Onward

Spent last night with the guy. Exams were finally over, and books, papers, laptop, and anything else to do with school had been put out of sight for the next couple of weeks.

It was so nice just being with him. I told him that I had missed him these last several days. He understood, and his reply to that statement was interesting. You cannot sacrifice the future because you don't have your priorities correct now.

I love that he has those "good" answers. To the question of whether he preferred me with or without makeup. "Makeup does not change what is on the inside." However, I'm sure there will come an argument where I will be most unhappy that he has those "good answers," and at that time those answers will not seem so good! LOL

I don't argue, really. Unless it is something worth arguing over. My particular litmus test for argument is that if it is something that I will not be upset about in two weeks, it isn't worth arguing over. I will debate on anything, but I will not argue.

I am crocheting as I compose this. Not a good combination of activities for multitasking, I'm afraid. I'm working on a wool afghan/blanket (I haven't decided how the design is going to go yet, so who knows how big it could get.) for charity. It's going to be very pretty. Why should something for charity not reflect your best effort?

The man doesn't understand the inclination to artistic endeavor at all. The concept is completely alien to him. He showed me photos and post cards from his trip to Edinburgh and London. I said that I would like to take some of the photos and enlarge them and collage them into a piece for the wall. He asked how. I began to explain and quickly lost him.

We share an appreciation for architecture so the abstract insight is there. The mechanics of why and how that it would occur to someone to think about doing these right-brained things, however, was never encouraged to be developed.

It is most interesting to interact with a thinker who, while having an appreciation of the abstract, does not comprehend the mechanics of the abstract. He is quite logical in his though processes, very left-brained. He is able to extrapolate the abstracts from the information or data presented to arrive at a set of logical possibilities and conclusions.

My friends, Al and Genny, are both thinkers and artists. Most of the thinkers that I have known over the years have very artistic or right-brained inclinations. I can only conclude that it is merely a cultural difference that causes his brain to not perceive the abstract but have an appreciation for the abstract.

He told me of a friend he was raised with whose parents had some education. The parents encouraged his friend to explore art and creative endeavors. The friend can look at a photo or a picture and tell you what it is exactly that makes it a great image. He sees things that most people don't take note of.

That is why I have to conclude that his wonderful mind has no inclination to the abstract side of the coin; the exploration of such concepts was never encouraged, and perhaps even discouraged, to be developed when he was young.

I should close this here. I relented and took a Flexeril as my back has been miserably painful for the last several days. My back may not be feeling much better at this point, but my brain is too hazy to notice whether or not there has been improvement.