I was reading about the death of philosopher Richard Rorty recently when I noticed the following quote after his was asked to write a poem:
“I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths that are incapable of statement in prose. There are no such truths; there is nothing about death that Swinburne and Landor knew but Epicurus and Heidegger failed to grasp. Rather, it is because I would have lived more fully if I had been able to rattle off more old chestnuts?—?just as I would have if I had made more close friends.”
Professor Rorty died shortly after saying that. It got me thinking about something I had heard a while ago about dieing with the music in you. So, as you can see here someone as imminent as this professor was still unsatisfied that he hadn’t spent more time creatively expressing himself. Don’t wait to do it I say… get it out.
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December 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Dig the blog a LOT!
Nice style and I like the way you discuss the problems . I’m going to book mark it.