“Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas. A human being is a part of the whole called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
– Albert Einstein
I wonder if Einstein would Tweet, I guess if the pope is doing it, it’s a-ok. This quote I found to pretty well sum up how I live my life, busy doing my own stuff, busy making my clever art, busy entertaining my own self and enjoying my own company, busy thinking my own thoughts and keeping it all to myself. An optical delusion, it’s gotten sort of boring and if I have any chance of evolving and freeing myself from my prison, which I keep painting the walls of over and over still unsatisfied with the color, I must TWEET! or at least facebook, and maybe do some blogging. We’ll see how it goes, it’s a start.
