21 May 2011

Three things I learnt this week.

1) You know you are entering the later stages of you life when you start to talk about your best years in the past tense. There is nothing wrong with a little romanticism of the past but to constantly speak in the past tense, to constantly associate your life with events and people of the past can be a worrying trend. Life, unlike fashion is not cyclical, in fact, it may just be the most linear and tangible idea we humans grasp from an early age. To ignore, postpone or simply develop ostrich behavioural tendencies towards the now and future nows is an understandable set of actions but I cannot help but wonder how much value it adds to one's existence.

2) Never underestimate the human capacity for suffrage. I am not talking about the monumental levels of suffrage that fills history books, I am indeed referring to the bite size packs of suffrage we endure on a daily basis, the annoying pangs of a life unfulfilled, or the gripes of repression and indifference.


3) Watching a woman you are smitten with dance, observing the hypnotic sleekness of her lines and curves, the passion and intensity that fills her eyes and smile, the controlled liberation of her limbs and mind, is by far one of the greatest pleasures of this life.