Damned already, so its no surprise being here
orejas | 05 October, 2004 19:25
thats such a good word you know, impetus. almost onomatapoeic. fuck im sure ive got that spelt wrong. anyway, the point her being that impetus [such a lovely onomataopeoppcicjfc word] is that focus of a huge crisis in my life. i was sitting in the pisspot today and talking to some juniors. one of my profs told us the story of his impoverished childhood and we realised that that ius probably why he is so good at wot he does. i mean, theres nothing like financial need to provide impetus [such a lovely...you get my drift] to actualise latent genius.
shite.
sorry about the jargon, i just finished a 3900 word assignment on blake and the biblical god, so cut me some slack.
wot im trying to say is this: i think everyone has withint the potential to be something phenomenal, each in their [oooh intersting linguiostic theory popped into head, but on second thoutghs shall spare you all] own sphere of experience. but, very very few people manage to convert that potential into something tangible. we were wondering why.
the conclusion we arrived at was this: we are all content in our comnplacency until something pinches us. it could be a passion for soemthing, but usually its the ned for money. did you know michaelangelo painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel cos he needed money? and all he ever wanted to do was sculpt marble, but he was too poor? and thats where the beauty of that painting comes from.
so, our thesis holds that many of us people today who have plenty and are riven by angst about future and shite, who wonder about purpose and so on, maybe that is all our problem is: that we dont have any desperate needs to motivate us.
inez | 05/10/2004, 20:31
whaaa...? nope never heard of it/him. dont be fooled by the talk, i am very unaware... :D
Neurotron | 06/10/2004, 09:55
yeah, the Sistine Chapel IS beautiful.
Do you hate me yet? Huh?huh? Do ya??
:-D LOL
Jai | 06/10/2004, 11:06
Do you hate me yet? Huh?huh? Do ya??
Posted by Neurotron on Wednesday Oct 6, 2004 at 12:25 am
whats with u dude? Did u have a sex change operation or something
inez | 06/10/2004, 13:04
GOD i hate you, SO much. but i think by next august i wont anymore so :p bugger orf! :D
Aran | 06/10/2004, 19:07
diva: If Maslow's basic needs are met then the other ones may just be thrown by the wayside. That is, if the need for laziness is more than that for self-actualization, like yours truly. :D
And inez, I want to know more about the intersting linguistic theory which popped up in square brackets. don't spare me! :p
By the way, onomatopoeic. That word to me sounds so... fugly! In the same league as faeces. Think it might be the spelling?
Long comment. Feeling too chatty today, I guess.
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diva | 05/10/2004, 20:25
iam pretty sure somewhere in ur research, u must have come across Maslow's heirarchy of need...so r u contradicting it??