When I look at this picture, I imagine that I can recognise some of the same personality traits that I have today. There's a lot of energy (might even say boundless), a willingness to find/look at the bright side, lots of laughter. A tendency to see things from the side (alternative? underground?) rather than head-on. An open heart.
I'm probably reading too much into a very old photo:-)
But, in these days of re-examining everything I've worked for for many years, trying to see what worked and what didn't and come up with solutions that don't make my shoulders seize up in dismay, I do feel that knowing who I am, at the foundation, is important.
I guess one could say that what I know is the personality, not the underlying spirit (the "me" that exists beyond life or death). But I've seldom been conscious of that underlying spirit (although there are some times I've felt it, like last night, at the Patti Smith Group Show, when they recited/played "Howl", and the native American chant "We Shall Live Again"; during some psyche mining I've done over the years; during some of my Dad's sermons, especially when they veered from biblical themes to the basics of everyday living; solo-ing in the choir sometimes (when people would get happy), very seldom during yoga; breathing in forests...
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