Friday, 3 February 2017

ONISM

Onism - The Awareness of How Little of the World You’ll Experience
onism – n. the frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time, which is like standing in front of the departures screen at an airport, flickering...

Imagine how much more rich and satisfying it would be to have TWO bodies, not just one—so you could escape yourself for a while and live on either sides of the planet, or take a step back and see yourself whole, in full context with the rest of the world, with your face the right way around, your eyes unflattened, just as vivid as you appear to other people. It would be like those rapturous moments when one of your ears becomes unclogged and you can suddenly hear in stereo.


What an interesting book or movie that would make - to have two bodies on opposite sides of the world, spending their entire lives experiencing everything they can as you make your way to the center where in the final, wordless scene both of your selves finally meet and exchange eye contac


"I don't know, I passed through it once but I've never really been there."  That hit harD

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