{"id":158548,"date":"2019-07-26T15:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T22:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=158548"},"modified":"2019-07-26T15:18:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T22:18:28","slug":"the-eternal-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/26\/the-eternal-return\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eternal Return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A philosophy from my buddy Nietzsche:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How could you live your life in accordance as if you were to live it indefinitely, on loop, and to think this was the most sublime thing in existence?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A single day as a mini-lifetime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if we treated our day, our 24-hour day, as a mini-lifetime?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How would this change how we live our day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me this means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Only do what you want to do<\/li>
  2. Don’t do anything you don’t want to do.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Then play your life on loop, indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Eternity as a judge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \"Flower.<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    And the question is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If your life were structured this way, would you think this is divine joy? Or your deepest and darkest personal hell?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Eternal creative thriving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    This is my personal goal: to thrive as a creative individual until I die at age 120.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This means I must employ all the waking hours of my day in a meaningful, powerful, and epic way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Go deep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    A lot of people tend to think that people are dumb. I disagree. I think we are all capable of deep thoughts, deep contemplation, and asking ourselves deeper philosophical questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So when in doubt, go deep with people. Avoid the superficial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Never stop making<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    With your art-works, create things which are personally meaningful to you. Continue to create, produce, and thrive. This is perhaps the key to life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Philosophy ><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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