Mark Twain’s Guide To Life
April 1, 2009 by Janice
Consider being foolish. Yep. Take a nap, get some sleep and that’s what I come up with. I have no idea yet, but I will bet that those who are up to no good, those who revel in Beavis and Butthead are already at it. It is April Fools.
Me? I am not that clever. But I like to smile. So I thought for a minute and I actually did sleep in. I seem to need a nap these days. Lots of stuff ( very specific term there huh?) is going around in my head.
Some of it makes me wonder . What is going on? Is it spring? Is it the aha just about to happen?
I don’t know.
Chaos has become the norm. Now that may have made me uneasy once upon a time, but I found out this week from a very learned source ( The Tate Modern) that contemporary artists are homo viators. Yeah, I had to look that up too. It means we are more than ever about being on a journey, translating across disciplines and methods. Looking and moving in between the signposts. We are indeed about our chaotic time.
Well, isn’t that handy?
As I said on Monday, we live in fascinating times. And lately I have had more questions than answers. I am thinking it might be a good idea to get comfortable with the questions. Grow the questions. Thrive on letting them lead.
And that’s where Mark Twain popped into my head:
“Dance like nobody’s watching; love like you’ve never been hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening; live like it’s heaven on earth.”
— Mark Twain
So maybe, just maybe, we should all be a little bit foolish. Grow some of those ideas, play with those what if’s. Share a little more laughter. Let the what if’s lead.
What do you think? Feel up to some innovation? Are you working it into your work? Foolish? Maybe. Maybe not. (See. Questions. I have plenty of those.)
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I agree. Sometimes, just letting things happen as they will is a good thing. Serendipitous happy accidents can come of it. Enjoy–happy Aprili Fool’s day!
sue’s last blog post..“Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.” (-Alice Walker)
Did you somehow get inside my head Janice? Lots of mad wonderful stuff swirling around here too, and between you and Karen Swim I’m dancing about with foolish confidence, waiting to see where the journey takes me
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What a brilliant quote! It really doesn’t sound like Mark Twain to me, but such a powerful sentiment. We are our own worst enemies sometimes. It is so liberating when you just let go and enjoy the moment. Thank you for brightening my day. (Found you thru Joanna Young’s Tweet.)
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@Joanna,
LOL…Well we’ll all be in fine company then. And won’t it be fun?
@Brad,
So glad to see you here Brad.. I was just enjoying your weather stories… Twain spent all that time on a river remember… there’s lots of dream time there… lots to get up to…he always seemed to have a twinkle in his eye to me.
Sue,
Yep. Serendippity do dah….:-) Sounds really good to me.
I loved some of the great goofies I saw online for April Fools – while none was as magnificent as my last year’s http://www.TwitterBudgie.com
, I’ll admit there were some doozies of gems!
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Hi Barbara,
Good to see you here.. the goofiness was out wasn’t it?
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