Jonathan (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} reignmanp) wrote,@ 2005-08-07 18:42:00 |
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| Current mood: |  curious |
| Current music: | 2001: A Space Odyssey Main Title (Sprach Zarathustra) |
The first line in the foreward of 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke:
"Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living."
What a way to start a book! I find it such a profound thought, especially in the context of the book; it is a book about the future and the unknown. I dont really know what to think about that line. Maybe it makes me think about the greatness of the past, of all the things We (humans, life, earth, etc) have accomplished, and that we arent done. We still face more evolution and endless growth. Fuck, I dont know. I think this may be a line I revisit at times when I am languid and unmotivated, to kick start me into doing something, anything, everything.
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"Its part rock and roll, and part ninja."
