It is loneliness that leads to thoughts, thoughts to curiosity, and curiosity to discovery and realisation.
posted by Once the Conman at 2:01 PM
In China, they say it is far better to travel a thousand miles than read 10,000 books. I believe them.
You could say it's an accident that I was ideally suited for the work I am doing. It's the feeling of a bowstring being pulled back for 24 years and suddenly being let go. I've always been attracted to ideas that were about revolt against authority. I like ideas about the breaking away or overthrowing of established order. I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos - especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom - external revolt is a way to bring about internal freedom. Rather than starting inside, I start outside - reach the mental through the physical. I am a Libran - if astrology has anything to do with it... - JM
Love is right. It starts in my body and then moves to the sky. Every so-called mistake is sacred. Every false lead is a blessing that brings me closer to the real. I keep watching my illusions go up in flames, truth soon cools me in its indubitable way. I don't ask anybody how I should live my life. I just live it my way. I am not saying that I will not make mistakes, I will. But I will try not to make the same mistake again and again. That's enough. I'll try and find a new mistake every day, and make it. That is the only way to learn, that is the only way for me to come to my own inner light.
12 Comments:
One of the most scary thoughts ever. Its funny how our professions become second nature to us and take over our subconcious minds that doing anything else scares the bejesus out of us. Its not that we cant do anything else. We can. Just too scared or attached or secure in what we already into that leaving it is what scares us.
As Mr. Kipling Put it long back...
"If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;"
My all time inspirational piece...
I think thats an incomplete verse my friend.
If you can... then what?
Complete the verse.
I hate reading between or after the lines.
and no I am not scared to give up writing... I don't want to give it up. There's nothing like giving up writing for me.
I've used these lines before in another context to someone else, but I'm gonna use them again... it would best describe what I wanna say...
It's like I breathe, effortlessly, painlessly, without even thinking...
That's what writing means to me. The question here which holds water for me is... What am I writing. That can bore or interest me.
i kinda think that way about design.... totally aggree with you.
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- that's the complete line of the poem..
As for your writing, the entire profession is such. You have to do the mundane and the shitall to be able to do the big things. It's of course debatable if it's worth it in the end.
Ur right cowlick... but if I were to be honest with you... I don't really think of journalism as a profession which would "make my career". It's just my bread and butter, and this most likely is my last job as a newspaper writer. I've had enough of it. It';s not what I wanna do you know. It's just so boring to write for newspapers, especially in Qatar.
I wanna write... but in aplace where I can write differently, I can write... just write... what I want to write. The way I want to write.
I've grown out of newspaper journalism. I can't do it all my life you know.
It's the same thing then.. you have to do the boring sometimes just to make enough money. Once you have "enough" you can start doing what you really want. That's how I'm going nowadays.
So cool... when you've made enough, lemme know... I'll join you wherever you are!
Ah Sorry! I thought you knew those final lines. They are immortalised in my memory over the years by so many professors and learned men that I thought everyone would know it.
Thanks Cowlick for completing that.
But to add to Cowlick's point, why can't we work on our 'dream' right from the start. I mean let's take an example - X wants to open a shack/dining joint. Sure he needs capital and then a lot of understanding of the job. So shouldnt he/she be working towards that, picking up the skills and learning and networking and well for the money, he could work elsewhere.
I beleive that for dreams to come true you need an insane level of commitment and focus. Its more like you should eating, sleeping, drinking, walking, talking your dream. Nothing less.
So as she says while we are doing something else far removed from what we really want to do, the question to be asked is whether this something else is helping us get to where we really want to be - in ANY way possible?
Just money wise.. that's all. You exploit a "talent" or a "degree" to make money out of it.. there's no question of fun here.. no "higher questions".. if you have fun while doing that job, it's a bonus.. zimble!
Money is never enough... and I don't need money to do what I want to do...
Cowlick haven't we had this convo before. It's sad that you still think this way.
I DON"T need money to do what I want to. AND I DO NOT agree with you.
I hope I make myself clear this time.
I was talking about myself, dude..
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