2013-11-27

WHAT CONTRIBUTION DOES CONSTRUCTIVISM MAKE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PAIN / LOVE / LUST / CONFUSION



I'm letting go of things I don't need.

Gently, turning towards something else: perfect asanas, life drawing classes, business cards, dreams that i didn't even know i had, love that's not allowed to be voiced but can be perceived when a drunken, miserable call from the back of a cab on the way home from an overwhelming private members' club results in someone gently stroking your back when you cry uncontrollably for hours on end.

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”

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