I watched the samurai kill themselves,
for honor
and they cared
and so did I
I watched them erect shrines to me,
The concept of occupation is beginning to define the world we live in. Free time has become at once the bogeyman of the unemployed and the greener grass for those with something to do. Consider that last time you had some free time – was it free, or did you sacrifice something for it? Did you work for your free time, or maybe during it? Was that time on the beach free? Or, could you not wait to get back to the hotel that you specifically selected for its free wifi so that you could upload your pictures to facebook?
I think being naked is incredibly underrated. For something so absolute, nudity sure inspires a heap of contradictions. Naked bodies are both taboo and celebrated, but whatever your take on nudity may be, this one will focus on something near and dear to my heart – personal creativity. Indeed, many of my very best ideas have come to me when I was not at all dressed for the occasion.
“Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.” – Oscar Wilde
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts…”
What is the idea faucet?
I’m sitting here in just my boxers, I may have just taken a shower. Next to me is my ideabook, opened to a page that I have just scribbled on. Most importantly, I’ve just had an idea.
I haven’t updated my blog in a couple weeks. I really don’t care. I don’t even feel bad that the fifteen seconds it takes to read one of my posts has been denied to you or any of the 11 other people that read my blog (THANKS MOM!).
Understanding who you are trying to reach is often more important than the number of people. Consider the difference between talking to the CEO of American Express compared than 6 representatives on the phone. The CEO could probably make one phone call and your problem would be resolved, “And who’s up for a round of golf afterwards? I’m on the list over at Pebble Beach…”
There won’t be true globalization until the “have-nots” can travel/spend/live/communicate just as freely as the “haves.” Until the world itself has become one of Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities.
As I sit here in the dark, listening to my refrigerator hum, I cannot help but feel sad.
- Sad because of the potential some of the people I know have locked within – potential that through self-doubt or lack of willpower will never be realized.
- Sad because they’re willing to settle for less, for almost, for mediocre.