Why do so many of us feel the need to choose between different aspects of ourselves?? We focus on the material or the spiritual at the expense of the other as others focus on the heart or the head at the other’s expense. We are at the crossroads of so many continuums and it is only by discovering and utilizing as much of ourselves as possible that we can become more.
“That Angel who was brave enough to buy his independence at the price of eternal suffering and torture; beautiful enough to have adored himself in full divine light; strong enough to still reign in darkness amidst agony, and to have made himself a throne out of his inextinguishable pyre.” -Eliphas Levi
Does one opinion that you disagree with invalidate everything other statement that a speaker makes? If an author whom you respect who writes on subjects you are interested in posts something that you disagree with based on your own understanding, does that mean that everything they write afterwards is also wrong. Life is seldom so black and white in my experience.
How high is the signal to noise ratio that you expose yourself to every day? By signal to noise ration I mean the amount of useful information vs opinions, ads, memes and other material that most of us can get by without?
“It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?” ― Isaac Asimov
It’s been interesting putting these pages filled with my art for this past year. Some of the pictures I am quite happy with, others much less so. While sticking as close to chronological order as possible, I try to put at least one of the ones that I am totally happy with on each page. Usually I’ll put that one at the bottom so it will be the one featured when I post it on Facebook. Occasionally however I find myself torn as I’ll like and appreciate each of the three equally. I find myself with that quandary on this page.
“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden and which the visible does not show us. This interest can take the form of a quite intense feeling, a sort of conflict, one might say, between the visible that is hidden and the visible that is present.” ― René Magritte
Relationships are great when you’re in them. I refer not only to love and sexual partnership relationships here but to friendships, mentor / mentee and almost any other type of way that two beings can interact. I’ve learned a lot about myself by how I have been mirrored in the eyes / being of another. I’ve drawn strength from my relationships and given it as well and discovered that there are an infinite number of ways that people can interact.
I have also learned a lot from ending relationships that no longer work or having them ended for me. I have been attacked by those who claimed to love me and care about me (even more rarely done the attacking but that is another story). The most difficult thing I have had to learn is how to move on from relationships that have grown destructive.
Thanks at least partly to social media, two former lovers or former friends can put on quite a show. They attack each other viciously, verbally, snidely, magically and intensely, anything to keep the intensity of feeling going. It doesn’t matter that it has grown ugly and destructive, the point seems to be to keep it going. Too bad they fail to see the collateral damage. In ending one relationship, other relationships tend to fall by the wayside. After all, seeing how a person ends one relationship sheds light on how they will end one with you. Are they obsessive or proactively working to move on with their lives?
Are they using everything that was ever told in confidence against the other person or are they playing fair? Are they expecting friends to choose sides?
The fun in dysfunctional fades very quickly. I know that I would rather say “thanks for the gifts” and move on.
Never avoid the elements
always head into the storm
explore the unknown
no matter the territory to which you travel
Your face may grow weathered
your brow may be bent
yet still the mystery within
will awaken
and the eternal adventure await
Only an Ass Would Choose (redux) by GAR
Seed Takes Root by GAR
Goddess In Repose (redux) by GAR
