Comments | notsoclever: filling the hollow

notsoclever

filling the hollow

Jan 28, 2007 22:32

That's the thing: You can't. foucaultonacid just made a point to me about decorating the abyss, and that seems to suit me just fine. I've been searching, I've been a seeker, for answers to questions that don't have any answers, and finding answers that don't have any questions. The point isn't to find those answers, those questions; the point is that we ( Read more... )

creativity, talking to myself

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trackstar99 January 29 2007, 05:44:31 UTC

It's so odd . . . sometimes I feel so removed from daily life when I read something like this. I make tea, but not a chicken sandwich . . . I would change the oil on my car but not think about it . . . it's like I run the more mundane side of my life on a form of autopilot . . . thank you for reminding me that side coexists with the more intriguing side and also that beauty is found in the former just as much as the latter.

notsoclever January 29 2007, 06:48:06 UTC

At the risk of quoting the Stereo MCs, it really just kind of depends on how close to ground you live. I live a life that doesn't have much in the way of drama, or, to not put too fine a point on it, interest. Perhaps if my life were working more "normally" I wouldn't be quite so enamored of the small things, but as it stands, they're all I have.

Surprisingly, they're enough. Enough at least that I don't wish to take them for granted.

trackstar99 January 29 2007, 07:55:23 UTC

I live I think, a very simple life yet one predicated highy on new experiences to the point it's very hedonistic. Repeating one thing from day one to day two is very boring to me . . . so I ignore those things which are oft repeated and yearn for those which are novel.

notsoclever January 29 2007, 08:41:45 UTC

I suffer the same disease, though I think I am probably more inclined to just think about it rather than act them out.

What I was trying to say, though, in my comment was that I'm probably forced to be a little more micro-focussed on what it takes for me to survive, and don't get as much time for "big picture" stuff. I am cut to the bone right now. If I took no pleasure from the little triumphs I manage to eke out for myself, there'd be no joy at all.