June 8th, 2007
Directions
The choices we think we make carefully are so uninformed we might as well say we make them whimsically. Not that whimsy has ever led me wrong.
Transcriptorial: She laid it straight, spun it recklessly / brought it with her everywhere.
Beautiful images and words. Reminds me of when I first joined the Navy, and we had to write a thought of the day, and then the best one would be read. I think it was also a way to monitor if we were suicidal or something else psychologically.
Thanks for the comment. I had no idea they took that kind of pulse in the Navy. I wonder if the kinds of thoughts that come to people are very different on different kinds of ship.
“She played with the idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air and transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made it iridescent with fancy, and winged it with paradox.” – Oscar Wilde.
I was in the Navy back in the 80s… That ‘thought of the day’ thing must’ve been recent. I spent over a decade in submarines playing engineer. I would’ve preferred the engine room of a starship, but this was as close as I could get…