Thursday, February 19, 2009

If that's what you're into

Normally I dislike making post based on things I've read or done or think, but prefer to keep this blog simply photo oriented. I mean, who really wants to read a bunch of stuff other normal people do or have opinions on to a certain extent anyways?(sike!) That being said, I really liked this passage from a book I read a few months ago called "Chasing Che" by Patrick Symmes. From his original diary from his motorcycle trip way back when, Guevara says:

"So the coin was tossed, turned somersaults; sometimes coming up heads, sometimes tails. Man, the measure of all things, speaks through my mouth and recounts in my own words what my eyes saw. Out of ten possible heads I may have only seen one tail, or vice versa: there are no excuses; my mouth says what my eyes told it. Was our view too narrow, too biased, too hasty, were our conclusions too rigid? Maybe so..."

I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to most people.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

1/10 tails or 1/10 heads. It seems he is saying , i'm only saying what i see in the world. It could easily be the other way, where i see nothing bad and only good. But chance, the flip of a coin, has determined my course in life and i am obliged to report on such things. Chance is an interesting thing.