Equilibrium

Libra's Equinox...

The Miserable Rich

or why at times it was/is a blessing to be compelled to fast.

I'm thinking of a the miserable saturated rich, who cannot enjoy all the wealth that is surrounding them. Like somebody from my own family put it: "One can never have enough."

What a blessing it would be to fast again because firstly one can again learn to appreciate simple food or as somebody put it "reality". And a step further when one breaks the fast, the more sophisticated, luxurious food will taste just this.


Maybe this is also a comment on the prices some works of art raised in auctions just recently.

There is this anecdote by Francis Bacon, who himself living in a hotel, once encountered a man carrying bags full of food into this hotel. When Bacon enquired about it, he replied that he was missing fixing his own meals.



"Because murder is like anything you take to
It's a habit-forming need for more and more"

Are You Laughing Hard or Hardly Laughing?!

There certainly was a time I could laugh pretty much and long.

Indeed so hard and so long that my belly would hurt.


I wonder where these times have gone and if they will ever return ;)!

Good-Humoured Vanity

or pride
















The man who would rather take a swing at the end of a rope than explain his benevolent actions to somebody who does not observe or care to listen.

There's choices to be taken ;)!


The Man Who Shot the Fox, G K Chesterton

What's In a Name

or in a work of art?! Nowadays apparently not enough.

At my academy's annual exhibition, the "Rundgang", a painting class once plastered the walls with tape, on which was stated in huge  black, painted letters that one of them had won a prize.

It's become quite common in advertising to add to whatever given name, the titles, nominations and distinctions, that this particular person has earned. Yet, I suppose, that it inevitably is more of a distinction if a name is given without any explanation necessary.

Responsibilty

Whoever has an ego, should no be likely to evade responsibility.

Unless one perceives oneself to be the protagonist of some horror movie, there are always fellow human beings to respond to and for. And even if so, those horror movies, in which the protagonist has not just to struggle with some outside invaders but also with his/her conscience, are the better ones by far ;).

If You Don't Go, I Don't Go

Though maybe "hell" is in "hello", I still love to understand....

Quite obstinate and stubborn in this respect