don’t believe the hype
March 4, 2008
This will be pretty fragmented, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the stories we tell about ourselves, the narratives we construct to make sense of ourselves to ourselves, and how careful one has to be to not to get jammed up by blowing the dark ones out of proportion so we can’t redeem ourselves, or the stretching out the good ones into these grand myths where we don’t need redemption. You don’t really wanna buy into the hype either way, ya know. In fact, sometimes you just wanna look at why your even telling this one story, over and over.
context and perspective, baby. the universe is obviously too grand a scale to comprehend, so we carve out little metaphors to help deal with it, but it’s so easy to forget that that’s what they are (at least for me). and easy to get wrapped up in one aspect, like you say, until something comes along and blows that all away.
i think that’s why it feels so nice to get out in the woods when you’ve been inside for a long time – you feel your mind stretching out in the different perspective.
"i think that’s why it feels so nice to get out in the woods when you’ve been inside for a long time – you feel your mind stretching out in the different perspective."
i like that ned. i hear ya about context and this was a pretty free association blog as much about neither beating myself up for my short comings nor blowing the things i’m good at out of proportion. i’m working at cultivating curioisity.