Monday, 19 February 2007

What do all those words mean?

Hello dear followers of the sacred path of levity through elucidating the conflict of gravitas in an existance dominated by vanitas,

FAQ:
Q: What the *bleep* are you talking about?

A: Let me explain grasshoper:
Hello: A form of greeting somebody
dear: Word that shows I hold you in high regard
followers: Somebody who follows somebody
of: A word that associates someone/thing with the word that comes afterwards

Ok I'll stop this shit and get on with it:
Gravitas: seriousness in bearing or manner; dignity
Vanitas: reminder of the transience of life, the futility of pleasure and the certainty of death, encouraging a sombre world view.
Levity: lightness of manner or speech, frivolity
lack of steadiness
quotations: * "...it would really seem as if there was something nomadic in our natures, a principle of levity and restlessness..." — Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
fickleness

Now my dear alcolyte I am no great philosopher or master of the arts, in fact I was just looking for words that sounded cool and so I came up wit those three.
Combined they do ask an important question: How do we live a life that is basically futile, where everything we do will become dust with time, how do we live it sincerely with each other and how do we bring in our frivolous nature to spice everything up a bit?

Don't have a clue. But perhaps this documentation of my live will shed light on this very well formulated question. I don't think so though.

Q: Will you write about how you clipped your fingernails just the other day? How you stubbed your toe? How nobody understands you? How your life is a mess because your boyfriend is such an idiot and goes to pubs with his pals but never asks you to come? How bored you are just now and that nothing is actually happening but you thought it was important to tell this everybody in the whole world?

A: Of course. Apart from the boyfriend thing.. I'm not a 13 year old girl. Although I'd like to be.

Yours faithfully
t

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