Why does it happen so quickly? You throw a stone into the air and it has to overcome gravity, so its rise is slow, and that is why the days of childhood are so long and leisurely. But as the stone falls, it goes faster and faster, with a velocity of thirty-two feet per second, so that your sense of time finally is that of a rush into death. As the Book of Job puts it, ‘My days fly faster than the weaver’s shuttle.’ Towards the end you rush towards the earth, towards death. What does this acceleration signify? Why is it that the days of childhood seem to last for years, whereas in old age the days resemble those flutter books you used to buy in ‘specialty’ shops—you rippled the pages with your thumb and you’d see a comic performance—a hula dancer or a dog at a hydrant. That’s how fast it goes. And the question is what happens to your original sense of being when the thumb of time flutters your penultimate pages? Everybody, I believe, will know exactly what I am talking about.
Saul Bellow, quoted in Salmagundi, Spring-Summer 1995
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My hands are covered with blood, there's no where to hide the sin of my soul. What do I have left to offer Thee, is there nothing left to love in me? Each kiss is like touching fire, both beautiful and painful in the same short moment. I want to dance in the embers. My heart is a cold river stone , shiny on the outside, yet so breakable. Am I nothing more than dust? Then why do I live as though my life will transcend the finite? And will there not be consequences for my actions?
Throughout history--beginning with our earliest ancestors who painted on cave walls--people have used images to communicate their thoughts and ideas. Yet as a society, while we understand and effortlessly use the power of visual communication in our personal lives, we're just now awakening to its tremendous potential in our business lives. With the democratization of technology, in the form of the Internet, wireless communications, and easy-to-use, inexpensive digital devices, the doors to Going Visual are now open to virtually any organization or businessperson.
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