Sunday, June 1, 2008

if you were a bluebird

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Thomas S. Szasz (b.1920), retired academic, author of The Myth of Mental Illness (1960)

jimmie & butch perform butch's song if you were a bluebird

photo: lynnville, pennsylvania may 2008
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9 comments:

zquilts said...

If I were a bluebird
I'd build a fine nest
Which would be just the best
and in which I would rest.

Better not quilt my day job !

6/01/2008
Lib said...

Good Capture!

ahhh you've captured a serene moment in the country. Every chore is done, and we can just "set a spell."

6/01/2008
Ernest de Cugnac said...

zquilts - "Better not quilt my day job!" - was that a slip of the pen or playing with language??

Mouse - I remember Szasz from my postgrad days. A very controversial figure (pretty anti-psychiatry for a psychiatrist), but a refreshing one. This quote from him puts it in a nutshell "If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."

6/01/2008
Chuck Pefley said...

Great quote, Mouse! And, a wonderful photo accompanying that quote.

Kim and popcorn, popcorn and mouse ... either way, Ace is the Best and fun for all :)

Kim and I both do Seattle daily photo blogs, hers having run 3 or so years while I began mine in early January 2008. We have yet to meet, though live only 3 or so miles apart. So far, there has been no overlap at all in our blog postings.

I would suggest you consider doing a Cleveland photo blog ... if that's what you want to do. 2 or more bloggers from the same city the size of Cleveland or Seattle is no problem.

My 2¢ worth ... thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Let me know when you start your daily city photo blog.

Kind regards ~ Chuck - Almost One-a-Day Seattle

6/01/2008
mouse (aka kimy) said...

z - keep on slamming & keep on quilting

ernie - good eye on re marie's comment! my first read missed that...

think I like most about szasz's analysis is his critique of the propensity to medicalize and pathologize the human experience!

chuck - can always use some extra cents and sense....thanks! will keep you posted should I expand.

6/02/2008
dennis said...

Dennis has entered a new phase! Serenity NOW! no more boredoms or turmoils!

6/02/2008
TheElementary said...

Oh, that's one of the loveliest photos I've ever seen on your blog. It looks like my dream place! Wow.
Sometimes a picture just does that to you, it feels like you're looking at home or something. I love green places and I'm sure somebody I'll live in one. It would look like this.

6/02/2008
Ladrón de Basura (a.k.a. Junk Thief) said...

That barn and fence make me want to "waste" time without worry in that field of grass.

6/02/2008
WAT said...

Yes, this quote is perfect for me. I will strive to reach serenity.

LOL.

6/02/2008

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