“a frog's a bit thick and will jump right off whereas a toad on a table will just sit there. Maybe hop to the edge and look over, but ultimately won't jump.”
-the conversion that met me as i tuned into radio 2 on line for some background sound yesterday afternoon. I was struck by how very British the whole thing was; a reserved conversation about the difference between toads and frogs; physical or philosophical.
So tonight, a man stands on the edge of a tunnel and decides that since he has nothing left to live for but the slim chance of clearing his name, jumps off into a waterfall (inevitably making it relatively unscathed or it would have made for a very short film) and I'm wondering if I'd do the same in his position.
-the thought that met me as I tuned into 'the fugitive' for some background sound this evening. I was struck by how very American the whole thing was; a big screen tv and cable with a classic action blockbuster.
Today I wondered what would happen if I gave my entire life to someone else. My entire identity. Sold everything that is me to the highest bidder to live out as they so wished. Would they do a better job than I'm doing? Would they be cautious or would they see all the opportunities that I miss and live it out more fully? And what if I was to live in someone else's life?
Would I be a frog, jumping away from danger? Or a toad, using bitterness as a deterrent for the need to jump? I'm not so sure the frog's all the stupid. I'm also not so sure that the fugitive was all that clever.
Either way, it all comes down to survival. What is it about life that's worth protecting?
Thursday, 30 October 2008
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So I heard some statistics about lottery winners once.
The craik was that if the person was bust before hand in general within 10years of winning enough money to bide them over for life, they'd be bust again.
And if the winner had be a prudent live within there means kind of person in general they would continue to live in a relatively similar manner.
The link in my mind being. If you were brain/life swapped into someone else I imagine you would end up living much the same life as before.
Physical things and actions are only ever prescribed by the internal life any hows.
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