spinning

2004

is there a reducible self, apart from the context of a person/place/thing? is it arrogant to imagine so? a subject, divorced from an object, divorced from an other? do we project our own privilege in posing this quest-ion? & is essentialiing a righteous goal? becoming absolute? is this true to reality? ("reality," "identity"; subjectivity).. what relationship exists between this endeavor, & that of "people-pleasing"? are they related? what purpose do they serve to self-hood? & how do we place a value-judgment on this? how do truth and portrayal negotiate roles in identity? and how do they exist together - in opposition? in alignment? in necessary 'balance', or congruence? what scale can 'self-improvement' be founded on with these musings? what beliefs do we have about 'self' that inform the choices we make to live?