Tangential Tornado
For some reason, my existentialism class always discusses how to authentically purchase eggs. No matter what the ACTUAL topic is about - we always drift back to eggs. And how to buy them. Authentically.
I realized recently that I, yes, I, have bought eggs authentically. About a month ago, I was on the phone at Meijer. I was about to reach into the fridge to buy eggs, because they're economically priced, delicious, and nutritious. My phone rang, I answered it, and heard some great news, right as I was reaching for a carton of eggs. I screamed into the fridge as I pulled them out, and scared the man on the other side of the fridge.
I don't think I will ever buy eggs that authentically again.
Now, for a tangent.
What I don't get, and everyone else seems baffled by, is how can we NOT live authentically? We either live entirely authentically, or entirely inauthentically - there's no occasion for in between authenticity. I personally believe that it's impossible to be not authentic. You may not be interesting, or creative, or innovative, or worthwhile for the living human race, but the fact that you are doing something makes it automatically authentic, whether you want it to or not.
When someone copies something else, word for word, action for action, they still are doing something different. We're suspending notions into time and space, and we'll never have the same time and space again. Inferring authenticity of every step.
It's impossible to say the same thing twice.
It's impossible to say the same thing twice.
I realized recently that I, yes, I, have bought eggs authentically. About a month ago, I was on the phone at Meijer. I was about to reach into the fridge to buy eggs, because they're economically priced, delicious, and nutritious. My phone rang, I answered it, and heard some great news, right as I was reaching for a carton of eggs. I screamed into the fridge as I pulled them out, and scared the man on the other side of the fridge.
I don't think I will ever buy eggs that authentically again.
Now, for a tangent.
What I don't get, and everyone else seems baffled by, is how can we NOT live authentically? We either live entirely authentically, or entirely inauthentically - there's no occasion for in between authenticity. I personally believe that it's impossible to be not authentic. You may not be interesting, or creative, or innovative, or worthwhile for the living human race, but the fact that you are doing something makes it automatically authentic, whether you want it to or not.
When someone copies something else, word for word, action for action, they still are doing something different. We're suspending notions into time and space, and we'll never have the same time and space again. Inferring authenticity of every step.
It's impossible to say the same thing twice.
It's impossible to say the same thing twice.