Body 07 Dec 2007 06:15 pm
achoo.
I’m getting over one hell of a cold. It may be that standing in the pouring rain shoveling elephant poop is not good for me.
Other than that, I’ve been feeling really good these days. Along with the physical strength and stamina, the neurological stuff’s coming back too — I hardly ever say anything bizarre by accident anymore. No more substituting “mouth dishes” for “teeth” or “time collision” for “scheduling conflict”. I can feel the goo leaving the gears of my mind. Wouldn’t you know it, this is happening just as I’m pretty well losing interest in the life of the mind in favor of more physically grounded pursuits. And I don’t think it’s because the brainwork has gotten easier.
I said to Josh today, “Man, I used to be so abstract and philosophical-like, and now… it’s all about the wool pants and the vegetables and the chickens. But I have the distinct impression that something philosophical is gurgling away in there, informed by the real-world stuff, and that the best way to develop it is to do the real-world stuff.” Maybe in fifteen or twenty years I’ll be all over the mind-body problem or something.
on 07 Dec 2007 at 6:32 pm 1.oddangel said …
the best way to develop it is to do the real-world stuff
Most definitely. Every year I was in college I spent the summer working on the landscaping team. It felt so good to get out of my head and into my body, into the dirt. Of course, by the end of the summer I was ready for mental stimulation again, but I realized that I’m always going to need a balance of both in my life. It’s just a matter of figuring out what proportion is “balance.” It’s probably different for everybody.