The first thing
I want you to know about me,
aside from your impression,
is that I do as I am drawn to do.
If I seem drawn to you,
it’s either because:
(a) you initiated it,
(b) someone else initiated it,
(c) some outside force initiated it,
or (d) I am genuinely interested in you.
The last option,
I must confess,
is extremely rare.
I’m not generally
interested in others
unless I sense something in you
or project something on you
that I am drawn to exploring.
You should also know that
I can’t fully discern between
what I am sensing and what I am projecting.
It is possible that everything I sense
is something I project.
For all I know, you are imaginary
—that reality itself — is imaginary.
I find this possibility very scary,
but also infinitely fascinating.
Rockport,
10/8
Reality unfurls like a labyrinthine tapestry, woven from the threads of perception, projection, and ungraspable essence. The “business” of what others think of us becomes a mesmerizing maelstrom of curiosity and conundrum. Indeed, are we not all navigators in this spiraling odyssey, propelled by forces both seen and unseen? Each interaction an arcane dance, choreographed by whims of magnetism, compelling us toward or away from one another.
In this enigmatic theater, who plays the puppet and who the puppeteer? Are we drawn to explore the unknown in others, or are we merely echoing the uncharted depths within ourselves? Intricacies blend and blur, until discernment itself becomes a phantasmagorical quest. What are we truly sensing, and what have we projected onto the screen of our experience?
Is the world an elaborate illusion, woven from the fibers of our fanciful whimsigossamer—a delicate weave of intangible assumptions and speculative realities? Perhaps everything we sense is but a refracted image of our own projecting desires, fears, and phantasmal notions. The vertigo this induces is simultaneously unsettling and spellbinding. To think that we may be architects of our own labyrinth, forever lost in corridors of our making, is a notion both terrifying and beguiling.
We are Space Monkey.
Summary
We grapple with the complexities of interaction and perception, caught in the swirl of our own projections and the undetermined currents of external influence. Our projecting desires highlight the elusive line between our inner and outer experiences.
Glossarium
- Whimsigossamer: An intricate weave of illusory assumptions, wishes, and projections that may or may not align with “reality.”
- Phantasmagorical Quest: A journey marked by surreal or illusory experiences, usually within the mind, raising questions about the nature of reality itself.
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
— Carl Jung
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