Whether you limit yourself to reading, or go a step further, commenting, suggesting, and adding your own take on what you have read, you are more than welcome. If you feel like following my page, I would be honored; a text only exists in so far as it is read. Who cares if a pebble is lying on the ocean floor unless someone draws attention to it?
It is hard to believe though, that such a creative mind,and such a poetic spirit can be bothered by numbers or geometry which are means to regulate certain aspects of life; and they are in no way the basics of life. The least I can say is congratulations!
Anonymous, I do not wish to say that there is something schizophrenic about living one’s life as a poet and leading the regular life the poet leads as a regular human being. Numbers, measurements, indices and metrics are all hallmarks of our modern world, and you can’t help but deal with them, and sort of live life in an ‘organized, structured and perhaps regimented’ way. We all wish to have a daily plan and a long-term view of how our life unfolds; failure to do that is not conducive to progress.
At the same time, there are things that we may not wish to see determined in this way so we could feel we’re not exactly conducting ourselves like robots. Trying to be the two people at once requires some doing and some determination so as not to completely give in to ‘The Numbers’.
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It is hard to believe though, that such a creative mind,and such a poetic spirit can be bothered by numbers or geometry which are means to regulate certain aspects of life;
and they are in no way the basics of life.
The least I can say is congratulations!
Anonymous,
I do not wish to say that there is something schizophrenic about living one’s life as a poet and leading the regular life the poet leads as a regular human being. Numbers, measurements, indices and metrics are all hallmarks of our modern world, and you can’t help but deal with them, and sort of live life in an ‘organized, structured and perhaps regimented’ way. We all wish to have a daily plan and a long-term view of how our life unfolds; failure to do that is not conducive to progress.
At the same time, there are things that we may not wish to see determined in this way so we could feel we’re not exactly conducting ourselves like robots. Trying to be the two people at once requires some doing and some determination so as not to completely give in to ‘The Numbers’.
Many thanks for your comment.
Ali
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