It seems feasible to me that consciousness is like a fiber optic cable. There is one source of light, but many, many ‘tubes’ that carry the same light in their own faculty, individually. Except rather than being static and unchanging ‘tubes’ that emit the source light unchanged, we bend the source to our own liking, …
Tag: writing
Mother
This isn’t meant to be a ‘Mom’ blog by any means, but I am a mother and this is an aspect of my life that I cannot avoid and think about a lot. I remember clearly the night I was falling asleep, and I was musing about my future and what I wanted to do, …
Choice of Thought
I was just reading David Foster Wallace’s key note speech for Kenyon College, 'This is Water.' Brilliant piece, and boils down a lot of metaphysical teachings into a very concrete principle, that erases much of the wavy, other-worldliness that the other esoteric pieces imbue: that what you think matters, and taking yourself out of your …
Thought and Heart
I have been consumed lately with the idea of consciousness and thought. Being these 'sentient' beings means having the wares to process information and self-reflect upon it. The fabric of individuality. But a thought is plaguing me: Do our thoughts really come from our own psyche? Our own brains and neurons? What if our thoughts …
Words Made Manifest
It feels good to get words out on a page. Cathartic; a release. A way to make sense of the swirling, thrashing thoughts in your head that come from everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. Words are differentiators. They define and describe. They cause and effect. They move mountains and hearts. They are …
Amie Zor 