tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610137049359409175.post4198445792469434581..comments2023-10-29T07:48:16.134-07:00Comments on Stephen Vizinczey's Blog: New book released - If Only Stephen Vizinczeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959276600836760105noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610137049359409175.post-11702986158287081122016-10-23T14:46:22.103-07:002016-10-23T14:46:22.103-07:00I am late in my discovery of your writing. Very re...I am late in my discovery of your writing. Very recently, I set aside my religious devotion to the works of Castiglione, Boethius, Erasmus, Walker Percy, in search of literature that would achieve the impossible: provide me with a deeper understanding of the opposite sex's inner mind. I read Alice Munro, a handful of scientific journal articles on female perception, and a book on perfume (!), only to find that my personal crusade was challenged by some gender-based inability to perceive my world via a harmonious cooperation of the senses. <br /><br />I would never be able to sustain a deliberate effort to approximate a woman's ability to process smells, sounds, touch sensations, and facial micro-expressions, all while divorcing myself from my innate "tunnel-vision" perception of reality. <br /><br />I stumbled across "In Praise of Older Women", and I have loved every turned page, each succinct episode of András' discovery of the world of women. His experiences call up in me the forgotten memories of the mysterious teenaged pains invoked by the brush against a girl, the muted desperation, the ability to become immersed in a pleasurable experience.<br /><br />I am grateful for your writing, as it is helping me to remember that, while I was convinced that I knew more then than I do now, the illusions of omniscience in earlier years echo falsely in an experienced mind. <br /><br />I am looking forward to the opportunity to read your newest work. I wish you all the best!<br /><br />Drew GoinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617989286397459865noreply@blogger.com