tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post2757118915312018050..comments2023-10-26T15:29:27.753+01:00Comments on Written In Exile: Hands and FacesIsabel Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-32836948532441427812011-04-11T01:59:37.479+01:002011-04-11T01:59:37.479+01:00You are a wonderful writer, with a deep old soul....You are a wonderful writer, with a deep old soul. Would that our soul matched our face, we might be more reconciled to them, or not.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144768922185244207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-33723120382922841992011-03-31T14:27:36.034+01:002011-03-31T14:27:36.034+01:00Thanks for your comment Mama Zen - it is a tricky ...Thanks for your comment Mama Zen - it is a tricky thoughtisn't it?<br /><br />Susan, thank you for your reflections. It is one thing to sit and consider the issue in the abstract, quite another to be confronted with data about real people, before and after photos and the like. As I mentioned in the posting, I haven't thought enough about it to have a firm opinion. For bereaved people, Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-37459377662439890602011-03-29T18:14:24.363+01:002011-03-29T18:14:24.363+01:00What a fascinating post! I'm not sure which c...What a fascinating post! I'm not sure which change (hands or face) I would find more disconcerting.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-39958711413149314012011-03-29T17:02:22.954+01:002011-03-29T17:02:22.954+01:00this is such a well written and provocative postin...this is such a well written and provocative posting.<br />i dont want to detract from what you have to say, but want to add a brief reflection. i used to work at a medical journal, and during the period of my employment, we covered the first full face transplant. the images we published and what it meant, to wear someone else's face, haunted me for a long time. i think it has to do with the susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.com