Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Some infinite thing


"The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over ... The alternative is unconsciousness, the default-setting—the constant gnawing sense of having had and lost some infinite thing."—David Foster Wallace

The photo is from Jake's Treasure Beach, a magical corner of Jamaica. I'm dreaming of being there, and waking up to the infinite sea, and the shades of blue in that room.


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6 comments:

  1. Ms. MoonOctober 9, 2018 at 1:45 PM

    Heaven can take on so many different aspects, can't it?

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  2. ellen abbottOctober 9, 2018 at 1:59 PM

    what beautiful place to wake up!

    yes, taking control of your thoughts, actively making your own reality.

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  3. amOctober 9, 2018 at 4:43 PM

    Thank you for sharing your ocean dreams of Jamaica. Thank you for the respite experienced while looking at the photo with the shades of blue.

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  4. ElizabethOctober 10, 2018 at 3:25 AM

    Yes, that room. Please.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 10, 2018 at 10:15 AM

    Ah you remind me why I so love the ocean and the sky, that infinite thing. The David Foster Wallace quote is the opposite of what our daily news cycle reports everyday. We live in a seriously unconscious time.

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  6. Steve ReedOctober 12, 2018 at 11:13 AM

    What a great picture!

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