A little thought.

[Evolutionist]

Now can never last.



Ephemeral and fleeting we watch it pass and grasp at fog; futility engulfs us.
The past a ghost, the future hope, the Now is all that binds us.
The joy and pain of loves found and lost are pinnacles of blindness.
When all around is lost to sight, we grasp at fog; futility engulfs us.
My love for you is urgent now, a dagger in my chest.
The pain it brings keeps me alive, I wonder will it end?
But in the Now, we grasp at love; futility engulfs us.



A little something I wrote while ago.

[Evolutionist]

28 views and no comments. Interesting. Did the piece I wrote stir any emotions, reflections or thoughts? Please feel free to ask or comment, I would be interested to discuss reactions to my piece.

Regards
Chris

[Alcoth]

I read it, and re-read it, and re-read it again, about 5 more times. It seems as though it is written about/to a specific individual?

[Evolutionist]

I read it, and re-read it, and re-read it again, about 5 more times. It seems as though it is written about/to a specific individual?

Thank you for commenting. It was written because of one individual. However that relationship spurred a general thought about our emotional connections and how fleeting they are. Memories are faulty recollections and the future is yet to be, so the now is all there really is, a slow burning candle of experience.

[Alcoth]

Thank you for commenting. It was written because of one individual. However that relationship spurred a general thought about our emotional connections and how fleeting they are. Memories are faulty recollections and the future is yet to be, so the now is all there really is, a slow burning candle of experience.

It is much clearer in context, thank you. It's kind of sad, really. (The emotion it elicits that is, not the piece itself :tongue: )

I have to ask though, why do you say memories are faulty recollections?

[Evolutionist]

It is much clearer in context, thank you. It's kind of sad, really. (The emotion it elicits that is, not the piece itself :tongue: )

I have to ask though, why do you say memories are faulty recollections?

Well some recollections would be less faulty than others. Think back to your childhood and Christmas presents. I doubt the vast majority of people could write down an accurate list off all the presents they received and the year they received them. QED memories are faulty recollections. At my age I can sometimes walk out of one room into another and forget why I went to the other room :lol: Aged people can often remember early life memories quite well yet forget what happened a year ago. This is apparently because we lay down memories more extensively throughout the brain across more neurons when we are younger so as the brain deteriorates with age the older memories remain. That's just my limited understanding I'm sure there a whole libraries of work on memory. Consider this post. After I hit submit I will not remember the exact detail of what I wrote. I'll remember the broad concepts but not the details.

So we live our lives in that period of local recall that lasts about 20 seconds. All to come is unknown, all experience is filed away imperfectly in the slowly degrading piece of slimeware we call a brain. Rather a dismal thought. Apparently if we keep exercising our slimeware it retains greater abilities for longer and is less likely to degrade as rapidly as we get older.

[Alcoth]

Well clarified, thank you.

I do three sets of ten cerebral crunches each morning :tongue:

Usually on this website :lol:

[Evolutionist]

Well clarified, thank you.

I do three sets of ten cerebral crunches each morning :tongue:

Usually on this website :lol:

I do Suduko puzzles and the like.

[Alcoth]

I do Suduko puzzles and the like.

Completely OT but... If you have a smart phone, Resco makes a Sudoku puzzle generator that works on Windows Mobile 6 and later. It's my preferred medium :) 4 levels of difficulty.