Monday
Jan282008
On The Verge. . . of Disaster
Monday, January 28, 2008 at 1:43PM
How do you stay on the verge of cool? Kalen Jericho had some good ideas on how to late last year. How do you stay on the edge of creativity in the real and virtual world? Ask June. She had an interesting perspective on that just a few weeks ago.
One question I do have though: is there a formula or an instruction manual for how to walk away from a car wreck unscathed, limbs intact and injury free?
I'm not sure. But my only answer, for now, is that it just wasn’t in the cards that night, on December 24, 2007, for me to be in a life ending accident in which I would not walk away from. God had other plans for me.
Everyday we are on the verge. . . of something. On the verge of a new and cool idea. On the verge of a new job experience. On the verge of a new relationship. The personal frontiers are endless.
Everyday I am personally on the verge of my own understanding of the factors in life in which I have no control over. Trying to constantly wrestle with my own personal limitations and my own personal goals and dreams. Always trying to better myself. Always trying to help others. Always trying to move onward and upward. But sometimes, in a split second, on a clear Christmas Eve night, on a calm neighborhood street, the flashing lights of an oncoming car, the blaring of a car horn and the sound of crashing metal brings all that to a halt.
As I was sitting there dazed, breathless and uninjured, her front passenger side ripped to shreds, all I could think was, “oh my god!”
One question I do have though: is there a formula or an instruction manual for how to walk away from a car wreck unscathed, limbs intact and injury free?
I'm not sure. But my only answer, for now, is that it just wasn’t in the cards that night, on December 24, 2007, for me to be in a life ending accident in which I would not walk away from. God had other plans for me.
Everyday we are on the verge. . . of something. On the verge of a new and cool idea. On the verge of a new job experience. On the verge of a new relationship. The personal frontiers are endless.
Everyday I am personally on the verge of my own understanding of the factors in life in which I have no control over. Trying to constantly wrestle with my own personal limitations and my own personal goals and dreams. Always trying to better myself. Always trying to help others. Always trying to move onward and upward. But sometimes, in a split second, on a clear Christmas Eve night, on a calm neighborhood street, the flashing lights of an oncoming car, the blaring of a car horn and the sound of crashing metal brings all that to a halt.
As I was sitting there dazed, breathless and uninjured, her front passenger side ripped to shreds, all I could think was, “oh my god!”
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