The What Next
Saturday, December 13, 2008
I've seen it in the children with whom I've talked stories, words, and writing. I saw it among the young photographers of Centro Nueva, who joined me not long ago for an afternoon of seeing, recording, bearing witness. I see it every time I talk with my son, who is home with us now, an entire month between college semesters (he talks logic, he talks hymns that become rock anthems, he talks libertarian media and its counterpoints, he talks about yielding to a truer self). What knowledge does. What learning makes one hungry for. How learning begets wanting begets needing begets passion.
It's the passion that we want most of all for our children. That we want most of all for each other, for ourselves. The waking up to the moon, the urgent now. The question, jolted through: What next?
3 comments:
Yes - I so hope my children are ignited by something that will both drive them and bring them joy. And I hope they identify whatever that is when they are younger rather than older.
That hope is right up there near the top of my list for them.
~ Anna
Oh, logic. It seems every major needs it. (Surprising how little difference there is between CS Logic, Philosophy Logic, and others.)
I get to go home in four days. ^_^
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And it's this passion which we all hope to remember enough to write about. Thank you for the reminder! Kids are golden!
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