Intellectual Passions LO28987

From: leo minnigh (minnigh@dds.nl)
Date: 08/11/02


Replying to LO28971 --

Dear LO'ers

>From the original contribution of At (LO28964), I got the impression that
At tried to open our eyes for connections and mergings. I wonder what the
etymology of 'passion' is (I have no dictionary here in this place), but
it will not surprise me if it has something to do with 'fitting'. It is as
if searching for new cloths: searching, selecting, trying and changing for
the perfect fitting, and wearing. Is this what *passion* means? At least,
these were the hidden actions behind At's examples.

And once the ideal fit is created, it will be one with the very person, or
perhaps better formulated, it will be oscillating with the person: the
person feeels better and grows, the new cloth radiates the warmth and form
which it receives. That is by the way, the difference with the cloths of
the emperor which so much CEO's wear in these days.

I think that so much artists have found their fitting cloths in nature,
because nature is such a rich shop to find the perfect suit. And each
person finds its own and personal cloths, and thus these cloths will
radiate all with their own character.

I am still wondering why passionate teams generally don't survive for more
the 10 years.

> " Why do flowers bloom as they do? "

Terry, thank you for this beautiful words, and they have made me thinking.
I have not yet found a satisfactory answer. Ofcourse, I can find all sorts
of reasons sprouting from my mind, but my heart kept silent after these
reasons. In other words, I could not find a passionate answer for your
intriguing question.

I think the best way for me is to start a walk like Vincent (thank you
Andrew, for the quotation!) and look around me again in that rich shop of
nature.

Leo Minnigh

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leo minnigh <minnigh@dds.nl>

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