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July 10, 2005
Why Do You Work So Hard?
"Call it the cafe question. Any given weekday you can stroll by any given coffee shop in the city and see dozens of people milling about, casually sipping and eating and reading and it's freakin' noon on a Tuesday and you're like, wait, don't these people work? Don't they have jobs? They can't all be students and trust-fund babies and cocktail waitresses and drummers in struggling rock bands who live at home with their moms.
. . . And we look at them and go, What is wrong with these people?
. . . But the truth is, God, the divine true spirit loves nothing more than to see you unhinge and take risk and invite regular, messy, dangerous upheaval. This is exactly the energy that thwarts the demons of stagnation and conservative rot and violent sanctimonious bloody Mel Gibson-y religion, one that would have all our work be aimed at continuously patching up our incessant potholes of ugly congenital guilt, as opposed to contributing to the ongoing orgiastic evolution of spirit.
It is not for everyone. It implies incredibly difficult choices and arranging your life in certain ways and giving up certain luxuries and many, many people seemed locked down and immovable and all done with exploring new options in life, far too deeply entrenched in debts and family obligations and work to ever see such unique light again. Maybe you know such people. Maybe you are such people.
But then again, maybe not. This is the other huge truism we so easily forget: There is always room. There are always choices we can begin to make, changes we can begin to invite, rules we can work to upset, angles of penetration we can try to explore. And if that's not worth trying, well, what is?"
- Mark Morford, July 8, 2005
read the whole article at the SF Gate
Posted by Neal at July 10, 2005 11:38 PM | Category: Playtime
Comments
i need to start reading your site more. every time i visit, i linger for a while. this is a great article.
Posted by: Malatron at July 23, 2005 11:06 PM
thank you for the positive vibes.
Posted by: Neal at July 24, 2005 8:09 AM
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