Comments on: A Question of Identity https://livingwithscleroderma.com/a-question-of-identity/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/a-question-of-identity/#comment-75371 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:52:38 +0000 https://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=5873#comment-75371 In reply to Patricia Bizzell.

Thanks, Pat.

]]> By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/a-question-of-identity/#comment-75370 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:49:36 +0000 https://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=5873#comment-75370 In reply to Violette Holdert.

Thanks, Violet, for that recommendation. Das ist sehr schön!

]]> By: Violette Holdert https://livingwithscleroderma.com/a-question-of-identity/#comment-75368 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:32:42 +0000 https://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=5873#comment-75368 Hi Evelyn, I am Dutch and learnt German at school. In the 70s I listened a lot to the songs of Reinhard Mey and that really helped me with understanding and pronunciation. His songs are so poetic and wonderful to listen to. Every time I fly I think of this song:
Über den Wolken muss die Freiheit wohl grenzenlos sein
Alle Ängste, alle Sorgen sagt man
Liegen darunter verborgen und dann
Würde was uns gross und wichtig erscheint
Plötzlich nichtig und klein.
Isn’t that just beautiful? I hope you will enjoy his songs as much as I do
Best wishes, Violette

]]> By: Patricia Bizzell https://livingwithscleroderma.com/a-question-of-identity/#comment-75360 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:51:09 +0000 https://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=5873#comment-75360 I like how you describe the intellectual puzzle of learning a new language, Evie. I have the same enthusiasm for the process, which I’ve enjoyed in the past trying to learn some Korean and Hebrew. I have personal connections to both languages and intend, once I’m retired, to really dive into Hebrew and try to reach at least a conversational level with it. Of course, as a teacher of rhetoric and writing, I could not agree more with your insight that the language(s) we speak profoundly influence our world view and sense of self.

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