The following is a story about all the trials and triumphs of life. It tells of the adventures, the travels, the different dimensions. This is the telling of a wondrous thing. A thing made so perfect in the midst of the universe. The Greeks described the heavenly movement of the heavens as the best example of the beautiful. It is a study of art and awareness. However, it is as much a tale of real life events and occurrences, just as much as it is a written tale meant to incite the imagination. Who indeed can separate the writing of a story or tale from the actual real life events which are going on in the author’s life? Every action is necessarily preceded and followed by another action, in a seemingly endless chain of consecutive events. All occurring at the exact seam time all across the universe, or rather, occurring at completely different times, but on a level which makes them all appear as if they are all happening and working together to form the basis of an existence which we humans tend to call – reality. It continues onward into the ever expanding reaches of space, and flows forever forward through the mystifying existence of the space-time continuum.
To tie this back into our class discussion, and a little bit of art history, we turn to a German philosopher from the 18th century. In Georg Hegel’s “The Philosophy of Fine Art”, he states very adamantly that a beautiful, manmade work of art is of higher rank than any product of nature. He firmly believed that in order for something to be truly beautiful, it must be endowed with the mind and spirit of man. For this reason everything which has undergone the passage through the human mind, such as a work of art, is better than any element of nature. My argument is that although man has created many works of art which are considered to be beautiful, nothing man could ever create will be as truly beautiful as nature. I believe that nature provides the best examples of beauty in our world and therefore, as human beings we owe it to ourselves to do our best to capture that beauty in works of art. Hegel claims that nothing can be beautiful unless it is the product of a conscious human mind, but I believe that it is the human mind which is the key to seeing the overwhelming beauty found in nature.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Art of Adventure
The following is taken from an article titled: What Should I Do With My Life? Following is a response to it.
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It's time to define the new era. Our faith has been shaken. We've lost confidence in our leaders and in our institutions. Our beliefs have been tested. We've discredited the notion that the Internet would change everything (and the stock market would buy us an exit strategy from the grind). Our expectations have been dashed. We've abandoned the idea that work should be a 24-hour-a-day rush and that careers should be a wild adventure. Yet we're still holding on.
There's a way out. Instead of focusing on what's next , let's get back to what's first . The previous era of business was defined by the question, Where's the opportunity? I'm convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that's right. The most obvious and universal question on our plates as human beings is the most urgent and pragmatic approach to sustainable success in our organizations. People don't succeed by migrating to a "hot" industry (one word: dotcom) or by adopting a particular career-guiding mantra (remember "horizontal careers"?). They thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are -- and connecting that to work that they truly love (and, in so doing, unleashing a productive and creative power that they never imagined). Companies don't grow because they represent a particular sector or adopt the latest management approach. They win because they engage the hearts and minds of individuals who are dedicated to answering that life question.
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I originally wanted to write this in a facebook note, but despite my best efforts, I could not find the application. However, I’ve been using office for years now and it’s always done me well before. What I’ve just realized now, or rather have been on the process of discovering are some of the deepest and most profane truths, only evident upon very careful and prolonged investigation. More specifically, the inner working of this North American, consumeristic fucking capitalist corporate mass media network communication culture. This overlying network of communication allows the instant transmission of information to just about anywhere on the globe and beyond. It’s amazing, but it’s also very distracting. Sometimes we can get too caught up with what is happening on the higher level of consciousness known as our grand and ever present electronic and mass media communication systems.
Now here’s my science fair project; I will travel to a distant land, over many oceans. I will take a giant leap away from home and everything that I know dear. Plunge into an unknown (but quite well researched) land full of mystery, adventure and travel. I will learn a completely foreign tongue and embrace a new existence full of culture and novelty. And after a few months of adapting to their culture just imagine the perspective one would gain on one’s own country. The difference in perspective would be so enormous that you could not possibly imagine what it would be like to travel home at that instant because you had been so used to living in that community and trying [desperately at times] to learn and speak a new language with as many inhabitants of the new land as possible. After a prolonged amount of time, perhaps a year or more, it would seem like one’s past life is but a collection of memories, a distant land. But what an adventure! I believe in novelty and exploration as means of living an intriguing existence. I think the sooner we can implement the art of adventure into our days, we will be able to live much more fulfilling and meaningful lives.
That is my project and the process has already begun. I will keep a record of all accounts and perhaps share some of the most particularly enlightening aspects of it. At some point, I will post some pictures when I find some great ones.
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It's time to define the new era. Our faith has been shaken. We've lost confidence in our leaders and in our institutions. Our beliefs have been tested. We've discredited the notion that the Internet would change everything (and the stock market would buy us an exit strategy from the grind). Our expectations have been dashed. We've abandoned the idea that work should be a 24-hour-a-day rush and that careers should be a wild adventure. Yet we're still holding on.
There's a way out. Instead of focusing on what's next , let's get back to what's first . The previous era of business was defined by the question, Where's the opportunity? I'm convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that's right. The most obvious and universal question on our plates as human beings is the most urgent and pragmatic approach to sustainable success in our organizations. People don't succeed by migrating to a "hot" industry (one word: dotcom) or by adopting a particular career-guiding mantra (remember "horizontal careers"?). They thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are -- and connecting that to work that they truly love (and, in so doing, unleashing a productive and creative power that they never imagined). Companies don't grow because they represent a particular sector or adopt the latest management approach. They win because they engage the hearts and minds of individuals who are dedicated to answering that life question.
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I originally wanted to write this in a facebook note, but despite my best efforts, I could not find the application. However, I’ve been using office for years now and it’s always done me well before. What I’ve just realized now, or rather have been on the process of discovering are some of the deepest and most profane truths, only evident upon very careful and prolonged investigation. More specifically, the inner working of this North American, consumeristic fucking capitalist corporate mass media network communication culture. This overlying network of communication allows the instant transmission of information to just about anywhere on the globe and beyond. It’s amazing, but it’s also very distracting. Sometimes we can get too caught up with what is happening on the higher level of consciousness known as our grand and ever present electronic and mass media communication systems.
Now here’s my science fair project; I will travel to a distant land, over many oceans. I will take a giant leap away from home and everything that I know dear. Plunge into an unknown (but quite well researched) land full of mystery, adventure and travel. I will learn a completely foreign tongue and embrace a new existence full of culture and novelty. And after a few months of adapting to their culture just imagine the perspective one would gain on one’s own country. The difference in perspective would be so enormous that you could not possibly imagine what it would be like to travel home at that instant because you had been so used to living in that community and trying [desperately at times] to learn and speak a new language with as many inhabitants of the new land as possible. After a prolonged amount of time, perhaps a year or more, it would seem like one’s past life is but a collection of memories, a distant land. But what an adventure! I believe in novelty and exploration as means of living an intriguing existence. I think the sooner we can implement the art of adventure into our days, we will be able to live much more fulfilling and meaningful lives.
That is my project and the process has already begun. I will keep a record of all accounts and perhaps share some of the most particularly enlightening aspects of it. At some point, I will post some pictures when I find some great ones.
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