Philip inFLux
G.K. Chesterton Quote
“But in order that life should be a story or romance to us, it is necessary that a great part of it, at any rate, should be
settled for us without our permission. If we wish life to be a
system, this may be a nuisance; but if we wish it to be a
drama, it is an essential. It may often happen, no doubt,
that a drama may be written by somebody else which we
like very little. But we should like it still less if the author
came before the curtain every hour or so, and forced on us
the whole trouble of inventing the next act. A man has
control over many things in his life; he has control over
enough things to be the hero of a novel. But if he had
control over everything, there would be so much hero that
there would be no novel. And the reason why the lives of
the rich are at bottom so tame and uneventful is simply that
they can choose the events. They are dull because they
are omnipotent. They fail to feel adventures because they
can make the adventures. The thing which keeps life
romantic and full of fiery possibilities is the existence of
these great plain limitations which force all of us to meet
the things we do not like or do not expect.”
G.K Chesterton – Heretics, Chapter 14 “On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family”
settled for us without our permission. If we wish life to be a
system, this may be a nuisance; but if we wish it to be a
drama, it is an essential. It may often happen, no doubt,
that a drama may be written by somebody else which we
like very little. But we should like it still less if the author
came before the curtain every hour or so, and forced on us
the whole trouble of inventing the next act. A man has
control over many things in his life; he has control over
enough things to be the hero of a novel. But if he had
control over everything, there would be so much hero that
there would be no novel. And the reason why the lives of
the rich are at bottom so tame and uneventful is simply that
they can choose the events. They are dull because they
are omnipotent. They fail to feel adventures because they
can make the adventures. The thing which keeps life
romantic and full of fiery possibilities is the existence of
these great plain limitations which force all of us to meet
the things we do not like or do not expect.”
G.K Chesterton – Heretics, Chapter 14 “On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family”
Streaming Music That I Often Enjoy...
Grooveshark.com - My newest discovery
Pandora - Plug in an artist/band or a song and it makes a playlist of similar songs for you!
KDFC - A terrific classical station located in San Francisco that is often playing at our house. We love the Sunday morning program dedicated to Sacred music. Great selection. Stream this station "live" wherever you live.
KEXP - Seattle's best station for what is hip...and what will become hip. Good variety of non-mainstream music.
Last.fm - The social music revolution. A hyped-up Pandora.