Jul 05, 2005 11:25
"To be modern is to live a life of paradox and contradiction...It is to be both revolutionary and conservative: alive to new possibilities for experience and adventure, frightened by the nihilistic depths to which so many modern adventures lead, longing to create and to hold on to something real even as everything melts."
Marshall Berman, "All That Is Solid Melts into Air"
This quote pretty much typifies my state of consciousness.