Wednesday, July 18, 2007
I suppose it depends on which side of the glass you're looking from. Society sees something as crazy, illogical and doomed while the one who is living the life sees it as the only course to sanity. It's probably better to wrap your arms around something - anything, than to sail along on some pointless path described by nothing more than twitches and jerks. I think Magoo is right. Even the long life is just a blink. We might see our anniversaries as milestones, but the difference between the young and the old, when compared to eternity, doesn't amount to much. When the daring souls are on the other side all we can do is wring our hands and wonder why. . . it's hard to know a dead man's heart.
Ultimately, we all diverge - following trajectories that don't seem all that different at the start but stretched out a bit, and given enough time, we end up alone or working like slaves to hang on to the few friends we've known. I think the thing about JK's "Into the Wild" that resonates in so many of us is that we struggle to understand Chris, all the while recognizing something similar, working its way in each of us.
Ultimately, we all diverge - following trajectories that don't seem all that different at the start but stretched out a bit, and given enough time, we end up alone or working like slaves to hang on to the few friends we've known. I think the thing about JK's "Into the Wild" that resonates in so many of us is that we struggle to understand Chris, all the while recognizing something similar, working its way in each of us.
