the pursuit of being.

We are forever in motion, constantly in pursuit of anything which gives us direction, purpose, significance, meaning, happiness, love, etc. We seek that which we feel will further our quest for the things that we think will fill the voids in our lives, whatever they may be. Our pursuits are often a means of finding reason to justify our existence, or the next step in our eternal endeavours to attain a state of deeply meaningful, inertly spiritual, autonomous... be-ing. And for this meaning, we search inside ourselves.

When I hear of people travelling the world in search of "themselves" I am reminded of the man who died having spent his life searching for gold, only for his family to have found a deposit in his backyard when they buried him there. In another sense it is reminiscent of observing oneself in a crowd. One does not change. One does, however, observe themselves from an outsiders point of view, allowing them a perspective of themselves for future reference. It is like a performer watching themselves on the screen, learning how to better portray their character, or a musician, to more unambiguously express their music.

If we replace the shallow, kontikified notions of travelling we have, with the idea that we are placing ourselves in different situations with which to gain greater perspective on ourselves and how we operate in situations we would not usually find ourselves in, the process of self discovery takes on a far more significant role in the equation, but by no means diminishing the escapist/expoloratory factor of it.

"The Persistent Pursuit of..." is a blog about... everything. My hope is that by observing and writing about everyday pursuits: music, photography, business, travel, art, etc., we can gain a clearer insight into our greater pursuits: God, love, happiness...

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Best regards,

Dan.