Imagine...
Snow! Snow, again! Yes, just when I thought the end was here, and here to stay, I was awoken to the lovely site of more snow falling this morning. So, the only response I could make was to close the curtains abruptly and step into the shower. And, by the time I left to travel to campus I was relieved to see no more snow falling and that which had was melting quickly. The weather here has not been good lately, more bleak than usual. But, I see the future coming...and hopefully it will be bright and without snow.
I finally purchased a ticket to come home, after way too much searching and deciding. And of course, I am coming home at the most popular time for Europeans to travel to the US...leading to nothing more than higher fares and greater restrictions. As of today, I have about 55 days or so until I grace the land of the free again. How much of a shock it will be to step out into the heat of Oklahoma and the life I left behind.
I suffered a great setback in entertainment two days ago, and my iTunes music application on my computer flat-lined. Normally this would be an easy fix, but I spent significant nerd-time on it to fix the problem. And two days later it is back in business. I guess this shows how much music has been incorporated into my life, and maybe how big of a nerd I truly am. But I am back in the groove and jamming once again to the likes of Kings of Leon, The Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, and many more.
I have been thinking a lot about imagination. My inspirations for these thoughts have been my recently acquired movies: Finding Neverland and Ray. These movies were both based off of true stories, true stories about men who went to their limits to live their imaginations and express them to others. Now, both men went about it in totally different ways, with different rewards and repercussions along the way. But, it has made me see that my imaginative thoughts are even more important the than the level I had already applied to them. I am not quite sure what it is that I see in life, what I can imagine for myself and my future choices. But, I do know that i want to find that one thing. That one thing that drives me to the brink, drives me to do whatever I can to see it fulfilled and incorporated in my realities, not just my dreams. I am searching for this, an aspect to help define the man I want to become and the actions I will be required to take. I do not know what it is, but I guess that is the imaginative part. Imagining something is not to know the entirety of it, but the spirit of it. Now I will strive to find this spirit, the one which is right for me. A spirit that will make me restless, tired, crazy, and so much more to one day lift all of these weights of my shoulders and reveal something I could never imagine. But, that is the point of it, follow you imagination and it will lead you somewhere that you could never have fathomed, never even dreamt.
I finally purchased a ticket to come home, after way too much searching and deciding. And of course, I am coming home at the most popular time for Europeans to travel to the US...leading to nothing more than higher fares and greater restrictions. As of today, I have about 55 days or so until I grace the land of the free again. How much of a shock it will be to step out into the heat of Oklahoma and the life I left behind.
I suffered a great setback in entertainment two days ago, and my iTunes music application on my computer flat-lined. Normally this would be an easy fix, but I spent significant nerd-time on it to fix the problem. And two days later it is back in business. I guess this shows how much music has been incorporated into my life, and maybe how big of a nerd I truly am. But I am back in the groove and jamming once again to the likes of Kings of Leon, The Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, and many more.
I have been thinking a lot about imagination. My inspirations for these thoughts have been my recently acquired movies: Finding Neverland and Ray. These movies were both based off of true stories, true stories about men who went to their limits to live their imaginations and express them to others. Now, both men went about it in totally different ways, with different rewards and repercussions along the way. But, it has made me see that my imaginative thoughts are even more important the than the level I had already applied to them. I am not quite sure what it is that I see in life, what I can imagine for myself and my future choices. But, I do know that i want to find that one thing. That one thing that drives me to the brink, drives me to do whatever I can to see it fulfilled and incorporated in my realities, not just my dreams. I am searching for this, an aspect to help define the man I want to become and the actions I will be required to take. I do not know what it is, but I guess that is the imaginative part. Imagining something is not to know the entirety of it, but the spirit of it. Now I will strive to find this spirit, the one which is right for me. A spirit that will make me restless, tired, crazy, and so much more to one day lift all of these weights of my shoulders and reveal something I could never imagine. But, that is the point of it, follow you imagination and it will lead you somewhere that you could never have fathomed, never even dreamt.
posted by Adam Logan at 06:42
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Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
Albert Einstein
Someday that spirit will find you when you least expect it.
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