Changing Perspective(s)
The painting in my heading is "The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali; it's probably my favorite well-known painting. It's interpreted differently by many people, which I suppose is fairly common with works of art. I always think that it has something to do with memory changing with respect to time, which often leads to a perception that time itself is distorted, when, in fact, it's just our memory isn't perfect.
This is a new decade, a new year, etc., so I feel like it's an appropriate time for me to "start fresh". I probably won't be posting much of anything for a few weeks because I have to travel back to Oklahoma City to move out of my house, which has been accumulating lots of miscellaneous items for the past 10 years or so. I have sort of mixed feelings about all of it, but I can't really justify keeping the house, either financially or practically.
It's really the first house that I was able to purchase in 2008, probably right after I turned 31 years old. It was built in 1934, and it's in a historic neighborhood, etc., which can be a hassle getting things approved, etc. That being said, I have done a lot of work on it over the past decade, and I will miss it. It was built very well, and it even has a basement, which I enjoyed quite a bit. I'm originally from Louisiana, however, and it makes more sense for me to move back here closer to family and old friends.
Changing perspective on life in general can sometimes affect your perception, and vice versa. I'm still young enough to start doing things that I want to do, but I'm old enough to know that very few things worth having are free/easy. I think that's why I like Dali's painting so much. The times are changing, and life keeps changing with time, but time is constant. It's not really melting or changing as depicted in the painting; it's our memory of the events in time that seem to change. Time seemed to move really slowly before I was 30, and now it seems to get faster and faster every year.
The view of the future also changes, and I hope that this new decade will bring about positive changes for me. I have made quite a few already, and I really am I hoping to make a few more in this first new year. Selling the house is bittersweet--yes, but I will be able to be freed of a $3000+ mortgage, which will give me some peace of mind and allow me to stop thinking I have to work nonstop through every waking hour. Life can be too good to skim through and not exactly live.
I think I shall end here prior to any superfluous rambling. It's been a few good months, and I hope that there will be plenty more. Change can be scary, but it can also be both necessary and beneficial.
See you guys in a few weeks, after the chaos...
Cheers,
Ian
“I’m too young to be old and too old to be young. I think I’m going crazy”
--Fried Green Tomatoes (Evelyn Couch, played by Kathy Bates), novel by Fannie Flagg
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As I said, it's in my best interest, and it really doesn't bother me. I'd prefer to make changes and be content than continue what I was doing and be miserable.
Change is always knocking on the door, best thing to do is open the door and let it in .
Looks like things are changing in your world, Ian.
Best wishes.
Yeah, things never really stay the same for very long with me.
It's kind of like a shark that has to keep swimming; if it stops, then it dies. LOL.
Ian
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Great post and house, Ian!
Jeff
Thank you. Yes, I spent most of the past decade fixing it up the way that I like it, but it's not really my home, and it's time to move on. Sometimes, you have to know when to move along.
Ian
I know what you mean, Ian!
Jeff