the discussion boils within the cerebellum, which occasionally requires letting off steam. one way is that nice stretch of path that runs up the river from my building, another is meditating with camera in hand.
there's several things you can leave behind you when you go. i guess the most primitive one is to indulge that primitive instinct called proliferation, but we call it having children. this is that holiest of holies - the crown jewel in the existence of the family (wo)man. you leave your genes on earth, proving that you are a success - at least as far as darwin is concerned. then there's the material - leaving behind riches beyond your needs. here we can mathematically calculate and measure. did you create more in your life than you spent? that is, provided that you are not a christian believer and thus dismiss that
man is able to create, but rather process and amass. do we need to create more than we need? do we define ourselves using such measures? and thirdly there is that creativity that is truly our own - the genuine artistic effort, our thoughts embodied in various shapes and forms, which will possibly outlive our time on earth.
so the next great question is - what is the priority among these? unfortunately debating the issue only leads to new questions, that is if you ever get to the debated issue in the first place. technical existence is a bore. talking about earthly things is just a matter of finding the solution that is right for us to survive, but it cannot be all there is. it's exactly the same with question of whether there is a god or aliens - it just wouldn't make sense if this what we was was all there is. and perhaps by spending time and energy contemplating and discussing metaphysics, but as individuals, parts of the global system called humanity - don't we know too much about the models of cameras and effects of alcohol, and not enough about our true creative and contemplative potential.
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