Comments on: Monday Aphorism: On Being Called an Elitest http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Harvey Sarles http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/comment-page-1/#comment-20619 Harvey Sarles Tue, 12 May 2009 15:59:42 +0000 http://harveysarles.com/?p=347#comment-20619 Mike and Gus, Thanks for your comments: how to be, how to move on without yielding some important aspects of one's self and one's being. Not easy! I think it takes momentous play mixed with seriousness of great dimension. I'll send you my "Zarathustra's Mountain" which I wrote recently, and tries to grapple with these questions, which argue continuously between "themselves." Harvey Mike and Gus,

Thanks for your comments: how to be, how to move on without yielding some important aspects of one’s self and one’s being. Not easy! I think it takes momentous play mixed with seriousness of great dimension. I’ll send you my “Zarathustra’s Mountain” which I wrote recently, and tries to grapple with these questions, which argue continuously between “themselves.”

Harvey

]]> By: Harvey Sarles http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/comment-page-1/#comment-34927 Harvey Sarles Tue, 12 May 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://harveysarles.com/?p=347#comment-34927 Mike and Gus, Thanks for your comments: how to be, how to move on without yielding some important aspects of one's self and one's being. Not easy! I think it takes momentous play mixed with seriousness of great dimension. I'll send you my "Zarathustra's Mountain" which I wrote recently, and tries to grapple with these questions, which argue continuously between "themselves." Harvey Mike and Gus,

Thanks for your comments: how to be, how to move on without yielding some important aspects of one’s self and one’s being. Not easy! I think it takes momentous play mixed with seriousness of great dimension. I’ll send you my “Zarathustra’s Mountain” which I wrote recently, and tries to grapple with these questions, which argue continuously between “themselves.”

Harvey

]]> By: Gus http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/comment-page-1/#comment-20599 Gus Tue, 12 May 2009 05:31:15 +0000 http://harveysarles.com/?p=347#comment-20599 Harvey, this photograph is very apt. The man, the observer, is looking back on the path that took him to where he is. Or is he looking ahead to where that path may lead? It’s hard to say. The tall stand of larch dwarfs him, humbles him, as there’s no telling how tall the trees climb—their tops reach beyond the frame of the picture. This man is limited, yet his background appears to be limitless. Maybe that’s the problem with appearances; they mislead, and we misfollow. Whether into the past or the future, the man in this picture is looking away from us. Standing by himself in the presence of the magnificent trees, he is alone, but is he lonely? I don’t see any evidence of anxiety in his posture. And are these trees really as magnificent as they appear? Is this a forest he’s in, or a tree farm? Does it matter? Is he lost? Or is he faithfully following the only path that will lead him out of here? So much lies in the fuzzy gray area. The world contains so many paradoxes, but I think it’s largely because we have limited or confused ways of looking at relationships. Is this what you mean by trying to observe life’s simplicities and complications, and wondering which is which? Harvey, this photograph is very apt. The man, the observer, is looking back on the path that took him to where he is. Or is he looking ahead to where that path may lead? It’s hard to say. The tall stand of larch dwarfs him, humbles him, as there’s no telling how tall the trees climb—their tops reach beyond the frame of the picture. This man is limited, yet his background appears to be limitless. Maybe that’s the problem with appearances; they mislead, and we misfollow.

Whether into the past or the future, the man in this picture is looking away from us. Standing by himself in the presence of the magnificent trees, he is alone, but is he lonely? I don’t see any evidence of anxiety in his posture. And are these trees really as magnificent as they appear? Is this a forest he’s in, or a tree farm? Does it matter? Is he lost? Or is he faithfully following the only path that will lead him out of here? So much lies in the fuzzy gray area. The world contains so many paradoxes, but I think it’s largely because we have limited or confused ways of looking at relationships. Is this what you mean by trying to observe life’s simplicities and complications, and wondering which is which?

]]> By: Gus http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/comment-page-1/#comment-34926 Gus Tue, 12 May 2009 05:31:00 +0000 http://harveysarles.com/?p=347#comment-34926 Harvey, this photograph is very apt. The man, the observer, is looking back on the path that took him to where he is. Or is he looking ahead to where that path may lead? It’s hard to say. The tall stand of larch dwarfs him, humbles him, as there’s no telling how tall the trees climb—their tops reach beyond the frame of the picture. This man is limited, yet his background appears to be limitless. Maybe that’s the problem with appearances; they mislead, and we misfollow. Whether into the past or the future, the man in this picture is looking away from us. Standing by himself in the presence of the magnificent trees, he is alone, but is he lonely? I don’t see any evidence of anxiety in his posture. And are these trees really as magnificent as they appear? Is this a forest he’s in, or a tree farm? Does it matter? Is he lost? Or is he faithfully following the only path that will lead him out of here? So much lies in the fuzzy gray area. The world contains so many paradoxes, but I think it’s largely because we have limited or confused ways of looking at relationships. Is this what you mean by trying to observe life’s simplicities and complications, and wondering which is which? Harvey, this photograph is very apt. The man, the observer, is looking back on the path that took him to where he is. Or is he looking ahead to where that path may lead? It’s hard to say. The tall stand of larch dwarfs him, humbles him, as there’s no telling how tall the trees climb—their tops reach beyond the frame of the picture. This man is limited, yet his background appears to be limitless. Maybe that’s the problem with appearances; they mislead, and we misfollow.

Whether into the past or the future, the man in this picture is looking away from us. Standing by himself in the presence of the magnificent trees, he is alone, but is he lonely? I don’t see any evidence of anxiety in his posture. And are these trees really as magnificent as they appear? Is this a forest he’s in, or a tree farm? Does it matter? Is he lost? Or is he faithfully following the only path that will lead him out of here? So much lies in the fuzzy gray area. The world contains so many paradoxes, but I think it’s largely because we have limited or confused ways of looking at relationships. Is this what you mean by trying to observe life’s simplicities and complications, and wondering which is which?

]]> By: Mike Stucker http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/comment-page-1/#comment-20389 Mike Stucker Fri, 08 May 2009 07:12:17 +0000 http://harveysarles.com/?p=347#comment-20389 P.S. That hiking trail in the picture looks amazing!!! Where exactly is that? P.S. That hiking trail in the picture looks amazing!!! Where exactly is that?

]]> By: Mike Stucker http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/comment-page-1/#comment-34925 Mike Stucker Fri, 08 May 2009 07:12:00 +0000 http://harveysarles.com/?p=347#comment-34925 P.S. That hiking trail in the picture looks amazing!!! Where exactly is that? P.S. That hiking trail in the picture looks amazing!!! Where exactly is that?

]]> By: Mike Stucker http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/comment-page-1/#comment-20388 Mike Stucker Fri, 08 May 2009 07:10:22 +0000 http://harveysarles.com/?p=347#comment-20388 I love this one. It isn't that others can't join you for the ride. But many are not adventurous enough or are perhaps set in their ways. A wise man once told me that it is the most interesting people that never know what they want to be when they grow up. They just keep trying different things. You only live once and this life goes by so fast. So enjoy the moment but never be afraid to abandon what you have completely and catapult yourself to new lands. I really like this one dr. Sarles and I really enjoy Next Places. I read it on occasion at nighttime. It relaxes the soul. Have a great one buddy! I love this one. It isn’t that others can’t join you for the ride. But many are not adventurous enough or are perhaps set in their ways. A wise man once told me that it is the most interesting people that never know what they want to be when they grow up. They just keep trying different things. You only live once and this life goes by so fast. So enjoy the moment but never be afraid to abandon what you have completely and catapult yourself to new lands. I really like this one dr. Sarles and I really enjoy Next Places. I read it on occasion at nighttime. It relaxes the soul. Have a great one buddy!

]]> By: Mike Stucker http://harveysarles.com/2009/05/04/monday-aphorism-on-being-called-an-elitest/comment-page-1/#comment-34924 Mike Stucker Fri, 08 May 2009 07:10:00 +0000 http://harveysarles.com/?p=347#comment-34924 I love this one. It isn't that others can't join you for the ride. But many are not adventurous enough or are perhaps set in their ways. A wise man once told me that it is the most interesting people that never know what they want to be when they grow up. They just keep trying different things. You only live once and this life goes by so fast. So enjoy the moment but never be afraid to abandon what you have completely and catapult yourself to new lands. I really like this one dr. Sarles and I really enjoy Next Places. I read it on occasion at nighttime. It relaxes the soul. Have a great one buddy! I love this one. It isn’t that others can’t join you for the ride. But many are not adventurous enough or are perhaps set in their ways. A wise man once told me that it is the most interesting people that never know what they want to be when they grow up. They just keep trying different things. You only live once and this life goes by so fast. So enjoy the moment but never be afraid to abandon what you have completely and catapult yourself to new lands. I really like this one dr. Sarles and I really enjoy Next Places. I read it on occasion at nighttime. It relaxes the soul. Have a great one buddy!

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