In Murray's Best of Today: The Myth of the Cave blog post, Murray stresses the fact that our attention to the beauty of the world has vanished since we were children. As children, we were able to see things for the details held within them that made them unique, now we just use assimilation to describe things and look for common characteristics rather than unique details. I made the following comment below to Murray regarding what he wrote about this issue the world is facing.
Murray, I really loved this post. I completely agree with what you are saying. I had a Hannuka party today at my house and my eight year old twin cousins came along with the rest of the family for dinner and presents. Being with my cousins all day was the best. They find the beauty out of everything. Like you were saying, they don't just see a couch as a couch. Instead, they see all the details that makes that couch so unique. I too really want to be like a child again and rewire my brain to be able to perceive the beauty of the world. The world is so beautiful and as we grow up we become less able to see what's standing right in front of us. I truly hope the coming generations steer clear of this blindness because the world is a beautiful place and it's a shame we are all missing out on it's beauty.
In Kevin's Getting Organized: Word Documents blog post, Kevin describes his experience cleaning out his desktop of all his old word documents since middle school. Although this is a very time consuming task, that wasn't what drew my attention. Kevin's way about getting rid of his documents inspired me to do the same. He not only read all of his old documents, but he assessed them to see how much progress he has made in his writing. After doing so, Kevin only kept those that showed the most progress to use as milestones of his past. I made the following comment below to Kevin regarding his experience clearing his computer of his old documents.
Kevin, I can completely relate to the numerous word documents filling my computer since 7th grade. Even this weekend I was told I couldn't save a windows movie because there was no room on my computer. I personally had a hard time letting go of the documents. Like you stated above, my writing has changed tremendously but my emotions I was feeling while writing each paper is still held amongst those essays. After reading this blog posted I'm inspired to read all of my documents and keep only those that will show my progress because although some of them be useless, many of them hold memories I can't replace.
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