Just thinking about thinking

Not sure about dust
but I am sure that
thoughts exist.





A statue in stone presents a man thinking. Perhaps thoughts are represented
as much by the stone as the man is.

"The Thinker" was
among Rodin's most
recognized works.
Both shown here
suggest emotion
and thought. Existentialism is the philosophical movement suggesting that individual human beings create the meaning and essence of their lives as persons. I suppose that this is an unusual statement, to think that the absence of an outside influence or force means that the individual is entirely free, and, therefore, ultimately responsible. Getting right down to it the central proposition of existentialism is that existence precedes essence. One conclusion would be that humans define their own reality. I wonder, however if in fact it was an essence that came into existence and that the real reality of being human is that existence preceded them. This line of thought might lend itself to the idea that the best team always wins and circumstance which can be in place for an infinite variety of reasons not part of the equation? Right is not on anyone's side I suppose. Either way today BYU beat the University of Utah in the last 30+ seconds. Add to that that we went out and did 5 miles this morning. I have to admit I had on a University of Utah sweat shirt but the main reason for that was the "reality" that my winter or cold weather running stuff is packed away in the garage. I guess our thoughts about moving preceded what has turned out to be our reality. This seems like good news to me. BYU winning I mean. Course this thought is just one in passing. So how about those Lobo's.