vintage thoughts from others, vintage thoughts from me - varying degrees of profundity
- thoughts quoted for the turn of thought / phrase rather than for truth value - quoted not necessarily because i agree with them or approve of them
Sunday, March 6, 2022
"When we are no longer children, we are already dead.” — Constantin Brancusi
I don't necessarily agree with the thoughts presented, i like the sweeping and starkly expressed form of them. The ideal would be the wide eyed curiosity of the child combined with the emotional self-control / wisdom / serenity of the old seer, but it's a difficult combination to pull off. And I'm still waiting for serenity, although little things don't bug me so much.
is the old seer even truly serene? i imagine them under considerable pressure from all the spiritual turbulence they've absorbed. going a bit mad but keeping up a stoic exterior. you know, maybe i wouldn't want to be one after all...
hmm. tbh, i don't want to be a child, i want to be an old seer like homer
ReplyDeleteI don't necessarily agree with the thoughts presented, i like the sweeping and starkly expressed form of them. The ideal would be the wide eyed curiosity of the child combined with the emotional self-control / wisdom / serenity of the old seer, but it's a difficult combination to pull off. And I'm still waiting for serenity, although little things don't bug me so much.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely! love this blog.
ReplyDeleteis the old seer even truly serene? i imagine them under considerable pressure from all the spiritual turbulence they've absorbed. going a bit mad but keeping up a stoic exterior. you know, maybe i wouldn't want to be one after all...