Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Chaotic?

The Twitter experience was not new to me, since just like a lot of other people I am using facebook. However, it was interesting that people participating in this experience were all my classmates and, what is more, my current literature professor. I could see that a lot of people shared not only their thoughts on particular situations but also generalized and expressed emotions on a deeper level. Sometimes we could see and feel each others’ excitement or irritation, etc. A lot of us may be sympathising others and some comments can make you laugh maybe because you have just the same activities or thoughts as this other person. My opinion on the different times that we live in is dual. I believe that partially people live in stellar time, where a lot of scenarios are connected to each other and influence us daily. On the other hand, just like the Twitter has showed, a lot of activities are unexpected and you never know what may happen to you next or you might not know the details of the upcoming events, since your life is not only affected by you, but others play a huge role as well. That means that we may also be living in chaotic time.
As of Borges activity I found myself clicking on the words that I don’t know the meaning of or things that I am curious about, such as “lost labyrinth” or “chess player.” As for me, I believe that he wanted to show us how linear and at the same time chaotic our life is. As I see it, the linear part is shown through us clicking on different words and going somewhere else, to another page. The chaotic side is reflected through us going in circles and selecting different words. We might be in a bad mood and select a different word than we would have if we were in a better mood.

1 comment:

  1. I have a hard time of thinking that time is chaotic. It's a concept that is too depressing to even wrap my head around. If life's events are completely random then why am I in school working hard trying to graduate? Why do I care about the classes that I take or the grades that I get in those classes? None of it would mean anything in the bigger picture anyway. I can't cope with that. I need purpose to help drive me and keep me going.

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