I feel absolutly no motivation to write in this blog. It's uncomfortable to be posting my thoughts on the internet for anybody to read. But I have to post on it. So, *sigh*, here I go, talking about myself as directed...
- Evidence of your intellectual life – what are you reading, thinking about, listening to, reconsidering, viewing? Whose ideas are influencing or inspiring you? Whose ideas are offending, upsetting, or disturbing you?
I'll start at the beginning. I am reading Simply Christian and The Chosen for required reading. I like Simply Christian a lot. It's been widening my view of my life and purpose for existing and puts everything in perspective. But I don't want to go into all that now. Maybe later. Then there is The Chosen. I don't really like it so far. I've only read the first few chapters, but the writing is disinteresting. I'm sure the story has value, but the writing is boring. He repeats a lot of things.
What am I thinking about? My intellectual thinking has been mostly about Simply Christian. But again, about that later. I've also been thinking about the presidential candidates, but I am dreadfully weary of politics.
What have I been listening to? The answer is The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis. It is a beautiful book. I just finished chapter nine where an artist from hell goes to Heaven and begins talking with a resident of Heaven. The artist, seeing all the beauty there, wishes he could paint it. The heavenly man asks him why. Why, to preserve it and show it to people, the artist replies (or something like it). The heavenly man then goes on to explain the reason for art. He says that the reason a person paints on earth is becasue he has seen a glimpse of Heaven, and wants to keep that. But when he ceases to paint for the beauty of it, and starts to paint just for the sake of painting, then he has no reason to paint anymore. I saw how that could apply to my gifts/talents. Does that make sense? I don't know what I'm saying anymore; my mind is so tired. I guess I'll elaborate on that more when I have the actual book in front of me. I've also been listening to Krystal Meyer's newest album, Charlotte Church, and the Tarzan soundrack (don't ask).
What am I reconsidering? Not sure, I'll have to consider that.
What am I viewing? Well, I'm not watching anything now (other than this computer screen) but I've been watching the John Adams series on DVD with my dad. We both read the book last year and we loved it. We've only watched the first episode and the tar and feathering scene...awful. I didn't watch it but I watched my dad's face as he watched it and I could hear it. I can't believe how cruel humans can be. I'd always known about tar and feathering, but I never knew how sickening it was until I saw, er, heard it on tv.
That's all I'm going to talk about for now. Goodbye.
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