Guest Blogger: Dave
Ars Memorativa
I was talking to my friend Dave in San Francisco, seeking his help in learning more about computer coding. He was very good in teaching me a few new tricks, but while I was being Grasshopper and getting all excited with the new things I was learning, Dave, in the role of Master Po, had a more reflective take on things:
"You know...I am ashamed at the level of technical crap that has crowded the beauty out of my head. We spend a lifetime filling our head with garbage, then one day pieces of memory just start to drop out like blocks on your hard drive. You run a ScanDisk on your brain, and then you find out how many sectors are really bad."
.......Master Po has spoken.......
posted by Washington Cube at 2:30 PM
4 Comments:
Even his metaphors have been crowded out :-|
It's so true. We stuff so much useless crap into our heads. How many times do you remember idiotic lyrics from some pop tune or advertisement (yes, you do: two words -- oscar meyer wiener), but cannot remember the name of a colleague.
grince
It's funny what you said about metaphors, AUA, because normally he is quite poetic in the way he sees things. I thought this particular statement had some Zen minimalist rhythm to it. C++ Haiku.
I have an amazing long term memory, but I can never seem to remember where I put my keys. Perhaps you've just explained my issue...
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