Tuesday, June 28, 2005

SCREAM




"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
American author, minister, & activist

This is an interesting idea, and I have to entertain this thought because Ralph Waldo Emerson was definitely a brilliant man.

How many times have you talked to someone so calmly, and rational to find that the person just didn't "get it"?

I guess we have to transmit some sort of emotion in anything we say, especially if we want to appeal to someone. Logic doesn't always go through . . . But PASSION does.

CAVEAT: This only goes so far though - (Melissa!)

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Who lights your fire . . .



Sorry guys for not posting for so long, and I know no one read's this anyway . . Well since my last post I have been real busy with Philosphy Class two nights a week plus work, so it does make it difficult to get here.

Descartes has actually inspired me alot and got me to think profoundly, in fact so much that I think I'm "dreaming" about thinking . . for those who have read Descartes you know what I'm talking about . .

Anyway I wanted to point you again to Doug Sundheim's post from Fast Company, a very inspiring gentleman indeed about "Who inspires you?!! when you are in fact lost in the void of mundaness and feel hopless and well (blah). Who inspires your mind and uplifts your spirit and heart? Wherever you are today? If you think about it, you didn't get there alone, someone helped you along the way, and it's the reason you aren't the only one on this earth, unless you're a "Solopsists", and you think that Only you exist . . (I'm feeling a little Philisophical, so I have to get this out of the way, and it's something I came across last night) ..
Descartes's thinking was inspired by Aristotle and Aristotle by Plato and Plato by Socrates . . But who was Socrates' teacher?

I believe he says woman name who begins with "D", but he talks highly of this "loved one", reflecting in much the same nature as the man quoted below . . Look this "loved one's" name, makes you think about Love and it's place next to all this reason and logic . . but anyway I must say Thank you Melissa, I Love you, you inspire me spiritually in a way you'll never understand . . . again, I Love you!

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." -- Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) Medical missionary, Nobel Peace Prize winner "