I connected a lot with this. I had a rumbling stomach every morning during my seminar class . There were only nine people in the class and it was a discussion group with a professor. It was a bit embarrassing because there were always pauses as everyone took time to think about the question. I never figured out why my stomach took that time to rumble, but maybe anxiety was part of it. I am a substitute teacher , mostly middle school. One of their favorite ways to test the sub is for someone to “toot” and everyone else to comment loudly about n the smell, saying they need to move, etc. Some teachers keep Fabreze to spray when kids complain. Body noises are a big deal in middle school. Hal, you will never know how those lessons you taught the kids impacted them and how they passed them on to others. Teachers start ripples that spread out and we never know whereor how far they spread. Actually all of us do that everyday and everywhere. You are making ripples with your podcasts.
I loved this episode, Hal. This isn't about "noises" but rather, about "smells". When I was working as a RN in Euclid, I had a patient who had an ileostomy, due to intestinal cancer. The collection bag had to be emptied/changed at least once per day. The odor from the liquid stool is horrific. (But since then I have smelled worse odors from a human body.) The patient was a kind man who treated the nurses well and we loved him. As I was changing the bag, the man saiid: "That smells awful, doesn't it?" I said: "It sure does. And if I had one, it would smell the same way. It's part of the human condition." That sweet man needed to know that he was no more and no less of a human being than anyone else. He was facing-- if not imminent death -- certainly a very changed life, but he was kind to everyone and grateful to have the kind of life he did have, with the love of his friends and family -- and his nurses! Love you, Hal.
Dear Hal, You are fantastic today and yesterday, yester-year too! We adore you & always will. Those lucky kids who had you instruct them with the harmonica will never forget the learned gifts you presented! Here's to you, Hal!!
The voice is a body sound, right? Long ago in a distant state I sang with a choir that went to labor strikes and sang songs of solidarity. My voice is wobbly alone, but with those others it was full of power. I always planned to someday sing in your Summer Institute choir but never could make it happen. I live in a place now where people make human towers (“castellers”) to experience that holy feeling of connection with others. Just like you helped the kids have in your classes. And the twinkle that told you you were just a beloved body among other beloved bodies, gurgling or not gurgling. Thanks for your story, it helped me remember the connections.
Hal, I loved this episode. I will have to go back and listen to it over and over. You reminded everyone that body sounds are a plain old human experience. You normalized it! Thanks.
I don't take yoga classes because I always toot. Then I get the giggles and it's all down hill from there.
I connected a lot with this. I had a rumbling stomach every morning during my seminar class . There were only nine people in the class and it was a discussion group with a professor. It was a bit embarrassing because there were always pauses as everyone took time to think about the question. I never figured out why my stomach took that time to rumble, but maybe anxiety was part of it. I am a substitute teacher , mostly middle school. One of their favorite ways to test the sub is for someone to “toot” and everyone else to comment loudly about n the smell, saying they need to move, etc. Some teachers keep Fabreze to spray when kids complain. Body noises are a big deal in middle school. Hal, you will never know how those lessons you taught the kids impacted them and how they passed them on to others. Teachers start ripples that spread out and we never know whereor how far they spread. Actually all of us do that everyday and everywhere. You are making ripples with your podcasts.
I loved this episode, Hal. This isn't about "noises" but rather, about "smells". When I was working as a RN in Euclid, I had a patient who had an ileostomy, due to intestinal cancer. The collection bag had to be emptied/changed at least once per day. The odor from the liquid stool is horrific. (But since then I have smelled worse odors from a human body.) The patient was a kind man who treated the nurses well and we loved him. As I was changing the bag, the man saiid: "That smells awful, doesn't it?" I said: "It sure does. And if I had one, it would smell the same way. It's part of the human condition." That sweet man needed to know that he was no more and no less of a human being than anyone else. He was facing-- if not imminent death -- certainly a very changed life, but he was kind to everyone and grateful to have the kind of life he did have, with the love of his friends and family -- and his nurses! Love you, Hal.
My favorite body sounds is my big elephant sneezes. Blows the hat off of my head.
Dear Hal, You are fantastic today and yesterday, yester-year too! We adore you & always will. Those lucky kids who had you instruct them with the harmonica will never forget the learned gifts you presented! Here's to you, Hal!!
The voice is a body sound, right? Long ago in a distant state I sang with a choir that went to labor strikes and sang songs of solidarity. My voice is wobbly alone, but with those others it was full of power. I always planned to someday sing in your Summer Institute choir but never could make it happen. I live in a place now where people make human towers (“castellers”) to experience that holy feeling of connection with others. Just like you helped the kids have in your classes. And the twinkle that told you you were just a beloved body among other beloved bodies, gurgling or not gurgling. Thanks for your story, it helped me remember the connections.
Hal, I loved this episode. I will have to go back and listen to it over and over. You reminded everyone that body sounds are a plain old human experience. You normalized it! Thanks.
I don't take yoga classes because I always toot. Then I get the giggles and it's all down hill from there.