Posted by Rula Shin on 07/28/04 at 02:52 PM Who is doing the expecting dear Lisa? It should be your intending self and not what others expect from you, nor what your other unwanted selves want from you (ie: weak self, vulnerable self, crazy, scared, alone, blind, complicated, naiive, jealous etc selves)...The title of this piece intruiged me to come look at who "I am"...depite that all these tendencies the subject has seem to be one person made up of numerous different angles/faces, like the different sides of a brilliant diamond, there is reason to consider that one face alone cannot answer for the entire WHOLE being. The diamond is beautiful in it's whole and not in the pieces that make it up. In fact, there are no pieces as such, only a core that can, if one practices in conscious effort, constantly fight to be free of the other meaningless selves. There is, I believe, one subject here that is struggling with this notion of the Intending Self and the many selves that act as barricades to the being acting intentionally as a whole person. I like this piece because it really made me stop and think...who am I indeed? I am ME. I am ONE. I am WHOLE. Great job Lisa :-) |