Ah, quotes from a book...
Hmmm, will I recall a good one?
Let me try...
If I must choose one, this week, it would be from "Running With Scissors". Int he first few pages, the author, Augusten Buroughs, is recalling a time when his mother is dressing up and going out. She has on high heels and he says "...it's like she borrowed some other lady's feet."
Now, i know that is a weird quote to consider, but you must realize that around here shoes make a difference in our day to day life. Going with out them is something that I recall even when we lived in Enfield and Dad would try to tell me I would get worms from going into the barn without them. Or when I would run out to the mailbox, even with snow on the ground. It made me recall days of Alice trying to get me to understand how expensive socks are (when you must by them for 9 people), and brought to current life when I try to tell Ruth the same.
I know that if I put my shoes on, Sam gets excited. the other day, Debra noticed I had a pair on and asked me where I was going.
I guess for me, the idea of wearing shoes is the idea of conforming. For Deidre, the mother, I wonder if it was the same. That she should wear a certain item to try to signify what she was doing, and where she was going. Sometimes, in life we must conform to a certain standard, whether we care to keep it long term.
It makes me consider this: when I choose my shoes, I have very specific ideas about them. they have to feel a certain way on my feet, they should be just enough to show I care about myself, and yet they need to be practical and comfortable.
If I am wearing shoes that do not show who I am, then it would I appear I an "borrowing some other lady's feet".
Did that make sense?
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This is a great post! As you know, I'm an advocate of wearing the best shoes that you can afford. Yet they should always be shoes that reflect who you are. Though once in a while, it is fun to pretend to be someone else!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a quote from the book, and movie, called "In Her Shoes." The older sister says, "Clothes never look any good... food just makes me fatter... shoes always fit." This is after the younger sister says "Shoes like these should not be locked in a closet! They should be living a life of scandal, and passion and getting screwed in an alleyway by a billionaire while his frigid wife waits in the limo thinking that he just went back into the bar to get his cellphone." Shoes can make a statement, they can make you feel like something or someone else- so in essence, kind of like you've borrowed someone else's feet. Good post Auntie Cindy!
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