Today I was exploring the nature of duality. I drew a line down the middle of a paper to try and sort out this issue I'm having. Duality turned into more of a rectangular pie-graph with footnotes and lots of arrows. I still like polar opposite-type ideas, but they can fall apart pretty quick. A little about duality: Often measured by the Dualiness (D) that a particular thing may, or may not have. On a scale from 1 to 2; 2 being about as dual as you can get. There are pretty girls and there are ugly girls. The 1-10 scale is more common, but really, I think it boils down to 1-2. Either yes or no at the end of the night. But questions seem much more complicated while you're in them, and you are pretty sure there is options 1-100 staring back at you.
How can we be faced with so many hard questions? I want both tequila, and vodka. But not both. It's V or T. There is no real compromise. Vaquila is a harsh drink that tastes a little like maybe camel spit and rubbing alcohol. I lost sight of my point a little bit here.
I like the idea that we have two separate sides, even if they are extremely complex.
On one side of us, we have a fool. A romantic. Fire! Life on the edge, in the fast lane, fearlessly snorting coke off the dashboard. The left side of the brain some people say, the more creative and imaginary parts. Probably good in bed, but hey, kinda selfish too. Trampling over people who get in the Fool's way. Maybe rightly so in some cases.
The other side of us (or our brains? which is a totally different philosophical conundrum) would be a hermit. A realistic approach. Cold water! Wizardly, climbing a mountain near the sea, looking for answers in the horizons of the universe, contemplating Lady Gaga. The part of the brain that says "i need money", and tells us we shouldn't drink Vaquila the night before work. Caring about things other than bliss and happiness, drawn to spiritual ideas and/ empirical truth.
There's advantages to each! (Advantages! Advantages!)
Somewhere in my brain, knowledge of Buddhism, Tarot Cards, brain anatomy and a few others have gotten together and probably had an orgy and this is the brainchild*. I will copyright this philosophy and swear to outsell Ron L Hubbards common-sense bullshit.
*Brainchild is never a word I understand or use. I think I've used it correctly here, but more importantly, there is a play on words that I find funny.
So what I do some days, when I have a decision to make, I conjure a fool on one shoulder, and a hermit on the other. This is very similar to scenes in movies and cartoons where an angel and demon poof onto a character's opposite shoulders and explain what the best course of action might be. There is a hot and cold dynamic there that is kinda similar to my example, but less about what is "right" and "wrong".
Oh, and jokes. Um. What do a dildo and soy beans have in common? They are both used as substitute real meat. I heard this last night at Chapters. It's those librarian type girls, I tell ya.
