We write to taste life
twice, in the moment and in retrospection. [Anais Nin]
Perhaps. Or mayBE we write BEcause Life is so remarkably
juicy and delicious. Or BEcause it feels so good to attempt to share this
pleasure with another. Or others…
Art and life are
subjective. Not everybody’s gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to
dig it. [Whoopi Goldberg]
Now with this I have no differing opinion. In fact, this thoughty
little Whoopi-ism is largely what I am learning about Life, in particular from
these last 7 years on my own. I really never understood that my taste had
disappeared into that of another. I’m NOT blaming, just saying…
Taste is subjective and cause for retrospective
introspection. I note this watching a series on Netflix. I want so much to “like
it” so I can share it with JOY and sincere interest. And yet I find it more of
an exercise in endurance. I’ve no patience for watching how we humans interact
with meanness and derision. I mean, I know this is true enough, I’m just NOT
all that into it…
Still, The purpose of
life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out
eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. [Eleanor
Roosevelt]
I love you, Currie
1 comment:
I find I have to be in the appropriate mood to watch certain types of shows or I can't watch them. Like some really serious shows I don't want to watch when i am feeling light and silly, you know? My tastes have changed over the years, I think. And I am sure they will continue to change. But, like you, I don't go by what other people like--only what I like. :)
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