Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Passion - overwhelms


Someone writes "I have a passion for..."

Really?

Does the writer suffer for whatever it is?

Does the writer form a life based on passion?

When you encounter such a passion it's not much like the passion described in a resumé. Rather, it's anti-social. Following it centers and fills and consumes. The life of a person held in passion's gtip appears arid to those who aren't.

We accecpt some overwhelming forces such as love or art. Yet passions we can't share either personally or as part of the cultural norm leave us befuddled, and pitying or contemptuous of, the sufferer.

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