Archive for August, 2004

• 8.11.04 "Finding Meaning and Letting Go" is posted in Best Of, Quote/Lyric, Relationships

One of the central points of The Unbearable Lightness of Being is that we choose to create our own coincidences. At a certain point we not only recognize things but decide to tie them to our poetic memory. Random facts of no consequence suddenly take on meaning and we then find ourselves building significance from a chain of circumstance. As Kundera puts it, “when the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.” (more…)

• 8.5.04 "If I’ve Learned Anything #4–And Breaking Tradition" is posted in Best Of, Reflections

I’ve learned that everyone needs to be alone sometimes. (more…)