Thursday, September 11, 2003

In my Intro to Art Direction class, our professor made the students stand up, close our eyes, and then reach out to grab an imaginary door knob. When we opened our eyes, all of our door knobs were at approximately the same height.

Makes you think, huh? Maybe we know more than we think we do. Maybe we've always known certain things, but we've never acknowledged our own brilliance. For example, can you guess how high a typical chair stands off the ground? How tall is a table? And can this idea extend to things beyond the physical?

What would happen if mankind stopped running around and listened to his heart? I think people would stop wasting time in a lot of useless endeavors. Being busy for the sake of being busy is just a ridiculous way to spend one's life. Staying with the same old friends and the same old lovers and the same old mental attitude may not actually be what your life needs. But in the same way, look for the truly important things and grab them. Hold onto them. Don't be afraid to state your true intent; don't be afraid to look stupid.

In the long run, I think I've always known what I wanted. Now, it's just a matter of seperating the wheat from the chaff, so to speak. I'm trying to dig out the superfluous items in my life in order to reach for the authentic, for the truth. I think I'll be in this stage for years. But after that class discussion, I have a little more faith in my own intuition. Who could've guessed that the height of a door knob would mean so much to me?