individual and collective parts.<br /><br />The second most complicated thing in existance is the human brain, which is made up of the third most complicated thing in the world: DNA molecules.<br /><br />For any and/or all of this to have come about by chance is Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.com