The Spiral Staircase
Recently I met a gal online, hit it off pretty well via email, but didn't do very well in real life. A fairly pedestrian experience, except for the fact that my brain had created lots of future scenarios; events which might take place in the next few weeks, months or years. One could call this daydreaming, but I prefer the image of a Spiral Staircase (which I read about in Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother"). Often, one walks down the staircase after failing a social situation and consider all the "What ifs?" ("Man, if I had only said ...")
This is the most common use of the Spiral Staircase.
But I propose that we can also walk up the Spiral Staircase. Why not? Stairs work both ways, right? I spent a few weeks building new stairs, only to find out I was building them out of air. The last few days I've been walking down the stairs, thinking of what I should've done or not done. I think I've reached the bottom of my staircase, because I'm excited to try and meet someone else.
"Just because it's comfortable to believe in something doesn't make believing in it automatically true."
This is the most common use of the Spiral Staircase.
But I propose that we can also walk up the Spiral Staircase. Why not? Stairs work both ways, right? I spent a few weeks building new stairs, only to find out I was building them out of air. The last few days I've been walking down the stairs, thinking of what I should've done or not done. I think I've reached the bottom of my staircase, because I'm excited to try and meet someone else.
"Just because it's comfortable to believe in something doesn't make believing in it automatically true."