Matt, thanks for these reflections. I always read your posts twice to make sure I am picking up the details. Really appreciate your insights. I have been enamored with ideas of anchoring for years (as a sailor it was only natural) but the way you present it here is fascinating. It made me stop and think of these little snippets in my own life when my breath catches at the power of emotion in a mundane moment. In regards to our thoughts not being our own I can only repeat the iconic words of J.M. Barrie, “All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.”
That Barrie quote is a good one. Thank you, Matthew. I was a little anxious that this could tumbleweed its way through the readers that might find it: too self-referential, existential. I always hope the pieces ask questions and cause reflection, even though I try to avoid adding a more algorithmically-friendly invitation to comment. I love that anchor analogy too; I used something similar in the eulogy I wrote for my mother-in-law (who lived next to the sea, married to a first officer and pilot), though I doubt I'll ever be able to share it publicly. Appreciate your thoughts, and hope you get to work on those anchoring ideas in one of your own pieces soon.
well, again ... I really loved that. I love how it slows me down for a moment or two to read the exact words written and feeling the edges of that thought or sentence with the tip of my finger, like tracing the outline of the drawing of a leaf and trying to remember its shape with closed eyes.
I love that Camus quote and what it gets you thinking about
I wish I could read French, because if the original is half as beautiful as the translation then it really is some line.
Matt, thanks for these reflections. I always read your posts twice to make sure I am picking up the details. Really appreciate your insights. I have been enamored with ideas of anchoring for years (as a sailor it was only natural) but the way you present it here is fascinating. It made me stop and think of these little snippets in my own life when my breath catches at the power of emotion in a mundane moment. In regards to our thoughts not being our own I can only repeat the iconic words of J.M. Barrie, “All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.”
That Barrie quote is a good one. Thank you, Matthew. I was a little anxious that this could tumbleweed its way through the readers that might find it: too self-referential, existential. I always hope the pieces ask questions and cause reflection, even though I try to avoid adding a more algorithmically-friendly invitation to comment. I love that anchor analogy too; I used something similar in the eulogy I wrote for my mother-in-law (who lived next to the sea, married to a first officer and pilot), though I doubt I'll ever be able to share it publicly. Appreciate your thoughts, and hope you get to work on those anchoring ideas in one of your own pieces soon.
well, again ... I really loved that. I love how it slows me down for a moment or two to read the exact words written and feeling the edges of that thought or sentence with the tip of my finger, like tracing the outline of the drawing of a leaf and trying to remember its shape with closed eyes.
So glad you enjoyed, Ivy. 'Feeling the edges...' I love that.