The Trickiest Animal
My sleeping pattern is really fucked at the moment. So, why am I up drinking coffee at 1:11AM when I should be trying to catch up on sleep? Because I need to calm down a bit but I need the energy to do stuff to take my mind off things - organisational or artistic stuff is good for me at these moments - as well as to get my mind thinking a little better so as to better ponder certain life problematics. Besides, I quite possibly wouldn't fall asleep soon even if I tried because my body clock is set to keep me awake at this hour.
I had a fight with a good friend earlier. I hate this sort of thing. We'd agreed he should come around for coffee and to discuss our problems. For various reasons, our communication has become very stilted lately and he came here looking for warfare, unfortunately, which was not a productive exploit and he wound up leaving abruptly, in anger. I think we have both been somewhat too self-centred in the analysis of our current problem and need to broaden our minds and hearts to a clearer understanding of the other's point of view and so arrive at a truer, more accurate and objective perception of the situation. We seem to be able to sort these kinds of problems out and so I am confident that this shall be no exception. Well, I hope. It is certainly a complex issue and will require some hard work.
We human beings are tricky animals. I like the idea of having a good, sturdy doll around - a passive, inanimate humanoid pal to rely on for comfort and support when the unpredictable flesh-and-blood humans all become too baffling. I think it can be therapeutic as well as a kind of innocent fun, which is something far too under-appreciated in hardboiled 21st Century societies. I have a pop-rocker friend who told me he wants to be buried with his Alfred E. Neuman doll. I can understand the comfort he must derive from such a thought.
Hey! Look out! Here's an human being now...
A most beautiful specimen, i'n'it?
I had a fight with a good friend earlier. I hate this sort of thing. We'd agreed he should come around for coffee and to discuss our problems. For various reasons, our communication has become very stilted lately and he came here looking for warfare, unfortunately, which was not a productive exploit and he wound up leaving abruptly, in anger. I think we have both been somewhat too self-centred in the analysis of our current problem and need to broaden our minds and hearts to a clearer understanding of the other's point of view and so arrive at a truer, more accurate and objective perception of the situation. We seem to be able to sort these kinds of problems out and so I am confident that this shall be no exception. Well, I hope. It is certainly a complex issue and will require some hard work.
We human beings are tricky animals. I like the idea of having a good, sturdy doll around - a passive, inanimate humanoid pal to rely on for comfort and support when the unpredictable flesh-and-blood humans all become too baffling. I think it can be therapeutic as well as a kind of innocent fun, which is something far too under-appreciated in hardboiled 21st Century societies. I have a pop-rocker friend who told me he wants to be buried with his Alfred E. Neuman doll. I can understand the comfort he must derive from such a thought.
Hey! Look out! Here's an human being now...
A most beautiful specimen, i'n'it?
posted by S. Gregory | 1:10 am
4 Comments:
I thought that was a hedgehog :P
Nooooo. You're thinking, prickliest. Easy mistake to make. :-D
well, geez... all that prickly stuff on yer face :P
Dig the round frames tho' :D
In your photo, you seem to be looking at a baffling, unpredictable human. Great illustration. I've been working on a stilted friendship, too. It's like we're getting to know each other again.
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