Comments on: Mirror of Time http://jayalders.com/philosophy/mirror-of-time.html Surf Art,Fine Art,Painter,Licensing,Surfboard Art,Skateboard Art,Surrealism, and Photography Mon, 21 May 2012 01:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark Sisom http://jayalders.com/philosophy/mirror-of-time.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Mark Sisom Wed, 13 May 2009 01:11:01 +0000 http://jayalders.com//?p=123#comment-4 Jay .... you went DEEEEP on this one! Nice. I could SWEAR you and I had a conversation about this like a year ago! ;-) Past is past, the present is NOW, and I'm looking forward to the future!. There's my contribution. lol Jay …. you went DEEEEP on this one! Nice.

I could SWEAR you and I had a conversation about this like a year ago! ;-)

Past is past, the present is NOW, and I’m looking forward to the future!. There’s my contribution. lol

]]> By: Dan Blank http://jayalders.com/philosophy/mirror-of-time.html/comment-page-1#comment-3 Dan Blank Wed, 13 May 2009 00:22:10 +0000 http://jayalders.com//?p=123#comment-3 Jay - Great post... This reminds me of an episode of Growing Pains I watched as a kid. Mike Seaver stays home sick from school, and watches Gilligan's Island. I think he does this for a few days... and then happens upon a mind blowing realization: even when he does go to school, Gilligan's Island still plays on TV. That he is not there to experience it does not mean it does not happen. It's interesting to think of this in terms of both consumption and experience, let alone the idea of creation, which you explained so nicely. What is even more fascinating is the idea that every thing we do, everything we create, alters reality, and that there is a reverberation that ripples far into the future. I often think about the tiny little decisions that happened that had huge affects on the future. The one story that always sticks in my head is how my dad met my mother. The short version is that he was going to go to a comic book show, and decided to skip it at the last minute in order to go to a dance. That's where he met my mom. So that single decision had ripple effects for decades that, in its current form, has me leaving a comment on your blog. And of course, every moment of my existence, has ripple effects of there own. So that little decision by my dad decades ago has had nearly infinite affects shaping our reality. Part of what I like about this concept is that we are all creating, but doing so subconsciously. There is no preconception to it - no intention - no ulterior motives - it just happens. -Dan Jay – Great post…
This reminds me of an episode of Growing Pains I watched as a kid. Mike Seaver stays home sick from school, and watches Gilligan’s Island. I think he does this for a few days… and then happens upon a mind blowing realization: even when he does go to school, Gilligan’s Island still plays on TV. That he is not there to experience it does not mean it does not happen.

It’s interesting to think of this in terms of both consumption and experience, let alone the idea of creation, which you explained so nicely.

What is even more fascinating is the idea that every thing we do, everything we create, alters reality, and that there is a reverberation that ripples far into the future. I often think about the tiny little decisions that happened that had huge affects on the future.

The one story that always sticks in my head is how my dad met my mother. The short version is that he was going to go to a comic book show, and decided to skip it at the last minute in order to go to a dance. That’s where he met my mom. So that single decision had ripple effects for decades that, in its current form, has me leaving a comment on your blog.

And of course, every moment of my existence, has ripple effects of there own. So that little decision by my dad decades ago has had nearly infinite affects shaping our reality.

Part of what I like about this concept is that we are all creating, but doing so subconsciously. There is no preconception to it – no intention – no ulterior motives – it just happens.

-Dan

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