Friday, November 13, 2009

Passions

hope

"I found your sister in a Reed article. Why didn't you go there? You would have done well at Reed."
-Craig Gunsol


Perhaps..

Something that the following discussion brought up was the safety of Whitman students and how they act within the rules. They don't do as well at going crazy and whatever they want. I kind of miss that from the few days I stayed at Reed and the ambient feel of it in surrounding Portland. While I can expand here a little better than at Reed, I feel as if in order to stay within social confines, it would be unwise to reveal just how impassioned I am about the randomness of my knowledge. I would love to speak to people all day long about things, or make something using an idea a friend heard in physics or do something. I feel this is a great place to learn, I am not sure I am in the right place to do. Or maybe learn to do. This nerfing of passions must not be allowed to happen I have decided. I have for too long been a shell of borderline apetheticness and am in desperate need of resurfacing to the qwirky and the emotional. I need to love my work and I need to know that the work loves me. While I know those around me have superpowers, and would not be here if they didn't, I can't always get the sense that they are using them. That being said expansion must continue. Expand until all is one and understanding is living.

1 comment:

Churaesie said...

This is a really well-written post. I had been meaning to ask you more about what you and Gunsol talked about, but I'm glad I read this post first.

I would just like to comment that Reed is a very difficult place to do. Perhaps doing is more socially encouraged, or something, but it is another of those things that you must consciously (or spontaneously) prioritize and make time for, or it'll never happen.

As much as possible, just do.

just, keep doing.

there is such a huge difference between the people who do and try and learn,

vs the people who learn and learn, and never do or try.