tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post4948622990368590601..comments2023-07-19T04:57:48.805-05:00Comments on Old Things under the Sun: Old-Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17962654727668563488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-77309218456880903552007-09-25T12:46:00.000-05:002007-09-25T12:46:00.000-05:00Salman Rushdie once said "I have spent a lot of my...Salman Rushdie once said "I have spent a lot of my life looking positively at the consequences of migration. Now I'm being forced to see that there's a nightmare as well as a dream."<BR/><BR/>In light of Terrorism the United States and the wqorld is wakling up to the challenge on how to balance our need for immigration for our economic future v our need for physical security.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156289497925870347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-17918845015167097862007-05-07T03:36:00.000-05:002007-05-07T03:36:00.000-05:00"I don't believe in God, but I miss him." ~Somebod..."I don't believe in God, but I miss him." <BR/>~Somebody else said that.Awkward Opushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153780083741746434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-72668025595224037612007-05-03T15:57:00.000-05:002007-05-03T15:57:00.000-05:00Giving we are all reading the same article 'the ar...Giving we are all reading the same article 'the art of life' and here we see how people interprete and display their dissimilar thoughts. It's always fascinating to me to see how the different distance, angles and the connections can create such different art. We actually live in it, don't we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-90392672253965085972007-04-29T01:28:00.000-05:002007-04-29T01:28:00.000-05:00A chill runs through me whenever someone starts ta...A chill runs through me whenever someone starts talking about art. Like shellshock. So many people try to make it into something grandiose. What most people think about is GOOD art, and they forget that art can really really suck and most often does.<BR/><BR/>Too many times we get stuck in the metaphors and lose our connection with what is real to us. This inside of our heads should be used to plan our lives, not as a domicile for an alter ego. Everyone, including me, has an opinion on what we should be doing and that messes with us.<BR/><BR/>Art is getting our thoughts out so other people can come in contact with them. Not metaphorically but actually. Like go touch a statue or look at an oil painting or read a blog. For a healthy life the majority of the flotsam should be flowing out of our heads not in.<BR/><BR/>If there is a big disconnect about who you are in your head and your physical being. Just let go of the thoughts and be who you are now. You could think of it like Thoreau or from an opposite perspective like Chuang Zhu. But both are connected with the physical world.No Replyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13897528591850712444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-85407556188584182742007-04-28T23:56:00.000-05:002007-04-28T23:56:00.000-05:00I quite like this description of life as a creativ...I quite like this description of life as a creative endeavor, even as art. I think that for you, it is. I think it can be for anyone who makes an effort, as Thoreau put it, "to live deliberately." Sometimes, something goes wrong for me, and I lose the ability to create the art of life. When that happens, I endeavor instead to create the art of art. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes, the two are not that different to me. I don’t mean to be melodramatic, but I do believe I enter states of controlled madness. There are voices that speak to me and voices that speak through me. There is a portal that opens into formless oblivion. I reach in, grab a piece, pull it back through, and craft into something that other can understand. You can share your life with others, and influence others with your life. You can share your art with others, and influence others with your art. Both are creative endeavors - once there was nothing, and now there is something. <BR/><BR/>Wallace Stevens examines some of these ideas in his great poem "The Man with The Blue Guitar." <BR/><BR/>One of my favorite lines:<BR/><BR/>"The thinking of art seems final / when the thinking of God is smoky dew."<BR/><BR/>When I find I can create art, I can then turn back to life, and find I can create that again as well.sevenwarlockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459310777705141003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-61554718538238740912007-04-28T16:03:00.000-05:002007-04-28T16:03:00.000-05:00Random, I know exactly what you are communicating....Random, I know exactly what you are communicating. I have a very different perspective on life though. I'm sure you are familiar to the analogy of "playing the hand you are dealt". There is no denying that some people have advantages that others do not. There is no way to change or overcome fundamental disadvantages, so this is not what you should be focusing on. <BR/><BR/>Instead, focus on what will make your life better. What will make you feel more comfortable, and more relaxed. Back to the poker analogy, if you know you are going to lose the hand then don't worry about winning. Enjoy the company of the other players, and enjoy the game. There will be other hands.<BR/><BR/>Life is nothing but a journey. Acheivements are largely an illusion brought on by our social and competitive nature. When you are 80 and looking back on your life, it will not be important to you whether you were professionally successful. What will be important is how you affected the people around you and the people that you love.Old-Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962654727668563488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-14914775125123382362007-04-28T07:23:00.000-05:002007-04-28T07:23:00.000-05:00I get that - but sometimes its so difficult to esc...I get that - but sometimes its so difficult to escape from your own idea of who you are that it cripples you. You can't do anything because nothing you do will be good enough for yourself... because in your perceptions that will never be extraordinary. So you don't do anything at all<BR/>I don't know if I'm making any sense...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719992587281654845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-8231016428522233822007-04-28T07:01:00.000-05:002007-04-28T07:01:00.000-05:00The art that is life is not about what we call 'ar...The art that is life is not about what we call 'art' - music, literature, etc. Your life itself is the art. The way you live it and the way you influence your environment and those around you by action and thought. Even if you had the most terrible adversity and were never able to overcome it, it is the way you approach the adversity that affects and inspires others, and that is the legacy you leave on our tapestry.Old-Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962654727668563488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34846007.post-57178973216985683872007-04-28T06:40:00.000-05:002007-04-28T06:40:00.000-05:00So what happens when in your head you are a totall...So what happens when in your head you are a totally different person and somehow you can never finds words or anything else to translate that? <BR/>What if you could never ever be the person you are in your dreams in your head - a great artist, a great pianist, a great writer.<BR/>What do you do when your reality is so different from your dreams.<BR/>How do you then invite people to share the you that exists only in your own head?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719992587281654845noreply@blogger.com