Reasons within words...
Guess what time it is kids?
Time for my much vaunted and belated second post to this blog! **this spot reserved for applause**
Ok, this isn't that exciting but hey I got nothing more right now. Also considering how I've finally merged this older account with my gmail account I figured that I may as well post something while I'm here.
So after re-reading my introductory post, I realized that while I was on the subject of blog titles and explanations of them. I never really bothered to explain the subtitle "Search for Paradise" and it's significance.
The phrase is simply the statement that it appears to be. I pulled it from the anime series Neo Ranga after having completed watching it for the first time (they end every episode with the phrase). While the show itself is the story of three sisters who by a twist of fate inherit a god, it is also a not so subtle social commentary on the state of Japan and the basic beliefs of freedom, justice, and of course paradise/happiness.
In life, everyone searches for that one perfect happiness, his or her paradise or Eden if you will. The problem is that everything everyone searches for is unique, it makes them who they are and to remove that would be a denial of the self. For some it is helping people, for others it would simply be honor in their work or raising a family. Thing is, everyone has different goals and wishes. Because of this, we need to be careful when going about our own business as we search for our own goals.
Because as Yeats said: "But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet, Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
For me the phrase is simply a daily reminder to keep my perspective so I will not forget my dreams. For we all, Search for Paradise.
-J-
Time for my much vaunted and belated second post to this blog! **this spot reserved for applause**
Ok, this isn't that exciting but hey I got nothing more right now. Also considering how I've finally merged this older account with my gmail account I figured that I may as well post something while I'm here.
So after re-reading my introductory post, I realized that while I was on the subject of blog titles and explanations of them. I never really bothered to explain the subtitle "Search for Paradise" and it's significance.
The phrase is simply the statement that it appears to be. I pulled it from the anime series Neo Ranga after having completed watching it for the first time (they end every episode with the phrase). While the show itself is the story of three sisters who by a twist of fate inherit a god, it is also a not so subtle social commentary on the state of Japan and the basic beliefs of freedom, justice, and of course paradise/happiness.
In life, everyone searches for that one perfect happiness, his or her paradise or Eden if you will. The problem is that everything everyone searches for is unique, it makes them who they are and to remove that would be a denial of the self. For some it is helping people, for others it would simply be honor in their work or raising a family. Thing is, everyone has different goals and wishes. Because of this, we need to be careful when going about our own business as we search for our own goals.
Because as Yeats said: "But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet, Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
For me the phrase is simply a daily reminder to keep my perspective so I will not forget my dreams. For we all, Search for Paradise.
-J-
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