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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Backpack

How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you are carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. I want you to pack it with all the stuff you have in your life. Lets start with the little things. The shelves and drawers and nick knacks, collectibles. Feel the weight as that adds up. You start adding larger stuff. Clothes, table-top appliances, lamps, linens, your T.V. I can imagine that's getting pretty heavy now. You go bigger. Your couch, bed, your kitchen table. Stuff it all in there. Your car. Get it in there. Your home. Whether it's a studio apartment or a two story house. I want you to stuff it all in to that backpack. Now try to walk. It's kind of hard isn't it? This is what we do to ourselves on a daily basis. We weigh ourselves down until we cannot even move and make no mistake moving is living. Now I'm going to set that backpack on fire. What do you want to take out of it? Photos? Photos are for people who can't remember. Drink some Ginko. Let the photos burn. In fact, let everything burn and imagine waking up tomorrow with nothing. It's kind of exhilarating isn't it?

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