The line about embarrassment being load-bearing stopped me. I've spent two years trying to make my wanting more presentable and I think I've just been slowly defusing it. Is that what's actually happening when we "refine" our ambitions?
I am sorry that has been the case, Mark. My hope is that you can always turn it around and go back to the roots! Refinement is often just socially acceptable self-abandonment. We make the wanting smaller, cleaner, easier to explain and then wonder why it doesn't move you the same way anymore.
The line about embarrassment being load-bearing stopped me. I've spent two years trying to make my wanting more presentable and I think I've just been slowly defusing it. Is that what's actually happening when we "refine" our ambitions?
I am sorry that has been the case, Mark. My hope is that you can always turn it around and go back to the roots! Refinement is often just socially acceptable self-abandonment. We make the wanting smaller, cleaner, easier to explain and then wonder why it doesn't move you the same way anymore.