Chrissy Munder's Blog - Posts Tagged "rambling"
In which I feel deprived
Having come to the momentous decision that 6:30 AM is way too early to be at work when I'm not expecting to leave until 7:00 PM my mind turned to other important questions.
Such as - did you ever notice how in books and movies the heating and cooling systems have huge air ducts and large ceiling vents so that our heroes/heroines can hoist themselves up and crawl around? Usually with quick access in the restroom?
I'm in the restroom this morning here at work, and I look up and okay, there IS a vent over the actual toilet proper but it's so small that there's not a chance in heck anyone can get through that.
Also - How about the elevator at your workplace? Ever look up and check out the possible escape hatch - often used in movies to clamber out onto the top to do something involving the cables? In a bad SCIFI movie ookie creatures with large tentacles would be breaking through said hatch. In an action movie Bruce Willis could save the world with access to that hatch.
I took a look at our elevator and nope, Bruce would be out of luck there.
Note to self: Let's hope the ookie creatures with tentacles give my building a pass.
Such as - did you ever notice how in books and movies the heating and cooling systems have huge air ducts and large ceiling vents so that our heroes/heroines can hoist themselves up and crawl around? Usually with quick access in the restroom?
I'm in the restroom this morning here at work, and I look up and okay, there IS a vent over the actual toilet proper but it's so small that there's not a chance in heck anyone can get through that.
Also - How about the elevator at your workplace? Ever look up and check out the possible escape hatch - often used in movies to clamber out onto the top to do something involving the cables? In a bad SCIFI movie ookie creatures with large tentacles would be breaking through said hatch. In an action movie Bruce Willis could save the world with access to that hatch.
I took a look at our elevator and nope, Bruce would be out of luck there.
Note to self: Let's hope the ookie creatures with tentacles give my building a pass.
Idle Ramblings of the Uncaffeinated Kind
A matter of perception: Early morning, pre-caffeine sort of rambling.
If necessity is the mother of invention (Thorstein Veblen), and assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups (Movie Quote: Under Siege 2:Dark Territory), then what do I consider perception?
Is perception solely the sum of our life experiences and knowledge through which we filter our daily input? Or is it something more? Ignoring the obvious answer, can we choose to deliberately alter our perceptions? Perhaps more finely tune our filters?
Consider a segment I’ve worked on recently. An assortment of input received on it included the following descriptive terms: dark, aggressive, graphic, violent, and angry. Please note that yes, I am without a doubt taking these comments out of context for this ramble, and that I also consider all of the above comments compliments of a high order in regard to the piece.
In each instance the perception of the segment was filtered through the reader’s perceptions. What I find interesting is how the varying perceptions of what was written differed from my own. Of course, the beauty here is that there is no right or wrong answer. It’s simply a matter of perception. Obviously my perceptual filters are set to a much different level when it comes to anger, aggression and sexual violence. (We’ll ponder that another day).
Different people. Dissimilar filters. Differing perceptions.
If I may momentarily channel a film character in honor of the upcoming North American Release of the new Star Trek movie - Fascinating.
So now I contemplate with bleary-eyed and uncaffeinated wonder, is this something I should consider when I am writing? Or could it be more of an editing tool? At what point do I attempt to view my writing through a more en masse filtration rather than an individual one? Or even should I? Is it possible for me to re-sensitize myself and alter my perceptions at will? Do I want to?
My life experiences and perceptual filter insist that undoubtedly I will not. But then, I know better than to contemplate such things before coffee.
Sometimes, I even succeed.
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As a side note here are some interesting words I came across while undertaking caffeination:
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw.
Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolius.
We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. - Anais Nin.
The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything. – Terry Goodkind
If necessity is the mother of invention (Thorstein Veblen), and assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups (Movie Quote: Under Siege 2:Dark Territory), then what do I consider perception?
Is perception solely the sum of our life experiences and knowledge through which we filter our daily input? Or is it something more? Ignoring the obvious answer, can we choose to deliberately alter our perceptions? Perhaps more finely tune our filters?
Consider a segment I’ve worked on recently. An assortment of input received on it included the following descriptive terms: dark, aggressive, graphic, violent, and angry. Please note that yes, I am without a doubt taking these comments out of context for this ramble, and that I also consider all of the above comments compliments of a high order in regard to the piece.
In each instance the perception of the segment was filtered through the reader’s perceptions. What I find interesting is how the varying perceptions of what was written differed from my own. Of course, the beauty here is that there is no right or wrong answer. It’s simply a matter of perception. Obviously my perceptual filters are set to a much different level when it comes to anger, aggression and sexual violence. (We’ll ponder that another day).
Different people. Dissimilar filters. Differing perceptions.
If I may momentarily channel a film character in honor of the upcoming North American Release of the new Star Trek movie - Fascinating.
So now I contemplate with bleary-eyed and uncaffeinated wonder, is this something I should consider when I am writing? Or could it be more of an editing tool? At what point do I attempt to view my writing through a more en masse filtration rather than an individual one? Or even should I? Is it possible for me to re-sensitize myself and alter my perceptions at will? Do I want to?
My life experiences and perceptual filter insist that undoubtedly I will not. But then, I know better than to contemplate such things before coffee.
Sometimes, I even succeed.
***
As a side note here are some interesting words I came across while undertaking caffeination:
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw.
Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolius.
We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. - Anais Nin.
The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything. – Terry Goodkind
