To the millions of fans we have out there, we thank you for your patience.
I return with an equal amount of flummox-ology crammed into the tiny space where my brain is supposed to be.
Things have happened quite unexpectedly lately. Life is slightly fast forward-ing, but maybe that's just me in slow motion.
What I've realized: we always think about the now. No matter what-- memories are in relation to now. Well of course they are, because they're called memories and you recall them from the point of "time", but I mean our rotation of our universes and lives around the concept of NOW.
Everything we remember, we recollect by imagining our selves in that situation, in the moment of circumstance. Imagine if we remembered things omnisciently. How amazing would that be? And seriously, how much more would we learn when we remember our mistakes?
Maybe that's how we should approach things. Realizing all sides of the story. Instead of holding grudges. Do people really try to understand the other side of the story? Do they appreciate the other side of the story? It feels a lot like most people don't care. Perhaps they do not realize the full power of being empathetic.
There was an article I read a long time ago about elephants, and how incredibly intelligent they are despite the fact that they walk on all fours and don't read the New York Times over eggs benedict and orange juice every morning. The experiment was placing a mirror in front of animals and studying their behavior/response to determine whether or not the animal knew it was a reflection of itself. For the animals that rode the tiny short bus to school (i.e. rodents and beta fish), the animals reacted as if it were a different entity. For elephants, they realized that the image in the mirror was themselves-- and science dubbed that realization empathy. A small but solid connection to the sentient, wise homo homo sapien sapien (in anthropology class, we learned that we are indeed homo sapien sapien, but I thought we had to balance out the term with another pair, it just looks more pleasing to the eye). On an elephant! This task was incredible- the ability to feel and think beyond physical appearances! An elephant! And yet... our own practice of empathy is taken for granted. What a mere ability, on humans.
Sometimes it sucks to write about these things just because it's ridiculous. Am I really going to find an answer to any of my questions? Probably not. But that's okay.
I may write again later, but for now it's aaaaiiiiiiiight.
To the unfortunate victims in Myanmar and China, I regret that I feel no formidable compulsion to go there immediately. I wish you the very best of luck and all the help you can get despite the worst of times. I wish your loved ones well, and I hope for a better future. Myanmar and China has made me appreciate my family and friends just that much more.
I return with an equal amount of flummox-ology crammed into the tiny space where my brain is supposed to be.
Things have happened quite unexpectedly lately. Life is slightly fast forward-ing, but maybe that's just me in slow motion.
What I've realized: we always think about the now. No matter what-- memories are in relation to now. Well of course they are, because they're called memories and you recall them from the point of "time", but I mean our rotation of our universes and lives around the concept of NOW.
Everything we remember, we recollect by imagining our selves in that situation, in the moment of circumstance. Imagine if we remembered things omnisciently. How amazing would that be? And seriously, how much more would we learn when we remember our mistakes?
Maybe that's how we should approach things. Realizing all sides of the story. Instead of holding grudges. Do people really try to understand the other side of the story? Do they appreciate the other side of the story? It feels a lot like most people don't care. Perhaps they do not realize the full power of being empathetic.
There was an article I read a long time ago about elephants, and how incredibly intelligent they are despite the fact that they walk on all fours and don't read the New York Times over eggs benedict and orange juice every morning. The experiment was placing a mirror in front of animals and studying their behavior/response to determine whether or not the animal knew it was a reflection of itself. For the animals that rode the tiny short bus to school (i.e. rodents and beta fish), the animals reacted as if it were a different entity. For elephants, they realized that the image in the mirror was themselves-- and science dubbed that realization empathy. A small but solid connection to the sentient, wise homo homo sapien sapien (in anthropology class, we learned that we are indeed homo sapien sapien, but I thought we had to balance out the term with another pair, it just looks more pleasing to the eye). On an elephant! This task was incredible- the ability to feel and think beyond physical appearances! An elephant! And yet... our own practice of empathy is taken for granted. What a mere ability, on humans.
Sometimes it sucks to write about these things just because it's ridiculous. Am I really going to find an answer to any of my questions? Probably not. But that's okay.
I may write again later, but for now it's aaaaiiiiiiiight.
To the unfortunate victims in Myanmar and China, I regret that I feel no formidable compulsion to go there immediately. I wish you the very best of luck and all the help you can get despite the worst of times. I wish your loved ones well, and I hope for a better future. Myanmar and China has made me appreciate my family and friends just that much more.
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