tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31263556080921977732011-07-28T21:29:37.746-07:00Sianne Ngai (see below) starts with ugly feelings such as 'envy, irritation, paranoia, disgust.... noncathartic feelings associated with situations in which action is blocked or suspended' OR in my words....low key feelings associated with situations that go nowhere. In that sense ugly feelings are an encumberance and as such morbid and degenerative.Gordon Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17050815124414979105noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126355608092197773.post-40748436229690467082009-07-15T09:05:00.000-07:002009-10-10T02:20:27.898-07:00<div><strong>This is my first attempt to get to grips with what may seem unsavery and even shameful experience yet it can make sense to those who can live with the bad news as well as the good stuff. Paradoxically understanding something of ugly feelings can be good news in a search for what really matters to normal people 'dealing with issues of friendship, family, loyalty, dignity, respect and respectability'</strong><br /><br /><strong>However this blog is entirely speculative, a hunch of mine. It is common sense and may not appeal to those wanting certainty or a happy ending. Yet some one trapped in a managed situation or in a hole but can't stop digging or trying too hard may find that getting to grips with ugly feelings both stimulating and ultimately rewarding</strong>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3126355608092197773-4074843622969046708?l=uglyfeelings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gordon Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17050815124414979105noreply@blogger.com0