Plato's Fine Fabric
intricate and connected
wrapped, swaddled
like the baby jesus
hold, held, beholden
the soul's connection strong and true.
A reaching,
longing cherished
woven into something that cares,
supports and washes, over and through
Like a fine fabric,
adornment and containment of focus in caring for our souls.
Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex." - Karl Marx
"Being a philosopher, I have a problem for every solution." - Robert Zend
"The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it." - Bertrand Russell
"Consciousness is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation." - C.S. Lewis
early Sunday morning - Oakland, CA - weather is sunny with blue skies, but very chilly
How does one know if one is becoming a philosopher? Are there signs and symptom-like things you get or notice yourself doing? Does waking up crying most of the days qualify? Does feeling like you, your whole self, is becoming transparent qualify? Does feeling like you are losing your figure-ground perspective (in all life aspects mind you!)qualify oneself?
Does talking about yourself in the third person give you entrance in this what-I-would-think-is a highly selective 'club'?
OK - How about feeling like you are connected to most everyone, yet can't seem to quite make any deep, lasting connection with anyone? What about feeling that everything is so damn ethereal?
And last but not least - trying to universalize all your thinking - yup, that's one of the capstones for being a philohead, I would think!
I'm beginning to see the connection between some type of mental illness and being a philosopher :-)
And sadly, I woke up this morning thinking that I had become a philosopher. What's a girl to do?
