The Importance of being Idle - Part 2
Idleness can be rewarding. Idleness can drive me crazy. It can clear my mind. It can jumble it more than ever.
I hurt my foot (a deep cut at the base) which had to kept bandaged and upright for almost more than a week. And I spent my time slobbing away to nothingness.
I read, cooked, watched a whole lot of television, films and wimbledon matches. I sat out watching the rain and staying blank. I sat staring up into the sky thinking a thousand things from apocalyptic conditions and futility of human life to the immense beauty of this universe, power of all the art created by us, why we indulge in art at all, and whether we are a lonely species.
I also pondered over different ways to cook potatoes. I tried making them with butter and garlic. It turned out to be a rather heavy affair.
I just saw a documentary on BBC World on Madeline Murray today. She'd founded and headed the American Atheist Association. Whether one agrees with her views or not, I realise this - that there are, were and will continue to be deviants in society. I heart this dynamism. Also another documentary on HBO, U.S vs John Lennon, was revelatory when it came to the same observation. Also the media was fascinated by them, not because they understood what they were saying, and what it held for society, but because they both spoke brilliantly and attracted eyeballs. Both Murray and Lennon were murdered by people with a past criminal or psychiatric record.
I wonder that if one remains idle for a sufficiently long time, if it will drive him/her to insanity? But then people go insane working in harsh environments. Sometimes people go insane with boredom of working in a safe montonous environment. Sometimes insanity seems sane.
So, I conclude that I'd like to be idle in Paris, or Roma, or Seychelles, or Spiti!!
3 comments:
What did you do with the foot so bad?
Anyway, the potatoes 'sounded' heavy so did the musings. Paris is overrated, Seychelles is boring (Goa or Florianopolis or Ibiza is better any day), Spiti is good only of you try to step out of the comfort zone and into the wilderness and I mean the real thing, not like a walk in the park (or hills). Camp out and hunt for food etc., then it is very interesting.
So in conclusion, from that list, Rome rocks.
ah a silly household accident involving pieces of a potted plant! oh no way is Paris overrated for someone who has never been there...its inspired many...and id like to see why...oh seychelles makes me think of pure natural beauty on a piece of land bang in the middle of the indian ocean, which excites me....and i saw a brilliant ian wright episode of globe trekker on the islands! spiti...im probably heading out there soon!!! but...i can go newhere and find delight in it...
Of course, you can find delight anywhere you go. You could go to Khan Market and find delight there in the crowds of people hawking for that precious parking space or eating the same food for the millionth time at Big Chill. I say Paris is overrated or Seychelles is for middle aged people or whatever because that's my own arrogant opinion, nothing more.
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