Sunday, November 8, 2009

Rivers and Tides Reflection

Andrew Goldsworthy. Now that's a man who's living. I wish I had the luxury he has, he does whatever he feels like with his art and doesn't have to worry about his financial state because apparently he's equipped with a nice trust fund. He's the antithesis of the guy waking up to his mediocre 9 to 5 with his mundane lifestyle. The highlights of the 9 to 5 man's week are Monday Night Football and that paycheck on Friday so he can splurge during the weekend and then he gets back to the same existence on Monday. Goldswothy wakes up and goes outside and then he sees nature. He soaks in all this nature and creates something new and beautiful everyday and he loves doing it. He has no boss, he just does whatever he envisions. That's living, the freedom to pursue whatever you want to do. That's not the reality most of us exist in though, so we have to pick up the moments in which we're living in intervals. I wish everyone had the chance to live like Goldsworthy for a while and do what they love minus all the worries. I wonder if people would be generally happier if they had the opportunity to live like this guy for just a week.