Showing posts with label nature of the self. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature of the self. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Falling Apart Like Poorly Molded Jello


we continue to be born every minute
Thich Nhat Hanh

he not busy bein' born is busy dyin'
Bob Dylan

...I try to reinvent myself constantly...or maybe it just happens, whether I want it to or not...either way, it's harder than it looks...particularly since any particular invented self tends to be hard to see...and starts to wobble and fall apart like poorly molded jello when I try to poke at it a little...to make sure it’s actually there...substance is most certainly elusive...though parts do seem to get stuck at times...feel a bit too solid and unmalleable...as such, it’s hard to know exactly what I’m working with...or, perhaps more to the point, who’s doing the working in the first place...