(Originally written October 14, 2008 in the Journal)
The Minotaur, by Albert Camus
The citizens of Oran have accepted their fate - being eaten by the Minotaur (boredom) and yet thrive.
Spiritual hunger is fed by the bread of memory. Spiritual hunger (future) is fed by memory (past).
The mind profits from occasionally focusing on something of no importance.
Stone lasts longer than the men who use it.
"Moving things about is the work of men; one must choose doing that or nothing" (Camus)
The world says one thing only; at first this excites man, then bores him. Regardless the world wins. Men die, the world continues on.
The absurd life cannot be shared (explained); it must be lived (experienced).
When the mind recollects itself it is like the Mount of Olives. The sleeping of Apostles is approved, not reproved.
There is a drive in man to be nothingness - but this is futile. One can be neither nothingness nor absolute.
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