Being a city kid I've been raised in a 'quick' environment.
I would never want to move to a farm.
My manager and I had a discussion on the bus back from work about why each place was preferable to the other.
He asked me why I lived in the city,
-cultural diversity?
-sheer amount of people?
-availability of diverse resources?
The underlying theme there would be surprises.
I don't know everything about this city yet, nor the world. The idea of living in a country town to me seems like a monotonous and lonely 'slow' environment.
To my manager hone of his benefits was described as 'you don't have to see anyone for a week, until you get some groceries'
Probably not a positive for me.
So we had different views and I think he felt i didn't see the value in his opinion.
His opinion is just as valid as mine? Nothing makes mine better.
So I explained the origami man.
Everyone starts off as a square piece of origami paper, lets say it's green for visualisation purposes.
So each experience and input in our life, our cultures, upbringing, geographic positioning (like in the story above) an infinite more inputs are like creases on our piece of paper.
At the end of the day we fold up into this man, and continually evolve, so we unfold and re-fold into something new, we are ever-changing. Folding and unfolding.
But we can never erase those first creases.
All those past creases are still in the final result of us, and as a result we look different, and understand and see everything differently.
MY REALITY is not yours.
You can't even comprehend my reality, and nor can I yours.
My blog is the origami time line.
What's your timeline?
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