Wednesday, December 10, 2008

"things"

its strange to think that everyone will someday die. death is one thing we all have in common. its also strange to think that nothing we own in are life is truly ares.
cars, clothes, money, books, musical instruments, letters from loved ones, jewelry, lap tops, houses, bikes, even your own body down to your bones. my point is, all of these things will either,

A- still exist after we are gone

B- sooner or later be destroyed or recycled

C- become someone else's temporary possession's.

D- decompose back into the earth.

E- or end up at a goodwill super store.

no mater what you believe happens after death, nothing on this planet will be going with you. therefore it is it possible to claim something as truly yours. unless you live forever, but that doesn't happen much these days. like my buddy J says "my goal in life is to live forever, so far so good".

i can understand that "things" are just temporary. thats easy to do.
and i can understand that we leave nothing behind but are stories.
but i cant seem to except the fact that my guitars are just guitars!
my relationship with them is as strong as any relationship. i am not going to get in to it right now. i could go on and on about my love for guitars. but i dont want to scare you.

however i do want to know how you feel about your own temporary possession's?
keeping the word "temporary" in mind. what are the things you you can't imagine living without? and you cant say family, thats just a cop out. remember we are talking "stuff" hear.

2 comments:

mombo said...

1. Movie version of Deadwood!!!

2. Season 34 of Dexter!

3. My baseball cards

4. My record albums

5. My house on the river!!

Karp said...

1. A leather bound journal I got when I was a freshman in college. I have never written in it but I can't ever be far away without it. It is a part of me and I know that someday I will fill the pages when I find a story worthy enough.

2. My MacBook. It is my connection to everything outside of myself; be it knowledge, communication, creativity or past tense dreams.