Zen and Satire
"It seems huge, overpowering. The prairie here is huge but above it the hugeness of this ominous grey mass ready to decend is frightening. We are traveling at its mercy now. When and where it will come is nothing we can control. All we can do is watch it move in closer and closer."
-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
You know, this makes me think of a lot of things. First off, as far as the book in itself goes, (and I do recommend reading it) it sounds a whole lot like Aristotle to me. Secondly that passage in particular can mean one of many things, and since my birthday just passed, I think that's saying 30 is directly behind/overhead ready to crush me. like getting old is something you only notice like after 25 when your car insurance drops. Then you are all like, well, I dont have anything to look forward to now! (and that is a very general basic statement.)
Age aside, that can also mean life in general. If this were a different time Id be like oh noes! doom!
Now Im all like oh noes! doom! but I understand it a little better.
This is a great explanation to that feeling you get when you know something is going to happen to you. Something big, something most likely life changing. You dont know if its going to be for the better or for the worse. You can only watch it come prepare, plan, and hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Which makes me wonder about the little things that are so catastrophic that happen in life. Those are the things that can make your mind melt. Something as simple as choosing to talk to someone in class one day that forever changes the course of your life. Or being sympathetic to some guy who worked at Subway when some lady was giving him some shit.
There are a lot of those "little things" that I can think about now that were major factors in different times in my life.
Sometimes its amusing to think about what might have been if those things didn't happen. Because then I notice that if those little things didnt happen, then I might have never known some of the greatest people in my life.
Anyhow. yeah. Dont know where that came from, maybe I was a little 'inspired' to write this morning on my ever fruitless so far, attempt to find me a jobby job.
-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
You know, this makes me think of a lot of things. First off, as far as the book in itself goes, (and I do recommend reading it) it sounds a whole lot like Aristotle to me. Secondly that passage in particular can mean one of many things, and since my birthday just passed, I think that's saying 30 is directly behind/overhead ready to crush me. like getting old is something you only notice like after 25 when your car insurance drops. Then you are all like, well, I dont have anything to look forward to now! (and that is a very general basic statement.)
Age aside, that can also mean life in general. If this were a different time Id be like oh noes! doom!
Now Im all like oh noes! doom! but I understand it a little better.
This is a great explanation to that feeling you get when you know something is going to happen to you. Something big, something most likely life changing. You dont know if its going to be for the better or for the worse. You can only watch it come prepare, plan, and hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Which makes me wonder about the little things that are so catastrophic that happen in life. Those are the things that can make your mind melt. Something as simple as choosing to talk to someone in class one day that forever changes the course of your life. Or being sympathetic to some guy who worked at Subway when some lady was giving him some shit.
There are a lot of those "little things" that I can think about now that were major factors in different times in my life.
Sometimes its amusing to think about what might have been if those things didn't happen. Because then I notice that if those little things didnt happen, then I might have never known some of the greatest people in my life.
Anyhow. yeah. Dont know where that came from, maybe I was a little 'inspired' to write this morning on my ever fruitless so far, attempt to find me a jobby job.