to describe is to limit possibilities
i'm reading this very brief interview with the WTC wire-walker.
and am intrigued by this question/response:
"Would you describe your personality as bold?
I would not describe my personality. And I think when you describe people you are making a mistake. That's not how they are, that's how you perceive them at that moment. It's limiting in front of something that is magnificent and unlimited: life.
To put the mind in a box is a crime of life. I want the mind to be too beautiful and too infinite to analyze, and fortunately so. I see kids who go to psychiatrists, and I think, my God, what is happening?"
people get into conversations all of the time about OTHER people. we exchange thoughts/ideas/opinions that we have of them, and every time we do this, we're limiting the possibility of them being anything more than the content of the discussion/description. some things are just as they are, and putting words to them merely limits/destroys what's actually there. this message is pretty much the same as my other update about trusting instinct.
it's been years since my blind faith and trust in destructive situations ruined me but I think I'm finally starting to want to believe that there's more than what I can see.
and am intrigued by this question/response:
"Would you describe your personality as bold?
I would not describe my personality. And I think when you describe people you are making a mistake. That's not how they are, that's how you perceive them at that moment. It's limiting in front of something that is magnificent and unlimited: life.
To put the mind in a box is a crime of life. I want the mind to be too beautiful and too infinite to analyze, and fortunately so. I see kids who go to psychiatrists, and I think, my God, what is happening?"
people get into conversations all of the time about OTHER people. we exchange thoughts/ideas/opinions that we have of them, and every time we do this, we're limiting the possibility of them being anything more than the content of the discussion/description. some things are just as they are, and putting words to them merely limits/destroys what's actually there. this message is pretty much the same as my other update about trusting instinct.
it's been years since my blind faith and trust in destructive situations ruined me but I think I'm finally starting to want to believe that there's more than what I can see.