Quote Originally Posted by afghooey
Alas! If only more people would take the time to look beyond that lowest level of perception that Coelho mentioned, to study their surroundings beyond what it takes to name and categorize what they see. There is so much more! All the energy around us, though we try to smooth away the inconsistencies with our best attempt at order and uniformity, is changing. Each 'object' that we look at, label, and just as quickly disregard is a wonderously unique structure that will never be recreated in exactly the same way. Each cloud in the sky and rock on the ground is part of a web of ever-transforming complexity that we will never fully percieve or appreciate.

Chaos can be frightening. In a world that never stops changing, we can never feel totally safe. But where we sacrifice our safety, we gain something much, much more wonderful -- the incredible beauty of endless possibilities. There is eternity in the ever-changing, there is life in decay, and there is creation in destruction. We just have to take the time to look beyond these symbols that we've created, to acknowledge and appreciate (as well as we're able to) all the amazing things of which we percieve only a tiny fraction.


I think that all sounds fairly good. At the very least, its very emotive... But can you try using fewer words?
Polymirize Reviewed by Polymirize on . How words constrict us... More and more I find that the English language, while allowing freedom of expression to some degree, also creates a mire of symbols that can often be confused with their meanings. It also tends to give a misconstrued sense of significance which can restrict our thought processes. The words we use and the definitions which we deem to be official for them take precedence over those things that we can not put into words, and so we regard them as more significant. But as we have evolved, Rating: 5