Pizzin in the Wind

Originally posted by Josh Feltman
Spence-- that's too weird. That's exactly what popped into my head when I read the title of this thread.

--Josh
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We're on the same wavelength, eh? Better get used to the static.

S.
 
Bruise: I like that remark on munk. Have you ever read The True Believer by Eric Hoferer? He was a San Francisco longshoreman and philosopher.

Another question: have you noticed that munk, raghorn, Uncle Bill, Yvsa and others ( even me for whatever it's worth which isn't much ) all seem to have spent time "alone in the wilderness"?

Enough time to get away from man's works, and stop the hubris of their thinking and instead experience beingness, and to begin an aquaintance with the mystical beyond the ken of the person living in the ordinary and everyday? In some way having expanded their horizons enough to reduce their ego?

If what I'm saying makes sense to anyone, please let me know.
 
Rusty
I believe I understand what you are trying to say. I have spent lots of time alone in the woods. Pursuing deer, turkey or mostly just hiking. With the job I have it is what keeps me from going over the edge (some say I am already gone ) The place I go is far from anyone. I like the solitude. I don't think I've had any mystical experiences (not since my drug days anyway which was many years ago ) but I feel refreshed when I leave.

Another experience that works for me is riding my bike. Sometimes I will ride 500 miles in a day just to be riding. Again I think it is the solitude, the time to think, the sensation of the wind that appeals to me.

I am not a philosopher (fairly evident I think ) and not eloquent in speech. It is difficult for me to describe the feelings I have.

Semp --
 
For all the time y'all have spent alone in the woods, I have spent it alone at the ocean's edge...

There's something to be said of getting out the door at 4 o'clock in the morning and after some hard-core shore-fishing, taking your break as the sun rises...

I once brought in a 42 lb. stingray that was longer than I am tall and as wide as a wagon wheel. It took an hour-and-a-half to bring her in and when I did, I caught a glance straight into her eyes. She seemed to tell me "I know what must become of me, and I'm ready to go." I saw in my mind God delivering her to me as a gift.

I was instantly transformed through this exchange and will forever be in His debt.

This in no way changing how much I went fishing...rather, it changed my outlook on fishing/hunting in general and made me a much more grateful recipient.

Each excursion became a way for me to come closer to my Creator. After that, it never seemed to matter if I caught anything at all. Just being there and absorbing it all in was enough. I was fortunate enough to have this outlet at a time in my life when I really needed it.

I have since moved to the Northern Country and have yet to return to the coast. I miss it terribly...:(
 
"...stop the hubris of their thinking and instead experience beingness, and to begin an aquaintance with the mystical beyond the ken of the person living in the ordinary and everyday? In some way having expanded their horizons enough to reduce their ego?"

It sounds like they learned that "in the larger scheme of things it's all just pizzing in the wind."

Only difference is that you gave the formal discussion version, I gave the sitting around the campfire drinking beer version.
 
Whichever way you put it, sometimes we just have to be reminded to stop taking ourselves too seriously.
 
Rusty says things every once in awhile that are perfect and exquisite. Then he turns around and says, "Gee, did anyone understand that?" We're all too busy watching the Ball sail out of the Park, where he's hit them many times before.



munk
 
almost forgot this Neil Young:

"there aint nothing like a friend, who can tell you,
you're just pissing in the wind."


-from On the Beach



yeah well, it's not Dostoyevski...but he'd like it too.



munk
 
When you view our opinions from the far side of the universe they don't seem to count for much. But, without them the universe would not be quite the same.
 
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