I want to be safe/I want to be free
Jenny Woolf was kind enough to send me a chapter of The Mystery of Lewis Carroll to read. Apparently he struggled all his life with wishing to believe, willing himself to do so, and the skepticism of his logical mathematician's mind.
Just reshot this (in part because I am delaying doing my homework for talking to folks at Shipyard Labs). Sometimes less is more- what do you think? As I finished, I inadvertently released the roll of silver duct tape which rolled merrily down the steep stairway and vanished (ie, did NOT roll into the street) when it got to the steps - that silvery gleam, whither is it fled?
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Safe AND free? Too much to ask, maybe?
I do sympathize with Lewis, I struggle to believe, but my mind does not accept the Beyond. One day, one day, maybe?
C - I do think it's too much to ask. I'm inclined to think belief and the lack of it are grounded not only in culture but in character.
Dangerous terrain ... but I just wish I could believe. Lost battle I am afraid.
This book about Lewis must be very interesting - another one for my list!
I agree...no safety in freedom. It (freedom) needs risk and experimentation to exist. I plead the 5th regarding belief, culture and character.
Safe and free? What a concept to consider. I feel safe (most times) but free ... that's something else to think on. And "believing" .. in what? Hmm ... the beyond ... we'll have to see, won't we.
J - Fair enough, heh.
What is that round thing above her palm in the close-up?
Love the arm coming through the mirror - spooky, but so cool!
Crow - it will be more easily identifiable tomorrow.
trust and faith are admirable qualities. I know people who absolutley feel a presense...something i've never felt, but I am suppossed to have faith in, without reserve?
It's a tough pill to swallow.
Tom - I cornered a minister at a recent gathering, and asked her about the word "belief". She said she didn't think one thing or another, and was not particularly pumped up about religion as such - that she felt a sort of organic knowledge. This makes a lot of sense to me, as an inward feeling, not some externally held structure.
Spooky!
Also I heard on a news bulletin that a major pile up on the freeway was caused by a driver swerving to avoid runaway roll of tape
TFE-Wow, It must have rolled right through one of those black holes you hear about...
Yes..I think less is more! Who are the people at Shipyard Labs? The arm is drowning in the tree--do I have that right? Funny how your tape just disappeared. It's been just waiting for it's getaway.
Celeste - I have a feeling you haven't read Alice in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass - they are two of the greatest books in the English Language. Well, you'll be seeing more of them here shortly.
I am really enjoying your new pictures xJ
You are correct, Susan, I haven't read either! This is why I am always wondering what your posts mean! lol--but just the same, I always love everything you do. I'll catch up one day--I think I never read it because the cat creeped me out. lol.
Thanks for the mention of my book, Susan. I go with the idea that any religion is simply a suit of armour we don to help us battle through the wood to the indescribable thing at the centre.
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