[Originally written 03/05/2013]
Today I received a LinkedIn invitation from some Brokerage Services Manager I’ve never heard of from some company likewise, and a Russian bride solicitation from someone calling herself the “impassioned panther Swetlana”. I think I trust Swetlana to be more honest about what she wants out of the relationship…
Nothing is original, if by that you mean ‘without reference’. Even if you managed to create something wholly out of your own head, you are sum of everything that has come before. Everything is built on the foundation of your experience.
Everything is original, if by that you mean ‘never before’. Even if you act with intention to duplicate an image, no one has captured exactly this light in this place at this time – and no one ever will again. Everything is uniquely new in the ever-present now.
I’ve reached the point in my life where I believe getting 100% of any group to agree on anything is hopelessly Utopian.
Our politicians can’t solve every problem. So maybe, instead of railing against what they aren’t solving, our only expectation should be that they always carry us forward to a better world.
I’m learning – Instagram -or- Twitter, not both…
And so we start collecting random thoughts…