Parachute Mind
Earlier this semester (in what seemed a much warmer time), while waiting for class to start, I found myself sitting outside of the Arts and Journalism building. I was eating a terribly greasy piece of pizza and making a few phone calls.
While on the phone, I noticed written in chalk on one of the walls a pale blue message:
"Mind is like a parachute
Fails unless open"
Wow. I have no idea who I was talking to on the phone, because I kept staring at that message.
Who wrote that? Certainly not some graffiti vandal freshman, or some ignorant slacker Gen Y flip-flop kid.
And who has the gaul to carry pastels on his (or her) person, waiting for the right time to strike out against the ignorant masses with a flurry--a tirade--of social responsibility via illicit chalk-writing?
And, how so profound?
All the advertising in the world sometimes doesn't even compete with the cryptic messages of late-night chalkers.
Do we have a future Basquiat on our hands here?
I wondered.
But, as I float around here this year, pointing my feet toward a predestined, predetermined position, I promise (oh, chalking ones) to keep my vision clear, my purpose focused, and of course both my mind and my parachute open.
The landing would be unthinkable otherwise.
Comments
I really liked this blog. Nice job!
Posted by: Andy Rector | November 6, 2006 02:57 PM