Thursday, November 01, 2007

The Meaning of Time



Human life proceeds on two tracks: structured or unstructured.



The structured life includes a regular job, with the requisite regularized schedule, and a regular home. You always know where you are going and why.



The unstructured lives are led by everyone else. Maybe you have a job but no stable home. Or, maybe you have a place to live, but no stable job.



In the case of this second group, the perceptions of time vary greatly. If you do not have to be anywhere specific on a certain day, you might find yourself wandering about, talking to yourself.



Odd thoughts may flood your disengaged brain.



Ideas that challenge the normal order of things.

Artists vs. bureaucrats?

Maybe. Probably. Then again, I'm not quite sure.

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