Conversation from the movie Meet Joe Black. The father is acted by Anthony Hopkins. So, if you can, imagine these words in his voice....it's so much better!
FATHER: "It's not what you say about Drew, it's what you don't say...I want you to get swept away, I want you to levitate, I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dirvish."
DAUGHTER: "Oh that's all?"
FATHER: "Yeah. Be deliriously happy. At least leave yourself open to be. I know its a cornball thing, but love is passion. Obsession. Someone you can't live without. I say fall head over heals. Find someone you can love like crazy and will love you the same way back. And how do you find em? Well, you forget your head and you listen to your heart. Cause the truth is honey there's no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love, well, you haven't lived a life at all. but you have to try. Cause if you haven't tried, you haven't lived."
DAUGHTER: "Bravo."
FATHER: "Oh, you're tough."
DAUGHTER: (sigh.) "I'm sorry. Okay, give it to me again, but the short version this time."
FATHER : "K. Stay open. Who knows, Lightning could strike!"
The more you learn the less you know.
It seems the more I read about or am told about a particular issue, person, work of art, etc. the less I know about it. For example, every time I discover a family secret, I realize just how little I know about my family's history.
It is as if learning one new fact or one new idea or a new point of view just opens up a world of unexplored territory and other possibilities. It is like I can see an object in the distance, and I make the journey towards it. Walking closer. And finally I get there. I think I am at the end. This object is against a wall and there is no where else to go and I can see what it is. I take a close look at it. Put my face up to it. Taste it. Then I pull away and look back up and a vast field appears behind it. The wall is gone. There never was a wall, but it took getting up close to see farther ahead.
Learning allows you to realize all that has yet to be discovered and thought about and discussed.
Learning causes us to question things we previously felt certain about. Learning causes what we think are facts to become wabbly. Answers become questions.
It seems the more I read about or am told about a particular issue, person, work of art, etc. the less I know about it. For example, every time I discover a family secret, I realize just how little I know about my family's history.
It is as if learning one new fact or one new idea or a new point of view just opens up a world of unexplored territory and other possibilities. It is like I can see an object in the distance, and I make the journey towards it. Walking closer. And finally I get there. I think I am at the end. This object is against a wall and there is no where else to go and I can see what it is. I take a close look at it. Put my face up to it. Taste it. Then I pull away and look back up and a vast field appears behind it. The wall is gone. There never was a wall, but it took getting up close to see farther ahead.
Learning allows you to realize all that has yet to be discovered and thought about and discussed.
Learning causes us to question things we previously felt certain about. Learning causes what we think are facts to become wabbly. Answers become questions.
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