Can over engagement, over investment lead to emptiness? From thinking to blank in the blink of a plastic eye? Lay me down and my eyes will close. Too much becomes nothing. I also have an oddly large forehead.
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So weird that you have this up here. I was just thinking this morning about how when things become TOO REAL they become invisible. When things reside in the realm of dreams and fantasy they are so much more real than when we interface with them in our daily lives. Overengagement with fantasy leads to emptiness because the veneer of fantasy dissipates and is worn away from overuse. I was thinking those same thoughts this morning.
Posted by: Kim Dot Dammit | May 26, 2005 at 02:57 PM
well, I posted this after we got off the phone so I'm sure that our conversation had something to do with it! Your reflections, my reflections, the whole thing about fantasy....and then the stupid idiocy of being stuck in a paper and staring blankly into space...
Posted by: Jodi | May 26, 2005 at 03:27 PM
oh yeah, and Kim--check out the little cactus in the bottom left corner--a desert girl for you!
Posted by: Jodi | May 26, 2005 at 03:29 PM