Posted by Luke in This is a short note about something I read in the dictionary (of all places). I have been fascinated for a while about intentions. In particular the motives we have that drive us to take actions. I looked it up in the dictionary just before and it said a intention was something ‘designed’ or made for a certain purpose:
something that someone plans or intends to do; an aim or purpose
I think the core meaning in the word here is lost in Chambers dictionary. The main thing that bothers me about ‘intent’ is that it sounds like a ‘design’ or something that was made as a fit to a purpose. To me, an intent is more fluid and therefore inherently more complex. That is, when I intend to do something I am not completely sure of my purpose. I may understand an element of it, and have clues as to my intent, but until I take action I am not sure or cannot know what my intent was. My intentions often become obvious to me after I act. I will often say nasty things to people, then my intent was clear, I wanted to hurt that person (don’t get me wrong I am not Gordon Ramsey!).
Other times you act and the very actions you take reveal what your intention is… it’s not always a matter of pre-defined purpose or action. So what does this actually mean? I think, it means we won’t always know what we think, until the stuff of life finds you out. Ok, so this is me ranting… I write obscure fringe papers for a living… what can I say!
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