Posted by Hal on March 01, 2000 at 15:02:27:
In Reply to: Re: writing/thinking posted by Emily on February 29, 2000 at 23:19:57:
: :And I wonder why experiences don't feel "real" to me.
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: I get very angry with myself for not being able to get involved in a situation. I TRY and experience it fully, withough feeling so damn detached, but it doesn't work. I always end up feeling like a character in a book, like you said, no matter what I do. I want to be able to experience something FOR REAL once, instead of so indirectly.
: -Emily, I also analyze things as theyre happening as well...ARGH!!!
Quite a paradox you have there, Emily: if you feel detached from an experience, as if you were watching yourself as a character in a book, are you really living in the present? Are you really free on your swing in the rain, or just dreaming of what freedom must be like?
- Hal -