Just a random pic from my trip to Colorado to see the fam.
The Pearl, by John Steinbeck is amazing. Its kept reminding me of The Lord of the Rings or The Old Man and the Sea. In many works of art, whether it be literature, film, or 2D art there is this overlying theme of man being so in love with some sort of physical object that it literally eats them alive. Its so simple in theory, but so profound. How easy is it to become so lost in something that seems amazing, but lost our true identity in the process? "What profits a man if he gains the whole world, but lose his soul?" To remember what is truly important takes a foresight in life that we just don't have all by ourselves. But with the help of "God or the gods" (as Steinbeck brings out in the book) it we can live with the a deeper outlook. This life and the cares of it are so fleeting and short that it behooves us all much more to remember where the most solid of foundations lay!
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