Mountain View

I need to figure out how to post music clips on my blog. Well, I need to make it simpler than the way I do it right now.

I also could not make up my mind on the specific music for this posting. So this posting has a few choices.

Click on either A – B – C – D - E

            The farther one goes

            The less one knows

                -Tao Te Ching

The picture on the left here is a photo of a poster that I have had for almost twenty years now. I do not remember exactly where I got from or why. It is beginning to show the signs of age too at this point. If I had known then that I would still be having this hanging on a wall I would have had it framed. And I have not been able to find a replica of it.

I do not know exactly why I have found it to be so significant for me. You would think that after almost twenty years I would be able to define why it is significant for me. It must represent something. But what that is I think has changed over time.

I like mountain views. I have even done some rock climbing. Just cliffs though. No real mountains in the area where I live.

I think the idea of mountains in some way relates to writing/being creative. The hard part is I am the one creating the “mountain” here. I keep going back to this web page on how to be creative. In relation to this entry scroll down to Number 9. You would think that as being the ”creator” that I would know exactly how to figure out how to climb the “mountain” I have made. Call it irony.

I have also been reading lately like usually. I do not know where I heard this following quote from. “You do not choose the books. The books choose you.” So something subtle is going on in the cosmos on this one. I have always liked books and movies about people who rise to situations that seem to be greater than them. I came across the book Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales. It is a collection of stories of people who survived amazing perils in the wilderness. It is also a study into the psychology and physiology of how people survive. Even if you are not an outdoor type you will find this book fascinating. There is an excellent summary of the book that can be applied to everyday life. If you like Perfect Storm or Fire both by Sebastian Junger than this is the book for you.