11-24-2014, 04:13 AM
JM,
I've contemplated what you said. I went back and read it several more times after I responded above. I would like to talk about this comment:
"your idea is strong but it just didn't follow through"
This I found interesting as I never thought of anything like following through. This is cyclic. There really is no follow through, that is sort of the point. This woman is stuck in this life and in this job she probably hates (although maybe she loves it, we don't know), regardless, her life is such that she is locked in to her job, just as surely as the building she is moping is locked into it's path towards destruction. Not creating an ending is not only intentional, but appropriate. Most people in the world are trapped in similar situation for years, and death is the only resolution. I feel no more need to bring this to some kind of conclusion than to say something about the apple being on the ground, if I open with I dropped an apple from a tree. The idea is to create tension. This is the myth of Sisyphus acted out on the stage of life. There is no resolution to the myth and there is no resolution here, although we know this has to end at some point. Still there is that feeling if we are caught within this myth and it seems to us as if it will go on forever, a very apt description for depression it seems to me. I do not know if that is what you mean by "follow through." Perhaps if that is not what you mean, you could give me a clearer idea and I could respond in a better way.
I do value your input, I find it stimulating and insightful,
Thanks,
Dale
I've contemplated what you said. I went back and read it several more times after I responded above. I would like to talk about this comment:
"your idea is strong but it just didn't follow through"
This I found interesting as I never thought of anything like following through. This is cyclic. There really is no follow through, that is sort of the point. This woman is stuck in this life and in this job she probably hates (although maybe she loves it, we don't know), regardless, her life is such that she is locked in to her job, just as surely as the building she is moping is locked into it's path towards destruction. Not creating an ending is not only intentional, but appropriate. Most people in the world are trapped in similar situation for years, and death is the only resolution. I feel no more need to bring this to some kind of conclusion than to say something about the apple being on the ground, if I open with I dropped an apple from a tree. The idea is to create tension. This is the myth of Sisyphus acted out on the stage of life. There is no resolution to the myth and there is no resolution here, although we know this has to end at some point. Still there is that feeling if we are caught within this myth and it seems to us as if it will go on forever, a very apt description for depression it seems to me. I do not know if that is what you mean by "follow through." Perhaps if that is not what you mean, you could give me a clearer idea and I could respond in a better way.
I do value your input, I find it stimulating and insightful,
Thanks,
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.