Newton's Cradle

I thought it'd be a fun idea to do the other puzzle paragraph for this week's blogpost, while still attempting to incorporate what we talked about in class this week.

1.  others might say 

2.    ; 

3.    casino 

4.    Lone Ranger 

5.    however 

6.    profiling 

7.    memoir 

8.    Jeannette Walls 

9.    fire

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NEWTON'S CRADLE

Knowledge is a perception, examination and transcription, then reanimation within one's memoir of life around him. Knowledge is that slot machine at the casino where it offers a grand prize that covers all the rest of your expenses for life, the slot machine where the chances of winning are slimmer than none--ultimately, taking the little you had left and leaving you better off dead. Since the earliest of days, man has been in search of "knowledge"--the harborer of advancement and destruction. Man can make subjective observations of the life around him, "primitive" and "diverse"(Okefenokee); he can develop intricate and emotional depictions as well--"vast...primeval" and "hellish" (Okefenokee). By the words of Jeannette Walls, "[We] live in a world that at any moment could erupt in fire" (the Glass Castle). Because of this, man seeks knowledge out of fear. However, that knowledge has always been downfall of the greatest minds the world has to offer. Knowledge is man's "liquid sunshine"--a failed and inaccurate replica of the world's generator by the hands of man. The Sun is a public benefactor. It provides energy for nature to operate continuously, however get too close and it will incinerate. In retrospect, knowledge and wisdom play along the same relationship as "liquid sunshine" and the Sun. Wisdom is a complete and accurate profiling of the world, while knowledge is just a cheap knockoff suggestion as to why things happen--and usually knowledge is incorrect. The world isn't flat, radium has no health benefits, and humans are in fact born with proclivities (sorry, Aristotle). So what's the point? Am I telling you to live like the Long Ranger, ignorant of everything that gives you purpose? 

To be honest, I'm not even sure. 

If knowledge is a man's perception of life, and if knowledge  is generally incorrect, and if everyone has a different perspective on knowledge, and if...I don't even know anymore. I mean beyond it being the sole reason for my existence, should I really bother searching for an answer I'll never find? Eh, whatever. I'm just going to leave this here, and live life instead. Not really worth, fussing about--or dying early for. 

Is life to live understanding ephemerally or is it to exist in a perpetual state of falsehood and unknown? Leave a comment below and let me know what you think.