The philosophy of Chaos
Yeah, yeah, I could talk about Obama's victory but I am suffering from election fatigue...
Instead, let me talk about 2 quotes from 2 very different sources which kind of mirrors my current feelings
The first is a quote I read in yesterday's Montreal Gazette from W.E.B Du Bois, a very fitting source because of the previous night's event.
"The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become". Hmm, all these years I unkonwlingly was following that maxim, foolling never having thought a moment it had been put to paper. There was a couple of times that I did indeed "give up" all the past and its baggage in order to "evolve", but not before reading this made me realize that it was indeed a conscious decision one has to undertake.
The other is something taken from a "Order of the Stick" strip. Here's the main gist of the message.
For someone who dons a mask, so to speak, of a being who (ab)uses the fickleness of Fate, the notion of "cheating" to get by (and for once, not in the sense of going outside the legal sphere, but on a more metaphysical level), I couldn't help but to remember the rules of the Illuminati! card game, which stated that cheating was legal,unless one was caught. But the main point is that it confirms an argument I was defending some years ago with a x-removed cousin, who I had recently found out was a fellow RPGer, which stated that people in "real life" couldn't help but be "Lawful Good" in overwhelming majority. Not so, for a D&D standpoint the comment above reflects mor a "chaotic good" attitude and to be honest, I am pretty sure THIS is more in line with how people behave. 'Course it could my cynicism that darkens my world-view.
NaNoWriMo-wise, I'm still having trrouble to get that boopin' stats widget working on my end. I'm now at 9047 words and counting.
My MtG Tarot draw of the day is ELFHAME SANCTUARY. I guess one cannot find profound enlightement in everything.
Unless...
Actually, the notion of sanctuary is not so far-fetched as one would expect. A couple of days away from it all could very well be what the doctor ordered.
