brain stretched enough

Time to assess

2/26/2015

285. Past

Principles

Thinking and understanding

Time to assess

At a certain point I knew I could learn no more. No more concepts or ground breaking thinking was in my scope. It hurt my brain to do so. I had gone far enough in my searching and questioning. I had enough observations and experiences. What was left was to assess, and to tie the loose ends of what I had, but the exploration was complete.

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Maggie

2/27/2015 12:15:45 am

I disagree. Learning never ends, it just becomes more subtle. Even assessing is a form of learning. It's like studying Torah - it never ends - you keep turning and turning and turning because there's so mych to learn each times it's read. Look to Jewish teaching. And with art - do you think the masters stopped as they aged? They never rested their learning capabilities. If they had, many great works would never have been created.

steve

3/1/2015 03:20:30 am

well, I understand your point and disagreement. what u say is valid. At the time it was how I felt. Sometimes in life something seems to end, in this case straining, trying, effort, intensity, all after an elusive truth and fatigue set in. So in human terms a phase seemed to end. But of course as u say on a larger scale learning continues, just coming from a different place.

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Steven B. Nussdorf records his lifelong search to find meaning outside of the normal channels. He uses writing, poetry, and drawing to document this effort.

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