Pensieve – A shallow stone basin with odd runes and symbols carved around the edge. A silvery light shines from its contents, which are bright, whitish silver, and cloud-like, moving ceaselessly like light made liquid or like wind made solid. When many thoughts and memories crowd one’s head, one can siphon excess thoughts into the basin. It often becomes easier to spot patterns and links in memories when they are collected in the Pensieve.
Friday, June 26, 2009
What I Don't Know
You know, that last post got me thinking that even with my 8,564 days of experience, it's funny how much I don't know. There is so much I am unfamiliar with. Like today I found out that the little kid in Jackson 5 was Michael Jackson! Who knew? I sure didn't--I thought Michael Jackson was a rather odd looking white man who sings the Free Willy song. My cousin got a kick out of that when she realized I was being serious. Or the other day at Cold Stone, I wanted to grab some spoons for my friends to try my ice cream, because that's what friends do, right?, so I grabbed some from the container above the ice cream. My friend Lindsay looked at me strangely and said, "Are those used?" We laughed so hard!
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Thanks for this Drake. We all got a good chuckle this morning when we came into the office. I love your honesty and self deprecating humour!
ReplyDeleteI love the description of the pensieve that you have at the top of your blog. Particularly interesting is how a pensieve can help "spot patterns and links in memories." I think that is one of the best parts of blogs and journals; they really do become a place for excess thoughts and help us make meaning of all of our thoughts, experiences, etc.
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