Comments on: The Condor and Eagle http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/ Wake Up, Kick Ass, Repeat Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:54:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Old Wesley http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-512 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:39:39 +0000 http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-512 The letter is <a href="http://www.juntosociety.com/i_documents/tjheadheartltr.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Sorry. The letter is here.

Sorry.

]]> by: Old Wesley http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-511 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:35:27 +0000 http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-511 What an interesting metaphor for what seems like a conflict since times immemorable. Thomas Jefferson once wrote a <a>letter</a> where he gave perspectives of both his "head" and his "heart," arguing from the sides of reason and emotion. In it he contends that "the art of life is the art of avoiding pain." The strategy to avoid the pain is "to retire within ourselves, and to suffice for our own happiness." I think that we are walking a similar path, brother. I have turned down the proverbial volume of my emotions for so long so that I may avoid pain. I neglect them until they become an unbearable monster, and I derail myself. We need to convince ourselves that emotions are neither right nor wrong, but just data that our intelect can use to guide us in making the best decisions. What an interesting metaphor for what seems like a conflict since times immemorable. Thomas Jefferson once wrote a letter where he gave perspectives of both his “head” and his “heart,” arguing from the sides of reason and emotion. In it he contends that “the art of life is the art of avoiding pain.” The strategy to avoid the pain is “to retire within ourselves, and to suffice for our own happiness.”

I think that we are walking a similar path, brother. I have turned down the proverbial volume of my emotions for so long so that I may avoid pain. I neglect them until they become an unbearable monster, and I derail myself. We need to convince ourselves that emotions are neither right nor wrong, but just data that our intelect can use to guide us in making the best decisions.

]]> by: Chriss Pagani http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-510 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:42:19 +0000 http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-510 Eh, I'm old enough to remember the Age of Aquarius and how it was going to change everything. It's where the term "New Age Movement" came from! Remember that stuff about a coming age of peace, "harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abounding" and all that crap? And now Aquarius gives us the finger and says, "I got yer world peace right here, hippy." Yep, those were the days. Eh, I’m old enough to remember the Age of Aquarius and how it was going to change everything. It’s where the term “New Age Movement” came from!

Remember that stuff about a coming age of peace, “harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abounding” and all that crap? And now Aquarius gives us the finger and says, “I got yer world peace right here, hippy.”

Yep, those were the days.

]]> by: sleevie http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-509 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:45:50 +0000 http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-509 yeah brother.. best thing I've ever heard. Great post... yeah brother.. best thing I’ve ever heard. Great post…

]]> by: wendy http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-508 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:05:26 +0000 http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-508 check out this crazy <a href="http://www.wendychao.com/progress/?p=44" rel="nofollow">pigeon/eagle hybrid</a> I saw. Pigeons are gross, by the way - they're like flying rats with fleas. check out this crazy pigeon/eagle hybrid I saw. Pigeons are gross, by the way - they’re like flying rats with fleas.

]]> by: luscious http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-507 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:02:19 +0000 http://artoconnor.com/the-condor-and-eagle/#comment-507 I believe both those birds are endangered.. so I don't think you're going to be able to use them, paraphrasing or otherwise. Let's use the majestic Pigeon and the heroic Seagull, who by the way, saved all those Utah ancestors by eating all them damn grasshoppers back in the day. God's will man! I believe both those birds are endangered.. so I don’t think you’re going to be able to use them, paraphrasing or otherwise. Let’s use the majestic Pigeon and the heroic Seagull, who by the way, saved all those Utah ancestors by eating all them damn grasshoppers back in the day. God’s will man!

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